This report summarizes the results of next generation air monitor (NGAM) volatile organic compound (VOC) evaluations performed using both laboratory as well as field scale settings. These evaluations focused on challenging lower cost (<$2500) NGAM technologies to either controlled or ambient conditions. The cost ceiling applied to the technologies selected for evaluation reflected a value believed to be the limit to what citizen scientists might seek to obtain for their use. The work conducted here and the summary of findings is not meant to be a definitive description of all such technologies. It represents a first step in understanding the capabilities of lower cost VOC technologies and their limitations.