# NotePin vs r1 in 2026

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

## Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, NotePin is further along: at the commercial stage versus r1 at the pilot stage, as of 2026.

- NotePin has the lower recorded price.
- NotePin is at the commercial stage; r1 at the pilot stage.

| Attribute | [NotePin](/consumer/models/plaud-notepin) | [r1](/consumer/models/rabbit-r1) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Manufacturer** | [Plaud AI](/companies/plaud-ai) | [Rabbit Inc](/companies/rabbit-inc) |
| **Form factor** | wearable | wearable |
| **Maturity** | commercial | pilot |
| **Availability** | shipping | shipping |
| **Price** | $159-$169 (actual sale price) | $199 (actual sale price) |
| **Capability claims** | — | — |
| **Brain** | — | — |
| **Verified deployments** | 1: [Plaud AI](/companies/plaud-ai) | 1: [Rabbit Inc](/companies/rabbit-inc) |
| **Privacy practices** | 12: training-data-use, cloud-upload, data-deletion-control, third-party-sharing, data-retention, data-sale, bystander-recording, on-device-processing, cloud-upload, data-sale, data-deletion-control, data-retention | 10: location-tracking, cloud-upload, data-retention, third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, data-sale, location-tracking, data-sale, data-deletion-control, data-retention |
| **Sources on file** | 11 | 12 |

_Canonical: https://deploy.report/compare/plaud-notepin-vs-rabbit-r1_

## Common questions

### How do NotePin and r1 differ?

On DEPLOY's record, NotePin is further along: at the commercial stage versus r1 at the pilot stage, as of 2026. NotePin has the lower recorded price. NotePin is at the commercial stage; r1 at the pilot stage.

### What is the difference between NotePin and r1?

NotePin and r1 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, NotePin or r1?

NotePin has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than r1. 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, NotePin or r1?

NotePin and r1 each have 1 verified deployment on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).


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