Marker Brands, and What Each Is Actually Best At
Brand is how this market searches, but it is not how a marker should be chosen. No brand wins every surface. These figures are medians across every product that brand has in a 4,486-product catalogue, set against a site median of $13.99 and 4.6 stars, so you can see who is genuinely cheaper or better rated rather than who says so.
The catalogue, by brand
| Brand | Products | Median price | Median rating | Total ratings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOLOTOW | 221 | $15.25 | 4.5 | 35,027 |
| STAEDTLER | 219 | $16.61 | 4.6 | 265,977 |
| Sharpie | 217 | $12.89 | 4.7 | 1,088,963 |
| BIC | 205 | $12.98 | 4.6 | 605,447 |
| Crayola | 194 | $14.22 | 4.7 | 850,149 |
| ARTEZA | 175 | $20.53 | 4.6 | 430,823 |
| posca | 174 | $15.83 | 4.7 | 237,175 |
| Tombow | 171 | $16.11 | 4.7 | 425,934 |
| Copic | 147 | $10.19 | 4.7 | 122,663 |
| Ohuhu | 146 | $33.99 | 4.7 | 259,147 |
| EXPO | 109 | $12.61 | 4.6 | 661,150 |
| Prismacolor | 86 | $16.32 | 4.6 | 223,024 |
| Shuttle Art | 70 | $17.09 | 4.5 | 360,230 |
| SFAIH | 45 | $15.99 | 4.5 | 28,351 |
| ARTISTRO | 44 | $11.99 | 4.4 | 298,184 |
| Uni-Ball | 41 | $8.83 | 4.6 | 22,371 |
| 三菱鉛筆 | 41 | $7.17 | 4.6 | 15,993 |
| Marvy Uchida | 36 | $8.03 | 4.3 | 17,605 |
| Chalkola | 30 | $15.95 | 4.5 | 123,926 |
| Arrtx | 27 | $39.99 | 4.6 | 19,973 |
Brand pages
- Posca Markers: The Surfaces Water-Based Pigment Holds 73,310 searches/mo · KD 30 Posca markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Ohuhu Markers: The Volume Leader in Alcohol Ink 61,490 searches/mo · KD 4 Ohuhu markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Sharpie Markers: The Permanent Standard, Measured 28,270 searches/mo · KD 0 Sharpie markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Copic Markers: What a Refillable Alcohol Pen Buys 15,190 searches/mo · KD 11 Copic markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Mr Sketch Markers: Four Products, the Best Rating 5,630 searches/mo · KD 2 Mr Sketch markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Caliart Markers: The Budget Alcohol Set, Measured 3,310 searches/mo · KD 0 Caliart markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Grabie Markers: Extra-Fine Acrylic, and Its Limits 2,940 searches/mo · KD 1 Grabie markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Prismacolor Markers: A Pencil Brand's Marker Line 2,440 searches/mo · KD 0 Prismacolor markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Tombow Markers: A Brush Pen Range, Not a Marker Range 2,360 searches/mo · KD 12 Tombow markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- BIC Markers: One Category Won, Honestly Counted 2,260 searches/mo · KD 0 BIC markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Molotow Markers: Biggest Catalogue, Smallest Audience 2,180 searches/mo · KD 0 Molotow markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Arrtx Markers: The Most Expensive Median on Site 1,620 searches/mo · KD 0 Arrtx markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Staedtler Markers: Board Specialist, Fineliner Habit 1,220 searches/mo · KD 0 Staedtler markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Arteza Markers: Eight Chemistries Under One Name 810 searches/mo · KD 0 Arteza markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Spectrum Noir Markers: What This Catalogue Lacks 740 searches/mo · KD 0 Spectrum Noir markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Shuttle Art Markers: Nine Inks, Seventy Listings 710 searches/mo · KD 0 Shuttle Art markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Faber Markers: Five Listings, Two Are Not Theirs 700 searches/mo · KD 0 Faber markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Bodymark Markers: The Leader That Rates Lowest 600 searches/mo · KD 0 Bodymark markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Chameleon Markers: Not Here, and What Is Instead 480 searches/mo · KD 0 Chameleon markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Winsor Markers: The Dearest, on the Thinnest Data 350 searches/mo · KD 0 Winsor markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
- Amazon Basics Markers: Cheap, Badged, Badly Reported 40 searches/mo · KD 0 Amazon Basics markers matched to surfaces and jobs. Range, tip types, price and the surfaces they fail on, from real buyer reviews. Plus how they compare.
Each brand page sits inside the use root it belongs to, not at the top level, because a marker is chosen by surface and job first and brand second. How we review.