# NEO vs Unitree R1 in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

| Attribute | [NEO](/consumer/models/1x-neo) | [Unitree R1](/consumer/models/unitree-r1) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Manufacturer** | [1X Technologies](/companies/1x-technologies) | [Unitree Robotics](/companies/unitree-robotics) |
| **Form factor** | humanoid | humanoid |
| **Maturity** | pilot | research |
| **Availability** | preorder | preorder |
| **Price** | $499/month subscription (manufacturer target) or $20,000 (manufacturer target) or $499/month subscription (actual sale price) or $20,000 (actual sale price) | $4,900-$10,500 (actual sale price) |
| **Capability claims** | 3: Tidies a room (teleoperated-assisted); Fetches items (teleoperated-assisted); Does dishes (teleoperated-assisted) | — |
| **Brain** | [1X World Model](/brains/1x-world-model) (world-model); [Redwood AI](/brains/1x-redwood) (foundation-model) | [UnifoLM](/brains/unifolm) (world-model) |
| **Verified deployments** | 3 | 0 |
| **Privacy practices** | 11: Face blurring, Restricted zones, Session approval, data-retention, third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, data-sale, capture-indicator, bystander-recording, training-data-use, on-device-processing | — |
| **Sources on file** | 34 | 7 |

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## Common questions

### What is the difference between NEO and Unitree R1?

NEO and Unitree R1 are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.

### Which is cheaper, NEO or Unitree R1?

NEO has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than Unitree R1. Prices are sourced; see each record for whether the figure is a manufacturer target, an estimate, or an actual sale price.

### Is NEO or Unitree R1 more autonomous?

On the DEPLOY registry, neither NEO nor Unitree R1 has capabilities independently verified as fully autonomous yet; their recorded capabilities are teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated, or vendor-claimed. See the table for each capability's verification status.

### Which has more verified deployments, NEO or Unitree R1?

NEO has more verified deployments (3) on the DEPLOY registry than Unitree R1 (0). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.


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