Best High Chairs Under $100

By the Sift Space editorial team · Updated October 29, 2026

Under $100, the Cosco Kids Simple Fold High Chair is the cheapest full-size chair rated to 50 lb, at $39.99, and the Ingenuity Trio 3-in-1 matches that rating for $79 while adding booster and toddler-chair modes, a machine-washable pad and a dishwasher-safe tray. At the bottom of the range, the IKEA ANTILOP costs $24.99 and wipes clean in one pass, but it stops at 33 lb.

Price is a poor guide to how long a chair lasts here. Two chairs around $60 are rated to 33 lb while a $40 one reaches 50, so read the weight limit before the price tag. The other real difference is cleaning: seven chairs have a pad that goes in the washing machine, five have a seat you wipe by hand, and most trays go in the dishwasher, with one notable exception.

Our picks

Lowest price and nothing to launder: IKEA ANTILOP High Chair with Tray. $24.99 for a molded seat with no padding for food to hide in, though it is rated only to 33 lb or age three.
A full-size 50 lb chair under $40: Cosco Kids Simple Fold High Chair. $39.99 with a full-size three-position tray, a leg rest and a frame that stands on its own when folded.
One chair from first foods to age five: Ingenuity Trio 3-in-1 High Chair. Rated six months to five years and 50 lb for $79, and both the pad and the tray go in machines.
A small kitchen with no room for a chair: Chicco Bento 3-in-1 Booster Seat. Straps onto a dining chair, weighs 5.5 lb, and is rated from six months to 50 lb for $34.99.
Restaurants and travel: Chicco Caddy Portable Hook-On Chair. Clamps to the table edge, weighs 4.9 lb and has a machine-washable cover, but there is no tray and the ceiling is 37 lb.

At a glance

Option	Price	Seat Style	Weight Limit	Age Range	Seat Cleaning	Tray Cleaning
IKEA ANTILOP High Chair with Tray	$24.99source	Standalone high chairsource	33source		Wipe-clean seatsource
Chicco Bento 3-in-1 Booster Seat	$34.99source	Booster seatsource	50source	6+source	Wipe-clean seatsource	Dishwasher safesource
Cosco Kids Simple Fold High Chair	$39.99source	Standalone high chairsource	50source	6+source	Wipe-clean seatsource
Ity by Ingenuity Yummity Yum Easy Folding High Chair	$39.99source	Standalone high chairsource		6–36source	Machine-washable padsource	Dishwasher safesource
Bright Starts Pop 'N Dine Portable High Chair	$49.99source	Travel high chairsource	45source	6+source	Wipe-clean seatsource	Dishwasher safesource
Chicco Caddy Portable Hook-On Chair	$54.99source	Hook-on seatsource	37source		Machine-washable padsource
Cosco Kids Simple Fold Deluxe High Chair	$59.99source	Standalone high chairsource	50source	6+source	Wipe-clean seatsource	Dishwasher safesource
Bright Starts Dine Delight Compact Folding High Chair	$59.99source	Standalone high chairsource	33source	6–36source	Machine-washable padsource	Dishwasher safesource
Ity by Ingenuity Sun Valley Compact Folding High Chair	$64.99source	Standalone high chairsource	33source	6–36source	Machine-washable padsource	Dishwasher safesource
Baby Trend Adapt 4-in-1 High Chair to Toddler Chair	$69.99source	Convertible high chairsource	45source	6+source		Dishwasher safesource
Ingenuity Trio 3-in-1 High Chair	$79source	Convertible high chairsource	50source	6–60source	Machine-washable padsource	Dishwasher safesource
Evenflo Eat and Grow 4-in-1 Convertible High Chair	$79.99source	Convertible high chairsource	50source	6+source	Machine-washable padsource	Hand wash onlysource
Ingenuity Trio Foldaway 6-in-1 High Chair	$99.99source	Convertible high chairsource		6–60source	Machine-washable padsource	Dishwasher safesource

Weight limits that don't follow price

The $64.99 Ity by Ingenuity Sun Valley and the $59.99 Bright Starts Dine Delight are both rated to 33 lb, the same as the $24.99 ANTILOP, and both will be outgrown well before the 50 lb chairs. Meanwhile the two Cosco Simple Fold models, the Chicco Bento, the Ingenuity Trio 3-in-1 and the Evenflo Eat and Grow all reach 50 lb. The Bright Starts Pop 'N Dine and Baby Trend Adapt sit at 45.

Two chairs give no weight limit at all: the Ity Yummity Yum ($39.99) and the Ingenuity Trio Foldaway ($99.99) are rated by age only, six to 36 months and six to 60 months.

Washable pads and dishwasher-safe trays

Five chairs let both messy surfaces go in a machine: the Yummity Yum, Dine Delight, Sun Valley and both Ingenuity Trios. The cheapest of those is the $39.99 Yummity Yum, the same price as the base Cosco, whose pad only wipes clean and whose tray has no stated dishwasher rating.

Cosco's answer is the Simple Fold Deluxe, which for $20 more adds a removable dishwasher-safe insert tray on the same frame. The Evenflo Eat and Grow runs the other way: a machine-washable pad, but Evenflo's own care instructions say the tray must not go in the dishwasher. Baby Trend publishes no washing instructions for the Adapt's seat pad.

Convertibles and the modes you pay for

The four convertibles change shape as a child grows. The $69.99 Baby Trend Adapt starts with a bottle-feeding recline and is rated to 60 lb once it becomes a toddler chair. The $79 Trio 3-in-1 can seat two children at once as a booster plus toddler chair. The $79.99 Evenflo ends as a table-and-chair set. The $99.99 Trio Foldaway adds up-to-table and stool setups and, unlike the standard Trio, folds away. By contrast the ANTILOP and Pop 'N Dine have no recline, so a baby has to sit up unaided before either one works.

The options in detail

IKEA ANTILOP High Chair with Tray

The cheapest chair here and the one most likely to still be standing in five years: a molded polypropylene seat on four steel legs that pulls apart in seconds for storage or a car trip. There is no padding and no recline, so it only works once a baby can sit up unaided, but the trade-off is that there is nothing for food to hide in and the whole thing wipes down in one pass. IKEA rates it to 33 lb or age three, the lowest ceiling in this table. The tray sold with it has a raised edge to keep spills off the floor.

Chicco Bento 3-in-1 Booster Seat

Not a freestanding chair at all: Bento straps onto an ordinary dining chair, which makes it the pick for small kitchens and for grandparents' houses. It folds down to about four and a half inches thick with a carry handle, and at 5.5 lb it is the lightest thing in this table by a wide margin. Chicco rates it from six months to 50 lb across booster, floor-feeding and toddler-chair modes, so it covers a long stretch for the money. The tray is dishwasher safe, but only on the top rack.

Cosco Kids Simple Fold High Chair

The default cheap high chair, and it earns the spot: a full-size three-position tray with a cup holder, a leg rest, and a fold that leaves the chair standing on its own instead of falling over in a closet. The seat is a wipeable pad rather than a washable one, so purée gets wiped off rather than laundered out. Cosco rates it from six months to 50 lb, matching chairs at twice the price. Cosco does not say whether the tray is dishwasher safe, which is the main thing the Deluxe version adds.

Ity by Ingenuity Yummity Yum Easy Folding High Chair

Ity is Ingenuity's budget line, and Yummity Yum keeps the two things parents actually use every day: a dishwasher-safe tray that unlatches in one motion and a seat pad that goes in the washing machine. It folds down small and is light enough to move one-handed, which is the point of the line. Kids2 rates it from six months to three years but does not publish a weight limit anywhere on the page, which is the one spec you cannot check before buying. Reviewers note the tray sits at a slight downward angle away from the child.

Bright Starts Pop 'N Dine Portable High Chair

A camp-chair take on the high chair: it pops open in seconds, collapses into its own carry bag, and is built for travel, grandparents' houses and the backyard rather than as your only chair. The fabric is wipe-clean rather than washable, but the tray is dishwasher safe and there is a storage pocket on the back. It carries a 45 lb rating, the highest of the portable options here. There is no recline, so a baby needs to sit up unaided before it is usable.

Chicco Caddy Portable Hook-On Chair

Clamps straight onto the table, which is the whole point: no footprint on the floor, 4.9 lb to carry, and a compact fold for restaurants and travel. The seat cover pulls off and goes in the washing machine, and the metal frame has soft-grip arms so it does not mark a table edge. The trade-offs are real: a 37 lb ceiling, the lowest here after the ANTILOP, and no tray at all, so your child eats off the table surface.

Cosco Kids Simple Fold Deluxe High Chair

The Simple Fold with the upgrade that actually matters: a removable, dishwasher-safe insert tray sitting on top of the same full-size three-position tray. Everything else is familiar, including the fold-flat-and-stand-on-its-own frame and the six-month to 50 lb rating. The seat pad is still wipe-clean rather than machine washable, so the fabric side is unchanged. For twenty dollars over the base model you are essentially buying your way out of hand-washing a tray twice a day.

Bright Starts Dine Delight Compact Folding High Chair

Bright Starts' compact folder, aimed at kitchens where the chair has to disappear between meals: it folds flat and stands on its own rather than needing a wall to lean on. It ships with a three-section Twist & Dine plate that locks into the tray, which is a genuinely useful idea during the food-throwing phase. The seat pad is machine washable and the tray is dishwasher safe, so both messy surfaces clean properly. It does not recline, and the 33 lb ceiling means it will be outgrown well before the 50 lb chairs here.

Ity by Ingenuity Sun Valley Compact Folding High Chair

The best-looking chair in this price band, with a slim modern frame that reads more like furniture than baby gear. It folds flat, stands on its own, and comes with the same locking three-section Twist & Dine plate as the Dine Delight. Both the seat pad and the straps are machine washable and the tray is dishwasher safe, so every surface a toddler touches can actually be cleaned. Reviewers say it does not fold quite as flat as advertised, and the 33 lb rating is on the low side for the money.

Baby Trend Adapt 4-in-1 High Chair to Toddler Chair

The most modes for the money: bottle-feeding, traditional high chair, dining chair and standalone toddler chair, with a three-position recline that makes the youngest of those genuinely usable. It is rated to 45 lb as a high chair and 60 lb as a toddler chair, so it outlasts most of this table. The removable tray is dishwasher safe and adjusts four ways, and the chair itself is only 12 lb. Baby Trend publishes no washing instructions for the seat pad, which is a real gap on a chair sold for newborn feeding.

Ingenuity Trio 3-in-1 High Chair

Ingenuity's long-running three-mode chair: a full high chair first, then a booster that straps to a dining chair, then a standalone toddler seat, and it can seat two children at once if you use the booster and toddler chair together. Rated six months to five years and 50 lb, it has one of the longest useful lives in this table. The seat pad and straps machine wash and the tray goes in the dishwasher. It is a bulky chair for the price, so it suits a house with room to leave it standing.

Evenflo Eat and Grow 4-in-1 Convertible High Chair

Four modes that run further than most: infant high chair, toddler dining chair with tray, standalone toddler chair, and finally a table-and-chair set for a big kid. At 12 lb with a 50 lb rating and a machine-washable pad, it covers the whole span from first purées to preschool without a second purchase. The catch is spelled out in Evenflo's own care instructions: the tray must not go in the dishwasher, which on a chair at this price is the one job you would want automated.

Ingenuity Trio Foldaway 6-in-1 High Chair

The most chair you can get for under a hundred dollars: six configurations including full high chair, up-to-table chair, booster, toddler stool and dual-child seating, plus a three-level footrest that lets you set a proper seated posture. Unlike the standard Trio it folds away, which is what you are paying the extra twenty dollars for. The seat pad comes off for the washing machine and the tray goes in the dishwasher. Kids2 rates it six to sixty months but publishes no weight limit, and reviewers say the fold is less compact than they expected.

How we researched this

The thirteen chairs were picked to spread across the $24.99 to $99.99 band and cover every seat style a buyer at this budget weighs, from boosters and hook-ons to six-mode convertibles, with one color per model since colorways share a price. Specs and prices are each manufacturer's own, not a retailer's or a roundup's, and prices are regular list prices: the Baby Trend Adapt was on sale for $64.99 and is recorded at $69.99. Convertibles publish a different weight cap for each mode, and the table uses the high-chair figure, which makes the Adapt look shorter-lived than it is.

Graco's SimpleSwitch and Slim Snacker and the Fisher-Price SpaceSaver belong in this price band but are missing: Graco's site and the stores carrying its specs would not load a readable page, and neither would Fisher-Price's. Near-duplicates of chairs already listed were left out, including the Baby Trend Flat Fold, Sit Right 2.0 and Dine Time, the Cosco Canteen, the Ingenuity Full Course and several licensed-character versions of the Bright Starts chairs. Empty cells are specs the manufacturer does not publish, and the Chicco Caddy's Tray Cleaning is empty because it has no tray. Some chairs were on sale when their pages were read, so the price you see may be lower than these list prices.