Top Birkenstock Alternatives, Competitors (2024)

FAQs

What is the Birkenstock quality dupe? ›

The Cushionaire Lane Cork Footbed sandals, which happen to be on sale right now, look just like Birkenstocks. In fact, thousands of Amazon reviewers swear they're a very close (and affordable!) replica of the iconic sandal.

Birkenstocks is suede on top of Cork, so they're a little bit harder to break in, whereas Mephisto. has a padding in between the suede and the Cork, so they are a little bit easier to break in. You can find Birkenstocks with the padding. It has the blue writing on the insole.

Competitor Overview

Birkenstock faces competition from brands such as Crocs, Teva, and UGG, which offer similar products like sandals, clogs, and slippers.

CUSHIONAIRE Women's Lane Cork Footbed Sandal With +Comfort

This sandal features a cork footbed almost identical to Birkenstock's, so you know it'll be comfortable all day long.

'So much better than Birkenstocks!' More than 50,000 Amazon shoppers have rated these cork footbed sandals a perfect five stars for comfort - and they're a bargain at $29.99. SHOPPING – Contains affiliated content. Products featured in this Mail Best article are selected by our shopping writers.

We only use high-quality pure and expensive natural cork. Because of its extraordinary properties cork is very popular as a universal raw material. Cork is elastic, has excellent cushioning and provides good insulation against heat, cold and moisture All of these properties can be found in the BIRKENSTOCK footbed.

Quality, Value, Wearable Service.

Four to six months for an average pair of athletic shoes. Mephisto shoes are Hand Made. By nature, we are not a throw-away product. Our Artisan Cobblers use age old methods to construct each pair by hand, some styles going through over 150 hands to construct a single pair of shoes.

They will not be extremely comfortable when you first wear them as they have not moulded to your feet and adapted to your walking pattern. Wearing them in slowly will allow them to become more comfortable, flexible and will give your feet time to get used to the contoured footbed/arch support.

Angela Merkel, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steven Spielberg, the Queen of Spain, Brad Pitt and George Clooney as well as former Pope John Paul II., Luciano Pavarotti and Margaret Thatcher – they all wear or once wore one of the four Mephisto shoebrands.

"They're really good for if you have a flat foot or you have arch pain because they have a supportive longitudinal arch. But I would recommend them to most people — unless you have some kind of severe ailment that obviously needs a more personalized approach."

Are fake Birkenstocks any good? ›

All Birkenstock brand sandals and footbeds are made in Germany and our shoes and boots are made in Europe. Counterfeits or copies are inevitably cheaply-made imitations that do not offer the same comfort, quality or assurances of genuine Birkenstock brand products.