Price comparison · with receipts
Commercial floor scrubbing: buy, rent or hire? Published prices side by side
Commercial floor scrubbing, from sellers' published prices: buying a robot costs $18,000–$95,880 up front (10 prices); renting one (RaaS or lease) costs $599–$2,900 a month (9 prices); we have no published price for hiring a company that does this job with a robot yet. For the 8 robots where one seller lists both prices, buying costs the same as 35.7–54.7 months of rent. Over the stated rental term, rent adds up to about the purchase price for some robots and less for others.
Buy
$18,000–$95,880
one-off, per robot · 10 published prices
Rent (RaaS)
$599–$2,900
per month · 9 published prices · +4 in CAD
Hire a service
No price yet
Nobody we track publishes a price for doing this job with a robot.
Lowest to highest published price on each side. Different robots on each side, so this is the spread, not a like-for-like comparison. The same-robot chart below is.
Same robot, two ways to pay
Each row is one robot whose seller lists a purchase price and a monthly rental price on the same page. The bar shows how many months of rent add up to the purchase price.
- CenoBots L3 robotlab.comBuy $24,000 = 35.9 months of rent at $669/monthRental term 36 months: $24,084 in total, 100% of the purchase price.
- Gausium Phantas 1.3 robotlab.comBuy $29,600 = 35.7 months of rent at $829/monthRental term 36 months: $29,844 in total, 101% of the purchase price.
- LionsBot R3 Scrub Pro robotlab.comBuy $31,250 = 36 months of rent at $869/monthRental term 36 months: $31,284 in total, 100% of the purchase price.
- CenoBots L4 robotlab.comBuy $35,833 = 35.9 months of rent at $999/monthRental term 36 months: $35,964 in total, 100% of the purchase price.
- CenoBots L50 robotlab.comBuy $41,820 = 35.8 months of rent at $1,169/monthThe seller doesn't state the rental term on the page.
- Gausium Scrubber 50 Pro robotlab.comBuy $53,600 = 54.7 months of rent at $979/monthRental term 36 months: $35,244 in total, 66% of the purchase price.
- LionsBot R12 Rex CS robotlab.comBuy $81,150 = 35.9 months of rent at $2,259/monthRental term 36 months: $81,324 in total, 100% of the purchase price.
- Gausium Scrubber 75P robotlab.comBuy $95,880 = 35.9 months of rent at $2,669/monthRental term 36 months: $96,084 in total, 100% of the purchase price.
Bot or Not? Buy, rent or hire?
Buy when
- You'll run it for longer than the months-of-rent bar above
- Someone on site can change brushes, empty tanks and call for repairs
- Your floor plan and cleaning hours won't change for years
Rent (RaaS) when
- You're not sure the robot suits your building: try it before you own it
- You want repairs and software updates included (check the contract says so)
- The up-front price is the problem, not the monthly cost
Hire people (or a service) when
- The area is small or gets cleaned once a week: a person is cheaper
- Floors are cluttered, furniture moves daily, or it's mostly stairs and corners
- Your cleaning contractor already prices the job well and nobody complains
Who this is not for: homes (these are commercial machines) and anyone who needs a firm price: these are list prices, and sellers often negotiate on fleets and long contracts.
Receipts: 23 published prices
| Way to pay | Price | What it is (as the source says) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy | $29,600–$95,880 per unit · US | Gausium autonomous scrubbers purchase price (RobotLAB) | robotlab.com as of 2026-10 |
| Buy | $18,000 per unit · US | ICE Cobotics Cobi 18 autonomous floor scrubber (18" path), authorized retailer list price, free shipping (OneUp Cleaning) | oneupcleaning.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Buy | $24,000 per unit · US | CenoBots L3 autonomous scrubber-dryer robot, dealer list price (HPro Clean) | hproclean.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Buy | $41,820 per unit · US | CenoBots L50 heavy-duty autonomous scrubber, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB ("starting at") | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Buy | $24,000 per unit · US | CenoBots L3 autonomous scrubber-dryer, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB (robot only; $27,500 with WS3 workstation) | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Buy | $35,833 per unit · US | CenoBots L4 autonomous scrubber, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB ("starting at") | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Buy | $31,250 per unit · US | LionsBot R3 Scrub Pro commercial scrubbing robot, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Buy | $53,600 per unit · US | Gausium Scrubber 50 Pro AI robotic scrubber, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Buy | $81,150 per unit · US | LionsBot R12 Rex CS large scrubbing robot (autonomous and manual), purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Buy | $24,000 per unit · US | Pudu CC1 Pro 4-in-1 cleaning robot (sweep, scrub, vacuum, dust mop), purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Rent (RaaS) | $829–$2,669 per month · US | Gausium autonomous scrubbers via RobotLAB: RaaS on 36-month term | robotlab.com as of 2026-10 |
| Rent (RaaS) | ≥ $599 per month · US | Autonomous floor-cleaning robot subscription (Rendara), starting price | rendara.com as of 2026-10 |
| Rent (RaaS) | $2,250–$2,900 per month · US | Avidbots Neo autonomous floor scrubber lease, as quoted by an Avidbots account executive | mlive.com as of 2024-01 older than 12 months |
| Rent (RaaS) | $1,169 per month · US | CenoBots L50 autonomous scrubber, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (contract term not stated on the page) | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Rent (RaaS) | $669 per month · US | CenoBots L3 autonomous scrubber-dryer, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards) | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Rent (RaaS) | $999 per month · US | CenoBots L4 autonomous scrubber, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards) | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Rent (RaaS) | $869 per month · US | LionsBot R3 Scrub Pro commercial scrubbing robot, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards) | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Rent (RaaS) | $979 per month · US | Gausium Scrubber 50 Pro AI robotic scrubber, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards) | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Rent (RaaS) | $2,259 per month · US | LionsBot R12 Rex CS large scrubbing robot, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards) | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Rent (RaaS) | C$2,500 per month · CA | Pudu CC1 Pro 4-in-1 cleaning robot, RaaS via MaxAVT (Canadian Pudu RaaS reseller), standard 36-month agreement incl. deployment, training, maintenance, OTA updates and remote monitoring | maxavt.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Rent (RaaS) | C$2,150 per month · CA | Pudu CC1 4-in-1 cleaning robot, RaaS via MaxAVT (Canadian Pudu RaaS reseller), standard 36-month agreement incl. deployment, training, maintenance, OTA updates and remote monitoring | maxavt.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Rent (RaaS) | C$2,650 per month · CA | Pudu BG1 large scrubber-dryer robot, RaaS via MaxAVT (Canadian Pudu RaaS reseller), standard 36-month agreement incl. deployment, training, maintenance, OTA updates and remote monitoring | maxavt.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Rent (RaaS) | C$2,850 per month · CA | Pudu BG1 Pro large scrubber-dryer robot, RaaS via MaxAVT (Canadian Pudu RaaS reseller), standard 36-month agreement incl. deployment, training, maintenance, OTA updates and remote monitoring | maxavt.com as of 2026-10-27 |
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Read this before you compare
- These are sellers' published list prices, not quotes. Fleet and long-contract deals are often lower.
- What a rental (RaaS) includes varies: maintenance, software, consumables, insurance. A purchase price usually includes none of that after the warranty.
- Neither side includes the person who empties, refills and moves the robot. Our calculator lets you add those hours.
- Nothing here is converted between currencies, adjusted for inflation or scaled.
Why this page exists (and others don't)
We publish a comparison only when at least two ways to pay have at least 2 sourced, dated prices each. This one has 10 purchase, 13 rental and 0 service prices.
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Whirrwork (2026). Commercial floor scrubbing: buy, rent or hire? Published prices side by side. https://whirrwork.com/compare/buy-vs-rent-vs-hire/commercial-floor-scrubbing/ (accessed 2026-10-27)
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