Cigar Price Index: Which Online Cigar Retailer Is Actually Cheapest?
We analyzed 81,388 cigar listings from 20 online cigar retailers (November 2, 2026); 17 carry enough overlapping lines to rank. The median price is $10.00 per cigar. CigarPage is cheapest most often, with the lowest price on 51.4% of the cigars it stocks, and comparing retailers saves a median of about $29.05 on a box of 20. Below: the cheapest retailer overall, by price band, and by brand.
US online cigar market price history
Median price per cigar across every cigar sold by two or more of the 88 US online retailers tracked by our CigarInsight platform. This market-wide series is broader than the partner-store index tables below.
MedianTracked daily since July 2026
The median price across cigars sold by two or more of the 88 US online retailers tracked by CigarFinder is $10.00 per cigar as of November 7, 2026. The series updates daily and has been tracked since July 2026.
CigarFinder tracks live prices on tens of thousands of cigars from the major U.S. online retailers. For this index we normalized every listing to a price per cigar (so a box of 20 is compared fairly against a single), removed accessories, samplers, and cigarillos, then ranked retailers on the cigars they have in common. The result is an apples-to-apples look at who is genuinely cheapest, not just who advertises the lowest sticker price.
Two things stand out in the data. First, the same cigar varies a lot between stores: the typical line swings about 40% from the cheapest retailer to the most expensive. Second, no single store wins everything, the cheapest retailer changes by brand and by price band, which is exactly why comparing pays off. When a store's price on a given cigar drops under every other store carrying it, that cigar lands on which cigars are underpriced tonight.
Cheapest online cigar retailers, ranked
Ranked by how often each retailer has the lowest price per cigar on the lines it stocks (its "value win rate"), across 2,348 cigars carried by two or more retailers.
| Retailer | Cheapest when stocked | Median per cigar | Listings | Best code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CigarPage | 51.4% | $7.91 | 7,497 | None |
| 2BnB Tobacco | 35.6% | $8.15 | 1,831 | None |
| 3Cigars N Cigars | 30.7% | $9.79 | 2,060 | 15% off |
| 4Gotham Cigars | 27.6% | $9.50 | 1,795 | None |
| 5Famous Smoke | 25.3% | $9.05 | 8,108 | None |
| 6Cigars.com | 24.9% | $9.70 | 5,432 | None |
| 7Mike's Cigars | 24.1% | $10.10 | 7,790 | None |
| 8I Heart Cigars | 24% | $14.73 | 1,848 | None |
| 9Best Cigar Prices | 17.9% | $9.95 | 10,060 | None |
| 10Thompson Cigar | 16.8% | $9.30 | 7,610 | 15% off |
| 11Cigars International | 16.4% | $9.28 | 5,661 | 20% off |
| 12Casa de Montecristo | 16.2% | $12.67 | 846 | None |
| 13GT Cigars | 15.7% | $8.79 | 1,599 | 25% off |
| 14Cigora | 11.8% | $10.60 | 6,321 | None |
| 15JR Cigars | 10% | $11.20 | 4,614 | None |
| 16Smoke Inn | 5.6% | $13.80 | 4,150 | 10% off |
| 17The Cigar Store | 2% | $52.43 | 4,066 | 15% off |
"Cheapest when stocked" is the share of shared cigar lines where this retailer has the lowest price per cigar. A store with a smaller, value-focused catalog can rank high here even if its overall catalog is small.
Also analyzed, below the ranking floor: Flying Cigars (84 cigar listings), Pappy & Company (12 cigar listings), (4 cigar listings). Their listings count in every total above; a fair win-rate ranking needs at least 100 comparable listings.
Cheapest retailer by price band
Different stores win at different price points. Here is who is cheapest most often in each band.
Cheapest store for popular cigar brands
Buying a specific brand? The retailer with the lowest price per cigar varies by brand. Click a retailer for its verified coupon codes, or a brand to compare every line by price.
| Brand | Cheapest most often | Lines compared |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Patel | Thompson Cigar (16/100 lines) | 100 |
| Arturo Fuente | CigarPage (19/67 lines) | 67 |
| Macanudo | CigarPage (13/59 lines) | 59 |
| Gurkha | CigarPage (21/59 lines) | 59 |
| Alec Bradley | CigarPage (19/57 lines) | 57 |
| Perdomo | CigarPage (11/55 lines) | 55 |
| My Father | CigarPage (23/54 lines) | 54 |
| Drew Estate | JR Cigars (8/54 lines) | 54 |
| Acid | Famous Smoke (9/50 lines) | 50 |
| Montecristo | Mike's Cigars (7/46 lines) | 46 |
| Tatuaje | Famous Smoke (12/39 lines) | 39 |
| CAO | CigarPage (8/38 lines) | 38 |
| Punch | Cigars.com (7/34 lines) | 34 |
| Asylum | Best Cigar Prices (7/33 lines) | 33 |
| AJ Fernandez | CigarPage (18/32 lines) | 32 |
| La Flor Dominicana | Best Cigar Prices (7/31 lines) | 31 |
| La Aurora | CigarPage (9/31 lines) | 31 |
| Black Label Trading Company | CigarPage (10/31 lines) | 31 |
| Foundation | Casa de Montecristo (6/30 lines) | 30 |
| Oliva | Cigars International (8/29 lines) | 29 |
How much you actually save
Comparing retailers: on the same cigar, picking the cheapest store instead of an average one saves a median of about $29.05 on a box of 20.
Stacking a coupon: when a sitewide percent-off code is active (currently 6 retailers, running 10% to 25% off), it adds roughly $33 more off a box of 20. See current verified cigar coupon codes for every retailer.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does the average cigar cost in 2026?
The median price is $10.00 per cigar across the 2,348 cigar lines sold by two or more of the retailers we track, as of November 2, 2026. Measured across all 68,000+ live listings the median is $9.36 per stick (July 2026). Budget lines run under $5 a cigar and super-premium releases pass $20.
Which online cigar retailer is cheapest?
CigarPage wins most often right now, with the lowest price per cigar on 51.4% of the cigar lines it stocks. No store wins everything: the cheapest retailer changes by brand and by price band, which is exactly what the rankings above break out.
How much does comparing cigar prices actually save?
Picking the cheapest store instead of an average one saves a median of about $29.05 on a box of 20, because the same cigar line typically swings about 40% between the cheapest and most expensive store carrying it. An active sitewide code adds roughly $33 more on a box.
Why are cigars cheaper online than in local shops?
Online retailers spread lower overhead across national volume, run closeouts and daily deals to move inventory, and stack sitewide codes on top. A local lounge prices in rent, staff, and the room you smoke in, and state excise taxes vary widely. The gap is real but not universal, which is why per-cigar comparison beats assumptions.
How often does this cigar price index update?
The retailer rankings recompute weekly from the full catalog crawl (last run November 2, 2026), the market price history chart updates daily, and the deeper all-listings study refreshes quarterly in the Cigar Price Index article. Deal-level price checks run daily on the deals feed.
Methodology
This index is built from CigarFinder's live retailer catalogs, refreshed regularly. We include active, in-stock cigar listings priced above zero, exclude accessories, gift sets, samplers, cigarillos, and "compare to" clones, and convert each listing to a price per cigar using the pack size in the title. Retailers are compared only on the cigar lines they have in common, so the rankings reflect real, like-for-like pricing. This edition analyzed 20 online cigar retailers; those without enough overlapping listings to rank fairly are named under the rankings table rather than compared on thin data, and marketplace, accessories-only, and humidor sellers are excluded entirely. Figures are medians to avoid distortion from a handful of ultra-premium or limited releases. Last updated November 2, 2026.
Two medians, two questions: the $10.00 figure above is computed on the comparable set, the cigar lines enough retailers share for a fair like-for-like ranking. Measured across all 68,000+ live listings we track, the median is $9.36 per stick (July 2026). Both are correct; the full all-listings breakdown lives in the quarterly Cigar Price Index article.