Sound Sleepers Swear by These Top-Rated Mattresses — And They’re All Under $500

This memory foam mattress is infused with green tea and moisture-resistant ActivCharcoal, which work together to keep the mattress fresh and eliminate odors. Designed to cradle your joints and align your spine, Zinus touts this mattress's ability to help soothe aches and pains as you sleep and leave you feeling refreshed in the morning. One delighted Amazon reviewer described their experience as "a dream. I feel like I’m sleeping on a hotel bed every night.”

Happy reviewers report that this 11-inch plush mattress delivers a cool and comfortable night’s sleep, thanks to its gel foam and custom coil system. It reduces motion transferring if you or your bedmate toss and turn, and its top selling point is its pressure point relief, which it achieves through Serta's HyperTouch Comfort material.

If you’re leery about buying a bed in a box, Allswell will change your mind. As one customer raves, "This mattress exceeded my expectations.” Not only does it incorporate high-level features for an entry-level price, but several now-sound sleepers share how pleased they are with its ability to alleviate back pain. The top is also made up of gel infused memory foam that's designed to keep you cool while you sleep.

This super-affordable hybrid style mattress combines hypoallergenic memory foam and an innerspring design for medium-firm support and maximum comfort. One satisfied customer shares that, “this mattress holds me quite comfortably,” and another shopper wrote that they loved it so much they bought a second one.

Voted the Sleep Foundation’s 2021 “Best Mattress Under $500” and “Best for Back Pain," this double-sided memory foam mattress can be flipped to your desired firmness. The top offers an experience similar to “sleeping on a cloud” while the bottom is firmer and more supportive. This one is available in a 10-inch depth in twin and full sizes and a 12-inch depth in queen and king sizes. Plus, it comes with a 10-year manufacturer's warranty.

This mattress offers you sound sleep thanks to its plush memory foam construction. One customer calls it "amazing," saying it "will have you sleeping like a baby.” The mattress's base is made from bamboo charcoal, which helps to ward off unwanted odors as well as provide firm support. The top layer features a self-ventilating design infused with cooling gel to optimize temperature regulation. The result is a balanced mattress that offers just the right amount of firmness and plushness.