Quartz or granite countertops: which is better?

Neither is better across the board, and any answer that says otherwise is selling one of them. Quartz is engineered, so it is non-porous, never needs sealing, and comes in consistent colours and patterns you can choose from a sample with confidence. Granite is quarried stone, so every slab is different, it handles heat better, and it needs sealing roughly once a year. Choose quartz for a busy family kitchen where nobody wants maintenance. Choose granite if you want a surface nobody else has and you set hot pans down without thinking.