7 Sofa-in-a-Box Brands Worth the Money — Plus an Exclusive Discount for Our Readers

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Furniture shopping is one of the many shopping experiences that have evolved in recent years. If you wanted to buy new furniture a decade ago, it was customary to spend an afternoon at a furniture store or showroom, spending countless hours lying down on different couches and making yourself right at home on the sales floor in an effort to find the perfect couch.

Now, more and more people are saving themselves that trip and opting to make couch shopping a digital experience. The process of going to a store and shopping around for hours isn't as appealing as it once was, and more renters and homeowners now tend to look for furniture from the comfort of their own homes.

Flat-packed sofa-in-a-box products aren't an entirely new concept (hello, IKEA), but with the popularity of bed-in-a-box mattresses, applying the same (mostly) easy-to-assemble concept to one's living room furniture feels like a natural progression.

Lucky for us, so many of these coveted couches are on sale for hundreds of dollars off, thanks to Presidents' Day sales. Better yet, we scored an exclusive discount code for our readers if they buy something from one of our favorite sofa-in-a-box brands. Read on to see where you can save the most money.

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What to Consider

When it comes to buying a new couch online, it's a good idea to research the brands you're interested in. While putting together this guide, we read through user reviews from each brand to make sure that the majority of their customers (from what we can discern) have had a positive experience with their products. We are also the customers of several of these brands, having them in our own homes, making for a comfy place to type out an article about buying sofas. (We are so meta, y'all!)

While the couches' style, size, and feel are certainly important buying factors, these are pretty subjective to each person's taste. Also, unless you're buying a super fluffy sofa like the Cloud (or a dupe of the Cloud) that was popular for a long time or a Nugget Sofa, keep in mind that a brand-new sofa will usually feel firm and require some breaking in — sofa cushions are usually made of high-density foam, which is supposed to be more supportive than squishy. If you must have softness from the first sit, look into couches that have memory foam or down in their cushions, but just know that these are typically more expensive.

Here are a few important fine-print details you won't want to overlook:

➥ Delivery and Assembly

Depending on the brand, they may reach out to you after you place your order to coordinate delivery. You may even have the option of white-glove delivery, where the product will be brought into your home and assembled right where you want it. If you are assembling yourself, keep in mind that the product may arrive in multiple — maybe even dozens of – boxes and have various components to put together.

Because sofa-in-a-box products are designed to be assembled at home, none of these options are extremely complex to figure out or require power tools. We recommend that you grab your partner, sibling, or friend to help you assemble these, as teamwork makes the dream work when it comes to sofa-in-a-box couches.

➥ Trial and Return Policy

As frustrating as it is if a couch isn't working out in your home, knowing that you have a small window of time to return it for a full refund helps save you a lot of extra stress. Not every brand offers a trial run, but we've noted which companies on this list do.

These brands all have slightly different product offerings and shipping policies, but the sofa-in-a-box products themselves are all standouts. Get comfy and read on to learn why!

Lovesac

• The Starting Price: $4252.50 for a three-seater sectional

• The Sum Up: If you're looking for an incredibly durable, modular sofa with multitudinous options, you can't go wrong with Lovesac

Shop Lovesac

Lovesac has been around for several years, and lately, the brand's popularity has increased thanks to social media love and retailing at Costco. The brand sells choose-your-own-adventure, modular sofas that allow you to customize your couch through a variety of sides, cushions, seats, backs, and electronic options. In the past few years, they have also updated the line to include angled sides and an option to add their new Stealthtech in-sofa surround sound system that includes USB ports and wireless charging areas.

You can get a sofa as small as the size of one or two seats, or you could get a behemoth of a sofa with 10 sides and 10 seats. It's all up to you. They do, however, have several "popular" customizations you can choose, and then you just pick your fill, your side shapes, your covers, and whether or not you want to make it a Stealthtech sofa.

Cat Bowen, a senior editor at Best Products, has this sofa in her home, and she says, "The sofa is a dream for my family, and possibly the most comfortable sofa you'll ever sit on, but where it really shines for me is how easy it is to move around and change positions of the sofa." She explains that "as someone with ADHD, I love rearranging my furniture and redecorating more often than the average bear. With Lovesac, I can do it over and over again in about 5 minutes."

The sofa itself comes in what Cat refers to as "a truly ridiculous amount of boxes," which can be a pain, but adds that "I had no problems carrying even the heaviest box, and I was home alone when it arrived, so I carried all of them."

The shipping is free, and there is no white-glove option, so grab the weight belt and get to it.

Four Seats and Five Sides

Five Seats and Five Sides

Seven Seats and Eight Sides

Albany Park

• The Starting Price: $899 for a fabric-upholstered Park sofa. Best Products readers will get an additional 10% off when discount code BP10 is applied at checkout

• The Sum-Up: Albany Park offers three styles of modern sofas at reasonable prices, with stellar customer service and quick assembly

Shop Albany Park

Albany Park is a brand where the sofa is made simple. They offer three styles: the Park, the titular Albany, and the Kova sofas. They are all made with soft, luxurious fill and come in apartment-friendly packaging that is no problem for narrow stairwells, small landings, and the dreaded fifth-floor walkup. They offer a 30-day, in-home trial with free delivery and returns. On top of that, buyers love their customer service, with shoppers telling us, "I broke the leg trying to get it on, and they had a new one to my house in a matter of days."

The three styles are pretty different in aesthetics. The Park looks like something from an episode of Mad Men — the Albany sofa is simple and clean, and the Kova sofa is a modular sofa with overstuffed cushions and deep seating.

Summer Cartwright, a senior editor at Best Products, has the Kova in green velvet, and she says: "When I moved into my new apartment, I wanted a couch that I could live on. I mean that. I wanted a couch that I would be sitting on from the moment I woke up to the moment I went to bed. Because that's essentially what I do on the weekends — it's self-care." She adds, "This Albany Park Kova Sofa and Ottoman made my dreams come true. It's incredibly comfortable and gorgeous, but what makes it so good is the width of each cushion. It's a wide couch that's made for sprawling out on. This makes for a supremely lavish piece of furniture that is known and loved by my house guests. Seriously, I have one friend who chooses to sleep on this couch instead of our guest bed. It's that good."

Park Sofa

Barton Sofa

Kova Sofa

Burrow

• The Starting Price: $1,295 for fabric-upholstered loveseat

• The Sum-Up: This USB-equipped sofa-in-a-box is perfect for those who are ready to commit to a grown-up couch

Shop Burrow

Burrow is one of the most prominent brands in the sofa-in-a-box space, and it's not hard to see why — their products look like anything but starter furniture. They offer three different upholstery material options for their flagship Nomad sofa (olefin fabric, performance velvet, and leather, in a variety of size configurations). You can choose the arm height, material color, and birchwood leg finish, along with the option to add on a reversible chaise or ottoman. Plus, each sofa model is equipped with a built-in USB charger for added convenience.

Burrow’s seating is a true sofa-in-a-box, as the sofa arrives flat-packed in sections and can be snapped together without tools. One reviewer even noted that assembly is “easier than IKEA.” Shipping is included in the price, and if you don’t love it, you can return it in 30 days for a full refund as long as you have the packaging it came in. So, be sure to hang onto that until you reach an official verdict on your new couch.

Nomad Velvet Loveseat

Slope Nomad Leather Sectional

Range 4-Piece Sectional

Allform

• The Starting Price: From $1,345 for loveseat

• The Sum-Up: Allform specializes in modular, durable, life-proof seats in a range of space-flattering shades

Shop Allform

Another sofa-in-a-box brand for lovers of the clean-line look, Allform offers one flagship chair, sofa, and sectional silhouette meant to be total design chameleons, blending into any space. The seats are available in fabric and leather, in nine different colors total, with three-leg finishes.

Erica Murphy from the Best Products team had the chance to assemble and test out the Allform Sectional in her own space. Even without having much furniture-assembling experience, she was able to navigate her way through putting it together with the provided instructions and tools. She also noted that it was easy to swap the sectional sides when needed.

Out of the box, the feel of the Allform Sectional was an adjustment, but the style was a total match. “The sofa does need some breaking in for the seat cushions, but the back cushions are super comfortable and supportive at the same time... As far as the look of the sofa goes, I love it!” she says. Cartwright has also tested an Allform in her own home, and noted that it held up over several years, and was "the perfect couch for a small city apartment."

Allform's shipping is included in the total cost, and while they do not have white-glove delivery, they do offer a 100-day trial on their products.

Loveseat

4-Seat Corner Sectional With Chaise

3-Seat Sofa with Chaise

Coddle

• The Starting Price: $999 for the Toggle Convertible Couch

• The Sum-Up: Frequent overnight hosts and Netflix bingers will love these cushy couches and their convertible sleeper option

Shop Coddle

When it comes to futon-style couches, Coddle has one of the very few convertible sofas-in-a-box models in its product category. The brand now has a few different couch models: the Toggle, the Code, the Fold, and the Switch Sleeper Sofa. However, the Toggle is the brand's flagship sofa-in-a-box — it comes in just one size, but in seven different upholstery options and can fold into different configurations. Beneath its quilted cushions, the Coddle Sofa comprises four layers of memory foam that make it a comfy seat or temporary bed. It also comes with two charging ports on either side of the couch.

Tester Danielle St. Pierre tried out Coddle's Toggle sofa and found the setup process to be incredibly quick and easy, taking about 15 minutes to snap together. Though the couch doesn’t have armrests, she likes that the ends of the couch can be angled to tilt up at a 60-degree angle to provide added neck support while lying down. “Overall, I give this couch 8 out of 10 stars for comfort, and would recommend it for anyone who’s looking for a multifunctional couch,” she says.

Coddle's sofas arrive flat-packed, and they can be assembled by hand without tools. Coddle has temporarily suspended its white-glove delivery and now offers contactless drop-off delivery. The brand offers a 30-day trial window for free returns.

Toggle Convertible Couch

Fold Convertible Couch

Code Couch

Floyd

• The Starting Price: $1,180 for the two-seater sofa

• The Sum-Up: This sofa-in-a-box is Instagram-level stylish but made for real-life

Shop Floyd

Direct-to-consumer brand Floyd only offers one sofa-in-a-box fittingly called “The Sofa” — but that doesn’t mean this sofa-in-a-box brand falls short of options. “The Sofa” comes in three streamlined silhouettes — a loveseat, sofa, and sectional — plus, shoppers get to choose from five stain-resistant fabrics. Users really like the sofa’s comfy feel, durable build, and stylish look.

It arrives flat-packed in four to seven boxes (depending on the chosen style), and it's easy to assemble and take apart for homes with narrow corners and tight doorways. White-glove assembly isn't available at this time, and there is a shipping fee, but it's covered by a 30-day trial period.

Two-Seater Sofa in Ocean Dive

Three-Seater Sofa in Oat

Three-Seater Sofa With Chaise in Mist

BenchMade Modern

• The Starting Price: From $2,667 for certain loveseat styles

• The Sum-Up: If you want a sofa made just for you (and your space!), this brand is the best for precise, custom sizing

Shop BenchMade Modern

For those who want to leave nothing to chance, BenchMade Modern offers a truly custom product. Once you've decided on a silhouette, you can choose from more than 200 upholstery and leg-finish options, as well as the precise length and depth of the couch. To prevent any unpleasant surprises on the day of delivery, you can request a free, life-size cutout of the couch that you're considering so that you can ensure it'll fit perfectly in your space (and right through your doorway!).

As far as shipping, BenchMade's products don't arrive flat-packed in boxes as other products on this list do, but they arrive off the delivery truck palletized and plastic-wrapped. These products arrive almost completely assembled too. Shipping starts at $99 or $299 for white-glove delivery. They also offer a 14-day fully refunded return policy.

Crowd Pleaser Sofa

Up-Town Sofa With Chaise

Johnny Homemaker Sectional With Bumper

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