Where to buy: FlexiSpot sells the E7 Pro on its own site, $499.99 with a 48 x 30 in laminate top or $399.99 for the frame. Uplift sells the V3 on its own site, $599 with a 42 x 30 in laminate top or $469 for the frame.

• FlexiSpot E7 Pro vs Uplift V3, side by side
• Which should you buy, FlexiSpot or Uplift?
• How to choose between the E7 Pro and the V3
• Returns and shipping
• Who should skip each one
• Questions people ask

FlexiSpot E7 Pro vs Uplift V3, side by side

They match on motors, warranty and free shipping. The E7 Pro costs less and comes with the bigger top, and the V3’s whole height range sits a little lower.

Which should you buy, FlexiSpot or Uplift?

The E7 Pro for most people, and the V3 if you are short. Business Insider’s standing desk guide picks both, with the V3 as its best overall and the E7 Pro as its best heavy-duty desk.

Best for the money, with a bigger topFlexiSpot E7 Pro

• FlexiSpot $499.99, with a 48 x 30 in laminate top
• FlexiSpot $399.99, frame only

It is the one I would buy. Under $500 with a laminate top, it is a quiet, sturdy standing desk for most people.

Buy the E7 Pro if you would rather keep the money.

It holds steady, too, in every position and even raised all the way under a heavy butcher-block top with a PC and monitors on it.

The build is doable, and a teenager can manage it in about an hour. Give yourself an afternoon, and open the top’s box before you start on the frame. A damaged top is far easier to sort out before the build than halfway through it.

If you want to spend even less, the base FlexiSpot E7 is under $300 for the frame and carries the same 15-year warranty. The FlexiSpot E7 review covers it.

Height 25.0 to 50.6 in, as listed440 lbTwo motorsFrame width 43.3 to 74.8 inTakes tops 47.2 to 80 in wide15-year frame, motor and electronics warranty30-day returns

Best if you are shortUplift V3

• Uplift $599, with a 42 x 30 in laminate top
• Uplift $469, frame only

It goes lower than the E7 Pro, owners find it very steady, and it is worth close to $100 more if you are short.

Buy the V3 if the E7 Pro will not come down far enough for you.

It is steady. Owners raise it all the way with two monitors on top and say it barely moves, and people typing at it standing up find it far steadier than their old desk.

E7 Pro owners call theirs sturdy too, so let your height decide between them.

It suits someone who wants to add a side shelf, a monitor arm and a drawer and keep it for years. People who already had an Uplift come back to it when they upgrade.

Uplift says it designed the height range to fit 95% of users, so most people will find both a sitting and a standing height on it.

If other comparisons have you hunting for the Uplift V2, this is the desk that replaced it. Business Insider says the new design is easier to assemble, handles cables better and has a sturdier frame.

Height 22.6 to 48.7 in, as listed355 lbTwo motors2 in per secondUnder 48 dB0.1 W on standby15-year warranty on all components30-day returns

How to choose between the E7 Pro and the V3

Measure where you want the desk surface, sitting and standing, then measure the spot it is going in.

If you need the desk below 25.0 inches sitting, the E7 Pro’s lowest, buy the V3. If you need it above 48.7 inches standing, the V3’s highest, buy the E7 Pro. If both heights fit both desks, height does not decide it, and the E7 Pro costs less.

Neither maker says whether its height range counts the desktop. If it does not, the surface sits a top’s thickness higher, so leave a little room at the low end if you are short.

The E7 Pro takes tops from 47.2 inches wide and up, so it needs a spot at least that wide. If your nook is narrower than that, look at the V3 with Uplift’s standard 42 x 30 in top instead.

Returns and shipping

Both ship free to the 48 contiguous states, and both give you 30 days to send the desk back.

Alaska and Hawaii pay for FlexiSpot shipping. Uplift ships the same day if you order by 3pm Central on a business day, and the desk reaches you in one to four business days. Bigger orders and custom tops go by freight, with a delivery appointment.

Both take a like-new desk back within 30 days. Uplift also wants it in the original packaging and covers return shipping only in the contiguous US, so keep the boxes until you are sure you are keeping the desk.

Who should skip each one

Skip the E7 Pro if you dread a build or your spot is narrow. Skip the V3 if price comes first.

• Skip the E7 Pro if unclear instructions would ruin your weekend. Buyers find them hard to follow.
• Skip the E7 Pro if your nook is too narrow for its smallest top. The V3’s standard top is smaller.
• Skip the V3 if price decides it. The E7 Pro costs less as a frame and as a complete desk.
• Skip whichever one does not reach the heights you measured.

Questions people ask