The Best Cheap Robot Vacuums for 2024

The Ecovacs Deebot Ozmo N8 Pro+ is equally adept at both vacuuming and mopping. Just fill its water tank and pop on the mopping plate to switch it from one task to the other. It's smart enough to automatically avoid carpets and rugs during its mopping runs. It has strong suction power when vacuuming and automatically empties dirt into its base station. It can't wash and dry its own mop cloth, but it has most of the features and smarts of current flagship hybrids for a much lower price.

To get a low-cost robot vacuum, you usually need to make compromises in terms of features, but you have another other option: You can wait until a premium model ages itself into the bargain bin. If you’d rather take the latter approach, the Ecovacs Deebot Ozmo N8 Pro+ is the model for you.

The Bissell Spinwave Wet and Dry is an excellent hybrid robot vacuum and mop that debuted in 2021 for $400, but is now available at a steep discount. Like the Ecovacs Deebot Ozmo N8 Pro+, you can switch the machine to mop mode just by adding a wet tank. It works efficiently and reliably while avoiding carpets and rugs as it mops. Better yet, Bissell offers several different cleaning solutions for the mop, including multi-surface, pet multi-surface with Febreze, and sanitizing.

Thanks to its spinning microfiber pads and multiple options for cleaning solutions, the Spinwave Wet and Dry is your best option for an affordable hybrid with powerful and versatile mopping capabilities. It lacks some niceties like a self-emptying dustbin and home mapping intelligence, but it's a top choice to give your hard floors a good scrub.

While it lacks the advanced navigational skills of higher-end models, the Roomba 694 can clean more than 1,000 square feet of floor space on a single charge, then find its way back to the included charging station when it finishes or needs to juice back up. With a button on the robot, you can activate a spot clean feature in which the 694 will repeatedly circle its immediate vicinity to ensure that it’s extra clean. You can control the vacuum with the iRobot Home app (available for Android and iOS) or your voice, or you can schedule cleaning runs.

From battery life to cleaning performance, the Roomba 694 checks all the boxes for an affordable robot vacuum. Since it still uses bump navigation, this model is perfect for those who don’t care how long the vacuum takes to work. Like most models in this price range, it doesn’t support self-emptying, but you’ll save hundreds of dollars with this model over a more advanced Roomba.

The Eufy Robovac 11s cleans thoroughly at a bargain price. It can traverse a variety of floor types and uses a BoostIQ mode to automatically increase suction on carpets. Thanks to its small stature, the robot can navigate under furniture without getting stuck. Like the Roomba 694, it lacks advanced navigation capabilities, but it works quietly, so you can set it and forget it even while you’re home. It doesn’t support app or voice control, but it comes with a physical remote control.

With the most compact design of any model on this list, the Robovac 11s is a top option for homes with low-profile furniture. And with a lower operating volume than the Roomba 694, it might be a better fit if you work from home. You’ll forgo app controls, but if you want a basic and easy-to-use robot vacuum, the Robovac 11s is a top choice that can clean up quietly while you go about your day.

While similar in stature to the Eufy RoboVac 11s, the Eufy RoboVac G30 is more advanced. It can clean in orderly lines instead of a random ping-pong pattern. It also supports app control, home mapping, scheduling, and voice commands via Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. It has a lot of suction power for its small size and automatically increases its suction when it senses a heavily soiled area.

The RoboVac G30 is a top option if you want a compact robot vacuum that you can control from your phone or by voice. Its petite design makes it a strong choice for apartment dwellers and homes with low-profile furniture.

Fill the water tanks, pop on the mopping pads, then hit the button on the included remote, and the Samsung Jetbot Mop will whir into action. An extremely affordable robot mop, it adeptly navigates different types of hard floors, scrubbing as it goes. The package includes microfiber mop pads for general-purpose mopping and mother yarn pads for spills and dust. You have to manually keep the tanks topped off and plug it in when it needs a charge, but when the Jetbot Mop is done with your floors, you can pick it up by the handle and use the rotating mop heads to clean your shower walls.

If you have more hard floors in need of scrubbing than carpet in need of vacuuming, the Jetbot Mop is for you. It works relatively quickly, offering several cleaning modes, and scrubs a variety of surfaces—from hard floors to tiled walls—with aplomb.