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Static component prices, no live feed. Reviewed July 2026. Confirm current price before buying: a component may have moved since our last review.
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20 components priced, every one of them dated. Not one of these brands pays to be here.
We hold no inventory and take no vendor money to rank a product higher. Where a link earns us a commission, it is marked on the page it sits on.
- BenQ
- Bushnell
- Carl's Place
- Fiberbuilt
- FlightScope
- Foresight Sports
- Garmin
- GSPro
- Optoma
- Rapsodo
- SIGPRO
- SkyTrak
- Trackman
- TruGolf
Ranked on accuracy, indoor fit, and real ownership cost. How we stay neutral
Launch monitor comparison
Every launch monitor we track, priced and dated. Sort by price or tap a column to reorder.
| Tech | Indoor fit | Tier | Buy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garmin Approach R10 | $499.99 | radar | Yes | Budget | Price it |
| Rapsodo MLM2PRO | $699.99 | camera + radar | Yes | Budget | Price it |
| FlightScope Mevo+ (clearance) / Mevo Gen2 | $1,099 | radar | Yes | Budget | Price it |
| Bushnell Launch Pro Circle B Edition | $2,499.99 | camera + infrared | Yes | Mid | Price it |
| SkyTrak SkyTrak+ / ST MAX | $2,995 | photometric | Yes | Mid | Price it |
| Foresight Sports GC3 | $6,999 | camera + infrared | Yes | Premium | Price it |
| Trackman iO | $13,995 | dual radar | Yes | Commercial | Price it |
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Best setup for your budget
Five tiers, real parts lists, priced and dated. Tap any card for the exact build.
$2,000 tier
Net, radar unit, laptop you own
A net, a Garmin R10, a mat, and a laptop you already own. Real cost: $1,050-$1,950 all-in, priced and dated for July 2026.
$1,050–$1,950
See the build$5,000 tier
Full enclosure, projected course play
SkyTrak+, DIY enclosure, projector, mat, and a budget gaming PC. Real cost: $5,900-$7,300 all-in, the tier where projected course play actually happens.
$5,900–$7,300
See the build$10,000 tier
Launch Pro, enclosure, 4K projector
The $10,000 tier buys a Bushnell Launch Pro, a real enclosure and a 4K projector. Full parts list, priced and dated for July 2026, with the trade-offs.
$10,700–$11,700
See the build$20,000 tier
GC3 or Trackman iO, 4K laser
Foresight GC3 or a Trackman iO, a premium enclosure, 4K laser, and a top-tier PC. Real cost: $15,500-$32,000 depending on launch monitor choice.
$15,500–$32,000
See the buildCommercial
Multi-bay, per-bay pricing
Multi-bay commercial builds run $45,000-$90,000 per bay depending on finish level and licensing. Here's what actually drives that range.
$45,000–$90,000
See the buildBrowse by component
Launch monitors, enclosures, projectors, mats, software, PCs. Every price sourced and dated.
Launch monitors
The biggest cost lever. Radar vs photometric, budget to Trackman.
$499.99
Enclosures
DIY kits to premium aluminum-frame bays.
$1,650
Projectors
Throw ratio, brightness, and 4K, priced out.
$1,499
Hitting mats
The line item most builders under-budget.
$999.99
Software
GSPro vs E6 Connect vs Awesome Golf.
$250
PCs
GPU-bound. Here's what actually matters.
$1,000
Inside a real bay
Five parts. One room. One number.
A home simulator is a screen, a projector, a mat, a launch monitor and the clubs you already own. Here's what each looks like in a real bay, and where to price it.
Photos, left to right: Uri Tours via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0), Chiputt Golf via Unsplash, Kindel Media via Pexels, Alpha En via Pexels, Alejandrocuadro via Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
The receipts
We'd rather show our work than quote a stranger.
Plenty of gear sites open with testimonials. We're new, we have no customers yet, and we're not going to invent any. Here is what you can check instead. Every figure is counted from this site's own data, last reviewed July 2026.
- 20 Components priced, each one dated Every entry carries the price we found and the day we checked it, across 14 brands. No component appears here without both. Browse them
- 68 Primary sources cited Vendor spec sheets and retailer listings, linked on the page that uses them, so you can open the source and check the number yourself. See a matrix
- 5 Full builds, parts list and all From a $1,050 net-and-mat setup to a commercial bay. Real components, totalled, not a price range we made up. Pick a budget
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We don't sell simulators. We tell you what to buy at your budget.
Every component on this site is ranked on merit: accuracy, indoor fit, and real ownership cost, not affiliate payout. When we earn a commission we say so, on every page that has one.
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Is CaddieBay affiliated with any golf simulator brand?
No. We're not affiliated with SkyTrak, Garmin, Foresight, Trackman, Bushnell, or any manufacturer whose products we compare. We earn a commission when you buy through some of our links, disclosed on every page, but we rank components on merit, not payout. See our editorial independence page for the full policy.
How accurate is the cost configurator?
Every price in the configurator comes from a dated, sourced component entry, checked against the vendor's or a major retailer's current listing. It's not a live pricing feed: gear prices shift, so we review on a cadence and stamp every component with when it was last priced. Confirm the current number before buying.
What's the real all-in cost of a home golf simulator?
It ranges enormously by tier: a net-and-mat setup with a Garmin R10 starts around $1,050. A full projected-screen bay with a mid-tier launch monitor runs $5,900-$11,200. Premium builds with a Foresight GC3 or Trackman iO run $16,500-$32,000. See the by-budget build guides for the exact parts list at each tier.
Price your bay before you talk to anyone selling one.
Pick your components, swap any of them, and watch the all-in number move. Every price is sourced and dated. No email, no quote form, no salesperson.