Hello,
I would like to buy a new router but with a budget of 100$.
Which is the best one to buy in end 2025(today) ?
Thank you by advance for your answers.
do you need wifi?
Yes, it's better if it has Wi-Fi. I'd also like to have four Ethernet ports.
If it doesn't have Wi-Fi and it's even cheaper, I'll consider it.
Go for a 20USD mini pc, add a good switch under 100USD, quite powerful hardware.
Edit:
Not a 20Usd mini pc but running Openwrt under proxmox for experimenting.
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Where can I find a mini PC for $20?
The power consumption seems excessive for a router.
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Which continent you are on?
If North America or Europe... Ebay.
I would prefer a small piece of hardware the size of a router.
Europe.
Many mini pc are way smaller than a normal ISP sized router.
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Yes, but a router's hardware is designed for this function and usually doesn't exceed 12V.
Anyway, a mini PC isn't suitable for me but thank you for this suggestion.
What is your Internet speed, do you need SQM at that speed?
Voltage =/= power consumption. 12V can consume more than a mains powered low power device.
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Upload & download : about 1Gb/s
Do you need SQM at those speeds?
No need for SQM
With 1Gb/s upload & download you can’t do wifi and SQM under 100EUR.
If you don’t need SQM:
GL.iNet GL-MT6000 is good, but slightly over budget.
For me the next intresting device is cudy WR3000S or WR3000H (not WR3000!) which is under 40 EUR.
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Does this count too?
The ZyXEL is 180 euros on Amazon. My budget is a lot less. 
Who buys from amazon?
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I need a seller in France ideally but yeah 60e is good for me.
I'll check if I find that
This one gets shipped to France too I think. Calculate at checkout. @frollic can help with many European routers.
Depends on the area you are trying to cover. for 100$ you can have two cudy WR3000? for two large floors. For single router https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_16128_ax-wifi - type mt79 in CPU/SOC, number of ports, the more storages the merrier in long term. check if you need and router has wall mount screws and see what you got in nearby store.
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