How much does a home humanoid robot cost?

Only four of the eleven home humanoids announced so far list a price. Here’s what each one asks, and what that number doesn’t cover.

As of October 28, 2026.

The prices on the table

When people ask me what one of these robots costs, the honest answer is that it depends on which one, and most makers won’t say yet. Of the eleven home humanoids in my registry, only four list a price ¹. Two more have offered a number that isn’t a sale price.

The rest have no public price, including Chery’s Mobo, which opened global preorders this month without saying what it will cost ⁹.

Buy it, subscribe, or book a visit

NEO shows the choice families will face. The $20,000 purchase comes with a three-year warranty, premium support and priority delivery. The $499 subscription comes with a “Starter Productivity Package” and standard delivery ², and 1X said at launch that subscription units would ship later ¹⁰.

Simple arithmetic: $499 a month is $5,988 a year, so it takes just over 40 months of payments to pass the purchase price. But the order page doesn’t say how long the subscription runs or what happens when it ends ², so treat that number as a comparison, not a verdict.

A third option skips ownership. Gatsby, a San Francisco service that sends humanoid robots to clean apartments, charges a flat $150 per clean and says harder tasks can be handled by a remote human operator ¹¹.

What the sticker price leaves out

• Life after the warranty. NEO’s price table covers the robot, the warranty or subscription, and delivery. It gives no figures for repairs, parts or running costs ².
• Shipping and customs. Unitree’s R1 starts at $4,900, plus an estimated $300 to $1,200 for shipping, with customs and taxes on the buyer. Its store page doesn’t mention household use either ¹².
• Where you live. 1X is delivering first in the US and said other markets would follow from 2027 ¹⁰. The yuan prices above are for China.
• Who does the work. For chores NEO doesn’t know yet, a 1X Expert can supervise it remotely at scheduled times ². That help is part of what you pay for, and it raises its own privacy questions.

Is it getting cheaper?

Yes, and faster than analysts expected. In February 2024 Goldman Sachs Research wrote that the cost of building a humanoid had fallen from an estimated $50,000–$250,000 to $30,000–$150,000, a 40% drop where it had expected 15–20% a year ¹³. Morgan Stanley, cited by the AP in June 2026, put the average humanoid price at $46,000 in 2025 and projects about $21,000 by 2050. It also says Chinese models are, on average, 20% or more cheaper than foreign ones ¹⁴.

A lower price will make the decision easier to afford, not easier to make. The real cost for a family is what we stop doing ourselves once the robot is doing it, and no price table shows that.