Bravo vs SitePrint: which robot wins?
PaintJet's Bravo against HP's SitePrint — price, capability, availability, and a verdict you can act on.
| Bravo | SitePrint | |
|---|---|---|
| EST. PRICE | Service / quote | Purchase + usage |
| TASK | Large-scale exterior & industrial painting | Prints 2D layout onto the floor |
| SPEED | Multiples of a human crew on big walls | Up to 1/8 in |
| PLATFORM | Mounts to standard lifts on site | 2,950 ft/hr printing, 4,700 ft/hr navigating |
| SENSING | Vision-guided consistent coverage | Concrete, plywood, vinyl, tarmac |
| CREW | Small supervising crew, off the wall | About one 8-hour shift on a battery pair |
| AVAILABILITY | Service contract | Purchase + usage |
| WHICHBOT SCORE | 7.6 / 10 | 7.9 / 10 |
| OUR TAKE | The facade painter. Attaches to the lifts contractors already own and coats huge exterior walls with machine consistency - keeping crews off the boom. | The portable layout printer. Reads a 2D plan and prints lines, arcs, points and text onto the slab to an eighth of an inch, on concrete, plywood, vinyl or tarmac. |
* Prices are estimates from public statements and filings. Availability changes weekly.
Detailed comparison: Bravo vs SitePrint
Bravo scores 7.6/10 in our independent evaluation; SitePrint scores 7.9/10. That 0.3-point gap is real but not decisive — Bravo may still be the right fit depending on your use case.
Bravo is best for: Owners and contractors of warehouses, plants, and large commercial facades that need repainting at scale. SitePrint is best for: Contractors with varied, smaller floor plates who need layout on more than one surface type and lack the volume to justify a subscription.
Our scoring weighs five factors: autonomous capability, independent verification (third-party evidence scores higher than manufacturer claims), commercial deployment scale, price-to-capability ratio, and real-world availability today. Neither robot here is scored on marketing alone. Bravo and SitePrint are both worth evaluating — the right call depends on which robot's documented strengths match your actual workflow.
CHOOSE THE BRAVO IF…
- Owners and contractors of warehouses, plants, and large commercial facades that need repainting at scale.
- Uses standard lift equipment already on most sites
- Consistent film thickness humans can't match at scale
CHOOSE THE SITEPRINT IF…
- Contractors with varied, smaller floor plates who need layout on more than one surface type and lack the volume to justify a subscription.
- Prints text and arcs, not only wall lines
- Works on four surface types including plywood and tarmac