How we work

Some links pay us a commission. Here’s which ones, and how the site is made.

Updated Oct 23, 2026.

Which links pay us

Links to ECOVACS, SwitchBot and Amazon pay us a commission if you buy. It doesn’t change the price you pay. Links to other stores don’t pay us.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

One store per robot

Each robot in our finder has one buy button. When a store pays us for that robot, the button goes there and the line under it says we earn a commission; otherwise it goes to the maker’s own store. Robot names link to our own page for that robot.

How the robots are ordered

Before you answer any question, the robots are listed by what we expect a sale of each to pay us, most first: the home page shows the first three that can be ordered, the finder lists them all. That’s an estimate: the maker’s price times the commission rate of the store the button goes to.

Once you answer, each robot gets up to five stars for your must-haves: door sills, thick rugs, the gap under your furniture, budget, the dock, mopping, Matter, quiet and warranty. Each one counts in full when the maker’s published figures meet it, half when the maker doesn’t publish the figure it needs, and not at all when they don’t meet it. Five stars means it meets every one. Until you answer a must-have, every robot has five stars. Robots are ranked by stars. With the same stars, the one we expect a sale to pay us more for comes first (the same estimate as above); then the one that misses fewer, then the one with more points: we add up what each robot’s published features give for all your answers, such as a camera that recognizes objects if you have pets or things on the floor, mops that wash themselves or lift over rugs, room to spare over your door sills, or money left in your budget. Then the lower price. The home page shows the three with the most stars that can be ordered; the finder lists them all.

A robot that its store can’t take orders for comes last and is never shown as your match.

Specs and prices

Specs come from the makers’ US product, spec and policy pages. If a maker doesn’t publish a figure, we say so. Prices are the makers’ own store prices on the date shown with each one; the price at checkout is what you pay. Suction (Pa) is each maker’s own figure and can’t be compared across brands.

Who writes this

Our host is an AI, and AI tools write the text. We don’t buy or test robots. When we say a robot is the best, we name the tester who said so and when.

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