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If you’re comparing kitchen cabinets based on price alone, you’re only seeing half the picture. We recently ran a detailed pricing comparison of our Elyon White Shaker Cabinets against some of the industry’s most popular options—including Fabuwood, Innovation Cabinetry, and several of the major online RTA cabinet retailers.
What we found was clear: Elyon gives you more cabinet, more storage, and more value—at a better price.
The Price Breakdown
We compared a white shaker kitchen layout that ended up being around $8300 at Elyon’s retail price. This was a medium-sized kitchen with a multitude of various cabinets. Here’s how things shook out:
- Fabuwood (Assembled Cabinet Brand):
Fabuwood came in about 18% more expensive than Elyon. While it arrives assembled, installers still spend time dealing with layout, leveling, and wall prep. With Elyon’s engineered installation system, you can install faster than you ever could with assembled cabinets—and save nearly 20%. - Innovation Cabinetry (Frameless RTA Brand):
Pricing was almost identical to Elyon. But the comparison ends there. Innovation uses metal brackets and nails, while Elyon uses wood stretchers, dowels, and screws for strength and precision. Innovation is frameless like Elyon—but it doesn’t have our installation system, extra deep drawers, full-depth shelves, or extra shelves and additional locations. - Major Online RTA Brands:
These brands came in 0–20% less than Elyon. But the difference in quality, storage, and install speed is dramatic. Here’s why paying less ends up costing more.
Why Lower-Cost Cabinets Don’t Stack Up
On the surface, saving up to 20% might sound smart—until you open the cabinet door.
- Shallow Drawers: You get top drawers that barely hold utensils, let alone anything bulky. Elyon gives you extra-deep upper drawers, providing up to 50% more storage where it matters most.
- Framed Construction: That face frame eats up interior space and narrows your drawer boxes. Elyon is frameless full-access, giving you wider drawers, more usable storage, and easier access.
- Half-Depth Shelves: Most budget RTA brands cut corners with shallow shelves. Elyon provides full-depth base cabinet shelves and more shelves overall, with additional shelf pins for flexible storage.
- Clunky Assembly and Install: Lower-end RTA brands use cam locks, metal brackets, and vague instructions. Elyon uses clear, precise joinery—and then takes it further with our VertiGO, TruBASE, and InterLOCK systems that reduce install time and simplify the job.
Installation Time: Assembled vs. Elyon
Yes, Fabuwood arrives assembled. But assembly isn’t the hard part—installation is.
With Fabuwood or other assembled brands, your installer still has to:
- Shim every base cabinet
- Find studs
- Level across uneven floors and walls
- Work around layout gaps and molding issues
With Elyon, our installation system solves all of that:
- VertiGO makes it easy to mount cabinets with precision
- TruBASE ensures fast, level base installation—no shims, no fuss
- InterLOCK aligns moldings perfectly for a seamless, polished finish
The result? Elyon installs faster than both assembled cabinets and standard RTA—saving hours per job.
Designed to Be Better Everywhere It Counts
Elyon Cabinets weren’t built to be the cheapest—they were built to be the smartest choice for homeowners and contractors who care about quality, efficiency, and performance.
Every Elyon cabinet features:
- Thick, high-quality birch plywood construction
- Hand-applied stains and premium conversion varnish finishes
- Soft-close hardware on all doors and drawers
- Factory precision, down to the millimeter
We thought through the real-world challenges that installers and homeowners face—and solved them.
From smarter storage to faster installs, Elyon turns a good kitchen into a great one.
Final Take: Price Isn’t the Full Story—But Elyon Still Wins It
- Pay 18% more for Fabuwood and get slower installs and less flexibility
- Pay the same for Innovation Cabinetry and get weaker construction and no install system
- Pay less for major online RTA brands and get shallow drawers, lost storage, clunky assembly, and slower installations
With Elyon, you pay a smart price—and you get a cabinet that delivers more in every way that matters.
Want to see the Elyon difference?
Request a quote or connect with us today. You’ll get more cabinet, more storage, and a better experience from start to finish.
