PuraMax 2

Key facts

• Self-cleaning at a street price hundreds below the Litter-Robot
• No subscription; works with any clumping litter
• Leans on the PETKIT app — scheduling and controls degrade without it
• Liners are convenient but not strictly proprietary

Our verdict

The PuraMax 2 stickers at $399, but the receipt above is the real price: $759 over three years, or about $10 a month in running costs after the box arrives. There is no subscription, and there never has been — what you pay at checkout plus consumables is the whole story.

Consumables run about $10/mo (liners + any clumping litter) and are not proprietary, so you can shop around. Be aware the core function depends on the app and cloud staying up; an outage at their end is an outage at yours.

Who it's for: value self-cleaning pick. Cross-shop the rivals in its category on the right, or open the full true-cost breakdown for the year-1 vs 3-year view.