Kitchen price comparison - Fair or fantasy?

The amount you are willing to pay.

I have a limit, I don't want to exceed that. I also don't want the cheapest kitchen on the market, but I want the reasonable price for the goods/services provided.

but also not stay up at night wondering if I may have paid too much.

I do ops:

Go to a proper kitchen studio. There are no discounts and you certainly won't pay exorbitant prices.

There are endless threads here about kitchen purchases including prices etc. the search

Manufacturer:
Kitchen studio:
Initial price:
Final price:

This list here says exactly 0.00 nothing.

There are plenty of kitchen studios that give at least somewhat realistic prices, and where during the ordering phase prices are rounded down to the nearest hundred or an interior feature is added free of charge or something like that. There are many kitchen suppliers, especially furniture stores, but even kitchen chains are not immune, who lure customers with BIG %-numbers.

Additionally... an initial price and a final price without planning volume (i.e., appliances, cabinets in which layout, material of fronts and countertop) only say what was paid and whether one had a moon vendor at the beginning or not.

Here we already require at least the following information for price statements like "Ok" or "go negotiate again" or "seems very cheap":

Planning images: preferably top view and 1 or 2 perspectives
Total price: xxx
- of which derived average internet price for appliances including shipping costs: xxx
Manufacturer / series: xxx
Carcass height: xxx
Front material: xxx
Side panel material: xxx
Countertop material: xxx

Only with that can you classify a price in this rudimentary way.
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If you want to be somewhat sure, then you have to get more than one offer for exactly the same planning.

Yes, unfortunately it is often a jungle, but customers are not entirely innocent either. They just love %% .. .
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Ikea can give a first point of reference, but you must not forget that Ikea’s cabinet offering is limited to 4 widths, and also regarding side panels and other design elements there is only a limited range, and delivery is in individual packages.
When delivering a standard kitchen, at least the carcasses and drawers are already assembled. Many special solutions that standard kitchen manufacturers offer, like raised dishwasher, making use of wall width, etc., have to be "cobbled together" at Ikea.
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Overall it can be said that the quality of the end product "assembled kitchen" is determined about 30% by a practical, ergonomic and visually successful design, 30% by the installation performance and the rest by the quality of the materials.

We are currently at Küchenaktuell - but in Rahlstedt. Just like at Möbel Kraft in Buchholz - so that we can compare.

Then also visit Möbel Steffens in Lamstedt. It was a tip from several acquaintances who were satisfied. We ended up buying our kitchen there as well. There is also a significantly larger selection to be able to view things in person than, for example, at Kraft.

I would also plan the kitchen with the Ikea planner. You replace the appliances and sink for the calculation with reasonable brand products, depending on your standards. Assembly costs can be easily requested or you can even find them online. Then consider how much a few individual solutions (different cabinet widths, etc.) are worth to you. The quality of the carcasses and fronts at Ikea is by no means worse than at Nobilia and similar. If you have higher demands there, you have to opt for the upper price category of kitchen manufacturers.