9 Best Places to Buy a Mattress of 2026

Costco takes first place because it removes most of the extra costs and risks of buying a mattress. On its mattress page, Costco lists delivery and setup, haul away of the old bed and a 10-year warranty as included on select online mattresses, and says the price you see is the price you pay. Its risk-free satisfaction guarantee promises a refund on merchandise and lists specific exceptions such as some electronics, none of which are mattresses. The brand list is broad: Kirkland Signature, Sealy, Tempur-Pedic, Purple, Casper, Saatva, Sleep Number, Tuft & Needle, Beautyrest and others. The catch is the membership, which you need before you can buy, and the fact that the included services cover select online mattresses in most areas, not every bed. Costco also did not show prices to our checker, so compare the price on the product page against the same bed elsewhere.

Mattress Firm is the place to go if you want to test beds before you buy. The company describes itself as America's largest mattress specialty retailer with more than 2,300 neighborhood stores in 49 states, so most shoppers can reach a showroom and try Tempur-Pedic, Stearns & Foster, Simmons, Sleepy's and other brands back to back. Its sale pages pair a 120 Night Sleep Trial with free delivery and a low price guarantee. The trial wording matters: Mattress Firm says that if the bed is not the right fit, it will pick it up and pair you with a new one, which reads as an exchange rather than a simple refund, so ask about return terms in store. Prices change with near-constant promotions, and the site blocked our price checker, so we could not verify a starting price. Compare the exact model name at Costco, Sam's Club or the brand's own site before you pay.

Saatva is the strongest pick for shoppers who prefer buying from an online brand but do not want a bed in a box. Saatva's product pages pair its mattresses with a 365-night home trial and free white glove delivery and setup, and its pages for models such as the Saatva HD add complimentary mattress removal. The Saatva Classic, its innerspring flagship, carries a lifetime warranty. Saatva also runs Viewing Rooms in cities such as New York, Seattle, Scottsdale and Pasadena. You can walk in without an appointment, but the rooms carry no stock, so every order ships to your home with the same trial and delivery terms as an online order. The limits are that you can only buy Saatva's own beds, and warranty terms vary by model. Saatva blocked our price checker from this location, so read the price on its US store before you compare it with others.

IKEA is the cheapest well-documented place on this list to buy a new queen mattress. When we checked, its US mattress page listed 28 items, including the VALEVÅG pocket spring mattress at $399 for a queen and the best-selling ÅNNELAND hybrid at $649, each with clear firmness labels and sizes. IKEA's return policy is the standout: it accepts unopened products for 365 days and opened products within 180 days with proof of purchase for a full refund, which works out to a long trial for a budget bed. You can also lie on most models in an IKEA store before buying. The tradeoffs are a narrow selection of IKEA's own beds only, no Tempur-Pedic or Sealy, and returns that usually go through a store's exchanges and returns desk or a scheduled pickup. It is a good fit for a guest room, a first apartment or anyone with a firm budget.

Casper is the most familiar name among online-first mattress brands and a sensible place to buy if you want to order from the maker directly. Its US store lists foam beds, The One and Cloud One, from $599 and hybrids such as the Dream and Snow above that, with sitewide savings of up to 35% when we checked. Every mattress comes with free delivery, white glove delivery is available, and Casper's 100-Night Risk-Free Trial starts when your items arrive. A 10-year limited warranty covers the beds. Casper also runs stores and sells through retail partners, so you may be able to lie on a model before ordering. The trial is the main weakness compared with Saatva's full year, and the Comp. Value figure next to each price is a reference price, so judge the deal on the size you actually need.

Sam's Club is the lower-cost alternative to Costco for members. Its join page lists a Club membership at $60 a year and Plus at $120. When we checked, its queen mattress page showed more than 135 options, from Member's Mark memory foam beds with options from $149.98 and a Member's Mark hybrid with options from $299 up to Serta Perfect Sleeper and GhostBed hybrids, several with Instant Savings. Sam's Club says Plus members get White Glove delivery at no extra cost on select flat mattresses bought online, and you can return items to any club with a receipt, though some products carry their own exceptions shown on the product page. The weaker points are fewer premium brands than Costco or Mattress Firm and delivery perks tied to the Plus tier. It suits members who want a store-brand bed at a low price.

Sleep Number is the place to buy if adjustable firmness is the whole point. Every bed lets you change how firm each side feels, which solves the common problem of partners who want different beds. When we checked, the Comfort Mode collection started at $1,799.10 for a queen on sale against a $1,999 regular price, with the Comfort Next and Climate collections higher. Sleep Number offers a 100-night trial and a 10-year limited warranty, which it describes as full coverage for 2 years plus an additional 8-year limited period. It also promises to match the price if an eligible Sleep Number sale drops it within 30 days of purchase. The cost is the main drawback, as it is the highest starting price on this list, and you can only buy Sleep Number's own beds here. Costco also lists Sleep Number among its mattress brands, so compare both.

Ashley makes sense when the mattress is part of a bigger bedroom purchase. Its mattress pages list Ashley's own Siena line alongside Sealy, Serta iComfortPro, Tempur-Pedic, Stearns & Foster and Beautyrest Black, with Mattress Hot Buys from $479 and brand-specific savings when we checked. Ashley says it offers mattress removal when you buy a new one, handling disposal during delivery, and you can add a bed frame, base or full bedroom set to the same order. Financing through the Ashley Advantage card is available, but the fine print is long and the standard purchase APR is high, so read it before you sign. The bigger gap is the trial: the pages we read did not state a sleep trial or comfort exchange, while Mattress Firm, Saatva, Casper and Sleep Number all publish one. Ask an Ashley store about return terms before buying.

Amazon is an easy place to buy a budget boxed mattress, and its return policy is better for mattresses than for most items. Amazon's return policy page puts mattresses, excluding crib mattresses, in a 90-day return window, against 30 days for most products. That gives you roughly three months to decide on a bed, shorter than the trials at Saatva, Casper or Mattress Firm but useful for an inexpensive purchase. The marketplace carries hundreds of mattresses from brand stores and third-party sellers, and reviews on each listing help you narrow the field. The risks come from that same breadth: warranty, materials and support vary by seller, there is nowhere to lie on the bed first, and white glove setup or removal is not standard. We did not verify a price because listings change constantly, so check the seller and the return terms on the listing before you buy.