The Humanoid Price Ladder, November 2026: 27 of 37 Priced Models Cost Under $30,000
A quiet news day is a good moment to step back and read the whole index at once. Of the 68 humanoids we track, 37 carry a public price and are actually for sale or open for pre-order. The other 31 are quote-only, enterprise-only or simply not for sale, and we don’t rank them.
What the 37 look like (lowest listed price per model):
- Under $10,000: 6 models. The floor is set by Chinese consumer and developer platforms, with Unitree R1 at $4,150 and Booster K1 at $5,999 among them.
- $10,000–$30,000: 21 models. This is the crowded middle: Unitree G1 at $13,500, UBTech UWORLD U1 at $16,500, 1X NEO at $20,000, and Unitree H2 just under the line at $29,900.
- $30,000–$50,000: 3 models.
- $50,000 and up: 7 models, topped in our data by PNDbotics Adam at $100,000.
The median is $21,800. That is the number to anchor on: a typical “buyable” humanoid today costs about what a mid-range car does, not a house.
Two caveats matter more than the averages.
First, price buys different things. The cheapest units are small, short on payload and built for research, education or entertainment; the $20,000-class machines are full-size but still developer platforms. See price per kg and per DoF for how the ratios shift.
Second, nearly half the field hides its price. Companies that sell to enterprise customers publish no list price, so any “average humanoid cost” quoted in the press that ignores those 31 models is biased toward the cheap end. Our quote-only humanoids guide covers what those machines are reported to cost.
Lowest listed price also isn’t landed cost: shipping, duties, spares and support come on top, which is why we model running costs separately. For a full side-by-side, start at the humanoid rankings or the Unitree guide.
Figures are from the index dataset as of November 2026 and move with each twice-monthly price audit.