On November 3, 2026, Thomann had 62 models in our home keyboard ranking. Yamaha had 15 of them and Casio 14. The prices tell most of the story.
| Brand | Models | Price range | Median | In our top 10 | Best placed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casio | 14 | $95 to $409 | $241 | 4 | #1, CT-S200 |
| Yamaha | 15 | $95 to $2,068 | $547 | 3 | #2, DGX-670 |
Our ranking weighs how much each model is bought and sold used on Reverb, how widely Thomann stocks it, its price, its specs and its maker. Roland sits between them with the E-X10 and the GO:KEYS, both sharing third place.
$145: the head-to-head
Casio CT-S200, $144
61 keys, 400 sounds, 77 rhythms with automatic accompaniment, a dance music mode, USB for MIDI and a learning app. Light enough to carry, and it runs on batteries. With 70 used listings on Reverb, it is the most traded keyboard in the ranking. #1 of 62 home keyboards.
Yamaha PSR-E283, $144
Also 61 keys at the same price, with 410 sounds, 150 styles and 122 songs, quizzes for learning, and a 6.3 mm headphone jack rather than a mini jack. #7 of 62 home keyboards.
On paper they are almost the same keyboard. The Casio has more polyphony, 48 voices against 32, and USB; the Yamaha has more styles and songs. Neither has touch-sensitive keys, which matters once a child starts learning dynamics.
$200 to $400: Casio's range ends here
Casio's best mid-range models are the CT-S300 at $191, which adds touch-sensitive keys (#8), the CT-X700 at $237 (#7) and the CT-X5000 at $409 (#10), its most expensive keyboard. For lighted keys that show a beginner what to play, Casio's LK-S250 costs $212 and Yamaha's EZ-310 $201, cut from €229 to €179 since August.
Yamaha's PSR-E383 at $208 and PSR-E483 at $398 compete here too, but rank lower.
Above $400: only Yamaha
Yamaha DGX-670, $902
88 weighted keys with Yamaha's GHS action, the CFX grand piano sample, 630 voices, 263 accompaniment styles and a color screen: a digital piano and an arranger keyboard in one. It is number two of 62. #2 of 62 home keyboards.
From there Yamaha's PSR-SX arrangers run from $784 to $2,068, and above them, in Thomann's workstation category, the Genos 2 at $4,295. Casio's home keyboards stop at $409; for arrangers in that range, the alternative is Korg's Pa series, from $672.
Which one?
- A first keyboard for a child, under $150: either the CT-S200 or the PSR-E283. Pick the Casio if you want USB and battery power, the Yamaha for more songs.
- A beginner who will take lessons: spend $50 more for touch-sensitive keys, like Casio's CT-S300.
- An adult who wants piano feel and accompaniment: Yamaha's DGX-670.
- A gigging entertainer: a Yamaha PSR-SX or Genos, or a Korg Pa.
Casio raised one price since August and cut none. Yamaha cut two, the EZ-310 and the PSR-SX720+, and raised one.
Where the numbers come from. Every home keyboard Thomann had in stock on November 3, 2026, from its partner feed, without bundles. Places are from our ranking of home keyboards, which counts each model once and lets tied models share a place. Used-market demand is the number of listings on Reverb for the matching model. Prices are Thomann's US-dollar prices; price changes are from our nightly records since August 17, 2026.
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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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