The Best Air Fryers Under $200

What $200 actually buys in this category

Here is the finding that should change how you shop this band: $200 is near the top of the air fryer market, not the middle. At the last price check, the large majority of the machines in our catalog came in under $200. Only a handful sit above it, and they are all specialist shapes rather than better basket air fryers — a 19-quart oven, a premium flat machine, a full countertop smart oven, a multi-cooker.

That means the under-$200 question is not “what can I afford” but “which shape do I want”, because at this budget you can have essentially any of them: the biggest dual-basket machine, a machine that cooks in glass, a ceramic-coated six-quart with the widest temperature range on the market, or a toaster oven that air fries. Nobody has to compromise on the coating or the capacity at $200. The people who do compromise are shopping a tighter band, which is what our best air fryers under $100 page is for — and the picks there are a completely different set of machines from these.

A note on how the prices on this page work, because it matters for a page defined by a number. Nothing here is typed in by hand. Every figure is read at page-load from the price layer, which is refreshed daily, and it is stamped with the date of that refresh beneath each table. If the refresh ever stops, the numbers disappear on their own and the buttons revert to a plain price check. We would rather show you nothing than a price that was true last month. Amazon prices on these models move frequently, and when air fryers go on sale covers the windows where they move most.

How we chose

We do not run a lab. Every machine below was in our registry before this page existed, and every spec — capacity, footprint, warranty, temperature range, coating language — is read off the manufacturer's Amazon listing. The band is checked against live prices rather than list prices, which is why a model can drop off this page if Amazon moves it. Where a maker publishes no wattage, as Cosori and Ninja both do on most of these, we compute no running cost and leave the cell empty. Method: how we review.

The picks

Ninja Foodi DualZone XL DZ401 — best under $200 overall

Who it is for: a household of three or more that wants a main and a side to finish at the same time. Ten quarts across two independent drawers, Smart Finish and Match Cook, six programs, and the only Ninja air fryer in our catalog whose listing commits to a 100% PFAS-free surface. At 13.9 inches wide it is narrower than Ninja's own 8-quart DZ201, which surprises most people. It also tops our best dual-basket air fryers.

Cosori TWINFRY 9 Qt — the flexible family machine

Who it is for: a family of four who occasionally need one big space rather than two small ones. Two 4.5-quart baskets, or one undivided 9-quart basket with the divider out, which Cosori states fits a whole chicken. PFAS-free ceramic on the basket and crisper plate, and a 2-year warranty — the longest of any basket machine here. The cost is 19 inches of counter depth.

Ninja Crispi — if you would rather not own a coating

Who it is for: one or two people for whom the cooking surface is the whole question. The Crispi is a heater pod that clamps onto borosilicate glass containers Ninja lists as free of PFAS, PTFE and nonstick coatings; you cook, store and reheat in the same glass and the pod nests inside it. It reaches 450°F. Four quarts is the real limit, so it is not a family machine. It leads our best glass air fryers.

Cuisinart TOA-70 — the longest warranty under $200

Who it is for: a kitchen where the air fryer has to replace a toaster oven too. Eight functions including toast, convection bake, broil and grill, 1800 W, a warm-to-450°F range, and a stainless interior. Cuisinart publishes a limited 3-year warranty, the longest term on any air fryer in our catalog, and states capacity for six slices of bread, 3 lb of wings or a 12-inch pizza. It has a temperature dial rather than a screen, which some people prefer and some do not. More in best air fryer toaster ovens.

Cosori TurboBlaze — the budget pick

Who it is for: anyone who wants the most capable single-basket machine for the least money in this band. At the last price check this is the cheapest machine on this page and it still publishes the widest temperature range we track: 90-450°F, with a 3600 rpm fan across five selectable speeds. Add a PFAS-free ceramic coating on both the basket and the crisper tray, a published noise figure of under 53 dB at top speed, a 2-year warranty and a body only 11.9 inches tall. Being the budget pick here does not mean settling for less.

What to skip at this price

Two things. First, do not pay up for capacity you will not fill — a 10-quart dual-basket machine means two 5-quart spaces, so if you cook for one or two you are buying counter depth rather than dinner. The genuinely small machines in the catalog cost a third of this band; see best small air fryers. Second, do not pay up for app features unless you will use them. The machines above cook identically whether or not a phone is involved.

And a timing point. Because this page is defined by a live price rather than a list price, the set of machines that qualify genuinely changes. If a model you wanted has moved above the band when you read this, it has not been removed on purpose — the price moved, and the table is telling you so with the date attached.