Direct answer
Price the installed project, not just the equipment line. Published reference points include Artica Element at USD 75,998, CRYONiQ XC from USD 36,750 and CryoBuilt Everest calculator references of USD 115,500 for Essential and USD 135,500 for Elite. They describe different equipment and different kinds of price, so they are neither a market average nor matched delivered quotes.
To get a real number, you need a named model, configuration, delivery address and a dated quote, plus freight, room work, commissioning, training, recurring costs and service terms. The two-quote tool below keeps every missing amount visible.
Public price evidence
| Model or evidence set | Price state | Published amount | Source and check date | Still to confirm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artica Element | Manufacturer listing | USD 75,998 | Element, October 6, 2026 | Conflicting shipping language; configuration, site work and tax |
| Artica Vortex | Conflicting manufacturer figures | USD 97,498 / USD 97,998 | Vortex, October 6, 2026 | Correct quote amount, contractors and destination freight |
| Artica Ethos | Manufacturer comparison reference | USD 144,498 | Ethos comparison, October 1, 2026 | Current package, destination scope, tax and site work |
| CryoBuilt Everest Essential / Elite | Supplier ROI-calculator references | USD 115,500 / USD 135,500 | Everest reference table, October 6, 2026 | Current cash offer, selected package and included installation |
| CRYONiQ CRYO XC / XC Plus | Manufacturer starting prices | From USD 36,750 / USD 38,750 | US products, October 6, 2026 | Quoted options, tax, freight, commissioning and local nitrogen |
| MECOTEC cryo:one+ | Individual quote required | Unknown | US model page, October 6, 2026 | Equipment, delivered project, service and warranty package |
The CryoBuilt amounts are published calculator inputs, not accepted offers, and CRYONiQ uses "from" pricing. Neither tells you the installed cost at your address. A monthly finance teaser belongs in a separate payment schedule.
The MECOTEC cost guide labels its category ranges as examples from another seller's listings - not a market survey and not MECOTEC prices. That's why this page lists named references with their price type instead of blending ranges into an average.
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Compare two supplier quotes
Enter both offers in the same currency and scope to see known setup costs, annual equipment costs and which questions are still open.
Enter two offers to see comparable acquisition and annual costs. No supplier data is prefilled.
Where this comparison stops
A complete equipment subtotal is still not a business budget. Keep these four layers separate.
- Acquire and installEquipment, delivery, site work, commissioning and launch inputs entered above.
- Own the equipmentEntered annual equipment costs multiplied by your comparison period. Nominal amounts; no automatic price increases or discounting.
- Fund the payment planDeposit, payment dates, interest, fees, final buyout and ownership. Compare the full finance schedule separately; do not add principal twice.Check financing terms
- Fund the businessRent, staffing, marketing, demand ramp, downtime, working capital and local tax treatment. These are not forecast by this comparison.Build the cash schedule
Record an unresolved cost as unknown, not zero. The layers organize a buying decision; they are not an installation or safety design.
This is a buyer-entered cash-cost worksheet, not a supplier offer or a product ranking. Currency conversion, inflation, discount rates, resale value, lost revenue and recoverable taxes are not calculated. Confirm tax treatment with a qualified adviser for the destination.
The interactive comparison needs JavaScript. The quote checklist below remains available to copy into your own worksheet.
Why two similar quotes can produce different total costs
Suppliers handle freight, rigging, site survey, electrical work, wall or roof penetrations, condenser installation, ventilation, gas monitoring, calibration, commissioning, training and travel differently. Once the exclusions are priced locally, the lower equipment line can turn into the more expensive installed project.
So compare line by line before you compare totals. Check that both quotes cover the same configuration, territory, tax and delivery basis, analysis period and workload. In the tool above, an unknown cell stays separate from a confirmed zero.
Keep four records apart: installed acquisition, operating utilities, financing cash movements and the full business budget. A one-time capital cost doesn't turn into monthly energy, and a quote subtotal isn't the whole cost of ownership.
Comparable quote worksheet
Send the same fields to every supplier.
Product and price
- Exact model and configuration
- Cash equipment price
- Quote currency and validity period
- Deposit and payment milestones
- Tax treatment
- Optional equipment
Delivery and installation
- Freight to destination
- Unloading and rigging
- Delivery-path survey
- Site survey
- Electrical work included
- Condenser and penetrations included
- Ventilation or gas-safety work included
- Permits and inspections included
- Calibration and commissioning included
- Target lead time and dependencies
Training and launch
- Operator training format
- Number of people included
- Training travel included
- Documentation supplied
- Launch support included
Warranty and service
- Warranty start date
- Parts coverage
- Labor coverage
- Technician travel coverage
- Compressor or refrigeration coverage
- Wear-item exclusions
- Remote monitoring fees
- Preventive-maintenance schedule
- Response target in the buyer's location
- Service after warranty
Financing
- Financed principal
- Down payment
- Term
- Interest rate or factor
- Monthly payment
- Documentation fees
- Final buyout or residual
- Early payoff conditions
- Personal guarantee
- Ownership at the end of term
International landed-cost check
Buying from abroad, or from a US supplier for a site outside the US? Specify the destination country, delivery address, quote currency, tax treatment, customs responsibility and the delivery term with its named place. Ask who pays for insurance, unloading, storage, import paperwork, permits and commissioning travel. US free shipping and a US service network don't automatically extend to another market.
Leave duty and tax as unknown until the product classification and local treatment are confirmed. If VAT or a similar tax may be recoverable, record it separately rather than quietly deducting it. Convert currency only for a signed foreign-currency quote, at a dated exchange rate, and keep the original currency visible.
Ownership-cost model
Use a period that matches how long you expect to keep the equipment.
total ownership cost = equipment + delivery + site work + launch + financing cost + energy or nitrogen + labor allocation + planned service + consumables + software + insurance and compliance inputs - expected residual value
This is a planning framework, not the exact formula behind every tool on the site. The quote comparison on this page covers the acquisition and annual equipment-cost fields it lists. It doesn't calculate rent, staffing, demand, lost revenue or full business cash flow. Keep every input visible, and don't use a supplier's daily operating estimate without its utilization and utility assumptions.
Keep an ownership ledger and a payment-schedule ledger separate. In the ownership ledger, count the cash equipment price once and financing interest or fees as their own line. In the cash-flow ledger, count the deposit, installments and final payment - not the full financed price as well. Check bundled installation and service lines for double counting. Neither ledger forecasts demand or profit.
One-time inputs
- Equipment cash price or financed principal
- Freight, unloading and rigging
- Electrical work
- HVAC, ventilation or condenser work
- Gas storage and monitoring
- Permits and professional fees
- Training and launch
- Initial spare parts or supplies
Monthly inputs
- Electricity or delivered nitrogen
- Staff time allocated to sessions and care
- Planned maintenance reserve
- Consumables
- Software and remote monitoring
- Insurance and compliance cost supplied by the buyer
- Finance payment
Risk inputs
- Expected downtime days
- Travel cost for service
- Parts outside warranty
- Demand ramp period
- Relocation or resale cost
Electric operating-cost input
Ask for measured or documented kWh for the complete system on a stated schedule, broken into initial pull-down, runtime, standby, room cooling and shutdown or defrost. Multiply by your local tariff and add any demand or fixed charges.
Watch the units. Amperes describe an electrical rating, kW describes power, and kWh describes energy over time. A breaker rating, an MCA figure or an ambiguous "per hour" label can't give you a daily electricity bill. Keep the supplier's original label and ask for the electrical sheet and measurement conditions.
A supplier's daily-cost figure is a scenario. The Everest page, for instance, offers an illustrative calculator energy input; it isn't a measured bill for your room. When comparing chambers, use the same operating days, utilization and auxiliary loads.
The electricity mode worksheet below takes separate, non-overlapping measured blocks for warm-up, paid and unpaid cycles, ready time and extra room cooling, and keeps the cycle definition and measurement source in the download. A blank energy field is an open question, not zero consumption.
Running costs / Your measurements
Estimate electricity use mode by mode
Enter warm-up, completed cycles, ready time and room cooling separately. Unpaid cycles count toward consumption; you can then spread the bill across paid cycles.
Electricity formula and measurement limits
Formula version 1.0.0. Daily kWh = warm-up kWh + (paid + unpaid completed cycles) x cycle kWh + idle hours x measured average idle kW + additional cooling kWh. Period energy = daily kWh x operating days. Entered bill = period energy x tariff + other period electricity charges. Bill allocated per paid cycle = entered bill / (paid cycles/day x operating days); undefined at zero paid cycles.
This repeats one entered operating day across the billing period. It does not model variable schedules, overlapping loads, peak-demand timing, utility tariff tiers, taxes unless entered, non-operating days or unrecorded overnight loads. For a complete metered daily figure, use that figure in your own worksheet rather than adding the same energy again as component blocks. Acquisition, nitrogen, labor, rent, maintenance, revenue and profit are outside this calculator.
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Nitrogen operating-cost input
Take liters per session from the exact model's documentation and price them with a current delivered quote from a local gas supplier. Cryo Innovations states 2-3 liters per session for XR, while CRYONiQ material gives different ranges for pressurized and non-pressurized configurations. Those claims can't be blended into a category average.
Required liquid (L/month) = all delivered operating sessions x L/session + separately documented precooling and losses (L/month)
Purchased liquid (L/month) = greater of required liquid or the contractual purchase minimum
Monthly nitrogen bill = purchased liters x delivered currency/L + separate tank, delivery and other period charges
Count trial, training and unpaid sessions - they use nitrogen too. Ask both the equipment supplier and the gas supplier how their figures handle precooling, transfers, storage losses and idle periods. Don't add a generic loss percentage without evidence.
Check the arithmetic before importing a running cost
Treat a supplier's summary as something to verify, with the units and denominator kept next to each amount.
| Check | Worked example | Decision value |
|---|---|---|
| Liters times delivered unit price | If 5-8 L/session and USD 1-2/L are independent input ranges, the gas-only envelope is USD 5-16/session | A narrower range needs paired assumptions; rental and delivery remain separate |
| One matched activity level | 10 completed sessions/day x 25 operating days = 250 completed sessions/month | Use that same month for both technologies before calculating cost/session |
| Complete cost scope | Revenue minus electricity excludes staffing, rent, service, marketing and finance | An energy-only remainder cannot establish business profit or cash break-even |
These are arithmetic examples, not local quotes or demand forecasts. Enter your documented consumption and supplier terms in the nitrogen worksheet, then use the ROI scenarios for business cash flow. The nitrogen and electricity worksheets both carry units and the denominator into their downloads.
New versus used
A used chamber lowers the purchase line but adds inspection, deinstallation, freight, recommissioning, software transfer, refrigerant, warranty and parts risk. Before you value the discount, get the serial number, service history, usage record, current fault log and the written position on warranty transfer.
A price changes state when the documents change
For each price, record the source URL, check date, model, options, currency and exclusions. A public reference moves into the "quoted" column only when a written offer names your configuration and delivery address. Keep earlier versions of a revised quote with a note of what changed, and resolve a price conflict in writing rather than taking the lower figure.
Decision rule
Don't buy on the lowest sticker price. Choose the offer that fits the site and operating model with the fewest expensive unknowns. If a supplier won't answer the common worksheet, record that gap in the decision.
Common price questions
What is included in a chamber price?
Only what the quote lists. Ask for separate lines for equipment, freight, placement, site work, commissioning, training, tax and first-year supplies. A "free shipping" or "installation included" badge doesn't cover contractor work that isn't named.
How much does a chamber cost each month?
Start from your schedule and a local utility or gas quote, then add tank rental where it applies, maintenance, service travel, software and other recurring equipment costs. The price table on this page records purchase references and can't tell you a monthly bill. For gas inputs, use the nitrogen cost worksheet.
Is an electric chamber always cheaper to own?
No. It depends on the installed quote, utilization, tariffs, auxiliary cooling and service. Removing nitrogen purchases changes the cost structure; it doesn't make the rest of ownership free. Compare both at the same completed-session count and period with the technology guide.
Does a warranty cover all maintenance and downtime?
Check the actual parts, labor, travel, freight, exclusions, term and any usage cap. A response target isn't a repair deadline, and a long compressor promise doesn't necessarily cover the rest of the system. The service checklist helps you pin down those limits.
Sources and update note
Each public price reference was checked on the date shown in the table. The October 6 review also covered official CRYONiQ, CryoBuilt and MECOTEC pages, and Ethos keeps its October 1 check. A public page shows what a seller publishes - not a signed offer, actual availability or an independently measured running cost. Changing commercial fields are rechecked before publication; before you buy, get a current quote for your configuration.