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Bee vs Mentra Live in 2026

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

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, Mentra Live has more verified real-world deployments (4 versus 1) than Bee as of 2026; DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

Bee has the lower recorded price.
Mentra Live has more verified real-world deployments (4 vs 1).

Attribute	Bee View full model page →	No image on file Mentra Live View full model page →
Manufacturer	Bee	Mentra
Form factor	wearable	wearable
Maturity	commercial	commercial
Autonomy	—	—
Availability	shipping-nowshipping	shipping-nowshipping
Price	$50 or $19/month subscription (actual sale price)	$349 (actual sale price)
Capability claims	—	—
Brain	—	—
Verified deployments	1Bee	4
Privacy practices	13data-retention, cloud-upload, data-deletion-control, training-data-use, location-tracking, biometric-storage, capture-indicator, third-party-sharing, data-sale, biometric-storage, data-sale, data-deletion-control, data-retention	—
Sources on file	8	1

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Editorial summaries

Bee

The Bee Pioneer is available for purchase directly from Bee's website, ships within 1 business day, but currently only within the United States with no international shipping. The Bee Pioneer is priced at $49.99 USD as a one-time purchase, as listed on Bee's official product page.

Mentra Live

Mentra Live smart glasses are available for purchase directly from mentraglass.com and are shipping now; Batch 1 sold out and Batch 2 is on sale, limited to 1,000 units per batch. Mentra Live is priced at $349 USD as listed on the manufacturer's website; prescription lens add-on is $99 USD.

Common questions

How do Bee and Mentra Live differ?

On DEPLOY's record, Mentra Live has more verified real-world deployments (4 versus 1) than Bee as of 2026; DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source. Bee has the lower recorded price. Mentra Live has more verified real-world deployments (4 vs 1).

What is the difference between Bee and Mentra Live?

Bee and Mentra Live are both wearable 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, Bee or Mentra Live?

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

Which has more verified deployments, Bee or Mentra Live?

Mentra Live has more verified deployments (4) on the DEPLOY registry than Bee (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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