What's the difference between the Beatbot Sora 10, Sora 30, and Sora 70?

All three are cordless robots that clean the pool floor, walls, and waterline, but they split on battery, brushes, and — most importantly — surface cleaning. The Sora 10 (about $699) has a 7,800 mAh battery, 11 navigation sensors, and dual front brushes only. The Sora 30 (about $999 list) steps up to a 10,000 mAh battery, 13 sensors, and four brushes in a front-and-rear layout, reaching slightly shallower water (8 inches vs. the Sora 10's 12-inch minimum). Only the Sora 70 ($1,499 list) adds built-in JetPulse surface skimming, a larger 6-liter basket, and a longer 3-year warranty versus 2 years on the other two.

Does the Beatbot Sora 30 clean the water surface?

Not by itself, despite how some 2026 launch coverage described it. Beatbot's own product comparison tool lists surface skimming as unsupported for the Sora 30 — like the Sora 10, it returns to the waterline and floats at the end of a cycle for easy retrieval, but it doesn't actively skim floating debris while running. Beatbot sells a 'Total Pool Care System' bundle pairing the Sora 30 with its separate iSkim or iSkim Ultra surface skimmer specifically to cover that gap. The only single-unit Sora model that skims the surface on its own is the step-up Sora 70.

Which Beatbot Sora model should most people buy?

For most residential pools, the Sora 70. It's the only Sora tier that cleans floor, walls, waterline, and surface in one machine, carries Beatbot's longest warranty in the lineup (3 years vs. 2), and — depending on current sale pricing — sometimes costs close to the same as the Sora 30 once discounts are applied. Choose the Sora 10 only if budget is the deciding factor and you don't need the Sora 30's extra brush pair or slightly shallower reach; choose the Sora 30 only if you specifically want its hardware upgrades but plan to add a separate skimmer.

Is the Sora 10 missing anything important compared to the Sora 30?

The clearest functional gap is brushes: the Sora 10 cleans with two front rollers only, while the Sora 30 uses four rollers split front and rear — the kind of hardware difference that typically affects wall and corner coverage more than straight floor passes. The Sora 10 also can't reach quite as shallow (12 inches minimum vs. the Sora 30's 8 inches), which matters if your pool has a tanning ledge or shallow steps. Suction, runtime rating, and pool-size coverage (up to roughly 3,299 sq ft) are otherwise close to identical between the two on paper.

How does the Sora lineup compare to Beatbot's AquaSense robots?

Sora and AquaSense are Beatbot's two separate cordless families, not tiers of the same line — see our Beatbot AquaSense lineup explained guide for that side. Broadly, AquaSense models (AquaSense 2, 2 Ultra, X) lean toward AI-camera navigation and higher suction at higher prices, while the Sora family (10, 30, 70) is positioned as the more affordable cordless line — though the Sora 70's surface-skimming JetPulse feature now gives it genuine overlap with AquaSense's surface-cleaning tiers at a lower price.

Beatbot Sora Lineup Explained (2026): Sora 10 vs Sora 30 vs Sora 70

Quick Answer: Beatbot’s Sora name covers three cordless robots as of 2026 — the budget Sora 10 (about $699, 7,800 mAh battery, dual front brushes only), the mid-tier Sora 30 ($999 list, often $699 on sale, 10,000 mAh battery, four brushes), and the Sora 70 ($1,499 list, often discounted to around $1,099), the only one of the three with built-in surface skimming. Despite some 2026 launch coverage describing the Sora 30 as a complete floor-to-surface cleaner, Beatbot’s own comparison tool lists surface skimming as unsupported for the Sora 30 — it parks at the waterline for retrieval like the Sora 10, and Beatbot sells it bundled with a separate iSkim surface skimmer to cover that gap. For most pools, the Sora 70 is the simplest one-robot answer.

If you’ve seen “Sora 10,” “Sora 30,” and “Sora 70” mentioned together and aren’t sure how they relate, you’re not alone — Beatbot launched the Sora 10 and Sora 30 in March 2026 (the Sora 30 won an iF Design Award 2026) alongside the already-established Sora 70 this site has reviewed since July. Here’s exactly what separates the three, sourced against Beatbot’s own comparison data rather than press-release copy.

The Beatbot Sora family at a glance

Model	Cleans	Battery	Brushes	Surface skim	Warranty	Price
Beatbot Sora 10	Floor, walls, waterline	7,800 mAh	2 (front only)	No (parks at surface)	2 years	~$699
Beatbot Sora 30	Floor, walls, waterline	10,000 mAh	4 (front + rear)	No (parks at surface)	2 years	$999 list / ~$699 sale
Beatbot Sora 70	Floor, walls, waterline, surface	10,000 mAh	4 (front + rear)	Yes — JetPulse	3 years	$1,499 list / ~$1,099 sale

Beatbot Sora 70

The only Sora tier with built-in surface skimming · ~$1,099 sale / $1,499 list

Floor, walls, waterline, and surface in one cordless robot — no separate skimmer needed.
JetPulse twin-jet surface cleaning, 6-liter basket, 150-micron standard filter.
Longest warranty in the Sora lineup at 3 years.

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By the numbers

The surface-skimming claim gap: Several 2026 launch articles described the Sora 30 as capable of “complete” cleaning including the water surface, but Beatbot’s own product comparison tool explicitly marks surface skimming as not supported on the Sora 30 — only the step-up Sora 70 does it natively, via its JetPulse twin-jet system.
Price convergence: At its MSRP, the Sora 30 ($999) sits between the Sora 10 ($699) and Sora 70 ($1,499) — but current sale pricing has repeatedly put the Sora 30 at roughly the same ~$699 as the entry-level Sora 10, despite its larger battery and extra brush pair, per Beatbot’s own US storefront.
Brush count doubles: The Sora 10 cleans with 2 front rollers; the Sora 30 and Sora 70 both use 4 rollers split front and rear — a real hardware difference most press coverage of the Sora 10/30 launch didn’t call out.
Warranty spread: Beatbot backs the Sora 10 and Sora 30 for 2 years each, while the Sora 70 — the only one with surface skimming — carries a 3-year warranty, the longest in the family.

What each tier actually buys you

Sora 10 — budget floor-wall-waterline cleaner. The cheapest entry into the Sora name at about $699. A 7,800 mAh battery, 11-sensor SonicSense navigation, and two front roller brushes handle floor, walls, and waterline on pools up to roughly 3,299 sq ft, reaching platforms as shallow as 12 inches. It does not skim the surface — like every Sora model below the 70, it simply floats up at the end of a cycle so you can lift it out.

Sora 30 — more hardware, same surface limitation as the 10. Adds a bigger 10,000 mAh battery, two more sensors (13 total), and a second brush pair front and rear, plus a slightly deeper shallow-water reach (8 inches vs. the Sora 10’s 12). But it shares the Sora 10’s core limitation: no built-in surface skimming. Beatbot markets it alongside a separate iSkim or iSkim Ultra robot as a two-machine “Total Pool Care System” for buyers who want full floor-to-surface coverage — treat the Sora 30 alone as a floor-wall-waterline robot, not a complete solution.

Sora 70 — the only single-robot answer for floor, walls, waterline, and surface. Covered in full in our Beatbot Sora 70 review: JetPulse twin-jet surface cleaning, a 6-liter basket with an optional 3-micron fine filter, and Beatbot’s longest Sora-family warranty at 3 years. It’s priced higher than the 10 or 30, but it’s the only one of the three that doesn’t need a second robot to handle floating debris.

Which one should you buy?

If your main goal is the lowest entry price and you don’t mind the plainer 2-brush hardware, the Sora 10 covers floor, walls, and waterline for less than any other current Beatbot model.

The Sora 30 makes the most sense if you specifically want its larger battery and four-brush layout but are comfortable adding a separate surface skimmer later — don’t buy it expecting surface cleaning out of the box, and check current sale pricing first, since it has repeatedly matched the cheaper Sora 10’s price.

For most owners who want one machine that handles everything — including the water surface — the Sora 70 is the simplest answer, and the only Sora tier built that way without a second robot.

For Beatbot’s pricier AI-camera lineup, see our Beatbot AquaSense lineup explained guide, or the full best Beatbot pool cleaner roundup for how all of Beatbot’s current models stack up against each other. For the market beyond Beatbot, see our best robotic pool cleaner guide.

The bottom line

“Beatbot Sora” now covers three robots, not one. The Sora 10 and Sora 30 both clean floor, walls, and waterline — the 30 just does it with a bigger battery and two extra brushes — but neither skims the water surface on its own, whatever some 2026 launch coverage implied. Only the Sora 70 combines all four zones, including the surface, in a single cordless robot, backed by the longest warranty in the family. Start with the Sora 70 unless price is the deciding factor; if it is, the Sora 10 and Sora 30 are both capable floor-wall-waterline cleaners as long as you know a skimmer isn’t included.