Trying to find a cheap single board computer on Amazon is way harder than it should be. You search for SBCs and end up scrolling through endless accessories, bundles, and completely unrelated stuff.
I got frustrated enough that I built a small tool: https://sbc.cheap
For some context, I’m also the creator of https://pibenchmarks.com, so I spend a lot of time looking at SBCs and comparing hardware. This was a problem I kept running into over and over.
The site automatically checks Amazon every 30 minutes, filters out as much of the noise as possible, and just shows actual SBCs sorted by price (lowest to highest). The goal is basically: “show me the cheapest real boards without making me dig for them.”
It’s not perfect. Some accessories still slip through depending on how badly listings are labeled, and the Amazon API is way more limited than I expected (can’t even get review scores, and searches are capped pretty hard). But overall it works pretty well and saves me a ton of time.
If you try it and notice missing boards or too many false positives, I’d genuinely appreciate the feedback. I can tweak the filters over time.
I’m also thinking about doing the same thing for Mini PCs since they have the exact same problem.
Curious if this is useful to anyone else or if I’m the only one who was annoyed enough to build something for it.