Xencelabs

Overview

Xencelabs (https://www.xencelabs.com/) positions itself as a direct competitor to Wacom for the professional creative audience

They are a very new brand and have a small product line as of Jan 2024:

What Xencelabs does well

  • They are very thoughtful about the design of their products. You can see small touches that make a difference. For example:

    • Their pen tablets are exactly 16x9 aspect ratio

    • The front edge of their pen tablets are slightly slopped so there's less of a hard edge hitting your wrist

    • Their driver UX is well the most thought-out, user-friendly and attractive of any tablet brand.

    • Their tablets come with 2 pens.

  • I don't have any direct experience with their support. I haven't needed to contact them for any issue. But from what I have seen Xencelabs support is extremely good.

How Xencelabs could do better

  • Core Pen tech

    • MAX pressure of their pens as I have measured is GOOD but not yet as high as Wacom's Pro Pens which have an EXCELLENT high max pressure.

    • Their stated IAF is 3gf - which matches my measurements - is GOOD. But Wacom's Pro pens have an even lower IAF.

  • There aren't that many Xencelabs users out there - so if you need community help there are very few people in the community who can help and you'll need to rely Xencelab's customer support.

  • As of September 2025 their product portfolio does not include

    • A large pen tablet

    • A mobile device

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