{
 "title": "Restaurant serving robots: buy vs rent vs hire, prices side by side",
 "url": "https://whirrwork.com/compare/buy-vs-rent-vs-hire/restaurant-serving-robot/",
 "job": "restaurant-serving-robot",
 "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": 3,
   "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": 14500,
   "high": 18400,
   "n": 3,
   "other_currency_rows": 0
  },
  "rent": {
   "currency": "USD",
   "low": 399,
   "high": 519,
   "n": 3,
   "other_currency_rows": 3
  },
  "service": null
 },
 "same_robot_pairs": [
  {
   "product": "Pudu BellaBot Pro",
   "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/bellabot-pro/",
   "currency": "USD",
   "buy": 16000,
   "rent_per_month": 399,
   "months_of_rent_equal_to_purchase": 40.1,
   "rent_term_months": 36,
   "rent_total_over_term": 14364
  },
  {
   "product": "Keenon T10",
   "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/keenon-t10/",
   "currency": "USD",
   "buy": 18400,
   "rent_per_month": 519,
   "months_of_rent_equal_to_purchase": 35.5,
   "rent_term_months": 36,
   "rent_total_over_term": 18684
  }
 ],
 "receipts": [
  {
   "mode": "buy",
   "low": 14500,
   "high": 14500,
   "currency": "USD",
   "unit": "per unit",
   "region": "US",
   "description": "Buy: Pudu BellaBot serving robot (RobotLAB)",
   "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/bellabot/",
   "as_of": "2026-10"
  },
  {
   "mode": "buy",
   "low": 16000,
   "high": 16000,
   "currency": "USD",
   "unit": "per unit",
   "region": "US",
   "description": "Pudu BellaBot Pro serving robot (4 trays), purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB",
   "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/bellabot-pro/",
   "as_of": "2026-10-27"
  },
  {
   "mode": "buy",
   "low": 18400,
   "high": 18400,
   "currency": "USD",
   "unit": "per unit",
   "region": "US",
   "description": "Keenon T10 serving robot, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB",
   "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/keenon-t10/",
   "as_of": "2026-10-27"
  },
  {
   "mode": "rent",
   "low": 409,
   "high": 409,
   "currency": "USD",
   "unit": "per month",
   "region": "US",
   "description": "Pudu BellaBot RaaS lease (RobotLAB)",
   "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/bellabot/",
   "as_of": "2026-10"
  },
  {
   "mode": "rent",
   "low": 490,
   "high": 590,
   "currency": "GBP",
   "unit": "per month",
   "region": "GB",
   "description": "UK waiter/serving robot rental on 24-month term incl. maintenance (ex VAT)",
   "source_url": "https://hutechrobotics.co.uk/hospitality/pricing",
   "as_of": "2026-10"
  },
  {
   "mode": "rent",
   "low": 399,
   "high": 399,
   "currency": "USD",
   "unit": "per month",
   "region": "US",
   "description": "Pudu BellaBot Pro serving robot, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards)",
   "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/bellabot-pro/",
   "as_of": "2026-10-27"
  },
  {
   "mode": "rent",
   "low": 519,
   "high": 519,
   "currency": "USD",
   "unit": "per month",
   "region": "US",
   "description": "Keenon T10 serving robot, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards)",
   "source_url": "https://www.robotlab.com/store/keenon-t10/",
   "as_of": "2026-10-27"
  },
  {
   "mode": "rent",
   "low": 1450,
   "high": 1450,
   "currency": "CAD",
   "unit": "per month",
   "region": "CA",
   "description": "Pudu BellaBot delivery/serving robot, 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"
  },
  {
   "mode": "rent",
   "low": 1650,
   "high": 1650,
   "currency": "CAD",
   "unit": "per month",
   "region": "CA",
   "description": "Pudu BellaBot Pro delivery and advertising robot, 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=restaurant-serving-robot",
 "api": "https://whirrwork.com/api/v1/buy-rent-or-hire?job=restaurant-serving-robot"
}