Two ways of equipping your sites. The machine is the same, the demonstration is the same, the maintenance is the same. What differs is ownership, accounting treatment and who carries the risk. To place the two options against published market prices, docking station, maintenance and battery included, see our guide to the total cost of a cleaning robot. Purchase with maintenance is also the route for a well-equipped in-house team: see our outsourcing or in-house decision grid.
| All-inclusive rental | Purchase + maintenance contract | |
|---|---|---|
| Financial commitment | One monthly fee, with nothing to pay up front. | The price of the machine, then a monthly maintenance contract. |
| Ownership of the equipment | The robot stays our property. You pay for the use of it. | The robot becomes your asset. It is yours to do as you wish with. |
| Accounting treatment | Operating expense, deductible in the year. Off balance sheet. | Capitalised asset, normally depreciated over 4 to 5 years. |
| What is included | Robot, maintenance, parts, consumables, updates and the continuity guarantee. | The robot, and the maintenance contract that must go with it: servicing, wear parts and updates. |
| If a breakdown stops the machine | Replacement robot within 72 working hours, included. | Attendance under contract. A loan replacement robot is an option. |
| Changing the equipment | The model can be swapped if your floor area or your floors change. | The machine is yours. Changing model means reselling or trading it in. |
| Length of commitment | Service contract of 24 to 60 months depending on the configuration, renewable. | No minimum term on the equipment. The maintenance contract, which is compulsory, runs for a year and renews. |
| Obsolescence risk | Carried by us. | Carried by you, as with any equipment. |
Purchase prices depend on the model and on the configuration chosen. They are set after the demonstration, once the machine has been decided.
Four things are identical whichever way you acquire the robot. They belong to the service, not to the contract.
Either way, the model is decided after a run on your floors. It is the covering and the clutter that decide, not the floor area on its own.
Site mapping, zoning, running times, training for your teams. The same whichever way you acquire the robot.
Preventive servicing, wear parts, software updates. Included in the fee when you rent, covered by the contract when you buy.
Run reports, area covered, zones cleaned. You get the same operating data either way.
These criteria are settled case by case. Across a multi-site estate, combining the two is common.
Yes. The switch can happen when the service contract ends or part-way through it, at a buy-out value calculated on the term already served.
Yes. It cannot be separated from the purchase: a commercial cleaning robot has wear parts, brushes, squeegees and filters, whose replacement rate depends directly on your floors, and it needs regular software updates. The contract covers preventive servicing, those parts and those updates. It is what allows us to guarantee that the machine keeps working over the years, exactly as on a full-service contract.
It depends on the term and on what you are comparing. The monthly fee covers the machine, the maintenance, the wear parts, the consumables and a replacement if there is a breakdown; when you buy, those same items are added to the price of the machine through the maintenance contract. Beyond the figure itself, what separates the two options is the capital tied up, the accounting treatment and who carries the risk of breakdown and obsolescence. The exact costing for your site is drawn up after the demonstration.
The price depends on the model and on the configuration chosen, including the docking station, the filling point and the accessories. The quotation is drawn up after the demonstration.
Yes. Across a multi-site estate it is common to buy for the settled sites and rent for those whose operation may change.
We look at your floors, decide on the machine, and price both options.
