# Brands

## Introduction

There are **many** tablet brands and picking the brand of the tablet is one of the most important decisions you will need to make when selecting a tablet to purchase

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* I covered brands extensively in this video: <https://youtu.be/kw7fKQik3YY>
* If you are not familiar with drawing tablets, please read the [Beginner's guide to drawing tablets](https://docs.sevenpens.com/drawtab/basics/beginners-guide)
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## Landscape

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## Tier 1: Wacom

**Wacom** was founded in 1983 continues to make the highest quality and most reliable tablets. In general, Wacom has the best drawing experience. Their products are the most expensive. I consider Wacom to be the "safe choice".

* More here: [Wacom](https://docs.sevenpens.com/drawtab/brands/wacom)
* Wacom - [https://www.wacom.com](https://www.wacom.com/)

## Tier 2: Huion, XP-Pen, & Xencelabs

**Huion and XP-pen** since about 2021 have been releasing decent devices and size 2023/2024 a couple very good ones that compete strongly with Wacom. In many ways they deliver 90% of what a typical person needs for about half the cost. They do trail Wacom in reliability and in customer support however. If you carefully research a tablet from these brands, you can find one that works for you.

* More here: [Huion and XP-Pen](https://docs.sevenpens.com/drawtab/brands/huion-and-xppen)
* Huion - [https://huion.com](https://huion.com/)
* XP-Pen - [https://xp-pen.com](https://xp-pen.com/)

**Xencelabs** (founded 2019) is a new brand focused only on professional tablets for professionally users. Xencelabs has a very strong focus on customer support.

* More here: [Xencelabs](https://docs.sevenpens.com/drawtab/brands/xencelabs)
* Xencelabs - [https://xencelabs.com](https://xencelabs.com/)

## Tier 3: Smaller brands

After Wacom, Huion, XP-Pen, there are many other brands that focus on budget or consumer tablets. All these brands the same technology as the Tier 2 brands. In fact they are even owned by the same companies. These brands have smaller portfolios, less responsive customer support, and smaller online communities.

* **Artisul** - <https://artisul.com/>
* **Gaomon** - <https://www.gaomon.net/>
* **Ugee** - <https://www.ugee.com/>
* **Veikk** - <https://www.veikk.com/>
* **Parblo** - <https://www.parblo.com/>

## Tier 4: Everyone else

Avoid.

## How to choose the right brand for you

More here: [Choosing a drawing tablet brand](https://docs.sevenpens.com/drawtab/brands/choosing-drawtab-brand)