Head to head
Ballet REAL Series vs Trezor Safe 5
The short answer
Which should you buy?
On our fixed standard, Trezor Safe 5 earns the higher mark, 9.1 to 6.2. But the right pick depends on what you want: Ballet REAL Series is our call for easiest crypto gift card, while Trezor Safe 5 is the one to get for best open-source hardware wallet.
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Choose Ballet REAL Series if you
- Want to gift crypto in a simple physical form
- Are storing only a small amount
- Want a cold wallet with zero learning curve
- Value a collectible, giftable object
Choose Trezor Safe 5 if you
- Want firmware and hardware you can audit
- Value certified security and Shamir backup
- Confirm transactions on a device touchscreen
- Also want a hardware 2FA key (FIDO2)
Side by side
Full comparison
Green marks the winner of each row| BaBallet REAL Series | Trezor Safe 5 |
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|---|---|---|
| Our score | 6.2 / 10 | 9.1 / 10 |
| Type | Physical cold-storage card | Cold storage |
| Price | from about $39 | $169 |
| Security | 5.4 | 9.5 |
| Ease of use | 9.2 | 8.9 |
| Value | 7.4 | 8.8 |
| Recovery | 4.0 | 9.4 |
| Best for | Easiest crypto gift card | Best open-source hardware wallet |
| Maker | Ballet | SatoshiLabs |
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The full reviews
Easiest crypto gift card
6.2
Ballet REAL Series
A beautifully simple metal cold-storage card with no seed phrase, no app setup and no elec...
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9.1
Trezor Safe 5
Trezor at its best: fully open-source firmware paired, at last, with an EAL6+ secure eleme...
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The verdict
Trezor Safe 5 takes it
Trezor Safe 5 earns the higher mark on our standard, but read both reviews before you decide.