The best robot vacuum I've tested just saw a hit a record-low price for Prime Day, but these 3 budget-friendly expert-approved alternatives might be better deals

Easily one of the most feature-laden robot vacuums I've ever used, the Dreame X50 Ultra Complete isn't messing around when it says it's "complete". From threshold-climbing legs to a retractable sensor puck, its extending side brushes to the self-cleaning base, there's little left to the imagination with this full package robovac. Plus, it offers powerful 20,000Pa suction, and during testing its battery lasted around 90 minutes.

I spent months testing the Dreame X50 Ultra complete, and was consistently impressed with its performance and high-tech features. In addition to ample 20,000Pa suction and 90 minutes average battery life, it's incredibly well equipped for cleaning; extending side brushes, a self-cleaning base, and not to mention its threshold-climbing legs to a retractable sensor puck.

Record low: A different model from Dreame, the L40 Ultra scored 4.5 stars in our review. Its cleaning base is a little bulky, but this combination mop-and-vac model offers impressive cleaning with plenty of on-board smarts. Its navigation technology is solid, obstacle avoidance is great and it offers good pickup on pet and human hair. This is its lowest-ever price.

Record low: At its lowest-ever price, the roborock Q7 M5+ is a steal this Prime Day. We scored the base model 4 stars in our review, praising its impressively strong suction at a budget-friendly price, and this M5+ model comes with an auto-empty base. It's less feature-filled than other robot vacuums on this list, but still a capable cleaner with solid navigation, including over tall thresholds thanks to bouncy suspension and chunky wheels.

While it's $30 more expensive than the record-low price from a few years ago, this is the cheapest we've seen this robot vacuum since. We scored the standard, non-Max model 4 stars, praising its decent dust and dirt pick-up, simple features and great value-for-money; this slightly more powerful version should be good enough for your day-to-day cleanup.

At 50% off this is just £5 shy of a record-low price on a solid robot vacuum we scored 4 stars in our review. With specs typically boasted by robot vacuums twice the price when it released back in 2024, it's no slouch when it comes to vacuuming and mopping, handling pet hair and dirt on various floor types well. It won't clean up spills and stains super thoroughly, and Shark's software leaves room for improvement, but it's a solid robovac nonetheless.

Record low: At its lowest-ever price, the Dreame L10s is a solid robot vacuum we scored 4 stars in our review. It can automatically detect various floor types to determine whether it should vacuum or mop, mapping is impressively accurate and it's self cleaning; albeit a little loud in doing so.

With impressively strong suction and a very approachable price point, we scored this model 4 stars in our review. It's not quite as feature-filled as other, more recent and premium robot vacuums on this list, but still a capable cleaner with solid navigation, including over tall thresholds thanks to bouncy suspension and chunky wheels.