Cabinet Comparisons
Brand vs. brand and series vs. series — construction, hardware, finishes, and real prices, compared point by point by our design team.
Cabinet comparisons online are usually thin on specifics — no real prices, no construction detail, tables that contradict each other. These are built the opposite way: every row comes from specs and prices we quote every day, whether you're weighing two brands or two lines from the same manufacturer.
Every Comparison at a Glance
How many points each comparison covers, so you know what you're getting before you click in.
Brand vs. Brand
| Comparison | Points compared | |
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| Fabuwood vs Diamond | 8 | View |
| Fabuwood vs J&K Cabinetry | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs US Cabinet Depot | 10 | View |
| J&K Cabinetry vs US Cabinet Depot | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs St. Martin | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Tribeca | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Mantra | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Modernform | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Noma | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Decorá | 11 | View |
| Decorá vs Diamond | 12 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Kitchen Cabinet Distributors | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Forevermark | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs CNC Cabinetry | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Wolf Classic | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs KraftMaid | 12 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Aristokraft | 12 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Waypoint | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Merillat | 11 | View |
| Mantra vs Kitchen Cabinet Distributors | 11 | View |
| J&K Cabinetry vs Kitchen Cabinet Distributors | 12 | View |
| US Cabinet Depot vs Kitchen Cabinet Distributors | 12 | View |
| Diamond vs Mantra | 12 | View |
| Decorá vs St. Martin | 12 | View |
| Modernform vs St. Martin | 11 | View |
| Diamond vs KraftMaid | 12 | View |
| Decorá vs KraftMaid | 12 | View |
| Fabuwood vs American Woodmark | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood Galaxy vs IKEA SEKTION | 12 | View |
| Mantra vs KraftMaid | 12 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Medallion | 12 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Shiloh Cabinetry | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Wellborn | 11 | View |
| Diamond vs American Woodmark | 11 | View |
| Diamond vs Thomasville | 12 | View |
| Fabuwood vs StarMark | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Schrock | 12 | View |
| Fabuwood vs JSI Cabinetry | 12 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Kemper | 12 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Dura Supreme | 11 | View |
| Fabuwood vs Lily Ann Cabinets | 12 | View |
| Mantra vs Schrock | 12 | View |
| Decorá vs Omega | 12 | View |
Series vs. Series
| Comparison | Points compared | |
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| Illume vs Ovela | 11 | View |
| Allure vs Illume | 10 | View |
| Heritage vs Vista | 9 | View |
| Transitional vs Traditional | 11 | View |
| Transitional vs Contemporary | 11 | View |
| Vibe vs Distinction | 10 | View |
| Omni vs Classic | 10 | View |
| Allure vs Ovela | 11 | View |
| Vista vs NOMA | 12 | View |
| Shaker Premier Series vs Essential Builder Series | 11 | View |
| Galaxy vs Luna | 12 | View |
| Galaxy vs Fusion | 11 | View |
Brand vs. Brand
How different manufacturers stack up on construction, hardware, price, and warranty.
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Fabuwood vs Diamond
Two of the most-searched cabinet brand names, three tiers apiece — here’s how construction, hardware, and price actually compare.
Compared on 8 points
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Fabuwood vs J&K Cabinetry
Pre-assembled with Blum® hardware, or solid wood doors at wholesale pricing, RTA or assembled — two value brands built around different trade-offs.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs US Cabinet Depot
Two value brands — one ships assembled with Blum®, the other gives you the RTA-or-assembled choice at a lower entry price.
Compared on 10 points
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The true contractor match-up — two RTA value brands, one warranty gap, and a real difference in how the catalogs are built.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs St. Martin
A pre-assembled value brand against an artisanal built-to-order line — same Blum® hardware, very different way to buy a kitchen.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs Tribeca
Pre-assembled value with Blum® hardware, or fashion-forward framed cabinetry with furniture-grade finishes — two value brands aimed at different buyers.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs Mantra
Blum® hardware and frameless European lines, or MasterBrand backing with every upgrade built in — two value brands that both refuse to nickel-and-dime the spec sheet.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs Modernform
Pre-assembled with Blum® hardware, or all-wood RTA at wholesale prices — two value brands that split on assembly, hardware, and how you buy.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs Noma
A broad framed-and-frameless value catalog against one tightly curated modern frameless system — here’s how construction, style, and price actually compare.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs Decora
Pre-assembled value with Blum® hardware, or MasterBrand semi-custom with 73 door styles and nearly 200 embellishments — two very different ways to build a kitchen.
Compared on 11 points
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Two semi-custom lines from the same parent company — one premium catalog with inset and 200 embellishments, one three-tier lineup that scales from budget to fully customized.
Compared on 12 points
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Fabuwood vs Kitchen Cabinet Distributors
Pre-assembled plywood boxes with Blum® hardware, or a value-driven four-collection lineup shipped nationwide — two dealer favorites built to different briefs.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs Forevermark
One of the highest-volume all-plywood RTA brands in the country against the pre-assembled step-up with Blum® hardware — the price gap is real, and so is what it buys.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs CNC Cabinetry
Two New Jersey neighbors with all-wood specs and limited lifetime warranties — the real split is Blum® branding, assembly options, and finish depth.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs Wolf Classic
Blum® hardware and frameless options against a US-assembled builder favorite from York, Pennsylvania — two mid-range framed brands that overlap more than their marketing suggests.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs KraftMaid
Pre-assembled value with Blum® hardware, or America’s best-known semi-custom name with 100+ door styles and made-to-measure modifications — speed and price versus design latitude.
Compared on 12 points
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Fabuwood vs Aristokraft
The classic builder-spec default against a pre-assembled all-wood line with Blum® hardware standard — similar money, very different standard spec sheets.
Compared on 12 points
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Fabuwood vs Waypoint
Pre-assembled value with Blum® hardware, or American Woodmark’s design-studio brand with semi-custom depth — two dealer-channel lines with very different ideas of what comes standard.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs Merillat
A pre-assembled value brand against the builder-channel name contractors grew up with — standard-spec Blum® hardware versus a 75-year installed base.
Compared on 11 points
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MasterBrand pedigree in a simple two-collection catalog, or four distinct looks with real stained wood — two value brands that both refuse to sell upgrades.
Compared on 11 points
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One all-wood build sheet under eighteen finishes, or a two-tier lineup — both can be ordered boxed or built, so a fair read starts with picking the right KCD tier.
Compared on 12 points
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US Cabinet Depot vs Kitchen Cabinet Distributors
One brand changes the box when you change the door style; the other changes it when you change the budget. Knowing which is which settles most quotes.
Compared on 12 points
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One parent company, two very different deals — a semi-custom ladder you configure, or a short fixed menu that ships fast.
Compared on 12 points
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VSDecora vs St. Martin
Both will build you a flush-fit kitchen. One hands you a deep menu of inset doors and embellishments; the other hands you Blum® on every hinge, a named 49-color deck, and a frameless line for when the brief turns modern.
Compared on 12 points
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Modernform vs St. Martin
Two frameless kitchens at opposite ends of the process — one pulled from a warehouse in four slab finishes, one made for your walls in any of 49 hand-brushed colors.
Compared on 11 points
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Two big semi-custom names from two different parent companies — both dovetail every drawer and sell plywood as an upgrade, so the split is sizing, species and where you buy.
Compared on 12 points
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Two semi-custom catalogs from two different parent companies — one goes deep on flush-fit doors and furniture detailing, the other goes wide on door count, wood species and made-to-measure sizing.
Compared on 12 points
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A stocked, pre-assembled dealer brand with Blum® hardware, or the made-to-order cabinet family behind Home Depot’s and Lowe’s kitchen programs — what each one puts in the base price.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs IKEA
A flat-pack frameless system you build and plan yourself, or a framed shaker that arrives built with Blum® hardware — the choice is mostly about who does the work and what sits behind the door.
Compared on 12 points
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VSMantra vs KraftMaid
A short menu that ships in about two weeks, or a catalog big enough to draw almost anything and wait a month and a half for it.
Compared on 12 points
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Fabuwood vs Medallion
A plywood value line assembled in Newark from U.S. and globally sourced components and shipped from stock, against a Minnesota semi-custom brand that builds every cabinet after you order it.
Compared on 12 points
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Fabuwood vs Shiloh Cabinetry
A stocked, pre-assembled line with Blum® hardware, or a family-owned Missouri maker that builds each order in your choice of species, paint and door mounting — including inset.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs Wellborn
A stocked New Jersey line with one box spec across its framed series, or a family-owned Alabama semi-custom maker whose box, drawer and warranty change with the series you pick.
Compared on 11 points
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VSDiamond vs American Woodmark
Both sell plywood as an option below the top of the range — Diamond by tier and upgrade, American Woodmark by package — and since May 2026 both answer to MasterBrand.
Compared on 11 points
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One manufacturer, three storefronts — what actually changes when the badge on the cabinet changes.
Compared on 12 points
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Fabuwood vs StarMark
A South Dakota maker that will change the height, width and depth of almost any box you draw, set against a New Jersey line that fits your room from a fixed menu of sizes it already has on the shelf.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood vs Schrock
A MasterBrand semi-custom line you order through its dealers, or a stocked Newark line with one box spec — and what each quote actually includes once you read the construction line.
Compared on 12 points
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Fabuwood vs JSI Cabinetry
Two framed, full-overlay shaker programs sold only through dealers — close enough on paper that the small print on drawers, hinges, assembly and warranty decides it.
Compared on 12 points
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Fabuwood vs Kemper
A nearly century-old Indiana name now run by MasterBrand, against a New Jersey maker that puts plywood and Blum® in every framed cabinet — what each one’s spec sheet actually says.
Compared on 12 points
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A Minnesota factory that builds each order to a showroom designer’s drawing, against a New Jersey value line you can price off a list and have delivered in weeks.
Compared on 11 points
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VSFabuwood vs Lily Ann Cabinets
A family-run web warehouse that ships plywood kits by pallet, or a dealer-supplied shaker that lands built with Blum® hardware — the spec sheets are closer than the buying experience.
Compared on 12 points
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Two MasterBrand names, two ways to buy a kitchen: take the short list and get it in weeks, or pay a dealer to build the long one to your drawing.
Compared on 12 points
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Same parent, neighbouring rungs. One is a deep made-to-order catalog you pick from; the other starts from a catalog and keeps going until the drawing is built.
Compared on 12 points
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How two lines from the same brand differ in construction, style, and price.
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Fabuwood Illume vs Ovela
Same Catalina slab door, different box underneath.
Compared on 11 points
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VSFabuwood Allure vs Illume
Six framed collections against one frameless European slab.
Compared on 10 points
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Same finishes, same hardware — the real choice is framed inset or frameless full access.
Compared on 9 points
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J&K Cabinetry Transitional vs Traditional
Two names that sound alike — and two very different doors.
Compared on 11 points
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J&K Cabinetry Transitional vs Contemporary
Same build sheet, two shaker philosophies — eleven flexible finishes against three committed modern ones.
Compared on 11 points
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Diamond Vibe vs Distinction
One framed platform, the same box options, two levels of door material — here’s where Diamond’s tiers actually split.
Compared on 10 points
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Mantra Omni vs Classic
Same MasterBrand build under both doors — the decision is full overlay and seven colors, or partial overlay and a classic white.
Compared on 10 points
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Fabuwood Allure vs Ovela
Fabuwood’s dovetail-drawer build two ways: hung on a hardwood face frame, or with the frame taken off.
Compared on 11 points
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St. Martin Vista vs NOMA
One Pennsylvania-based maker, two ways to buy a frameless kitchen — order anything from the full program, or pick from a stock list of twelve doors.
Compared on 12 points
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KCD Shaker vs Essential
Two classic shaker doors from one catalog — one sits on the Premier plywood box, the other is engineered down to a builder price.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood Galaxy vs Luna
One Allure cabinet, two doors: a full-width shaker frame or a pencil-thin one.
Compared on 12 points
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Fabuwood Galaxy vs Fusion
One Allure cabinet underneath, two different ideas of what a panel door should look like.
Compared on 11 points
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Two finishes on the same door and box: undertone, how each reads in real light, and what pairs with it.
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Fabuwood Echo Mocha vs Timber
Same Echo door, two very different browns.
Compared on 10 points
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VSFabuwood Linen vs Dove
Same Galaxy shaker door — one warm beige, one soft off-white.
Compared on 11 points
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One Galaxy shaker door, painted a true white or a softened one.
Compared on 12 points
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Fabuwood Desert Oak vs Natural Oak
The two wood-grain Galaxy doors — and the only two that cost extra.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood Cobblestone vs Nickel
One Galaxy door, two very different finishes: a dark gray-brown stain and the classic painted mid-gray.
Compared on 11 points
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VSFabuwood Timber vs Desert Oak
A honey-toned stain at the regular price, or pale blonde oak for about a fifth more.
Compared on 11 points
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Fabuwood Truffle vs Mocha
One shaker door, one price, two browns that lean opposite ways.
Compared on 11 points
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