Best Air Purifiers Under $200
26 match, ranked by overall score. Updated October 18, 2026.
Smallest Levoit with app control; no particle sensor.
Strong CADR per dollar with app and auto mode; very quiet on low.
Medium-room Blueair with very low power draw and app.
Very efficient CADR per watt; filters are rated for only six months.
Efficient medium-room unit; superseded by the 311i Max.
The 5500-2 without the remote and with a lighter carbon filter.
Adds a washable prefilter and a pet-hair mode to the Core 400S formula.
The best-selling compact purifier; no auto mode, thin carbon, but cheap and quiet on low.
5500-class performance with app control.
A pellet-carbon filter you can wash, strong CADR, and a low street price; PlasmaWave can be switched off.
Tiny bedroom unit with auto mode and app; fine for a small room, not a living room.
The long-running benchmark: strong CADR for the price, a real auto mode and cheap annual filters.
Winix's 360 sq ft platform in a taller cabinet with Wi-Fi.
Same internals as the Mighty in a square housing with a square filter.
Core 300 plus a PM2.5 sensor, auto mode and app.
Compact with a washable prefilter and auto mode.
Proven large-room CADR at a fair price; loud and power-hungry at full speed, no auto mode.
Compact unit with auto mode and a washable prefilter; filters are pricey for the CADR.
Medium CADR with auto mode at a low price; room-size claim is at 1 ACH.
Compact-plus unit with a particle sensor.
High claimed CADR for the money; not AHAM listed, and filters are short-lived.
Budget medium-room unit; CADR is manufacturer-claimed.
Coway's bedroom unit with auto mode; low CADR for the price.
Mid-size HPA; reliable but dated, with no sensor.
Small HPA for a bedroom; basic and loud for its CADR.