Best RGB Keyboards under $50050
1. Stack Overflow The Key V2 Macropad
#1 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Nice macropad, can work with VIAL. It should come with VIAL firmware out of the box. I had to spend some time to create one. Feel free to use: hex + sources..." Read More
2. Megalodon Triple Knob Macropad
#2 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Solid. Though, navy color lighter in person than photos. Product is great. Knobs are pretty good quality. Had a lot of trouble figuring out how to use via with it. You..." Read More
3. Drop SENSE75 Mechanical Keyboard
#3 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Solid keyboard. (Plus...) You were/are going to mod it anyway. Just got my Sense75 and it's still bone stock (while I wait for the other stuff to arrive or ship)...." Read More
4. Flesports MK870 Barebones TKL Mechanical Keyboard
#4 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Perfect for beginner! Bought this for my 8yr old son for Christmas and it was a huge hit! It's tough to see in this pic but the RGB glow through the transparent case..." Read More
5. Womier K66 V2 Hotswap Acrylic RGB Mechanical Keyboard
#5 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
White gets its hue by reflecting all colors on the visible light spectrum. In a sense, it’s a rainbow in disguise. Read More
6. Keydous NJ80 Barebones Wireless RGB Keyboard
#6 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Solid for a plastic build. The NJ 80 is a great novice build. Bought one for my 8yr old son, which he now claims is his favorite. We used GoPolar Azure Dragon switches..." Read More
7. Megalodon Triple Knob 38% Keyboard With OLED Screen
#7 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"One of the best macropads ever. As the title suggests, it's a wonderful macropad. My only issue is that I have to sideload the JSON file on VIAL every time I want to..." Read More
8. IDOBAO ID80 v2 75% Hot-Swappable Mechanical Keyboard Kit
#8 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"I am satisfied. Delay was the worst part. The delay was pretty silly like 2+ months, but board is very high quality. I used the stock stabs for a bit and they were..." Read More
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9. IDOBAO ID80 Crystal Gasket Barebones Keyboard Kit
#9 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Crystal Clear. I, absolutely, adore this board. This 80% board has gone above and beyond what I imagined. Picked it up during the Black Friday 2022 sales, and I'm..." Read More
10. Megalodon Macro Knob Pad
#10 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Smaller than I imagined. It's probably about the size you might expect when you think about 4 key caps, but my brain didn't go that far and I just took the picture at..." Read More
11. MOMOKA Zoo65 Barebones Gasket Mount Keyboard Kit
#11 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Happy I bought before price increase (Note I'm rounding up all 100.99 prices to whole num). I bought my zoo65 back when it was priced at 190 USD, which was after the..." Read More
12. Womier K21 Hot-Swappable RGB Acrylic Mechanical Keypad
#12 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Great pad! Bought this for my girls setup. It’s one of her favorite pieces" Read More
13. Keydous NJ80 Wireless RGB Hot-Swappable Keyboard
#13 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"heh, stabs goes thonk. Everything felt amazing, the caps and switches were great for this keyboard. The stabs were also really great, especially compared to many other..." Read More
14. IDOBAO ID80 Crystal Gasket Keyboard – Drop Exclusive
#14 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Great Kit! This was my first dive into the custom keyboard world. My previous keyboard was a Ducky One 2 mini SF. I purchased this kit right around the first run and..." Read More
15. MelGeek Mojo68 Wireless Plastic Keyboard
#15 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Way better than I expected. I’ve been using the Mojo68 along with their Mojopad (numpad) wirelessly using the 2.4Ghz dongle at work for about 2 months now and I’ve..." Read More
16. Megalodon DOIO 30% Hot-Swappable RGB Keyboard
#16 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"works great! actaully is amazing for what i want to do with it, i just wanted to have a standalone numpad for DAWs (making music). and setting it up with VIAL isnt..." Read More
17. Drop + OLKB Preonic Keyboard MX Kit V3
#17 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"My absolute favorite. Easily my favorite keyboard form factor of all time. It has everything I need and nothing I don't use (and layers for things I want but don't..." Read More
18. Drop ALT V1 High-Profile Barebones Keyboard
#18 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Picked up this keeb and loaded it with some lubed Holy Panda switches. Sitting on top of that is the Maxkey SA Leviathan keycap set...awesome setup. The keyboard is..." Read More
19. Drop SHIFT V1 Mechanical Keyboard
#19 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Rating: 5/5 Being a fan of Massdrop and it’s products for well over 5 years, I am excited to see another Massdrop keyboard being made. Having owned the Massdrop CTRL,..." Read More
20. Drop SENSE75 Barebones Mechanical Keyboard
#20 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Don’t purchase at full price! Although I had reservations about considering this mid-range keyboard at its regular price, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that..." Read More
21. Womier K61 Acrylic Mechanical Keyboard
#21 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Looks better in person. I ordered the barebones version and as a first custom keyboard it’s great and looks good! Definitely looks better in person. Solid build and..." Read More
22. Womier TKL RGB Hot-Swappable Acrylic Mechanical Keyboard
#22 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Really nice + how to lower light intensity suggestion. I bought this keyboard because I was tired of taking apart my old one to clean it all the time (cat hair man)..." Read More
23. GK64X Hot-Swappable RGB Mechanical Keyboard Kit
#23 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Poggers. Very Pog" Read More
24. Kinesis Gaming Freestyle Edge RGB Mech Keyboard
#24 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Excellent board with great features. This is my first split keyboard and I'm very happy with it after using it to code and type every day. It's a feature-rich board..." Read More
25. Kinesis Keyboards
#25 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
With a name like Kinesis, it makes sense that freedom of movement and ergonomics is a top priority—and this run of keyboards offers something for everyone. The... Read More
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26. Geekboards RGB Aluminum 8-Key Hot-Swappable Macropad
#26 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Solid build, great functionality - Love it! Very easy to assemble, solid build and a great feel to it. Plus the QMK compatibility basically sold me from the start. I..." Read More
27. Keydous NJ80 Wireless RGB Keyboard – Drop Exclusive
#27 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Great keyboard. This keyboard immediately caught my eye with its layout. I love the compact size with addition to function keys. I wasn't the fan of the keycaps at..." Read More
28. Megalodon Macropad With Outemu Big Switches
#28 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Cool. Nice. This scratches both my need to press clicky buttons and to have interesting things on my desk to look at. The RGB on the big buttons creates a really..." Read More
29. GK GK21S ABS Wireless Mechanical Numpad Kit
#29 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Almost 3 months early? Bought this on October 22nd, 2021 expecting to arrive around the end of February. I just got it on December 4th, 2021. Nicely built, easy to..." Read More
30. MelGeek Mojo60 Ember Bluetooth Mechanical Keyboard
#30 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Great intro to MKs! I personally love this keyboard. It's my first MK, so I don't know much about specs or programmability. But, it gets the job done and it looks..." Read More
31. BM Workshop BM43A 40% Programmable Keyboard Kit
#31 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"SUMMARY: Pros: Heavy aluminum case, easy to solder, good quality PCB, after digging some you the instructions followed make it simple to do the normal flashing of..." Read More
32. SK61 Optical Switch Mechanical Keyboard Kit
#32 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Well lubed and works great. It works right out of the box and the software is very customizable, but only in Chinese, so if you don’t know chinese you should be..." Read More
33. Womier 65% Hotswap Acrylic RGB Mechanical Keyboard
#33 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Very Good Worth Your Money. Just out of the box this is really cool the rgb is so bright and is very colorful. but my only problem is the space bar is to mushy but i..." Read More
34. Zeeyoo 65% Hotswap Acrylic RGB Mechanical Keyboard
#34 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Very Good Worth Your Money. Just out of the box this is really cool the rgb is so bright and is very colorful. but my only problem is the space bar is to mushy but i..." Read More
35. Keydous NJ68 Bluetooth Hot-Swappable RGB Mech Keyboard
#35 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Great Budget Keyboard. The good thing is it’s cheap and it works as intended. The bad thing is it’s documentation is pretty hard to understand. The quality of this..." Read More
36. Kinesis TKO 60% Hotswap and Travel Case
#36 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"well-built and functional. I really like the keyboard. I like the customizability, functionality and the sturdy built and the hot-swappability. I tried switching some..." Read More
37. Drop Signature Series Ultrasonic Keyboard
#37 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"IT'S A LASER BEAST!!! I was so stoked to see they added a special edition that cam with my favorite GMK laser Keycap set. Wow this has some weight too it. Just the..." Read More
38. DNA65 RGB Stacked Acrylic Mechanical Keyboard
#38 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Great price, and a very good board with a little work. I don't recall why I bought this keyboard in the first place, but upon receiving it and trying it out I thought..." Read More
39. Drop Signature Series Moodboard
#39 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Looks amazing. I bought this as a christmas gift and I am seriously considering buying another for myself." Read More
40. Drop Paragon Series Shogun Keyboard
#40 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Phenomenal Value. I'm relatively new to the keyboard so part of what you get is to distance yourself from some of the craziness of selecting keys / caps and the back..." Read More
41. BM60 60% Hot-Swappable RGB PCB
#41 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Did everything I wanted. Definitely enjoyed using this pcb! Favorite part was the encoder!" Read More
42. Drop Signature Series Laser Wave Keyboard
#42 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"The year is 2007...but it's the 80's. The high profile Ctrl keyboard has been my dream board for a while, and then I saw this layout with the sturdy frame and the..." Read More
43. Drop Signature Series Cyber Moon Keyboard
#43 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Nice Solid Keyboard. Very solid build nice typing feel overall its good" Read More
44. Drop Signature Series Skiiboard
#44 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Built like an armored truck! I bought this as a treat for myself and my initial impressions are that I wish I had bought it earlier. This is literally a heavy-weight..." Read More
45. IDOBAO ID67 65% Hot-Swappable Mechanical Keyboard Kit
#45 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"very lovely board. My first custom board and I must say I'm very impressed for only $142. Big step up from my Ducky. The frame is a large sized chunk of well machined..." Read More
46. Drop Signature Series Cyber Surge Keyboard
#46 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"My First "Real" Mechanical keyboard. I bought this because my Corsair K70 finally had some switches fatigue over the 10+ years I have owned it (loking at you, "D"). I..." Read More
47. Drop Signature Series Classic Midnight Keyboard
#47 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Pricey, but meets expectations. $350 for a keyboard is steep, but I'm glad that I spent it. Previous gripes with the signature series seemed to be fixed with me,..." Read More
48. Drop Signature Series Blue Hour Keyboard
#48 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Little Blue Wonder. Honestly, I'm in love. I've spent the last few days just running through the different lighting options - each one beautiful in its own way. The..." Read More
49. Keydous NJ80 Smoke Wireless RGB Keyboard Drop Exclusive
#49 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"Phenomenal. This is a phenomenal keyboard. The switches feel great. I love the south facing LEDs combined with the clear key caps. I also love the bluetooth..." Read More
50. Skyloong SK64 Optical-Switch Hot-Swappable 60% Keyboard
#50 in Best RGB Keyboards under $500 of 50 products
"awesome for price. great value for the price, 2x better than a ducky keyboard and competes with the anne pro 2." Read More
