Neato robot vacuum
Ranked 6 of 7 robot vacuums by recommenders
People recommend Neato robot vacuums for lidar mapping and remote use, often over Roomba. The main caveat: functions stop when the company's cloud service goes down.
People recommend Neato robot vacuums for lidar mapping and remote use, often over Roomba. The main caveat: functions stop when the company's cloud service goes down.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 10
- approval share
- 41%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Better than Roomba and newer models
“It's pretty crazy just how much better the Neatos were than brand new ones.”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 in “Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges” “The best robovac was Neato. Lidar and mapping 13 years ago. No cloud.”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 in “Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges” “The neato was so much better than the Roomba and that was so long ago”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Wall Street ruined the Roomba and then blamed Lina Khan” Lidar mapping without cloud
“The best robovac was Neato. Lidar and mapping 13 years ago. No cloud.”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 in “Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges” “Neato made a line of (good) vacuum robots with Lidar.”
Comment from 29 Nov 2025 in “Neato vacuum robots to stop working”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Features disabled after company troubles
“a shitty architectural design makes it so my robot loses half its functionality when the company goes under”
Comment from 29 Nov 2025 in “Neato vacuum robots to stop working” “Almost all functionality is being disabled, other than limited manual operation.”
Comment from 29 Nov 2025 in “Neato vacuum robots to stop working” “The functionality is very much reduced.”
Comment from 29 Nov 2025 in “Neato vacuum robots to stop working” Cloud dependence and outages
“we're incapable of maintaining a cloud solution that we built for a product we sold to you”
Comment from 29 Nov 2025 in “Neato vacuum robots to stop working” “has never had to become unavailable whenever AWS goes down”
Comment from 29 Nov 2025 in “Neato vacuum robots to stop working” Poor developers and security
“Neato cuts corners, does outsourcing, good developers leave, only shitty internal developers stay there”
Comment from 29 Nov 2025 in “Neato vacuum robots to stop working” “Hopefully Neato's security is as bad as their business side.”
Comment from 29 Nov 2025 in “Neato vacuum robots to stop working” Support gaps and missing advertised features
“it appears NEATO Robotics vacuums aren't supported ... yet.”
Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “Netflix kills casting from its mobile app to most modern TVs” “Is that what was advertised when the product was sold?”
Comment from 29 Nov 2025 in “Neato vacuum robots to stop working”
Other robot vacuums people recommend
The four most recommended other robot vacuums, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iRobot Roomba | 68 | 122 | 36% | 12 | 9 yrs25 owners | — |
| Roborock robot vacuum | 48 | 12 | 80% | 8 | 6.5 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| Eufy robot vacuum | 10 | 3 | 77% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Dreame robot vacuum | 9 | 2 | 82% | 4 | — | — |
| Neato robot vacuumThis page | 7 | 10 | 41% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
16 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The neato was so much better than the Roomba and that was so long ago”
“It's pretty crazy just how much better the Neatos were than brand new ones.”
“The best robovac was Neato. Lidar and mapping 13 years ago. No cloud.”
“it appears NEATO Robotics vacuums aren't supported ... yet.”
“The robot vac is useful, but turning it on by pressing the button is not hard”
“a shitty architectural design makes it so my robot loses half its functionality when the company goes under”
“I had a use case where I ran a vacuum remotely. I was on a work trip, and thanks to a robot vacuum I returned back to a clean home.”
“Neato cuts corners, does outsourcing, good developers leave, only shitty internal developers stay there”
“Hopefully Neato's security is as bad as their business side.”
“Is that what was advertised when the product was sold?”
“wanted to milk their customers for extra features and disable them remotely if they stop paying”
“we're incapable of maintaining a cloud solution that we built for a product we sold to you”
“has never had to become unavailable whenever AWS goes down”
“The functionality is very much reduced.”
“Almost all functionality is being disabled, other than limited manual operation.”
“Neato made a line of (good) vacuum robots with Lidar.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.