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The 8 best creamy keyboards under $100, by how often people play them

From the GravaStar Mercury K1 Lite to the Aula F75: the keyboards under $100 whose creamy sound packs people opened most, with each maker's list price.

7 min readBy Mechvibes

The 8 best creamy keyboards under $100, by how often people play them

A creamy keyboard sounds smooth and soft: a muted, rounded note on each press, with no rattle or ping behind it. It is the sound most people want from a ready-made board, and the word is on almost every box, which makes it hard to tell which boards live up to it. Foam inside the case, the mount, the plate, the switches and the keycaps all shape the sound. Every board below costs less than $100 at its maker's list price, and the makers of the packs below describe their recordings as creamy, so you can hear each one before you buy.

This list ranks the keyboards under $100 with creamy sound packs that people opened most in the 30 days to November 11, 2026, counting each person once a day. Only packs described as creamy count toward a board's views. We have not used these keyboards ourselves. The sound comes from the community's recordings, and the facts and prices below come from each maker's own pages, linked.

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At a glance

KeyboardSwitches in its creamy packsList pricePack views
1. GravaStar Mercury K1 LiteGravaStar x BSUN linear$89.95 at GravaStar738
2. Aula F75LEOBOG Reaper, Graywood V3, Ice Vein$79.99 at Aula634
3. Aula F75 MaxLEOBOG Reaper$79.99 at Aula550
4. Keychron K2Gateron Brown, Gateron Blue$74.99 at Keychron303
5. Akko TAC75 HEAkko magnetic (stock)$59.99 at Akko105
6. Attack Shark X68 HEAttack Shark magnetic$59.99 at Attack Shark79
7. Epomaker x Aula F75LEOBOG Reaper$79.99 at Epomaker59
8. Epomaker RT85Epomaker Creamy Jade$85.99 at Epomaker54

List prices on the makers' sites on November 11, 2026; prices change, check the current one before buying. Where a board comes in several versions, the price is the lowest the maker lists for it. Pack views count each person once a day.

1. GravaStar Mercury K1 Lite

A 75% board with 80 keys in a transparent PC frame, with transparent PC keycaps. GravaStar lists a gasket mount with five layers of foam, its own linear switches at 40 gf, a 4000 mAh battery, and wired, Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz connections. GravaStar describes its sound as a deep thock at moderate volumes (GravaStar). Its three creamy packs record GravaStar x BSUN linear switches.

Most listened creamy board
GravaStar Mercury K1 Lite

GravaStar Mercury K1 Lite

Played 745 times on Mechvibes in the last 30 days across 3 community packs, and counting.

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2. Aula F75

A 75% board with 80 keys in an ABS plastic case, with a gasket mount, hot-swap sockets and factory-lubed linear switches. It connects over Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz or a cable and has a 4000 mAh battery. Aula sells it with LEOBOG Reaper, Greywood V3 or Ice Vein switches, among others (Aula). It is not the same board as the F75 Max at number 3, which adds a screen and a knob. Its three creamy packs record Reaper, Graywood V3 and Ice Vein switches.

2nd most listened
Aula F75

Aula F75

Played 751 times on Mechvibes in the last 30 days across 4 community packs, and counting.

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3. Aula F75 Max

The F75 with a metal knob and a small TFT screen, still with 80 keys. It has a gasket mount, a flex-cut PC plate, foam and silicone between the plate, PCB and case, and factory-lubed LEOBOG Reaper linear switches. It works over Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz or a cable, polling at 1000 Hz on the cable and on 2.4 GHz. Aula's page calls its sound creamy and thocky combined (Aula). Both of its packs record Reaper switches.

3rd most listened
Aula F75 Max

Aula F75 Max

Played 693 times on Mechvibes in the last 30 days across 3 community packs, and counting.

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4. Keychron K2

A 75% board in an ABS plastic case with a tray mount, ABS keycaps and a 4000 mAh battery. Keychron now sells it as Version 2, which works over Bluetooth with up to three devices or a cable, and has hot-swap sockets with Keychron Super switches. Keychron's page shows it sold out and points to the newer K2 HE and K2 Ultra 8K (Keychron). Its two creamy packs record Gateron Brown and Gateron Blue switches, not the Keychron Super switches the page lists now.

4th most listened
Keychron K2

Keychron K2

Played 307 times on Mechvibes in the last 30 days across 2 community packs, and counting.

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5. Akko TAC75 HE

A magnetic-switch board on a USB-C cable that polls at 8000 Hz. You can set where a press counts from 0.1 to 3.3 mm, and rapid trigger goes down to 0.005 mm. It comes with Akko Glare, AstroAim or Astrolink magnetic switches and Cherry-profile PBT side-printed keycaps (Akko). Both of its packs record the stock switches. The price in the table is for the black version with Glare or AstroAim switches.

5th most listened
Akko TAC75 HE

Akko TAC75 HE

Played 106 times on Mechvibes in the last 30 days across 2 community packs, and counting.

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6. Attack Shark X68 HE

A wired magnetic-switch board that polls at 8000 Hz, with actuation you can set from 0.1 to 3.4 mm. Inside it has an aluminum alloy plate with PORON foam and a PORON bottom foam. It has hot-swap sockets and PBT keycaps (Attack Shark). One pack records it, with Attack Shark's magnetic switches.

6th most listened
Attack Shark X68 HE

Attack Shark X68 HE

Played 80 times on Mechvibes in the last 30 days, and counting.

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7. Epomaker x Aula F75

The Aula F75 at number 2 as Epomaker sells it, under both brands' names and with the same switch choices Aula offers. Epomaker's page lists five layers of padding inside: two layers of Poron foam, an IXPE switch pad, a PET pad and a silicone pad at the bottom. It has factory-lubed switches, hot-swap sockets, Cherry-profile double-shot PBT keycaps, a 4000 mAh battery, and Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz and wired connections (Epomaker). Its one pack records LEOBOG Reaper switches, so it is another recording of the F75 to compare with the packs at number 2.

7th most listened
Epomaker x Aula F75

Epomaker x Aula F75

Played 60 times on Mechvibes in the last 30 days, and counting.

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8. Epomaker RT85

A board with 82 keys, a TFT screen and a joystick, weighing about 1 kg. It has a gasket mount with a flex-cut PC plate, five layers of dampening (PORON foam, an IXPE switch pad, a PET pad, EPDM socket foam and a silicone base) and lubed linear switches. It connects over 2.4 GHz, Bluetooth or a cable, polls at 1000 Hz on the cable and on 2.4 GHz, and has an 8000 mAh battery. Epomaker calls its sound rich, deep and thocky (Epomaker). Its one pack records Epomaker Creamy Jade switches.

8th most listened
Epomaker RT85

Epomaker RT85

Played 56 times on Mechvibes in the last 30 days, and counting.

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How to listen

Every pack page has a keyboard you can type on. Turn the volume up and type anywhere on the page to hear the pack. To hear it while you work in other apps, download Mechvibes, open the pack and press Install.

The same keyboard can sound very different from one recording to the next. Switches, keycaps, the desk and the microphone all change the sound, so a board that sounds creamy in one pack may sound brighter in another. If you own a keyboard that sounds creamy and is missing from this list, you can record your own pack and add it to the library.

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