Yamaha and Roland are the two names most people compare when buying a digital piano. We counted every Yamaha and Roland piano Thomann had in stock on October 19, 2026, split into home pianos (with a cabinet and stand) and portable or stage pianos, and checked how they rank.
The numbers side by side
| Yamaha | Roland | |
|---|---|---|
| Home digital pianos | 105 | 3 |
| Median home piano | $1,997 | $1,287 |
| Portable and stage pianos | 19 | 23 |
| Median portable | $809 | $1,394 |
| Portables in our top 10 (of 69) | 4 | 4 |
| Models in our top 2 portables | 0 | 2 (FP-90X, FP-10) |
At Thomann, Yamaha dominates home pianos with its Clavinova and Arius lines; Roland sells almost only portables there. In portables, the two brands split the top 10 evenly, but Roland holds first and second place.
Head-to-head: the cheapest 88-key portables
Yamaha P-45, $368
88 Graded Hammer Standard keys, 64-note polyphony and 10 sounds. #3 of 70 stage pianos.
Roland FP-10, $445
Roland's PHA-4 hammer action, 96-note polyphony and Bluetooth MIDI, for a little more money. #2 of 70 stage pianos.
Head-to-head: the step up
Yamaha P-225, $637
GHC hammer keys, the CFX piano sound with resonance modeling and 192-note polyphony. #5 of 70 stage pianos.
Roland FP-40, $850
PHA-4 keys with Ivory Feel and a triple sensor, 256-note polyphony and 305 sounds via the app. #3 of 70 stage pianos.
Roland's flagship portable
Roland FP-90X, $2,063
The PHA-50 keyboard with Ivory Feel and unlimited polyphony for piano sounds. The highest-ranked stage piano we track: #1 of 70 stage pianos.
Questions
Is Yamaha or Roland better for a digital piano?
For a home piano with a cabinet, Yamaha has far more choice. For a portable, both are strong; Roland's FP series ranks highest in our data.
Yamaha P-45 or Roland FP-10?
The P-45 is cheaper; the FP-10 adds more polyphony, Roland's PHA-4 action and Bluetooth MIDI.
How we measured. Every Yamaha and Roland piano in Thomann's Digital Pianos and Stage Pianos categories, in stock on October 19, 2026. "Top 10" is a model's place in AudioFu's stage piano ranking (69 models) that day. Prices are converted from euros at the European Central Bank rate; products show today's price and rank.
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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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