By budget
DJ controllers up to €200: 6 devices
This overview shows the 6 DJ controllers in our register whose price bracket sits entirely below €200. We keep brackets, not daily prices — what a device costs today is at the retailer, and a range is more honest than a number that is wrong tomorrow.
Hercules
up to €100DJControl Inpulse 200 MK2
The cheapest way in with jog wheels, faders and pads — for a first try.
- The cheapest way in
- Light and compact
- Simpler build quality
Hercules
up to €100DJControl Starlight
The smallest controller in the catalogue — two decks in pocket format, with DJUCED.
- The cheapest way in, full stop
- Fits in any bag
- Very small jog wheels
Numark
up to €100Party Mix II
A controller with a built-in light show — meant for the party, not for practice.
- The lights are built in
- Very cheap
- Tiny jogs, barely suitable for learning
AlphaTheta
€100 to €200DDJ-FLX2
The successor to the DDJ-200 with a built-in sound card — the device DJLearn teaches on.
- Built-in sound card
- Runs with rekordbox, Serato DJ Lite and djay
- Two channels, no club layout
Pioneer DJ
€100 to €200DDJ-200
The former beginner standard — no longer sold new, still common second-hand.
- Cheap second-hand
- Runs with rekordbox, WeDJ and djay
- No built-in sound card — the sound comes from the laptop or phone
Hercules
€100 to €200DJControl Inpulse 300 MK2
The Inpulse 200's big brother: more pads, more buttons, beatmatch help with light guides — for DJUCED and Serato DJ Lite.
- Beatmatch Guide: light arrows show tempo and phase
- 3-band EQ per channel
- Plastic, no club layout
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Is €200 enough for a complete setup?
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The thresholds here are the upper bounds of our price brackets, not round numbers we picked. That is why there is “up to €200” and no page for odd amounts: we would be claiming a precision our data does not have. Above €600 the top bracket is open-ended and appears in no budget overview.