Hansø vs Mirador: which louvered pergola suits you?

Both brands sell a 10×13, so the table compares them there, hand-crank kits first and then the motorized ones. Mirador’s kits cost about $2,400 to $3,300 at 10×13. Hansø’s cost about $5,300 to $15,000, from the hand-crank Pro+ to the premium Apex. Both brands change prices often and Hansø runs frequent promotions, so check the price on the day you order.

Mirador’s price includes anchor bolts for a concrete patio. Hansø doesn’t publish a parts list, so ask what is in the box. Neither price includes a pad, footings, power for a motorized roof or installation.

Owners rate both well. Hansø averages 4.4 stars on Trustpilot from more than 1,150 reviews, Mirador 4.2 from about 250, and about one review in ten is a one-star at both. Praise is similar: sturdy frames that look better than the price suggests, and staff who answer questions. Mirador’s reviewers also praise well-padded packaging.

The complaints are mostly about what happens after you pay rather than the pergola. Hansø buyers describe deliveries that ran weeks past the date, parts missing from a box and slow replies once the order was placed. Mirador buyers mention damaged boxes, missing hardware and, for some, carrier trouble at delivery. Owners of both also report orders that arrived on time with nothing missing.

Watch out: get a delivery date in writing, don’t book an installer until every box has arrived, and check each one against the parts list the day it lands.

Most of Mirador’s kits open with a hand crank. Its one motorized model, the 111S e-Motion, comes in 10×13 only and runs from a remote with built-in color lighting; its page doesn’t mention an app. Hansø’s Horizon opens, closes and tilts from your phone, Alexa, Google Home or Apple HomeKit, and the page lists an optional rain sensor that closes the roof for you. If you want the roof to run from a phone or close itself in the rain, Hansø is the one with that option.

Hansø rates the Horizon at 165 mph with the louvers closed and a snow load of 60 pounds per square foot. Mirador’s 111DA spec table gives 102 mph and 26.6 pounds, with professional assembly and anchoring, and Mirador says to keep the louvers open in extreme weather. These are each brand’s own figures and depend on size and anchoring, so ask both for the rating at your exact size in writing. If you get heavy snow, or your town wants engineering figures before it issues a permit, that figure matters; our permit guide explains when you’ll need it.

Mirador covers the whole kit for four years on the 111DA, with a fifth if you register. Hansø covers the main frame for up to ten years and the opening and closing mechanism for five, but covers motors and electrical parts for only one year, pays no labor and must be registered within 30 days of delivery. So Hansø covers the frame and louver mechanism for longer, and Mirador covers the motor and lights on its e-Motion for longer. Neither warranty passes to the next owner of your house.

Hansø sells its Apex in eight sizes from 10×10 to 13×26, and its Pro+ and Horizon in four or five sizes from 10×10 to 13×19. Mirador sells its 111 kits at 10×10, 10×13 and 10×20, the 111DA also at 13×13 and 13×20, and its Infinite line at 12×12, 12×24 and 24×24. If your patio is long and narrow, Mirador’s 10×20 is the longer option at a lower price; if it’s 13×23 or 13×26, only Hansø makes it.

Hansø gives you 100 days to return a kit that is unused and in its original packaging, but deducts a 15% restocking fee and the original delivery cost, and you pay the return freight. Cancelling is free for seven days; after that the 15% applies even before it ships. Mirador takes a kit back within 30 days and deducts a 15% restocking fee and the return label. Hansø gives you far longer to decide; both keep at least 15%.

Hansø builds to order and quotes 10 to 14 weeks, but only in a blog post, and its shipping policy says times aren’t guaranteed. Mirador’s freight company calls you to book a day once the kit is on its way, and a Costco order follows Costco’s delivery. If you need the pergola by a certain date, ask both for a date in writing and leave yourself slack.

Both are made for two people to build. Mirador says about four hours and puts anchor bolts for concrete in the box. Hansø says two to four hours for the Pro+ and Horizon and four to six for the Apex. Both need a level concrete pad or deck. Hansø’s warranty describes its pergolas as freestanding and excludes water that gets in where one meets a wall, so if you plan to attach one to your house, ask the company in writing first.

Mirador sells on its own website and through Costco, Home Depot, Wayfair and other stores. On 20 October 2026 Costco listed its 10×13 louvered aluminum pergola at $1,799.99, a sale price that Costco changes often. Where you buy decides who handles a problem: Mirador says returns, missing parts and warranty claims on a Costco purchase go through Costco. Mirador is based in Chino Hills, California.

Hansø sells only from its own website. It describes itself as an American company that works with outside manufacturing partners and ships from US warehouses. Neither brand says which country its pergolas are made in.