Are inexpensive hardcover notebooks as good as branded ones like Leuchtturm1917?

Branded notebooks like Leuchtturm1917 are popular for features such as numbered pages, dot-grid layouts and heavier paper, and they carry very large verified-purchase review bases. Budget hardcovers from brands like PAPERAGE and Amazon Basics earn similarly high Amazon ratings at a fraction of the price, but the candidate data here did not include paper-bleed or fountain-pen testing, so heavy ink users should check paper weight before buying.