For those on a tighter budget, but still wanting something of decent quality, we have carefully selected our list of what we consider to be the best cheap women's snowboard boots for 2025-2026.
Everyone's style, physique and ability level are different, so this list has been broken up into 3 different boot categories and we've selected the best value-for-money boot from each category (plus several alternatives from each category):
- Best cheap women's all-mountain-freestyle (mid-soft to medium flex) boots
- Best cheap women's all-mountain-freeride (medium to mid-stiff flex) boots
- Best cheap women's beginner boots
How Each Boot was Chosen
The boots chosen for each category aren’t necessarily the cheapest, but rather offer the best value-for-money. However, to have made the list, they have to be at least cheaper than the average price of boots from their particular category.
Under each category I will show:
- the average cost of boots in that category
- the cheapest boot I found in that category;
- the reasons why I chose the boot I chose; and
- Some alternatives that are also good value for money
All prices shown in USD.
BEST CHEAP WOMEN'S ALL-MOUNTAIN-FREESTYLE BOOTS
ALL-MTN FREESTYLE BOOTS CATEGORY STATS |
# of all-mtn-freestyle boots rated: | 15 | |
Cheapest boots rated: | $200 | |
Average price of freestyle boots: | $300 | |
Average Rating Score: | 82.1/100 | |
Boot: Vans Women's Hi-Standard Pro
Snowboarding Profiles' All-Mtn-Freestyle Rating Score : 89.7/100
Flex: Medium (5/10)
Price: $300
Why These Boots Were Chosen
The Women's Hi-Standard Pro retain their spot as our best value women's all-mtn freestyle snowboard boots.
They may not be lower than the average price (right on the average price this year) for this category, but they are a long way above the average in terms of performance and offer great value-for-money.
They are the #2 boots in our women's top 5 all-mtn-freestyle snowboard boots list this year and that's saying something given their price and given they are $67 cheaper than the average price of the other 4 in the top 5.
Traditional lace boots tend to be cheaper, but if you're looking for a different lacing system, see the alternatives below.
Some other notable numbers:
- The average price for this category went up by $16 compared to last year.
- The average price for the top half (top 8 scorers) was $336, making the Hi-Standard Pro $36 cheaper than those that scored in the top half of this category.
- The Women's Hi-Standard Pro were the 2nd lowest price in the top half.
- Of the 8 boots that had a price of $300 or less, not including the Hi-Standard Pro, the average score was 77.8. This compares to the Hi-Standard Pro's score of 89.7.
Alternatives
Vans Hi-Standard OG (Traditional Lace) - $200 | 84.5/100 - these are perhaps even better value, if you're looking to go a little cheaper and softer flexing.
ThirtyTwo STW Double BOA (Double Boa) - $309 | 82.8/100
BEST CHEAP WOMEN'S ALL-MOUNTAIN-FREERIDE BOOTS
ALL-MOUNTAIN BOOTS CATEGORY STATS |
# of all-mountain boots rated: | 20 | |
Cheapestboots rated: | $315 | |
Average price of all-mountain boots: | $394 | |
Average Rating Score: | 86.3/100 | |
Boot: Nidecker Women's Rift
Snowboarding Profiles' All-Mountain-Freeride Rating Score : 88.3/100
Flex: Medium (6/10)
Price: $369
Why These Boots Were Chosen
The Nidecker Women's Rift takes over the best-value women's all-mountain freeride spot this year.
The Women's Rift are $25 cheaper, than the average price for this category. While that may not sound like a lot, it's a whole lot more impressive when you consider they are the 6th ranked boot (out of 20) in our TopRated Women's All-Mountain Freeride Snowboard Boots list.
And even more so when you consider they were $51 cheaper than the price of the other boots that made that list.
Some Other Notable Numbers:
- The average price for this category went up by $29 compared to last year.
- The average price for this category is $94 higher than the all-mtn-freestyle category (see above).
- The Women's Rift were $110 cheaper than the highest priced but just $54 more than the lowest priced boots in the whole category - what makes this more surprising is that they are Double BOA - and that usually means a higher price tag than traditional lacing, hybrid and speed lace lacing systems.
Alternatives
Vans Luna Ventana Pro (Double BOA) - $315 | 86.7/100
K2 Contour (Double BOA) - $379 | 86.1/100
Nidecker Women's Altai (Double Boa) - $319 | 85/100
BEST CHEAP WOMEN'S BEGINNER BOOTS
BEGINNER BOOTS CATEGORY STATS |
# of beginner boots rated: | 24 | |
Cheapest boots rated: | $199 | |
Average price of beginner boots: | $263 | |
Average Rating Score: | 87.9/100 | |
Boot: Nitro Flora Boa
Snowboarding Profiles' Beginner Rating Score : 91.4/100
Flex: Mid-Soft (4/10)
Price: $229
Why These Boots Were Chosen
Nitro's Flora Boa are pick this year for best value women's beginner snowboard boots.
At $34 cheaper than the average score and ranking #4 for the whole category, the Flora Boa were a logical choice to feature here.
Some other notable numbers:
- The average price for this category went up by $8 compared to last year.
- Price is taken into account for the scores for beginner boots – so this is somewhat skewed for this category.
- The average price for the top half (top 12) was $250, making the Flora Boa $50 cheaper than those that scored in the top half of this list. The bottom half of the list had a an average price that was actually slightly higher at $276, because price in this case influenced the scores.
- The Flora Boa were the 4th cheapest in the whole category.
- The average price for this category is the lowest of all the categories, naturally being a beginner list - and with those that are suited to this category being softer flexing boots.
Alternatives
Vans Hi-Standard OG (Traditional Lace) - $200 | 92/100 (while these are techically even better value for money than the , we chose to feature the Flora Boa instead, mostly because boa boots tend to be more sort after for beginner riders and also because the Pro Version of the Hi-Standard was featured in the all-mtn freestyle category).
Burton Mint (Speed Lace) - $249 | 92/100
Vans Encore OG (Single Boa) - $230 | 91.4/100
Nitro Scala Boa (Double Boa) - $289 | 89.1/100 - while these might be above the average price, they are really good value for double boa boots and one of the only double boa boots that are softer than medium flex
Also check out our top 5 women's beginner boots list for some great alternatives as they're all reasonably priced.
Over to You
Thanks for reading and I hope this has helped you to find the right snowboard boots for you and your budget.
Check out the links under each category for more info.
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