{ "title": "Commercial carpet vacuuming: buy vs rent vs hire, prices side by side", "url": "https://whirrwork.com/compare/buy-vs-rent-vs-hire/commercial-vacuuming/", "job": "commercial-vacuuming", "updated": "2026-10-27", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "attribution": "Whirrwork (whirrwork.com), from the linked sources", "gate": { "rule": ">= 2 of buy/rent/service have >= 2 hand-tagged sourced prices", "counts": { "buy": 6, "rent": 6, "service": 0 }, "pass": true }, "notes": [ "List prices published by sellers, not quotes.", "Rent = RaaS / lease / subscription per month; \"per year\" fees divided by 12 in the summary only.", "months_of_rent_equal_to_purchase = buy / rent, computed only for the same robot from the same seller (same page).", "No currency conversion, no scaling, no Whirrwork estimate." ], "summary": { "buy": { "currency": "USD", "low": 10348, "high": 42000, "n": 6, "other_currency_rows": 0 }, "rent": { "currency": "USD", "low": 369, "high": 1169, "n": 4, "other_currency_rows": 2 }, "service": null }, "same_robot_pairs": [ { "product": "LionsBot R3 Vac", "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/r3-vac-cleaning-robot/", "currency": "USD", "buy": 13000, "rent_per_month": 369, "months_of_rent_equal_to_purchase": 35.2, "rent_term_months": 36, "rent_total_over_term": 13284 }, { "product": "Pudu MT1 Vac", "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/pudu-mt1-vac/", "currency": "USD", "buy": 20000, "rent_per_month": 559, "months_of_rent_equal_to_purchase": 35.8, "rent_term_months": 36, "rent_total_over_term": 20124 }, { "product": "SoftBank Whiz", "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/whiz/", "currency": "USD", "buy": 25000, "rent_per_month": 699, "months_of_rent_equal_to_purchase": 35.8, "rent_term_months": 36, "rent_total_over_term": 25164 }, { "product": "Gausium Vacuum 40", "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/gausium-vacuum-40/", "currency": "USD", "buy": 42000, "rent_per_month": 1169, "months_of_rent_equal_to_purchase": 35.9, "rent_term_months": 36, "rent_total_over_term": 42084 } ], "receipts": [ { "mode": "buy", "low": 25000, "high": 25000, "currency": "USD", "unit": "per unit", "region": "US", "description": "Buy: SoftBank Whiz commercial vacuum robot (RobotLAB)", "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/whiz/", "as_of": "2026-10" }, { "mode": "buy", "low": 10348, "high": 10348, "currency": "USD", "unit": "per unit", "region": "US", "description": "Kärcher KIRA CV 50 autonomous commercial vacuum, dealer price (in stock) — Vacuum Specialists", "source_url": "https://vacuumspecialists.com/commercial/commercial-robots", "as_of": "2026-10-25" }, { "mode": "buy", "low": 22000, "high": 22000, "currency": "USD", "unit": "per unit", "region": "US", "description": "Pudu CC1 4-in-1 commercial cleaning robot (sweep, scrub, vacuum, mop), purchase via reseller RobotLAB", "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/cleaning-robot-cc1/", "as_of": "2026-10-25" }, { "mode": "buy", "low": 13000, "high": 13000, "currency": "USD", "unit": "per unit", "region": "US", "description": "LionsBot R3 Vac 3D-lidar vacuum robot, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB", "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/r3-vac-cleaning-robot/", "as_of": "2026-10-27" }, { "mode": "buy", "low": 20000, "high": 20000, "currency": "USD", "unit": "per unit", "region": "US", "description": "Pudu MT1 Vac robotic sweeper and vacuum (carpet and hard floors), purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB", "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/pudu-mt1-vac/", "as_of": "2026-10-27" }, { "mode": "buy", "low": 42000, "high": 42000, "currency": "USD", "unit": "per unit", "region": "US", "description": "Gausium Vacuum 40 3-in-1 vacuum/sweep/dust-mop robot, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB", "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/gausium-vacuum-40/", "as_of": "2026-10-27" }, { "mode": "rent", "low": 699, "high": 699, "currency": "USD", "unit": "per month", "region": "US", "description": "SoftBank Whiz commercial vacuum robot RaaS (RobotLAB)", "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/whiz/", "as_of": "2026-10" }, { "mode": "rent", "low": 29800, "high": 104800, "currency": "JPY", "unit": "per month", "region": "JP", "description": "SoftBank Whiz rental in Japan by contract term (1/3/5 yr; incl. warranty option, ex tax)", "source_url": "https://www.softbank.jp/corp/news/press/sbkk/2019/20190516_01/", "as_of": "2019-05" }, { "mode": "rent", "low": 369, "high": 369, "currency": "USD", "unit": "per month", "region": "US", "description": "LionsBot R3 Vac vacuum robot, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards)", "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/r3-vac-cleaning-robot/", "as_of": "2026-10-27" }, { "mode": "rent", "low": 559, "high": 559, "currency": "USD", "unit": "per month", "region": "US", "description": "Pudu MT1 Vac robotic sweeper and vacuum, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards)", "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/pudu-mt1-vac/", "as_of": "2026-10-27" }, { "mode": "rent", "low": 1169, "high": 1169, "currency": "USD", "unit": "per month", "region": "US", "description": "Gausium Vacuum 40 robot, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards)", "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/gausium-vacuum-40/", "as_of": "2026-10-27" }, { "mode": "rent", "low": 1750, "high": 1750, "currency": "CAD", "unit": "per month", "region": "CA", "description": "Pudu MT1 Vac robotic sweeper and vacuum, RaaS via MaxAVT (Canadian Pudu RaaS reseller), standard 36-month agreement incl. deployment, training, maintenance, OTA updates and remote monitoring", "source_url": "https://www.maxavt.com/raas/", "as_of": "2026-10-27" } ], "calculator": "https://whirrwork.com/tools/buy-rent-or-hire/?job=commercial-vacuuming", "api": "https://whirrwork.com/api/v1/buy-rent-or-hire?job=commercial-vacuuming" }