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Keychron Q10 vs sam Sesame Kit

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Quick verdict

Which one should you get?

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Keychron Q10

Hot-swappable

Build quality in the top 5% of 75% boards under $100.

Rules this board out

  • South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
$79 at Keychron

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sam Sesame Kit

Rules this board out

  • Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
  • No ISO layout. ISO-DE, UK, and other ISO variants are not offered.
$40 at Mechboards

What actually differs

The differences that matter

Skip the 40-row spec sheet. These are the specs that change how each board feels, sounds, and fits your desk.

Keychron Q10

sam Sesame Kit

  • Hot-swappable

    Yes

    No

    Switch changes without soldering

  • Case material

    Aluminum

    Acrylic, Plastic

  • Knob

    Yes

    No

  • QMK

    Yes

    No

    The deep option when you want to remap every key

  • VIA

    Yes

    No

    GUI remapping without compiling firmware

KeebFinder scores

How we score
  • Keychron Q10
  • sam Sesame Kit
Performance
72
42
Build quality
89
51
Productivity
100
44
Customizability
98
45
Portability
62
58

What they share

  • Ergonomics: Alice
See every spec side by side

Full specs

Keychron Q10 vs sam Sesame Kit specs

Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.

14 of 25 specs differ

Keychron Q10

sam Sesame Kit

Typing & switches

Switch options

Clicky, Linear, Tactile
—

Hot-swappable

Yes
No

Mount style

Gasket Mount, Plate Mount
—

Sound dampening

Yes
No

Screw-in stabilizers

Yes
No

Layout

Layout size

75%
—

Layout standard

ANSI, ISO, ISO-DE, ISO-ES, ISO-FR, ISO-SW, ISO-UK, JIS
ANSI

Ergonomics

Alice
Alice

Knob

Yes
No

Display

None
None

Media keys

Yes
No

Connectivity & battery

Connection

Wired
—

Max polling rate

1,000 Hz
—

USB-C

Yes
No

Build & materials

Case material

Aluminum
Acrylic, Plastic

Plate material

Steel
FR4

Keycaps

ABS, PBT
—

Weight

2,460 g
—

Dimensions

20 x 157 x 385 mm
—

Typing angle

5°
—

Backlight

RGB, south-facing
None

Firmware & software

QMK

Yes
No

VIA

Yes
No

Mac & Windows

Yes
No

Extras

Released

2022
2021

For EU buyers

ISO layouts by store

Which stores sell ISO-DE, UK, and the other regional layouts.

Keychron Q10

  • Keychron

    ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-FR, ISO-ES, ISO-SW

    In stockShips to you

  • Keychron (DE)

    ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-FR, ISO-ES, ISO-SW

    In stockDoes not ship to you

sam Sesame Kit

No ISO layout at the stores we track.

Where to buy

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Live prices from the stores we track, cheapest in-stock offer first.

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Lowest price across stores, Amazon excluded.

Keychron Q104 stores
sam Sesame Kit2 stores

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