On November 9, 2026, Thomann had 112 home keyboards, 18 arranger workstations and 11 children's keyboards in stock. Together they ran from $31 to $5,357, but the middle of the market is low: the median home keyboard cost $334.
| Price | Keyboards |
|---|---|
| Under $100 | 19 |
| $100 to $300 | 37 |
| $300 to $500 | 29 |
| $500 to $1,000 | 17 |
| $1,000 to $2,000 | 16 |
| $2,000 and more | 23 |
Casio makes 41 of the home keyboards, at a median of $259, and Yamaha 39, at $891. Yamaha's range goes higher because it includes 88-key models and big arrangers.
Under $100: children's keyboards
Mini keys, built-in songs and battery power. Casio's SA-51, with 32 mini keys and 100 sounds, ranks first of ten children's keyboards at $58. They are toys that play in tune, not instruments to learn on for long.
$130 to $250: the first real keyboard
61 full-size keys, a few hundred sounds, rhythms, a learning function and a headphone output. This is where we would start an adult or a child who wants lessons.
Casio CT-S200, $143
61 keys, 400 sounds, 77 rhythms with automatic accompaniment, a learning function and Casio's free Chordana Play app. It ranks first of 60 home keyboards. The keys are not touch-sensitive, which is the main thing you give up at this price. #1 of 62 home keyboards.
The CT-S300 adds touch-sensitive keys for $166, and Yamaha's PSR-E283 costs the same $144 as the Casio.
$300 to $1,000: more sounds, or more keys
Roland GO:KEYS 3, $352
61 velocity-sensitive keys, 1,154 sounds from Roland's ZEN-Core engine, 203 styles, an arpeggiator and a chord sequencer. It's built more for making tracks than for playing along with a style. #3 of 62 home keyboards.
Yamaha DGX-670, $899
A keyboard with 88 weighted GHS keys, Yamaha's CFX grand piano sample, 256-note polyphony and 263 accompaniment styles. It sits between a keyboard and a digital piano and ranks second of 60. #2 of 62 home keyboards.
Casio's CT-X5000, at $408, is the one for playing along with styles: 800 tones, 235 rhythms, four phrase pads and a pitch bend wheel on 61 touch-sensitive keys.
$1,887 to $5,357: arranger workstations
Arrangers are full one-person bands, with thousands of sounds, hundreds of styles, a microphone input and room to load your own. Korg makes 9 of the 18, Yamaha 5 and Ketron 4.
Yamaha Genos 2, $4,243
76 keys with aftertouch, 1,990 sounds and 800 styles. With the speaker set, the bag and the stage bundles, Yamaha sells it in five versions from $4,275 to $4,856. #3 of 11 workstation home keyboards.
Korg's PA-1000 ranks first among arrangers at $1,887, less than half the price of a Genos.
Where the numbers come from. Every home keyboard, arranger workstation and children's keyboard Thomann had in stock on November 9, 2026, from its partner feed. Specs are from Thomann's descriptions. Places are from our keyboard rankings. Prices are Thomann's US prices.
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Denis Kataev runs AudioFu. Every night the site records the prices of more than 38,000 instruments and studio tools at Thomann, and he writes about what those numbers show: what got cheaper, what just arrived, and which discounts are real.
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