What do Azenco, Equinox, Apollo and other premium louvered roofs cost?

Five of the eight make a motorized aluminum roof with rotating louvers, the kind StruXure sells. The other three sell something different, and their prices belong in a different conversation.

So Azenco, Equinox, Apollo, Renson and Vergola are the real StruXure peers. ShadeFX is a fabric canopy, a different product with a different price. Skypoly covers a pergola you have already built, and Alumawood’s covers are closer to a patio roof, which our patio cover guide compares with a pergola.

Dealers quote each job after a site visit, so there is no price list to read. The one independent source that puts the brands side by side is HomeGuide, which gives installed ranges per square foot. Here is what they mean at two common sizes.

The makers themselves say little. Azenco’s own page says a manual K-BANA might start around $6,000 to $12,000 and a motorized R-BLADE can run from $15,000 to $30,000 or more, depending on size, finish and installation. Apollo says an installed Atlas starts in the $10,000 to $15,000 range. Equinox, Renson, Vergola and ShadeFX post no figures at all.

Treat all of this as a way to sanity-check a quote, not as a price. The HomeGuide ranges date from 2024, and a quote also depends on whether the roof attaches to the house, how many zones you need and what you add. Our StruXure cost guide lists what pushes a dealer price up, and the same things apply here.

Azenco is a Florida company selling through more than 200 dealers. Its R-BLADE is built to order up to 22 feet 10 inches by 16 feet in a single zone. The maker lists wind up to 190 mph, snow up to 100 pounds a square foot and a Miami-Dade approval valid to March 2030. We found no warranty term in years on its site, so ask the dealer for it in writing before you sign.

It suits a buyer in a hurricane or heavy-snow area who wants a dealer-installed system and has checked the engineering for their own address.

Equinox is installed only by dealers and contractors, and its site gives no wind, snow or size figures. Its warranty card (April 2023) is the most detailed of the group: 20 years on the louvers, beams, gutters, posts and finish, but only 3 years on the motor and controls, and parts only. It covers labor in the first year, not afterwards, it isn’t transferable to the next owner, and you must register within 30 days of installation.

It suits a buyer who wants a long frame warranty and is prepared to pay for motor repairs after year three.

Apollo’s Atlas comes from a screen and awning company that added louvered roofs. It is built to order from 6 by 8 feet up to 15 by 20 feet. The maker rates it for 110 mph wind and 60 pounds a square foot of snow with the louvers closed, and gives 10 years on the structure and 5 on the motor. It is the only brand here that posts an installed starting price.

It suits a smaller patio and a buyer who values a stated starting price. Its ratings come from the maker, and we found no independent engineering report or owner reviews of the Atlas.

Renson is a Belgian maker whose Camargue is a made-to-measure motorized blade roof, sold in the United States through dealers. The maker says 10 years on structure and paint if you register the roof online after installation. We found no US price, and the euro quotes on European pages aren’t a guide to a US install.

Vergola began in Australia, and its US page says its systems are now sold, manufactured, designed and installed here. Its FAQ says each bay is up to 6 by 3.6 meters and that a salesperson prices the job. We found no US price and no published US warranty. Australian dollar prices and Australian guarantees don’t carry over, and the one rating we found is Australian: 3.6 out of 5 from 78 reviews on ProductReview, with praise for the product and complaints about service and controllers.

ShadeFX is a Canadian maker of retractable fabric canopies and roofs, made to order, with pricing that depends on product, size, delivery and installation. The warranty gives 5 or 10 years on fabric depending on the fabric, 5 years on the motor, and 15 years on hardware that is fully covered for 5 years and then prorated. If what you want is a fabric canopy over a patio, that is the comparison to make, not a louvered roof.

Skypoly makes multiwall polycarbonate roof panels that you fit over a pergola you already have, to make the roof solid and watertight. They aren’t motorized and have no louvers, and resellers sell them online with prices posted, so a dealer quote doesn’t come into it. Buyers searching for the cost of a Skypoly are usually pricing a cover for an existing frame, not a new roof system.

Alumawood makes wood-look aluminum patio covers in lattice, solid-panel and insulated-panel styles, sold through dealers, with a finish warranty for the life of the original purchaser that is transferable. For a louvered roof its site points to Equinox. We found no Alumawood price from the maker, and the cost of a solid patio cover is a different question from the cost of a louvered one.

Where these makers publish terms, the frame is covered for years and the motor for far fewer. Equinox gives 20 years on the frame and 3 on the motor, Apollo 10 and 5, ShadeFX 15 (prorated after year 5) and 5, and StruXure 15 and 5. The motor and controls are the parts with moving, electrical components, so they are the ones most likely to need work while you still own the roof.

When you compare quotes, ask each dealer how long the motor is covered, who pays for labor after the first year, and whether the warranty passes to the next owner. On Equinox’s card, for example, labor is free for one year and the homeowner pays for it afterwards.

If your patio fits a standard size, a motorized louvered kit gives you the same idea, louvers that open and close at the press of a button. At 10×13 the middle of the market is about $7,800 before installation, against $8,450 to $15,600 installed for the Equinox, Azenco and Apollo estimates above.

The gap narrows as the roof grows. At 12×16 the median motorized kit in our Pergola Price Index is about $16,000, a small sample of seven families, which overlaps the bottom of the dealer ranges ($12,480 to $19,200 for Equinox). A kit price is also the kit at your curb. Anchoring, a pad, an outlet for the motor and paid assembly come on top, and our pergola cost guide adds them up.

Get a dealer quote if your space is larger than a kit comes in, it is an odd shape or the roof attaches to the house. The same goes if wind or snow codes need engineering for your address, or you want one company to design, permit and install it. Buy a kit if a standard size fits and you would rather keep the difference. Every louvered kit we track is on our louvered pergolas page, and the ones with a motor are on motorized pergolas. Our motorized pergola cost guide shows what the motor adds.

Get at least two quotes, from different brands if you can, and ask each dealer to list the zones, motor, screens, lights, footings, electrical work and permit separately so you can compare like with like. Ask for the wind and snow rating at your size and whether it applies with the louvers closed, because Apollo, for one, states its ratings that way. Your building department may also want engineering paperwork, which our permit guide explains.