Best Mattresses Under $1,000

Most queen-size mattresses that you can buy online will cost at least $1,000, but you can still find some great quality beds under this price point. 

In this guide, we’ll share the top-rated mattresses we’ve reviewed that all cost under $1,000. Then, we’ll help you understand more about how to evaluate if a mattress is a good value purchase.

Best Mattresses Under $1,000

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*Standard price is for a queen mattress and does not include discounts or Mattress Advisor exclusive deals.

If your budget is even tighter than these options, check out our guides on the best budget mattresses (all priced around $700) or our best mattresses under $500 guide.

Nectar

Nectar Highlights

Standard Price: $799

The Nectar mattress is great value memory foam mattress. You’ll get a ton of bang for your buck with Nectar’s cooling cover, quilted gel memory foam, and breathing base layer that each help add to its breathability and cooling capabilities. Plus, the adaptive hi-core memory foam base layer will offer long-lasting support. 

One of the other reasons we call Nectar such a great value mattress is because of their generous 365-night trial (yes, a full year!) and lifetime warranty for as long as you own the mattress. This is one of the longest trial periods you can get for a mattress, so Nectar really gives you plenty of time to decide if their bed is right for you and feel good about your purchase.

Read our full Nectar mattress review. 

Leesa

Leesa Highlights

Standard Price: $999

The Leesa mattress is one of the highest-rated mattresses on Mattress Advisor and it’s under $1,000! This three-layer memory foam mattress is great for all types of sleepers; it’s highly adaptable and responsive, comfortable, pressure relieving, and supportive. 

Leesa has gone to far lengths to produce a quality mattress, testing over 200 prototypes to get to the model they sell today. Rest assured that you’re making a great investment for your sleep with a Leesa. 

Read our full Leesa mattress review. 

Layla

Layla Highlights

Standard Price: $999

Just short of a $1,000 price tag, the Layla has many appealing and unique features. This memory foam mattress is flippable, so you can get use out of both sides of the mattress! One side is more soft and the other is more firm so you can choose which you sleep best on. 

The Layla is also infused with copper, which is known to help increase cooling and pressure relieving capabilities in a mattress. This means you’ll sleep cool and comfortably all night long.

Read our full Layla mattress review.

Helix

Helix Highlights

Standard Price: $995

A Helix will be personally matched to exactly what you need. Helix has nine different beds that you can select or match with after taking their Color-MATCH system sleep quiz that all have a standard price of $995. These hybrid mattresses are designed to offer best-in-class edge support, airflow and breathability, and contouring pressure relief.

Read our full Helix mattress review. 

Casper

Casper Highlights

Standard Price: $995

The Casper is Casper’s original and most popular mattress model. After five years of customer feedback and sleep tests, Casper has innovated on the design to add Zoned Support and make it an even better bed. 

This Zoned Support is a foam system that contours your high-pressure areas (hips, shoulders, and core) to provide pressure relief and support in all the appropriate areas. The Casper also incorporates other important features such as cooling in the open-cell layer and durability in its supportive base layer to offer a high-value bed at an affordable cost.

Read our full Casper mattress review. 

Cocoon by Sealy

Cocoon by Sealy Highlights

Standard Price: $930

The Cocoon mattress by Sealy is a memory foam mattress that comes with multiple customization choices. You can choose between soft or firm and classic or chill. This is great for those who are looking for a more personalized comfort from your mattress, particularly if you’re a hot sleeper who needs that extra cooling! 

The Cocoon scored particularly well for spine alignment, responsiveness, and motion transfer in our testing with a 9/10 on each test, proving it’s a great quality bed at a reasonable price point.

Read our full Cocoon by Sealy mattress review. 

Tuft & Needle Mint

Tuft & Needle Mint Highlights

Standard Price: $995

The Mint is Tuft & Needle’s advanced mattress model, but it’s still priced economically under $1,000. In our mattress testing, the Mint scored especially high on spine alignment and responsive, making it a great choice for side and combination sleepers. 

The Adaptive Foam inside the Mint mattress is made with 30% more heat-wicking graphite than the original model to ensure you get a cool night’s sleep. Plus, the adaptive transition layer is infused with ceramic gel beads that absorb 5x more heat than conventional blue gel products. Now that’s a cool bed.

Read our full Tuft & Needle Mint mattress review.

Brooklyn Signature

Brooklyn Signature Highlights

Standard Price: $949

Along with the Leesa, the Brooklyn Signature is another one of our most highly rated mattresses on Mattress Advisor, scoring a 9.1/10! This hybrid mattress marries the comfort of memory foam and innerspring coils to provide great contouring and support. The top layer of gel memory foam plus the coil construction will also help keep you cool all night long.  

Hybrid mattresses are generally more expensive, so the Brooklyn Signature is truly a great find. Plus, you can get customized support by choosing from one of three firmness levels: soft, medium, or firm. That’s a lot of benefits packed into a reasonable price. 

Read our full Brooklyn Signature mattress review.

GhostBed

GhostBed Highlights

Standard Price: $995

The GhostBed mattress is such a great value purchase it’s scary! This latex mattresses uses cooling gel memory foam in its second layer and high-density foam as its support base to create a mattress that’s cooling, contouring, comfortable, and responsive. 

Plus, GhostBed does well by its customers and frequently has sales and bundle deals available so you can save a little extra.

Read our full GhostBed mattress review. 

What is a Good Price for a Mattress?

When mattress stores were the only place to find a high-quality product, you’d have to drop a good chunk of change to take home your new bed. (Or drop another chunk of change to have other people deliver it.) It was an investment piece and one that was meant to last for years.

Related: Best Mattress for the Money

Today, it really only takes a budget of around $1,000 to buy a quality queen-size mattress online. And most online mattress companies will include free shipping and free returns, so you won’t pay extra for getting it home or sending it back if you decide it’s not for you. (Sweet!)

A $1,000 online mattress purchase also comes with guarantees that you may not find in specialty stores. There’s a generous trial period that allows you to test out your new mattress – most mattress brands give you 100+ days to see if their mattress is a keeper. (That’s about a third of the year to test your new nest!) Most trial periods are risk-free, so if you wake up on Day 38 and decide it’s not the right bed for you, you can return it, usually for free.

Starting your budget at around $1,000 gives you wiggle-room to find the best mattress for your space, your sleeping positions, and your ideal support.

How to Save Money on a Mattress

Everyone loves a good bargain. We’ll share some insider tips on the best ways to save the most money on an online mattress. 

1. Take advantage of sales periods

There are several times during the year when mattress brands are known to offer great sales and discounts. Sometimes these are coupons so you can save a couple hundred dollars, sometimes they offer bundle deals where they through in free pillows or other sleep accessories to increase the value of your purchase times, and other times they do both! 

The best times to buy a mattress are around: 

• President’s Day 
• Memorial Day
• Labor Day 
• Veteran’s Day
• Black Friday 
• Cyber Monday 

This is when you’re the most likely to catch a great deal. You can always check our deals page that we regularly update with coupon codes, exclusive offers, and promotional sales. 

2. Choose the right size

The bigger the mattress, the more it will cost. If you’re really trying to cut down on costs, consider how big of a mattress you really need. The standard dimensions of most mattresses are as follows: 

Generally, one person can fit on sizes twin – full. If you’re sharing the bed with another person, two average-sized people can comfortably fit on a queen. If you or your sleeping partner is taller or heavier than average, you may want to consider a king or California king (which are generally priced the same). 

3. Think about the type of mattress 

Certain materials are more expensive to manufacture than others. Memory foam mattresses tend to be the cheapest to purchase. Hybrids and latex mattresses are slightly more expensive, and innersprings tend to be the most expensive. 

More sophisticated mattresses will inevitably cost more. Special features like extra cooling, adjustable capabilities, organic materials, or other technologies will make the mattress more expensive.  

Summary 

We hope this guide has helped you find a quality mattress within your budget and feel more confident in choosing a great value mattress. If you’ve realized your budget is even tighter than just under $1,000, you can check out our other budget guides: 

• Best Cheap Mattresses for Your Budget (all priced around $700)
• Best Mattresses Under $500
• Best Mattress for the Money

And remember to always keep your eye out for the best deals to save money!