Keyboards
Keyboards under $100
A hundred dollars buys a great deal more keyboard than it did a few years ago. Hot-swap sockets, a gasket mount, a per-board wireless chip and double-shot PBT keycaps all started as enthusiast features at three times this price, and all of them now turn up below it. What has not changed is that a cheap board makes its compromises somewhere, and the useful question is which corner a given one cut.
The usual answers are the plate and the case. A board at this price is far more likely to be ABS plastic than aluminium, and the plate is more often FR4 or POM than brass, which is a sound and stiffness decision more than a quality one. Stabilizers are the other common corner: factory-lubed on some, dry and rattling on others, and that single difference does more to the sound of a board than the case material does.
Prices below are the ones published at the last check, in US dollars, before shipping and before tax. A board whose maker publishes no price is not listed here at all rather than estimated, which is why this page is shorter than the full index.
92 of the 108 keyboards indexed here, from $29.99 to $99.99. 6 indexed boards publish no price, so they are not on this page at all.
Of those, 80 take switches without soldering, 55 offer something other than a cable.
Prices last checked on 2026-09-16, and they move.
MonsGeek
60%≈ $29.99
The cheapest board in this batch at $29.99, and a magnetic one: Akko Astrolink switches read their position rather than closing a contact, so actuation is adjustable in software. Tray mounted with an aluminium plate, tri-mode, PBT double-shot caps. The switches are soldered, so the one thing you cannot change later is the thing the board is built around.
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Redragon
60%Hot-swap≈ $34.99
The cheapest board in this index at $34.99: 61 keys, wired, with hot-swap sockets for 3-pin and 5-pin switches. Remapping is Redragon's own Windows software. Redragon publishes no mount, plate or keycap material, so those stay blank. Other Fizz colourways run to $56.99 and the magnetic K617 HE to $62.99.
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Redragon
Full-size / 100%≈ $39.99
A 104 key full-size at $39.99 on Redragon's quiet red linears, with double-injection ABS keycaps and 6 backlight themes. Redragon makes no hot-swap claim anywhere on the page, so this is recorded as not hot-swap rather than assumed either way. No mount, plate or weight is published.
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Redragon
65%Hot-swap≈ $42.99
Sixty-eight keys, tri-mode and hot-swap at $42.99, which is unusually little for wireless. Bluetooth 3.0 and 5.0, a 2.4 GHz receiver and USB-C, with remapping through Redragon's Windows software, not QMK or VIA. In stock when checked. Redragon publishes no mount, plate or weight for it.
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Redragon
TKL / 80%≈ $44.99
The long-running 87 key Kumara at $44.99, wired, on plate-mounted Outemu Red linears with an alloy and ABS base. Redragon makes no hot-swap claim, so the switches it ships with are the ones to judge it on. Out of stock on Redragon's own store when checked, with the price still displayed.
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Ajazz
75%Hot-swap≈ $45.90
The wired AK820 at $45.90, a 75% with a volume knob, hot-swap sockets and OEM height PBT. Ajazz states on its own page that 2.4 GHz and Bluetooth belong to the Pro and that other AK820 styles are wired, so this is filed wired only. No mount or plate is published.
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Redragon
65%Hot-swap≈ $47.99
A wired 68 key 65% at $47.99 with hot-swap sockets taking 3-pin and 5-pin switches, driven by Redragon's own Windows software rather than QMK or VIA. Out of stock on Redragon's US store when checked. The K631 Pro below adds tri-mode wireless for five dollars less, which makes this one hard to argue for.
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Epomaker
Other≈ $49.99
A small Hall effect board at $49.99 with an aluminium alloy plate on a tray mount, wired, OEM profile PBT. Epomaker's Purple Magnetic switches are soldered. The layout does not map to a standard size, so it is filed as other: check the key count against what you actually use before buying.
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Epomaker
65%≈ $49.99
A 65 percent Hall effect board at $49.99, wired only, with Epomaker's Clear Mag switches and a PC plate on a tray mount. Double-shot PBT in Cherry profile. The switches are soldered, which at this price is the usual trade: adjustable actuation and rapid trigger, but the switch choice is final.
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Redragon
Full-size / 100%Hot-swap≈ $49.99
A full-size at $49.99 with 104 keys plus four shortcut keys, hot-swap sockets and 3.5 mm of sound-absorbing foam, which is the sort of thing budget boards used to leave out. In stock when checked. The ISO variants for Germany, Spain, Italy and France are $59.99. No mount or plate published.
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Royal Kludge
60%Hot-swap≈ $49.99
The single-colour RK61 at $49.99 on double-shot ABS, hot-swap, 500 g, Bluetooth and wired only, with no 2.4 GHz listed on its page. Every variant was out of stock when checked, so treat the price as the listing rather than an offer.
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Womier
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $49.99
A tri-mode TKL at $49.99 with QMK and VIA support, hot-swap, a PC plate and a small display. Cherry profile double-shot keycaps and Womier POM Beige switches. Womier does not publish the mount type, so that field is blank here rather than guessed. Cheap for a wireless TKL on open firmware.
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Ajazz
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $51.99
The current AK870, $51.99 to $72.99 on Ajazz's own store, tri-mode with a 10000 mAh battery, a screen and hot-swap on the variants labelled for it. The V2 page states no key count, so the 87 key TKL figure comes from Ajazz's own family page. Mount and plate are not published.
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Royal Kludge
65%Hot-swap≈ $52.99
The cheaper RK68 at $52.99 on double-shot ABS with one backlight colour, hot-swap, 600 g. Its page lists no 2.4 GHz, so it is recorded as Bluetooth and wired only: the colour-block edition above is the tri-mode one. The maker names no configuration software.
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Keychron
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $54.99
The cheapest TKL here at $54.99: wired, hot-swap, QMK, 8,000 Hz polling, OSA profile double-shot keycaps. Keychron does not publish a plate material for it, so that cell is blank. The C line is the plastic-cased range below the V boards, which is where the saving comes from.
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Keychron
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $54.99
A wired tenkeyless at $54.99, gasket mounted, hot-swap, 830 g, 8000 Hz polling, on shine-through Cherry profile PBT with QMK and VIA. A gasket mount at this price was a group buy feature not long ago. Keychron publishes no plate material for it.
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Royal Kludge
75%Hot-swap≈ $54.99
The blue-backlit RK84 at $54.99, tri-mode, hot-swap, 803 g, on double-shot ABS, with blue, brown and red switch options. Some switch and colour combinations ship only to particular regions, which is worth checking before ordering from outside the maker's main markets.
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Royal Kludge
75%Hot-swap≈ $54.99
A wired 84 key 75% at $54.99, hot-swap, 803 g, on double-shot ABS. Royal Kludge says DIY software is supported but never names it, so the firmware field is blank. Not every switch and colour combination is actually in stock, so check the variant before counting on the price.
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YUNZII
65%Hot-swap≈ $55
A 71 key aluminium board on a leaf spring gasket mount at $55.00 against a $131.99 list, with a slotted PC plate, hot-swap TTC sockets and Cherry profile double-shot PBT. Yunzii publishes no firmware or VIA support, so treat remapping as unresolved. Silent Peach Mute linears are one of the two switch options.
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Ajazz
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $57.99
An 87 key tri-mode with a screen and hot-swap, listed from $57.99. Treat that as the entry price rather than a shelf price: when checked, nearly every variant across the family showed sold out, and the one in stock was the wired magnetic version at $76.99. Ajazz publishes no mount or plate.
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Ajazz
75%Hot-swap≈ $59.90
A 75% with a TFT screen and a knob at $59.90, gasket mounted on a flex-cut PC plate and PCB, hot-swap, and wired or Bluetooth or 2.4 GHz. Ajazz publishes no keycap material or battery capacity, so both are blank here. Its own store quotes $59.90 to $62.99 depending on the colourway.
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Akko
Full-size / 100%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
A 108 key budget full-size at $59.99, hot-swap, on double-shot Cherry profile PBT. Two versions exist and they differ more than the name suggests: wired with a white LED, or 2.4 GHz wireless with no backlight at all, running on two AAA batteries that international orders ship without.
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Akko
75%≈ $59.99
A magnetic 75% at $59.99, which is cheap for Hall effect, with 8K polling and a gasket-mounted structure. Akko's page offers a wireless variant but never names the protocol, so only wired is recorded here. Keycaps are a transparent PBT and PC hybrid. Colourways run to $79.99.
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Keychron
OtherHot-swap≈ $59.99
A one-handed magnetic keypad at $59.99, tray mounted on an aluminium plate, 450 g, with QMK and VIA through Keychron's Launcher. It is a gaming pad rather than a keyboard, which is why it is filed as other. Hot-swap only takes Keychron's Ultra-fast Lime magnetic switches.
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Keychron
60%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
A 60% at $59.99, tray mounted, hot-swap, Bluetooth or wired, on shine-through ABS. Keychron's own page metadata says QMK and VIA are not supported, which contradicts the rest of the K range, so firmware is left blank here. No weight is published either.
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Keychron
75%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
The board that put Keychron on most desks: a 75% at $59.99, tray mounted, hot-swap, Bluetooth or wired, on ABS keycaps. Weight is blank because Keychron lists 794 g for the aluminium frame and 663 g for plastic without saying which ships at this price. Its firmware claims disagree across its own page.
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Keychron
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
The original K8 tenkeyless at $59.99, tray mounted, hot-swap on the Gateron and Keychron Super versions, Bluetooth or wired, on OEM double-shot ABS. Weight is blank: 740 g plastic and 887 g with the aluminium bezel, with no way to tell which ships at this price. Configurations reach $89.99.
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Keychron
Ergo / splitHot-swap≈ $59.99
An Alice layout at $59.99: the alphabet is split and angled so the wrists sit straighter, with a knob, hot-swap sockets, QMK, a steel plate and a tray mount. Alice layouts take a week or two to retrain on, and they keep the B key on the left half, which is the first thing most people mistype.
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Keychron
65%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
The 65 percent in Keychron's V line: wired, hot-swap, QMK, steel plate, tray mount, $59.99. A 65 percent keeps the arrow keys the V4 drops, which is the difference most people notice within an hour of typing. Keycaps are double-shot PBT and not shine-through.
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Keychron
60%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
A 60 percent wired board on QMK, hot-swap, with a steel plate and a tray mount. Double-shot PBT keycaps that are not shine-through, so backlighting glows around the legends rather than through them. At $59.99 it is the cheapest route into Keychron's open-firmware line, and the wired-only limit is what keeps it there.
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Keychron
OtherHot-swap≈ $59.99
A 71 key board at $59.99, tray mounted on steel, hot-swap, 845 g, with QMK and VIA. Keychron calls it 70%, which matches no standard slug, so it is filed as other. The OSA keycaps are OEM height with an SA shape, and they are not shine-through.
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Keychron
Ergo / splitHot-swap≈ $59.99
An Alice layout board at $59.99, tray mounted on steel, hot-swap, 945 g, QMK and VIA. The split alphas and angled halves are the point: they suit shoulder-width typing and take a week to stop feeling wrong. Out of stock at that price when checked.
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MonsGeek
60%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
The Ultra takes the FUN60 to $59.99 and makes the magnetic switches hot-swappable, with TMR sensors reading the stem. Tri-mode, aluminium plate, shine-through PBT. Magnetic hot-swap only accepts magnetic switches, so the socket does not make this a board you can put ordinary mechanical switches into later.
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Royal Kludge
65%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
A wired gasket mounted 65% at $59.99, hot-swap, 640 g, with VIA drivers offered by the maker, which is unusual at this price from a gaming brand. Keycaps are MDA profile PBT on the spec table. No plate material is published.
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Royal Kludge
75%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
A wired gasket mounted 75% at $59.99, hot-swap, 680 g, with VIA drivers, on MDA profile PBT. The wireless page for the same board lists Cherry profile instead, so the two disagree and only what each page says for itself is recorded. No plate published.
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Royal Kludge
60%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
A tri-mode 60% at $59.99, hot-swap, 500 g, on PBT keycaps, with linear, silent and tactile options. Royal Kludge publishes no mounting style and names no configuration software, so both fields are blank rather than filled in from a sibling product page.
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Royal Kludge
65%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
A tri-mode 65% at $59.99, hot-swap, 600 g, on Cherry profile PBT, with a silent violet option alongside the linear and tactile ones. Configuration is through a web driver. Royal Kludge publishes no mounting style for it, so that field stays blank.
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Royal Kludge
75%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
A wired 75% at $59.99 on oil-resistant Cherry profile PBT, hot-swap, 803 g, with macros through a web driver. Silent Violet is one of the two switch options, which is worth knowing if the board is for an office. Prices across the layouts reach $69.99.
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Royal Kludge
75%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
The tri-mode RK84 at $59.99, hot-swap, 803 g, on shine-through double-shot ABS. In-stock configurations run from that to $89.99, so the figure here is the entry point rather than the whole range. No mounting style and no software name are published.
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Womier
65%Hot-swap≈ $59.99
A gasket-mounted 65 percent with a knob at $59.99, on a flex-cut PC plate, hot-swap, with VIA support and XDA profile PC keycaps. Gasket mounting at this price usually means gasket-adjacent rather than a soft float. Wired only, so the price buys the mount and the knob rather than wireless.
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Epomaker
65%Hot-swap≈ $64.99
Sixty-six keys plus a knob at $64.99, gasket mounted on a flex-cut PC plate, hot-swap, tri-mode, 700 g, with an 8000 mAh battery. The silent tactile variants are a dollar more at $65.99. Epomaker names no configuration software on the page, so that field is left blank.
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Keychron
Full-size / 100%Hot-swap≈ $64.99
A wired full-size at $64.99 with 8000 Hz polling, tray mounted, hot-swap, 975 g, on OSA double-shot PBT, with QMK and VIA through Keychron's Launcher. Keychron publishes no plate material for it, so that field is blank rather than assumed from the rest of the C range.
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Keychron
OtherHot-swap≈ $64.99
A 27 key number pad at $64.99, tri-mode, hot-swap, 176 g, on low-profile double-shot PBT with QMK and VIA. It is a pad rather than a keyboard, hence other. Useful beside a sixty percent if you spend time in spreadsheets. Keychron publishes no mounting style for it.
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Redragon
75%≈ $64.99
An 81 key 75% at $64.99, tri-mode, with a knob and five layers of damping: PO foam, IXPE switch foam, a PET sound pad, socket foam and silicone. That is a lot of foam for the money. Redragon does not publish the mount, plate or whether the sockets are hot-swap.
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Royal Kludge
65%Hot-swap≈ $64.99
The tri-mode R65 at $64.99, gasket mounted, hot-swap, 580 g, with QMK and VIA. Five dollars over the wired version buys Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz. Its own page disagrees with itself on the keycaps, MDA in the spec table against Cherry in the feature list, so treat that as unsettled.
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Royal Kludge
75%Hot-swap≈ $64.99
An 81 key tri-mode gasket board at $64.99, hot-swap, 680 g, 4000 mAh, on Cherry profile PBT with QMK and VIA. A gasket mount with VIA support under $65 is the sort of thing that used to cost three times as much. No plate material is published.
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Royal Kludge
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $64.99
A wired gasket mounted tenkeyless at $64.99, hot-swap, 760 g, on Cherry profile PBT with QMK and VIA, shipping on Royal Kludge's pre-lubed Creamy linears. One configuration, one price, which makes it easier to compare than most of this range. No plate published.
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YUNZII
65%Hot-swap≈ $64.99
A CNC aluminium 65% with a knob at $64.99 against a $105 list, gasket mounted on a slotted PC plate, hot-swap, tri-mode and 1145 g. Keycaps are Cherry profile PBT, double-shot and dye-sublimated. Yunzii makes no QMK or VIA claim for it, so remapping is whatever its own software offers.
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YUNZII
65%Hot-swap≈ $64.99
Sixty-six keys plus a knob at $64.99 against a $124.99 list, gasket mounted, hot-swap, tri-mode, with QMK and VIA support, which is the part that separates it from the AL66 beside it. South-facing RGB, 6000 mAh, 1205 g. Yunzii publishes no plate material for it.
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YUNZII
75%Hot-swap≈ $66.99
An 82 key 75% at $66.99 against a $108.90 list, tri-mode, hot-swap on 3-pin and 5-pin sockets, shipping on Gateron G Pro switches rather than a house brand. Five-side dye-sub PBT, with XDA and SA sets also offered. Yunzii publishes no mounting style, so that field is blank.
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Epomaker
75%Hot-swap≈ $68.99
A tri-mode 75 percent at $68.99, gasket mounted on a flex-cut PC plate, hot-swap, with Creamy Jade linear switches and Cherry profile double-shot PBT. The 75 percent layout keeps the function row that a 65 percent drops while staying narrower than a TKL, which is why it is the most crowded size in this bracket.
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Akko
65%≈ $69.99
A CNC aluminium 65% magnetic board from $69.99, with a 16K scan rate, 8K polling and rapid trigger down to 0.005 mm. Akko publishes no mount, plate or hot-swap claim for it, so those stay blank. The range runs to $114.99, and the entry price is the one quoted here.
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Epomaker
75%Hot-swap≈ $69.99
A wired 75 percent with Epomaker's MagneX Hall effect switches at $69.99, gasket mounted on FR4, hot-swap for magnetic switches, Cherry profile PBT. Adjustable actuation and rapid trigger on a layout that still has a function row. Wired only, which for a board sold on input latency is a reasonable omission.
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Keychron
75%Hot-swap≈ $69.99
The 75 percent in the V line at $69.99: wired, hot-swap, QMK and VIA, steel plate, tray mount, double-shot PBT. It is the board most of the roundups point at, and the specification is deliberately plain. What you are buying is open firmware and a hot-swap socket rather than a mount or a material.
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Royal Kludge
75%Hot-swap≈ $69.99
The RGB limited edition at $69.99, tri-mode, hot-swap, 803 g, on double-shot ABS with Royal Kludge's yellow linears. Only Macchiato White is in stock at that price. One line on the page calls it 80% while an 84 key body is 75%, so the layout follows the key count.
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Womier
75%Hot-swap≈ $69.99
An 81 key gasket-mounted 75% at $69.99 with a display, wired only, on dye-sublimated Cherry profile PBT. Batches before July 2024 shipped Outemu White linears rather than Womier's own POM switches, so a used one may not match. No plate material is published and there is no VIA claim.
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Akko
Full-size / 100%Hot-swap≈ $71.99
A full-size tri-mode at $71.99 against an $89.99 list, hot-swap, on MOA profile dye-sub PBT. Most of the 5108B Plus line is sold out by now and this Yier and Bubu theme is one of the few colourways still stocked. Akko publishes no mount, plate or weight for it.
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Ajazz
75%≈ $72.99
A low-profile 75% with 81 keys and a 1.06 inch display, $72.99 and tri-mode. Ajazz states plainly that it does not support hot swapping, so the Outemu low-profile switches it ships with are the ones it keeps. Sold out on Ajazz's own store when checked. No mount, plate or weight published.
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Royal Kludge
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $73.99
A magnetic tenkeyless at $73.99 with actuation adjustable from 0.01 mm to 3.5 mm, wired, 770 g, Cherry profile PBT, driven from a web page rather than QMK. Hot-swap takes Royal Kludge's magnetic switches only. The maker publishes neither a mount style nor a plate material.
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Keychron
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $74.99
A tenkeyless at $74.99, tray mounted, hot-swap, Bluetooth or wired, on OSA double-shot PBT with QMK and VIA. The 1146 g figure is the aluminium frame, which is the only configuration in stock at this price; the plastic one is 990 g. No plate material is published.
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Keychron
75%Hot-swap≈ $74.99
The V1 with an 8,000 Hz polling rate and a PC plate instead of steel, at $74.99, using Keychron's Super switches and OSA profile PBT. A PC plate flexes more than steel, so it reads softer than the standard V1. The polling rate matters for gaming and is invisible for typing.
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Keychron
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $74.99
A TKL at $74.99, wired, hot-swap, 8,000 Hz polling, steel plate on a tray mount, Keychron Super switches and OSA profile PBT. A TKL keeps the function row and the navigation cluster and loses the numpad, which is the layout most people move to from a full size before going smaller.
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Keychron
Full-size / 100%Hot-swap≈ $74.99
A full-size QMK board at $74.99, wired, hot-swap, steel plate, tray mount, double-shot PBT. Full size is the only layout here with a numpad, and it is the one layout that is cheaper to buy than to make room for: measure your desk against the board before ordering.
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Royal Kludge
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $75.99
The tri-mode R87 Pro at $75.99, gasket mounted, hot-swap, 760 g, Cherry profile PBT, QMK and VIA, on Matcha or Light Gray switches. Both variants were out of stock when checked, so the price is what the page asks rather than what you can pay today.
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Epomaker
75%Hot-swap≈ $77.99
The Pro adds to the TH80 V2 at $77.99, keeping the gasket mount, flex-cut PC plate, tri-mode radios and hot-swap sockets. Keycaps differ by colourway: PC dye-sublimated on the black version. Worth comparing directly against the standard V2 at $68.99, since the shared specification is most of the board.
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Epomaker
65%Hot-swap≈ $79.99
A $79.99 magnetic 65 percent, gasket mounted on FR4, tri-mode, hot-swap, with Epomaker Core inductive analogue switches. Wireless plus analogue input is unusual at this price, since most magnetic boards are wired. Keycaps mix PBT and PC. Analogue features depend on the software, so check what the driver supports before buying for that reason.
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Akko
75%≈ $84.99
An 82 key magnetic 75% from $84.99, gasket mounted, tri-mode, with dual 8K polling, a 10000 mAh battery and actuation adjustable in 0.005 mm steps. Akko says it takes mainstream magnetic switches rather than only its own. The default variant on its page is $104.99, so check which one you are buying.
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Keychron
75%Hot-swap≈ $84.99
A low-profile 75% at $84.99, tri-mode, hot-swap, 525 g, on low-profile double-shot PBT with QMK and VIA. Low profile means the keycaps and switches are not interchangeable with normal ones, which is the trade for a board you can carry. Configurations run to $99.99.
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Keychron
OtherHot-swap≈ $84.99
A 96% wired board at $84.99 with 8000 Hz polling, tray mounted on a steel plate, hot-swap, 1080 g, on OSA profile double-shot PBT. Ninety-six percent has no standard size slug, so it is filed as other: it keeps a numpad while dropping the gaps. QMK and VIA.
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Keychron
Full-size / 100%Hot-swap≈ $84.99
The full-size V6 with 8,000 Hz polling and Keychron Super switches at $84.99, wired, hot-swap, steel plate, OSA profile PBT. Ten dollars over the standard V6 buys the polling rate and the switch change, not a different case or mount.
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Epomaker
75%Hot-swap≈ $89.99
Eighty keys plus a swappable knob at $89.99, gasket mounted on FR4, magnetic, with 8000 Hz polling wired and over 2.4 GHz but 125 Hz on Bluetooth, and actuation adjustable from 0.1 mm to 3.5 mm. Hot-swap covers some Hall effect switches only. The TMR version is $129 and sits outside this index.
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Keychron
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $89.99
A gasket mounted magnetic board at $89.99 on Keychron's Lime switches, wired, 1125 g, Cherry profile PBT, QMK and VIA. Keychron's own page tags it 100% full size while its dimensions match the tenkeyless C3 Pro, so it is filed TKL on the measurements. Out of stock when checked.
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Keychron
Full-size / 100%Hot-swap≈ $89.99
A full-size at $89.99, tray mounted, Bluetooth or wired, on double-shot PBT with QMK and VIA. Its product page renders no spec table at all, checked in a browser as well as a fetch, so weight, plate and the hot-swap claim are blank here rather than taken from a retailer.
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Royal Kludge
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $89.99
A gasket mounted tenkeyless at $89.99, tri-mode, hot-swap, 840 g, on Cherry profile PBT with Royal Kludge's own Cream linears. Remapping goes through RK Launcher rather than QMK or VIA. No plate material is published, which is a recurring gap across this maker's pages.
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Royal Kludge
OtherHot-swap≈ $89.99
A top-mounted 96% at $89.99, tri-mode, hot-swap, on double-shot PBT, with tactile, silent and linear switch options. At 1879 g it is the heaviest board in this index by a wide margin. Ninety-six percent has no standard slug, so it is filed as other. No firmware is named.
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Womier
TKL / 80%Hot-swap≈ $89.99
A top-mounted 87 key TKL with a knob and a display, $89.99, tri-mode, hot-swap, on Cherry profile double-shot PBT. At 1850 g in a plastic case it is heavy for what it is. Womier publishes no plate material. Remapping is Womier's own software, with no VIA claim made.
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Womier
60%≈ $89.99
A 61 key magnetic board at $89.99: Hall effect switches with actuation adjustable from 0.005 mm to 3.3 mm, rapid trigger, gasket mount, a 1.5 mm aluminium plate and a CNC aluminium frame. VIA plus a web driver, 8000 Hz wired polling, 6000 mAh. Magnetic switches are not interchangeable with mechanical ones.
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Keychron
OtherHot-swap≈ $94.99
A low-profile 96% at $94.99, tri-mode, hot-swap, 750 g, on Gateron low-profile switches with QMK and VIA. Ninety-six percent keeps the numpad and loses the gaps, which no standard size slug covers, so it is filed as other. No mounting style is published.
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MonsGeek
75%Hot-swap≈ $94.99
An aluminium 75% at $94.99 that opens without tools, on a ball catch, gasket mounted with a PC plate and 5-pin hot-swap. This is the non-VIA model and MonsGeek says so explicitly: remapping is its own web driver, not QMK or VIA. No weight is published.
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MonsGeek
75%≈ $94.99
A barebone magnetic kit at $94.99: the switches are included but the keycaps are not, so budget for a set. Aluminium case and plate, gasket structure, a 32000 Hz scan rate and rapid trigger to 0.005 mm. Magnetic switches do not interchange with mechanical ones.
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Akko
75%Hot-swap≈ $99.99
Akko's current 75% at $99.99, gasket mounted on a flex-cut PC plate, tri-mode, hot-swap on 3-pin and 5-pin, with an 8000 mAh battery and dye-sub PBT. Remapping is Akko's own web driver rather than QMK or VIA. This price is the Cinnamoroll theme; other collab colourways cost more.
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Akko
Full-size / 100%Hot-swap≈ $99.99
The most expensive board in this batch at $99.99, and the most built: a gasket mount on a dual-section flex-cut PC plate, tri-mode, hot-swap, with Akko Creamy Yellow U1 linear switches and jelly-style double-layer keycaps. A full-size gasket board under a hundred dollars is the clearest sign of how far this bracket moved.
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Akko
75%Hot-swap≈ $99.99
A low-profile 75% at $99.99 with a native macOS layout and Windows keycaps in the box, gasket mounted, tri-mode, 4500 mAh. Hot-swap is limited to Kailh low-profile switches, which Akko states plainly, so the usual MX-style stock does not fit. No plate or weight is published.
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Keychron
Full-size / 100%Hot-swap≈ $99.99
A gasket mounted full-size magnetic board at $99.99, wired, 8000 Hz, 970 g, Cherry profile PBT, QMK and VIA. Its spec sheet claims 84 keys against a full-size tag and full-size dimensions, which reads as boilerplate, so the layout here follows the measurements. Out of stock when checked.
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Keychron
75%Hot-swap≈ $99.99
A gasket mounted 75% magnetic board at $99.99, wired, 8000 Hz, 780 g, on Cherry profile PBT with QMK and VIA. The key count line in its spec table says 84 keys at 100%, which contradicts both the photo and the layout tag, so the size here comes from those. Out of stock when checked.
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Keychron
75%Hot-swap≈ $99.99
The heavier J series 75% at 956 g, $99.99, gasket mounted, wired, 8000 Hz, Cherry profile PBT, QMK and VIA. Its spec table carries the same mistaken 84 key line as the J2, so the layout follows Keychron's own tag instead. Out of stock at that price when checked.
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Keychron
Ergo / splitHot-swap≈ $99.99
A low-profile Alice board at $99.99, tri-mode, hot-swap, 700 g, on Gateron low-profile switches with QMK and VIA. The split and angle make it a commitment rather than a quick try. Configurations run to $119.99 and Keychron publishes no mounting style for it.
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Keychron
OtherHot-swap≈ $99.99
A 96% at $99.99, tri-mode, hot-swap, 1290 g, on OSA profile double-shot PBT with QMK and VIA. Ninety-six percent has no standard slug, so it is other: a numpad without the gaps. The other configurations are $119.99, and no mounting style is published.
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Keychron
60%Hot-swap≈ $99.99
A low-profile 60% at $99.99, tri-mode, hot-swap, 426 g, on Keychron's Milk POM switches with QMK and VIA. Only the Milk POM Banana configuration is in stock at that price. No mounting style is published, and low-profile keycaps do not interchange with ordinary sets.
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Keychron
Ergo / splitHot-swap≈ $99.99
The Alice layout gasket mounted on a PC plate at $99.99, tri-mode, hot-swap, 745 g, on Gateron Jupiter switches. Only the barebone version with a knob sits at that price: the assembled configurations cross $100, so check what is in the box before comparing it with anything here.
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MonsGeek
75%Hot-swap≈ $99.99
The same aluminium 75% in a contour-line theme with side-printed backlit legends, $99.99 against a $109.99 list, gasket mounted, 5-pin hot-swap, with a separate encoder PCB. QMK and VIA are not supported. The page showed a waitlist rather than stock when checked.
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MonsGeek
OtherHot-swap≈ $99.99
MonsGeek calls this an 1800 compact and files it under compact full-size, which matches no standard layout, so it is recorded as other: check the key positions against what you use. From $99.99, gasket mounted, 5-pin hot-swap, tri-mode, and VIA only, with MonsGeek's own driver unsupported.
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Brands represented here: Ajazz, Akko, Epomaker, Keychron, MonsGeek, Redragon, Royal Kludge, Womier, YUNZII.