There's only one HomePod anymore and it's $100 (unless we're talking about non-US pricing). Still more than an Echo, but a lot more reasonable than the original HomePod was.
Which is a shame, the original one has such good sound quality for its size
Even doubly so, since at least for some of us they were bricked somehow recently. I had two. One is flashing the volume buttons and is unresponsive otherwise. I can't even replace it without going to ebay and paying double. https://www.reddit.com/r/HomePod/comments/g3lm0e/flashing_vo...
It was a really good upgrade to make the power for HomePod minis be usb-c so there is some data connection. I am hoping for a HomePod2 (or HomePod pro?) that has the same usb-c connection.