# NEO vs XPeng IRON in 2026

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

| Attribute | [NEO](/consumer/models/1x-neo) | [XPeng IRON](/consumer/models/xpeng-iron) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Manufacturer** | [1X Technologies](/companies/1x-technologies) | [XPeng Robotics](/companies/xpeng-robotics) |
| **Form factor** | humanoid | humanoid |
| **Maturity** | pilot | research |
| **Availability** | preorder | enterprise |
| **Price** | $499/month subscription or $20,000 (actual sale price) | Not announced |
| **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) | [VLT (XPENG VLA / VLA 2.0)](/brains/vlt) (foundation-model) |
| **Verified deployments** | 2: Oslo, Norway, [1X Technologies](/companies/1x-technologies) | 1: [Baosteel Group](/companies/baosteel) |
| **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** | 32 | 6 |

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## Common questions

### What is the difference between NEO and XPeng IRON?

NEO and XPeng IRON 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.

### Is NEO or XPeng IRON more autonomous?

On the DEPLOY registry, neither NEO nor XPeng IRON 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 XPeng IRON?

NEO has more verified deployments (2) on the DEPLOY registry than XPeng IRON (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.


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