NEO is made by 1X Technologies, a Norwegian-American humanoid manufacturer. It is sold through 1X's own store at 1x.tech, not through Amazon or third-party retailers.

Price & availability

1X NEO: Price, Pre-order & Availability (2026)

Q: Can I buy a 1X NEO right now?

Yes, you can preorder one today through 1X's own store with a $200 refundable deposit. Deliveries have not yet commenced (1X targets late 2026 for first US deliveries), so you are reserving, not receiving, today. DEPLOY is an editorial framework, not a seller.

Q: How much does 1X NEO cost?

$20,000 to buy outright, or $499 a month on subscription, plus a $200 refundable deposit either way. The subscription is a lease with a six-month minimum, not financing toward ownership; over four years it totals about $23,952, more than buying outright, though it includes hardware upgrades.

By 1X Technologies

Humanoid

Type

verified

$20,000

Price

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$499/mo

Rate

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2026

Delivery

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Norway

Origin

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Available

Tier

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verifiedstatedclaimedabsence

NEO is the only humanoid in DEPLOY's registry with an executable consumer price: $20,000 outright or $499 a month, verified from 1X's own store. This is an actual sale price, not a manufacturer target.

DEPLOY's framework places NEO uniquely: verified consumer-available, ahead of Tesla Optimus (consumer-promised) and Figure 03 (enterprise-deployed). NEO is the case where the price is one you can act on today.

Price

$499/month or $20,000 or $499/month or $20,000stated

manufacturer target · 1X NEO — Humanoid Index robot page ↗ · announced 2026-01-01

The prices above are verified from 1X's own store, not projections: NEO is the only humanoid in its cohort with a published, executable consumer price. The $20,000 option is an outright purchase (full ownership, a three-year warranty, priority delivery). The $499/month option is a subscription, not financing toward ownership: it carries a six-month minimum, ships after purchased units, and over four years totals about $23,952, more than buying outright, though it includes hardware upgrades as 1X iterates. Both require a $200 refundable deposit.

We'll email you the day NEO's real price lands - verified, not rumored.

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Preorder NEO at 1X ↗

DEPLOY is an editorial framework, not a seller. We verify and explain the pricing; the transaction and any commitment are between you and 1X.

Availability

Preorder open · first deliveries 2026, US first

Preorders are open, the only cohort member with an open consumer preorder and a published price. 1X targets late 2026 for first US deliveries and 2027 for international; deliveries have not yet commenced, so the timeline is 1X's stated plan, not a verified track record.

Real-world status

1X operates a home-access pilot program with select customers. The specific deployment scope (how many homes, for how long, with what outcomes) is not publicly verified, so no deployment entity is on record. Many tasks shown to date run under remote teleoperation (1X's Expert mode), not full autonomy.

What you preorder relies on remote teleoperation for many tasks today (1X's Expert mode); 1X says autonomy improves over software updates. A capability claim is not a verified capability, so DEPLOY treats unstated autonomy levels as unverified.

What you're actually buying

Early Access at $20,000 is an outright purchase: full ownership, a three-year warranty, premium support, and priority delivery. The $499/month path is a lease with a six-month minimum that ships later than purchased units; you do not own the robot, but you receive hardware upgrades as 1X iterates the design. A $200 deposit, fully refundable, holds either reservation.

Is NEO real, and can you actually buy one?

Yes. Preorders are open on 1X's own store with verified, published pricing, and NEO is the only humanoid in DEPLOY's registry carrying a verified consumer price of this form. What is still emerging is delivery and capability at scale: 1X targets late 2026 for first US deliveries, and current units rely on remote teleoperation for many tasks (see What can NEO do today, below).

What can NEO actually do today?

NEO's demonstrated home tasks (tidying a room, fetching items, loading dishes) have run largely under remote teleoperation, where a 1X operator pilots the robot through what 1X calls Expert Mode. 1X has stated this openly: current units lean on remote assistance, and full autonomy is the roadmap rather than today's default. A Wall Street Journal newsroom evaluation found the same gap between autonomous-capability marketing and teleoperation-required reality. What you preorder today arrives at that starting point; 1X says autonomy improves over software updates. Where 1X has not stated the autonomy level of a specific task, DEPLOY treats it as unverified rather than assuming autonomy.

NEO vs Unitree G1 vs Optimus	1X NEO	Unitree G1	Tesla Optimus
Consumer price	$20,000 or $499/mo verified	From $13,500 verified	$20-30K target stated
Price type	Actual sale price verified	Actual sale price verified	Manufacturer target stated
For sale to consumers	Yes (preorder) verified	Yes (developer) verified	No absence
Who it is for	Home use stated	Developers, labs verified	Stated future consumer stated
Maker	1X (Norwegian-American) verified	Unitree (China) verified	Tesla (US) verified
Autonomy shown	Teleoperation fallback stated	Developer platform verified	Teleoperated / staged demos claimed

Sources: 1X store, Unitree, Tesla We Robot (Oct 2024), DEPLOY registry

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I buy a 1X NEO right now?

Yes, you can preorder one today through 1X's own storeverified with a $200 refundable deposit. Deliveries have not yet commenced (1X targets late 2026 for first US deliveries), so you are reserving, not receiving, today. DEPLOY is an editorial framework, not a seller.

How much does 1X NEO cost?

$20,000 to buy outright, or $499 a month on subscriptionverified, plus a $200 refundable deposit either way. The subscription is a lease with a six-month minimum, not financing toward ownership; over four years it totals about $23,952, more than buying outright, though it includes hardware upgrades.

What can NEO actually do?

NEO's demonstrated home tasks (tidying, fetching items, loading dishes) have run largely under remote teleoperation, where a 1X operator pilots the robot via Expert modestated. 1X has stated this openly, and a Wall Street Journal evaluation found the same gap between autonomy marketing and teleoperation reality. Full autonomy is the roadmap, not today's defaultclaimed.

How does NEO compare to other humanoid robots?

NEO is consumer-available: an executable price you can order todayverified. The Unitree G1 is also purchasable, but as developer and research hardwareverified, not a home product. Tesla Optimus is consumer-promised: a projected price with no commerce surfacestated, and Figure 03 is enterprise-deployed with no consumer price.

Who makes NEO?

NEO is made by 1X Technologies, a Norwegian-American humanoid manufacturerverified. It is sold through 1X's own store at 1x.tech, not through Amazon or third-party retailers.

Compare this price to cohort

Tesla Optimus$20-30KstatedConsumer-promised tier Figure 03Not announcedabsenceEnterprise-deployed tier

How DEPLOY verifies this

Pricing and availability are tagged verified or claimed against primary sources. Manufacturer targets are reported as targets, not prices you can pay today.

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