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Should I use Dygma?

Split ergonomic keyboards with tenting, thumbkeys, wireless and programmable layers. - dygma.com

Depends. Buy if you type all day, fight wrist pain, and will invest in learning layers and thumbkeys. Skip if you want plug-and-play, a budget board, or vendor security documentation.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~50 public sources; most snippets truncated, so quotes are verbatim thread/review titles.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

Guess: ~$370–$500 per board

Defy / Raise 2 / Sonsei

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Heavy typists and programmers
  • RSI and wrist-pain sufferers
  • Tinkerers who love layers and macros
  • Gamers wanting thumbkey macros

Not for

  • Budget buyers — these are premium-priced
  • Plug-and-play people who won't learn layers
  • Enterprises needing vendor security documentation
  • Light typists — massively overkill

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Bazecor config software is the weakest link per owners

high

IT buyers: no security page or enterprise version exists

medium

Premium pricing; even fans debate whether it's worth it

medium

Freezing bugs required firmware workarounds

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Hardware consistently praised by major reviewers
  • Deep ergonomics: split, tenting, thumbkeys, wireless
  • Hot-swappable switches and programmable layers
  • Wireless Defy offers Bluetooth, RF and USB
  • Company publishes transparent engineering fixes

Cons

  • Bazecor software called faltering by long-term owners
  • Recurring overpriced debate among actual users
  • Freezing issues acknowledged by Dygma itself
  • BitLocker pre-boot compatibility problem reported
  • No public security or enterprise documentation

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/24/2026 - 10 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

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Key stats

  • Value for money: 2/5

    Rating

  • Guess: ~$370–$500 per board

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 2/5. Owners repeatedly call it overpriced
  • Ease of use: 3/5. Good hardware; Bazecor software friction reported
  • Feature depth: 5/5. Tenting, thumbkeys, wireless, hot-swap, layers
  • Support quality: 3/5. Publishes transparent fixes like freezing-issue writeups
  • Security posture: 2/5. No security page; enterprise concerns unaddressed
  • $8.8M Funding Per Crunchbase profile
  • 2 campaigns Crowdfunded Raise (Indiegogo), Defy (Kickstarter)
  • 4 Product lines Raise, Raise 2, Defy, Sonsei
  • None found Security page dygma.com/security not published

Pricing

Defy / Raise 2 / Sonsei

Guess: ~$370–$500 per board

  • Premium split ergonomic boards
  • Configurator software included
  • Crowdfunding pre-order history

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

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Full analysis

Based on ~50 public sources; most snippets truncated, so quotes are verbatim thread/review titles.

Loved hardware, criticized software and price. Worth it for heavy typists; overkill for casual users.

Methodology

Based on ~50 public sources; most snippets truncated, so quotes are verbatim thread/review titles.

Sources

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