Caskets and Urns You Buy Direct, and the Monuments That Outlast Them
Caskets and urns carry the heaviest markups in the funeral world, and federal law says you never have to buy either one from the funeral home. Every seller below was vetted by us, priced at what you actually pay after our discounts, and every one ships direct. If a marker is the piece you are pricing rather than a casket, our breakdown of headstone cost by marker type and material carries the real ranges and the cemetery fees that land after the stone.
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Every casket, urn and monument seller we have checked ourselves, from the $995 casket delivered free to any funeral home in the lower 48, to handcrafted urns, to the medallion that upgrades a headstone you already have. Prices shown are the seller’s, with our codes applied.
- What the tiers open at: Metal from $1,175, Batesville from $1,760 and oversized from $1,695, all delivered free in 2 to 3 business days.
- Your rights: A funeral home has to accept a casket or urn you bought elsewhere and cannot charge a handling fee for it. The FTC Funeral Rule guide covers all seven protections.
- The urn timeline nobody tells you: Nothing requires an urn before the cremation. The remains come back in a simple container, so this decision can wait until you can make it calmly.
- Coupon: Code MemorialMerits, case sensitive, applies at checkout on every handcrafted Pulvis piece.
- The monument you already have: Headstone Helper restores an existing marker rather than replacing it, which is the cheapest meaningful upgrade on this page.
Before you buy anything, know the numbers and your rights. Free, no email, under two minutes.
- Funeral Cost CalculatorWhat the full funeral actually costs in your state, itemized, before a funeral home hands you a number
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- Funeral Homes by StateLocal funeral homes, cemeteries and real state-by-state costs when you need someone nearby today
| Service | Best for | Lowest real price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discount Caskets★ | The widest casket selection online, delivered free to any funeral home in 2 to 3 days | $945Pine, eco and wood caskets from $995, minus $50 with code MEMORIAL50. Metal from $1,175, Batesville from $1,760, oversized from $1,695. | Go › |
| Pulvis Art Urns★ | Handcrafted ceramic urns for people and pets that read as art, not inventory | Exclusive codeCoupon MemorialMerits (case sensitive) applies at checkout on every handcrafted piece. | Go › |
| Ever Loved★ | Titan caskets, urns and headstones through one account instead of five vendors | DirectOne checkout, one delivery thread; a free memorial and fundraising page comes with the account. | Go › |
| AZ Memorials | Burial shrouds and water burial urns, direct from a mortuary supplier rather than a retailer | $37.6424 biodegradable urns $37.64 to $219.54; shroud sets $652.03 and $830.26. Free shipping on everything, free insurance above $300, ground only at 5 to 7 days. | Go › |
| Turning Hearts★ | Giving an existing headstone a living memorial any phone can open | $67.99Two identical medallions at $79.99, with 15% off applied automatically through our link. | Go › |
| Headstone Helper | Cleaning and caring for the family headstone you already have | $89.99Complete headstone cleaning kit built around a biological cleaner that is safe on granite and marble. | Go › |
| Tending | Done-for-you grave and headstone care at any US cemetery, photo report included | $132.05One-time cleaning $139, restoration $159, ongoing care plans $109 per visit, minus 5 percent with code MEMORIALMERITS. | Go › |
| Parting Stone★ | An alternative to the urn: the full remains become 40 to 80 or more stones a family shares | $2,495Complete human service, all-inclusive. Dogs and cats $1,195. | Go › |
| Engrave Ink★ | A memorial you carry as a tattoo instead of keeping on a shelf | $279Single bottle $289 with free shipping, minus $10 with code memorialmerits10, applied automatically through our link. | Go › |
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Discount Caskets: Every Style, None of the Showroom ★
Pine, steel, hardwood, Batesville, oversized and military caskets, delivered free in 2 to 3 business days.
This is the deepest casket catalog on this page and the place to start a comparison. Family-owned, founded by funeral directors, over ten years in business, with floors that map the whole market: pine and eco designs from $995, 18 and 20 gauge steel from $1,175, oversized models from $1,695 (interior widths from 25.5 inches, and metal up to 28 inches still fits a standard vault), Batesville from $1,760, and military designs. Every online order gets a confirmation call before it ships and a call to the funeral home to set the delivery window. We tested the MEMORIAL50 code at checkout in September 2026 on a $1,195 Clair Series Blue and the $50 came off cleanly. Honest caveat: after shipment, returns run 10 days with a 35 percent restocking fee, so confirm the model on the call they make to you anyway.
- Pine, eco and wood from $995; steel from $1,175; oversized from $1,695; Batesville from $1,760
- Free delivery to any funeral home in the lower 48, 2 to 3 business days; overnight $199
- Code MEMORIAL50: $50 off any casket, no minimum, exclusive to Memorial Merits
- Confirmation call on every order; damaged in transit means refuse delivery for a full replacement or refund
- Free cancellation before shipment; 10-day returns after shipment with a 35 percent restocking fee
Pulvis Art Urns: Handmade Ceramic Urns, and How to Size One ★
Hand thrown ceramic urns for human ashes, with the capacity in cubic inches printed on every listing.
Choosing an urn comes down to one number before it comes down to taste. Cremated remains take up roughly one cubic inch of space for every pound a person weighed before cremation, and an urn that turns out too small is the single purchase in this category that nobody refunds. Pulvis Art Urns publishes the capacity of every piece in cubic inches alongside its height and width, which is what makes that arithmetic solvable before payment instead of after delivery. The work itself is thrown and finished by hand in Europe and decorated by named artists, including a water transfer technique that wraps a printed pattern around a curved ceramic body in a way hand painting cannot reproduce, across traditional, sculptural, nature inspired and eco designs. Memorial Merits lists Pulvis on this page because it is the only maker on this roster where the urn on the shelf and the pendant around a neck can be the same design.
- Pulvis Art Urns publishes the capacity of every urn in cubic inches, alongside its height, width and finish.
- An adult urn needs roughly one cubic inch of capacity for every pound of body weight, then ten to twenty five percent more as margin.
- Pulvis adult urns run from 190 to 299 cubic inches, which covers adults from roughly 150 to 240 pounds at that margin.
- Coupon code MemorialMerits, case sensitive, applies the Memorial Merits discount at the Pulvis checkout.
- Pulvis makes several of its designs as both a full size urn and a silver cremation pendant, so a family dividing ashes can keep a matching set.
Ever Loved: Casket, Urn and Headstone in One Account ★
Titan caskets, thousands of urns and customizable headstones, with a free memorial page attached.
When the same week holds a casket decision, an urn decision and a headstone decision, five separate vendors multiply everything: checkouts, delivery windows, support lines. Ever Loved holds all three product lines in one account with one tracking thread. The part worth taking even if you buy nothing is the free memorial page, which never expires and carries built-in funeral fundraising, so the link that shares the service details can also collect help with its costs. Compare their casket prices against Discount Caskets above before ordering; between the two, one of them usually wins on the specific model you want.
- Titan caskets, urn collections and customizable headstones through one account
- Free online memorial page with no subscription and no expiration
- Free funeral fundraising built into the memorial page
- One checkout, one delivery thread, one customer service contact
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AZ Memorials: A Real Biodegradable Urn Catalog, Not One Token Product
24 biodegradable urns from $37.64, two burial shrouds from $652.03, and no shipping charge on anything in the store.
Most urn sellers treat biodegradable as a single novelty product parked at the bottom of the page. AZ Memorials gives it 24, priced from $37.64 to $219.54, inside a family-run catalog of more than 1,000 memorial items built up over 25 years. When the plan is a green burial rather than an urn on a shelf, the shrouds sit in the same catalog: the Men’s Shroud Set at $652.03 and the Bamboo Shroud at $830.26. Federal guidance backs the material itself, since the EPA recommends a natural fiber shroud when a burial at sea is done without a casket. Every US order ships free and anything over $300 is insured at no extra cost, which is uncommon at these prices. What you give up is speed and a voice on the phone: no express option exists at any price, ground runs 5 to 7 days after made-to-order processing, and support is email only with a 24 to 48 hour reply window. For a planned burial that is fine. For a service three days out it is not, and we say so on the review page.
- 24 biodegradable urns from $37.64 to $219.54, made for earth and water burial
- Men’s Shroud Set $652.03 and Bamboo Shroud $830.26, the catalog’s only two burial shrouds
- Free shipping on every US order, free insurance above $300, no minimum spend
- No express shipping exists: 5 to 7 day ground after made-to-order processing
- 30-day returns, with engraved, personalized and made-to-order items excluded
Headstone Helper: The Monument You Already Have, Restored
A complete cleaning kit for family headstones, built around a cleaner that will not eat the stone.
Most monument decisions were made a generation ago, and the real question now is care. Household bleach and pressure washing permanently scar granite and marble; Headstone Helper builds its kit around a biological cleaner of the kind conservators use on gravestones, with the brushes, scraper and instructions to restore a marker in an afternoon, and the carrying bucket holds everything for the next visit. Rated 4.8 stars across 95 reviews. For families who would rather not do the scrubbing, they also book done-for-you cleanings starting at $199.
- Complete kit $89.99: biological cleaner, brushes, scraper and instructions
- Safe on granite, marble and bronze, unlike bleach or pressure washing
- One kit covers multiple cleanings and multiple family markers
- Done-for-you headstone cleaning services bookable from $199; rated 4.8 stars across 95 reviews
Tending: The Monument Cared For When You Cannot Get There
Done-for-you headstone cleaning and restoration by insured local specialists, anywhere in the US.
When the marker needs more than a kit, or the cemetery sits hundreds of miles from anyone in the family, Tending sends a trained local specialist instead: stone-safe cleaning, full restoration with surface crack repair and inscription repainting, bronze work with a protective coating, and scheduled care plans that keep it all from sliding for another year. Every visit ends with before and after photographs in your inbox, and the cemetery's approval paperwork is handled by their team, not yours. A project of All Funeral Services, in the cemetery industry since 2018; Trustpilot 4.8 across 68 reviews as of September 2026.
- Granite, marble and bronze specialists; restoration includes crack repair and inscription repainting
- Every visit insured to $2 million, with a before and after photo report
- One-time cleaning from $139; upright monuments from $199; plans from $109 per visit
- All 50 states including rural counties; plan on three to five weeks per visit
Turning Hearts: Two Dates Become a Whole Life ★
A scannable medallion that opens photos, videos and stories on any monument, of any age.
A monument holds a name and two dates; a Turning Hearts medallion carries everything in between. The 2 inch aluminum disc bonds to any existing monument with industrial 3M adhesive, no drilling and no stonemason, and scanning it opens the full memorial profile on any phone: photos, videos, the biography, and tributes that keep arriving from the people who knew them. It works on monuments of any age and material, carries a lifetime replacement warranty, and at $79.99 for two identical medallions (about $67.99 through our link) it is the least expensive real upgrade a headstone can take.
- $79.99 for two identical medallions, about $67.99 with the automatic 15% through our link
- Bonds to any existing monument: no drilling, no modification, no stonemason
- Unlimited photos, videos, stories and tributes on the linked profile
- Lifetime replacement warranty; rated 4.7 stars across 139 verified buyers
Parting Stone: When One Urn Cannot Be Divided by Four ★
The full volume of cremation remains, solidified into 40 to 80 or more smooth natural stones.
The hardest urn conversations happen when several people each want to keep their person close. Parting Stone dissolves that argument: their patented process transforms the complete remains into smooth, solid stones whose color and texture come from the individual’s own mineral composition, enough for siblings, children and grandchildren to each hold something real. It works with flame cremation and aquamation remains, with no time limit on how long the ashes have been kept, and it is backed by a return-to-ash satisfaction guarantee and an anytime money-back guarantee. Checkout note: the order page preselects a $295 expedited add-on, and the standard $2,495 service on the same page is complete.
- All-inclusive $2,495 human service: collection kit, prepaid shipping, processing, return delivery
- Dogs and cats $1,195; works with flame cremation and aquamation remains, any age of ashes
- Return-to-ash satisfaction guarantee, anytime money-back guarantee, 100% individual batch processing
- Public Benefit Corporation; 193 reviews at 97% five-star; featured on Shark Tank and Bloomberg Businessweek
- Expedited service is an optional $295 add-on the order page preselects; the standard service is complete
Engrave Ink: The Memorial That Goes Where You Go ★
Cremation ashes refined into professional tattoo ink any licensed artist can work with.
Not every family connects with an object on a shelf. Engrave Ink refines cremation ashes through dry thermal processing above 2,800 degrees and infuses them into professional-grade tattoo ink; the finished tattoo looks and heals like any other, but the person is part of it permanently. They have processed human and pet ashes since 2015, ship free on every order, and any licensed artist can work with the ink, so the memorial is made in your own town by an artist you choose.
- Single bottle $289 with free shipping, $279 after the memorialmerits10 discount
- Works with human and pet ashes; processing since 2015
- Any licensed tattoo artist can use the ink; the tattoo heals like standard ink
- Our link pre-applies the discount to the cart so the code is never forgotten at checkout
Worth Knowing About, Not a First Pick
One more monument maker we have vetted, held in reserve while its ordering program rebuilds.
Clear Stream Monuments: Quarry-Direct Headstones, Currently Rebuilding
Granite monuments and markers sourced quarry-direct, with cemetery compliance checked before manufacturing.
Clear Stream makes flat markers, upright headstones, slants and companion monuments without the showroom layer, and reviews your cemetery’s regulations before cutting stone, which is the step that prevents a rejected installation. Their ordering program is mid-rebuild, so this listing sits in reserve; for buying a headstone today, Ever Loved’s monument line above is the active path.
- Flat markers, upright headstones, slants and companion monuments in quarry-sourced granite
- Cemetery regulation review before manufacturing, with design proofs
- Ordering program currently mid-rebuild; check the overview for current status
Ready to compare the whole network? Back to the full Funeral Planning Services directory, or over to Cremation and Burial Services and Flowers, Wines and Sympathy Gifts.
Who Vetted This List
Every service here was checked by Gabriel Killian, founder of Memorial Merits and a US Navy Certified Instructor, Missile Defense Systems. Memorial Merits has been cited by CBS, ABC and Fox for its work on end-of-life planning.
Prices come from each provider’s own site, not from another directory. Where a discount belongs to Memorial Merits, the listing says so. Where a listing pays us nothing, it says that too.
Prices and partner terms last verified September 2026. Reviewed every 90 days.
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