PC market data

Name: Plug PCs market data
Creator: Plug PCs
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Normalized catalog data, free to cite · as of 2026-09-25

Prices, medians and movement for complete computers, from the Plug PCs catalog. Across 8,936 in-stock systems, the median matched-model price is flat over the last 30 days.

The PC Price Index

Median prices and 30-day matched-model price movement for complete systems, by category and by brand.

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The PC Value Table

The cheapest in-stock machine at every RAM and storage tier, with tiers derived per category.

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Notes & analysis

Methodology and data notes.

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Price-drop feed

An RSS feed of the biggest in-stock price drops across every brand, with inflated list prices excluded.

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Every category

Category	In-stock models	Median price	30-day change	Cheapest by tier
Laptops	1,352	$1,799	0.0%	Value table
Desktops	1,090	$2,363	+4.7%	Value table
Workstations	484	$5,848	+0.5%	Value table
Mini PCs	913	$990	0.0%	Value table
Servers	641	$5,919	0.0%	Value table
Storage	52	$2,920	0.0%	Value table
All-in-Ones	154	$1,399	0.0%	Value table
Thin Clients	101	$869	0.0%	Value table
Tablets	48	$878	0.0%	Value table
Phones	45	$900	0.0%	Value table
Chromebooks	88	$569	0.0%	Value table
Single-Board Computers	431	$370	0.0%	Value table
Gaming Handhelds	67	$140	0.0%	Value table
Chromebox	10	$719	0.0%	Value table
NAS	106	$635	0.0%	Value table
Firewall Appliances	103	$349	0.0%	Value table
Routers	127	$179	0.0%	Value table
Network Switches	227	$399	0.0%	Value table
Wi-Fi & Wireless	74	$149	—	Value table
Network Adapters	62	$216	—	Value table
Signage Players	137	$1,135	0.0%	Value table
CPUs	92	$312	0.0%	Value table
Graphics Cards	27	$830	—	Value table
Memory	319	$375	—	Value table
Storage Drives	131	$320	—	Value table
Power Supplies	101	$150	—	Value table
PC Cases	278	$130	—	Value table
CPU Coolers	127	$120	—	Value table
Monitors	254	$400	—	Value table
Keyboards	424	$100	—	Value table
Mice	211	$48	—	Value table
Headsets	191	$100	—	Value table
Webcams	64	$444	—	Value table
Speakers	12	$143	—	Value table
Docks & Hubs	30	$74	—	Value table
KVM Switches	55	$399	—	Value table
UPS & Battery Backup	184	$587	—	Value table
Rack PDUs	117	$630	—	Value table

From the blog

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How we measure PC prices, and why the average listing price lies · 2026-07-24
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A server is not a big laptop: why our value table now derives its own tiers · 2026-07-24
One memory ladder for every category worked fine on laptops and printed the same server four times. The tiers come from the data now.

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Using this data

Every table here is built from the Plug PCs catalog: manufacturer-listed prices for complete systems, normalized to one schema across 102 brands and re-checked continuously. All of it is free to cite and republish with attribution under CC BY 4.0. Link the page the figure came from. The catalog is also queryable through the read-only API and MCP endpoint, and every product page carries structured data. For a cut we don't publish, use the Feedback button.