Best Value Running Shoes
The shoes for sale rated highest for value by real, experienced, and knowledgeable reviewers.
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148 shoes · page 7 of 7 · includes daily trainers, supershoes, racing shoes, trail shoes and track spikes
Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.
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#145 New Balance
1080 v354 Bottom-tier Value · 10 reviews · Confidence 76/100
Daily trainer · Neutral · 8.8 oz (men's) · 8mm drop · 30mm stack
Comfort averages 4.5 out of 5 across ten reviews, and one reviewer cites the cushioning for daily miles on concrete.
Overall 54 Cushioning 94Overall54Cushioning94Comfort86Appearance72Durability65Value54Confidence76Pros
Comfort averages 4.5 out of 5 across ten reviews, and one reviewer cites the cushioning for daily miles on concrete.
One reviewer prefers it to the version that followed.
Cons
Durability averages 3.6 out of 5, the lowest of its dimensions, and two reviewers report the forefoot wearing out or the mesh tearing early.
Four of the ten reviewers who answered report an injury while running in it.
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#146 New Balance
1080v1554 Bottom-tier Value · 6 reviews · Confidence 57/100
Daily trainer · Neutral · 8.1 oz
Comfort averages 4.5 out of 5 across the six reviewers so far, and cushioning 4.4.
Overall 54 Cushioning 94Overall54Cushioning94Comfort93Durability74Appearance74Value54Confidence57Pros
Comfort averages 4.5 out of 5 across the six reviewers so far, and cushioning 4.4.
One reviewer, buying their seventh pair of 1080s, calls it the same reliable shoe.
Light for the category at 9.0 oz in the men's and 7.1 oz in the women's.
Cons
Durability averages 3.7 out of 5 across the six reviewers so far, with two of them marking it a 2.
Value averages 3.5 out of 5, the weakest of its categories.
The three versions before it score 97, 90 and 97 here, on twenty-five, twenty-seven and twenty-eight reviews.
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#147 On
Cloudsurfer Next54 Bottom-tier Value · 4 reviews · Confidence 39/100
Daily trainer · Neutral · 8.3 oz · 6mm drop · 37mm stack
Reviewers describe the cushioning as soft but structured, and comfortable.
Overall 54 Cushioning 80$120 $150 Buy now ↗ As of Sep 14, 8:33 AM UTCOverall54Appearance88Cushioning80Comfort78Durability68Value54Confidence39Pros
Reviewers describe the cushioning as soft but structured, and comfortable.
Light at 8.1 oz for a 37mm heel stack.
Cons
Value draws the lowest ratings of the four reviews so far at 3.0 out of 5, and one reviewer calls it expensive for the durability.
One reviewer says it does not last much past 250 miles.
One reviewer finds it insulated and a little warm in hot climates.
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#148 Nike
Alphafly Next% 354 Bottom-tier Value · 3 reviews · Confidence 33/100
Racing · Neutral · 6.6 oz · 7mm drop
Light at 7.0 oz in the men's and 6.2 oz in the women's for a 40mm heel stack.
Overall 54 Cushioning 65Overall54Appearance79Cushioning65Comfort62Value54Durability54Confidence33Pros
Light at 7.0 oz in the men's and 6.2 oz in the women's for a 40mm heel stack.
One of three reviewers finds it snug at the heel and wide enough at the forefoot, a combination they could not get from the Ghost or the Vaporfly.
Cons
That reviewer has the heels wearing down too fast, though they rate the comfort worth it.
How this ranking works
Ratings come from our statistical models of runner reviews: the score is our best estimate of how a shoe is rated, and the bar behind it in an expanded row is the range we consider plausible given how many reviews it has. Shoes with few reviews rank more cautiously rather than shooting to the top on a handful of glowing write-ups. Prices are the live prices at the retailers we track, and everything ranked here is a shoe you can buy today.