The Purple should be more durable than the Nectar mattress and should last for a longer amount of time. Ignoring discounts, the Purple mattress and Nectar are very close in terms of price. The Purple is more breathable and should sleep significantly cooler than the Nectar mattress.

The Purple mattress has a shorter trial period and warranty than the Nectar. The Nectar mattress has three layers compared to the Purple’s five layers. The Purple is bouncy and responsive while the Nectar has a slow-responding memory foam feel. The Purple mattress is shorter at 9.25 inches compared to the Nectar’s 12 inches.

The Nectar mattress is a much softer memory foam bed than the Purple Original mattress. The Nectar is ideal for lightweight and average-weight side sleepers. While the Purple mattress includes a waffle-like proprietary grid as a comfort layer, the Nectar is a more traditional memory foam mattress.

The Purple’s comfort layer consists of a squishy gel grid, while the Nectar contains gel memory foam. The Nectar mattress has a slow-moving feel, while the Purple Hybrid feels responsive and bouncy. The Purple Hybrid adapts to different people’s body types, and for heavy people, it feels much softer than the Nectar.

Between the two mattresses, Nectar will offer better motion transfer thanks to the upper layers. This does not mean that the Purple mattress is not comfortable or supportive. When it comes to edge support, the Nectar mattress has better support while the Purple mattress has a bit of edge sag.