Looking for a new budget router

[moeller0]

@Jeremiah808

I came across one router called the IQRouter but have read that’s it’s just a tp link archer C7 router with SQM being the main feature. So I was thinking about just getting a archer C7 instead and putting openwrt myself.

So the IQrouter is based on OpenWrt, and sqm, but they added a lot of bells and whistles on top, like automated speedtests to adaptively set the traffic shaper to follow the available bandwidth and update notifications. Great product if you want a no hassle home-router that just works.
I am not sure though whether an C7 will allow traffic-shaping at you 200/10 Mbps plan, but I am sure others on this forum will know from 1st hand experience.

There are quite some threads in this forum about recommended routers for different requirements that include low-cost like https://forum.openwrt.org/t/whats-your-favourite-cheap-lede-openwrt-device/1362.