What budget should you plan for a professional cleaning robot?
The cost of a project depends on the robot chosen, on your site and on the services needed to use it. To compare two proposals, you have to look at what they include, beyond the price of the machine.
The short answer
There is no single price that would hold for every project.
And showing an average price would be misleading: two sites of the same size can produce very different proposals.
A project is more than a machine
A robot alone does not make a project: the site has to be prepared and configured, the people who will use it trained, and its upkeep planned. These items exist whatever the model.
The scope changes everything
A single clear zone does not call for the same work as six zones spread over two floors with different hours.
What you get instead
A clear breakdown of the quote and the questions to ask, here. Then a costed proposal once your site has been examined.
See the breakdownItem by item
What makes up the quote.
Not all of these items are always necessary or included: it depends on your site and on the proposal. The right-hand column gives you the question to ask.
Wide table: scroll it sideways if needed.
| Item | What it covers | The question to ask |
|---|---|---|
| Robot and accessories | The machine chosen and what it needs to run: docking station or charging point, brushes, hoppers, any specific accessories. | Which accessories are included, which are optional, and which wear out and will need replacing? |
| Site preparation and configuration | Zone mapping, definition of routes, excluded areas and schedules; any site changes noted during the assessment. | What is covered under configuration, and what stays with the site? |
| Commissioning | On-site installation, start-up, first check cycles and adjustment of settings. | Is commissioning included, and over how many zones or passes? |
| Training | Handover for the people who will use the machine daily and for the site’s key contacts. | How many people are trained, over what period, and what happens when staff change? |
| Routine upkeep and consumables | Daily and periodic steps set out in the documentation, wear parts and consumables. | Which steps have to be done on site, how often, and which consumables should be budgeted for? |
| Services and maintenance according to contract | Support, remote supervision by the ÆNIX technical team and maintenance, according to the contract chosen. | What exactly does the contract cover, over what period, and what is excluded? |
No amounts appear on this page: commercial terms are set after your site assessment and given in the proposal.
Your site
The characteristics that make a project vary.
They are what explains the gap between two quotes covering comparable areas.
Examined during the assessment
- The tasks expected, and those that stay with the teams
- The areas genuinely accessible
- The number of zones and how far apart they are
- The working hours that are possible
- Footfall during those hours
- Operating constraints specific to the site
- Any site changes to plan before deployment
- The number of machines needed for the intended scope
Method
Comparing two proposals on equal terms.
Two quotes are only comparable if you know what each contains — and what it does not.
Inclusions and exclusions
Commissioning, training, accessories, contract: list what each proposal includes, then what it leaves out. That is often where the gap lies.
Recurring costs
Consumables, wear parts, services: an annual cost changes how a purchase price reads.
Availability of parts
Ask how wear parts and consumables are supplied, and on what terms.
Duration and scope of services
A support package is defined by its duration, its scope and what it excludes. With different scopes, the figures are not comparable.
The area covered
A proposal covering 800 m² of accessible floor is not comparable with one covering an entire site.
How it is acquired
Purchase, rental or financing: the options available are set out in the proposal, according to the offer in force at the time of the assessment.
Budget and use
Tying the budget to actual use.
Any payback calculation rests on assumptions: area covered, frequency, time spent today. Change one assumption and the result changes.
The calculator on the home page turns your own assumptions into an indicative order of magnitude. It is neither a quote nor a guaranteed saving.
- An hour freed by automating a task is not automatically a saving on wages: it can be reassigned to other work, often the work the robot does not do.
- The automated scope is rarely a whole site: the calculation only covers the part actually concerned.
- The project’s recurring costs belong in the calculation, just as much as the time saved.
Preparing your enquiry
What makes a quote accurate.
You do not need to know everything: tell us what you know, and we fill in the rest during the assessment.
Useful details
- Your business
- The town where the site is
- The predominant floor type
- The area concerned
- The constraints you know of
- How cleaning is organised today
- The working hours
- The objective
Frequently asked questions
Budget: the questions that keep coming up.
Another question? Write to us.
Why is a quote necessary?
Because a project is not just a machine out of a catalogue. The areas genuinely accessible, the number of zones, the hours, the site constraints and the services needed vary from one building to the next. The quote prices that precise scope, once it is known.
Is maintenance included?
It depends on the contract chosen. Support and maintenance services have a scope and a duration set out in the proposal. Routine upkeep, carried out on site according to the machine’s documentation, must be distinguished from the interventions covered by the contract.
Can the project be financed?
The acquisition options available — purchase, rental or financing — are set out during the assessment, according to the offer in force at that time. No monthly payment or term is stated on this page: they depend on the project and on the applicable terms.
How can recurring costs be estimated?
By listing what comes back every year: consumables, wear parts, services taken out, and the time your teams spend on routine upkeep. These are identified during the assessment, from the chosen machine’s documentation and the intended pattern of use.
Does a demonstration help you decide?
Often, yes: seeing the machine in your own spaces lets you check the route, the work done and the human intervention required. It is also a chance to pin down the scope to be priced. Explore a demonstration.
Quote
A price that matches your site.
Describe your building and the task in mind: the proposal will cover that scope, with what it includes and what it excludes.
- Business activity
- Town
- Accessible floor area
- Floor type
- Number of zones
- Hours
- Objective
- Phone
- +33 5 33 04 12 27
- contact@aenix.fr
- Coverage
- Across France