Price comparison · with receipts
Commercial carpet vacuuming: buy, rent or hire? Published prices side by side
Commercial carpet vacuuming, from sellers' published prices: buying a robot costs $10,348–$42,000 up front (6 prices); renting one (RaaS or lease) costs $369–$1,169 a month (4 prices); we have no published price for hiring a company that does this job with a robot yet. For the 4 robots where one seller lists both prices, buying costs the same as 35.2–35.9 months of rent. Over the stated rental term, rent adds up to at least the purchase price.
Buy
$10,348–$42,000
one-off, per robot · 6 published prices
Rent (RaaS)
$369–$1,169
per month · 4 published prices · +2 in JPY, 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.
- LionsBot R3 Vac robotlab.comBuy $13,000 = 35.2 months of rent at $369/monthRental term 36 months: $13,284 in total, 102% of the purchase price.
- Pudu MT1 Vac robotlab.comBuy $20,000 = 35.8 months of rent at $559/monthRental term 36 months: $20,124 in total, 101% of the purchase price.
- SoftBank Whiz robotlab.comBuy $25,000 = 35.8 months of rent at $699/monthRental term 36 months: $25,164 in total, 101% of the purchase price.
- Gausium Vacuum 40 robotlab.comBuy $42,000 = 35.9 months of rent at $1,169/monthRental term 36 months: $42,084 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: 12 published prices
| Way to pay | Price | What it is (as the source says) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy | $25,000 per unit · US | Buy: SoftBank Whiz commercial vacuum robot (RobotLAB) | robotlab.com as of 2026-10 |
| Buy | $10,348 per unit · US | Kärcher KIRA CV 50 autonomous commercial vacuum, dealer price (in stock) — Vacuum Specialists | vacuumspecialists.com as of 2026-10-25 |
| Buy | $22,000 per unit · US | Pudu CC1 4-in-1 commercial cleaning robot (sweep, scrub, vacuum, mop), purchase via reseller RobotLAB | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-25 |
| Buy | $13,000 per unit · US | LionsBot R3 Vac 3D-lidar vacuum robot, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Buy | $20,000 per unit · US | Pudu MT1 Vac robotic sweeper and vacuum (carpet and hard floors), purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Buy | $42,000 per unit · US | Gausium Vacuum 40 3-in-1 vacuum/sweep/dust-mop robot, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Rent (RaaS) | $699 per month · US | SoftBank Whiz commercial vacuum robot RaaS (RobotLAB) | robotlab.com as of 2026-10 |
| Rent (RaaS) | ¥29,800–¥104,800 per month · JP | SoftBank Whiz rental in Japan by contract term (1/3/5 yr; incl. warranty option, ex tax) | softbank.jp as of 2019-05 older than 12 months |
| Rent (RaaS) | $369 per month · US | LionsBot R3 Vac vacuum robot, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards) | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Rent (RaaS) | $559 per month · US | Pudu MT1 Vac robotic sweeper and vacuum, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards) | robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27 |
| Rent (RaaS) | $1,169 per month · US | Gausium Vacuum 40 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$1,750 per month · CA | 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 | 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 6 purchase, 6 rental and 0 service prices.
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Whirrwork (2026). Commercial carpet vacuuming: buy, rent or hire? Published prices side by side. https://whirrwork.com/compare/buy-vs-rent-vs-hire/commercial-vacuuming/ (accessed 2026-10-27)
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