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Rachio Pro pricing
Rachio Pro publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Rachio Pro pricing is $10/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $10/month
- Model
- One-time controller purchase with optional cellular subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Rachio Pro plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cellular Connect | $10/month | 4 | Entry tier |
| Pro Series controller | On request | 4 | Priced on request |
| Pro business account | On request | 4 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Cellular Connect
$10/monthThe entry tier. It covers around $389 for the hardware, first year of service included, $10 per month for one carrier, $15 for all three, for properties with no reliable wi-fi.
Pro Series controller
On requestOver Cellular Connect, this tier adds:
- Sold through irrigation distributors, not retail
- Four year warranty
- Wire fault diagnostics included
- 6, 8 and 16 zone models
Pro business account
On requestOver Pro Series controller, this tier adds:
- No separate charge for the contractor dashboard and role management
- Business-level ownership of client properties
- Alerts, weather skips and flow anomalies across all sites
- Owner, Admin and Tech roles
What the product covers
The full Rachio Pro feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Pro Series controllers
- Business accounts
- Pro Properties dashboard
- Wire fault diagnostics
- Weather-based skipping
- Flow monitoring
- Cellular Connect
People bring Rachio Pro in for an irrigation contractor servicing a hundred residential clients who needs alerts rather than scheduled site visits, a landscape company that keeps client controller access when a technician resigns, a property manager with several light commercial sites wanting leak detection before the water bill arrives, a contractor installing at a site with no reliable wi-fi who needs a cellular fallback. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Rachio Pro are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Smart Home
Too few smart home tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachio Pro (this page) | $10/month | One-time controller purchase with optional cellular subscription | - | |
| ESPHome | Free | open-source | - | vs Rachio Pro |
| Losant | Free | subscription | - | vs Rachio Pro |
| MQTT | Free | open-source | - | vs Rachio Pro |
| Hubitat Elevation | $189.95/one-time | - | - | vs Rachio Pro |
| Crestron | On request | quote | - | vs Rachio Pro |
| Matter | Free | open-source | - | vs Rachio Pro |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Rachio Pro badges page.
Before you pay for Rachio Pro
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $10/month and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Rachio Pro against the tools that do have one before committing.
Rachio Pro runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Rachio of Denver, Colorado, United States. The full record is on the Rachio Pro review, and the rest of the category is under best smart home tools.
Rachio Pro pricing questions
- How much does Rachio Pro cost?
- Rachio Pro publishes 3 tiers, from $10/month for Cellular Connect up to On request for Pro business account. The cheapest paid tier is $10/month.
- Does Rachio Pro have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Rachio Pro is listed as One-time controller purchase with optional cellular subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Cellular Connect and Pro Series controller on Rachio Pro?
- Pro Series controller costs On request against $10/month, and adds sold through irrigation distributors, not retail, four year warranty, wire fault diagnostics included, 6, 8 and 16 zone models.
- Is the Pro business account plan on Rachio Pro worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is no separate charge for the contractor dashboard and role management, business-level ownership of client properties, alerts, weather skips and flow anomalies across all sites, owner, admin and tech roles. It costs On request against $10/month for Cellular Connect. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which smart home tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 smart home tools listed alongside Rachio Pro have a free tier: ESPHome, Losant, MQTT, Matter.
- What am I actually paying for with Rachio Pro?
- The record lists 7 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for an irrigation contractor servicing a hundred residential clients who needs alerts rather than scheduled site visits, a landscape company that keeps client controller access when a technician resigns, a property manager with several light commercial sites wanting leak detection before the water bill arrives.
- Does Rachio Pro charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Rachio Pro prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Rachio Pro against before paying?
- The closest smart home tools in this directory are ESPHome, Losant, MQTT, Hubitat Elevation. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Rachio Pro covering price, platforms and features.