Anova vs Greater Goods Sous Vide: Connected vs Quiet

The short answer

Quick picks

#	Cooker	Best for	Score	Price
01	Anova Precision Cooker 3.0 (WiFi), 1100 W The default, and it earned it	1,100 W	9.0	$169.99Amazon
02	Greater Goods Sous Vide Precision Cooker, 1100 W Quiet, simple, no app	1,100 W	8.1	$89.99Amazon

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Same job, opposite philosophies

Both hold a water bath at a precise temperature; both are 1,100 W. The difference is what they wrap around that. The Anova Precision Cooker 3.0 is the connected circulator — dual-band WiFi, an app, an on-device screen, and the fullest published specification in the category. The Greater Goods is the deliberately offline one — no WiFi, no app, no phone, just a dial, a screen and a silent motor. Neither is confused about what it is.

Connectivity, or the freedom from it

If you want to start a cook from work, monitor it from the couch, or lean on an app's guidance, the Anova is built for that and the Greater Goods simply cannot do it — it has no connectivity by design. Flip it around, though, and the Greater Goods's simplicity is the feature: nothing to pair, nothing to update, no app outage that stops you cooking, no account to make. For a cook who resents every appliance that wants a login, the offline machine is not a compromise but the whole appeal.

Noise and the long cook

The Greater Goods's standout is a silent brushless motorrated to run 99 hours straight — genuinely quieter than the geared pumps in most rivals, and noticeable on an overnight or all-day cook where the Anova's pump hums in the background. If you do long, low cooks — tough cuts, overnight eggs — that quiet is a real quality-of-life gain. The Anova's 8 L/min pump moves more water for faster, more even heating of a big bath, which is the trade in the other direction.

Documentation and warranty

The Anova publishes everything — wattage, a 0–92°C range, ±0.1°C accuracy, pump flow — and backs it with a two-year warranty, the longest of any sous vide machine on this site. The Greater Goods publishes its wattage, range and motor rating but not a temperature-accuracy figure or a warranty duration, so its specification is thinner and you are taking a little more on trust. On our Documentation metric, the Anova is the clear winner; on the actual holding of temperature, both are competent.

The decision rule

Buy the Anova if you want connectivity, the fullest published spec and the longest warranty, and you like the idea of starting or checking a cook from your phone — it is our category default for good reason. Buy the Greater Goods if you want the quietest machine for long cooks, you value a dial-and-screen simplicity with no app to set up or fail, and remote control genuinely does not matter to you. If you want connectivity for less money, the Inkbird is the third option to weigh.

In detail

The picks, in full

The default, and it earned it

Anova Precision Cooker 3.0 (WiFi), 1100 W

Rated power:1100 W Temperature range:0–92°C (32–197°F)Accuracy:±0.1°C Pump:8 L/min Connectivity:Dual-band WiFi + app

Fully specifiedWorks without the app

9.0/10

The sous vide circulator most people should buy. Anova publishes the full specification — 1,100 W, a 0–92°C range, ±0.1°C accuracy, an 8 L/min pump — and backs it with a two-year warranty, the longest here. It has an on-device screen so it works without the app, which the Joule does not.

Capability: 9.5
Capacity: 8.5
Documentation: 10
Build: 8.5
Value: 8.5

What it gets right

Anova publishes the complete specification — wattage, temperature range, accuracy and pump flow — which almost nobody else in this class does
An on-device touchscreen means it works fully without a phone, unlike the app-only Joule
A two-year warranty, the longest of any sous vide machine on this site

What it doesn't

At 325 mm tall it is a large device to store next to the slimmer Nano or Joule
The clamp-and-skirt design is bulkier than the Joule's magnetic foot
1,100 W is a real draw — powerful, but the most per hour of the sub-premium circulators here alongside the Joule and Greater Goods

What it costs to run

About 20.7¢ an hour at full rated draw, at the US average of 18.83¢ per kWh.

1,100 W ÷ 1000 × 1 h × 18.83¢ = 20.7¢

1100 W, published on Anova Culinary's own Precision Cooker 3.0 product page alongside the temperature range, accuracy and pump rate. This is an upper bound: the element only draws full power while it is heating up or pressurizing, then cycles off to hold temperature, and no manufacturer publishes a duty cycle — so we compute at full rated draw rather than invent a correction factor. The full method is published.

Skip this if…

…you want the smallest possible device or you cook small portions in shallow water — the slimmer Nano is cheaper, lighter and enough for a single steak, and this is the one to buy only if you want the full power and the longer range.

$169.99on Amazon

$229.0026% off

Price last checked Aug 5, 2026. Prices move constantly — Amazon's at checkout is the one that counts.

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Quiet, simple, no app

Greater Goods Sous Vide Precision Cooker, 1100 W

Rated power:1100 W Temperature range:20–95°C (68–203°F)Motor:Silent brushless, 99 hr run Connectivity:None (on-device only)

Silent brushless motorWarranty length not published

8.1/10

The circulator for people who want none of the connectivity. No WiFi, no app, no phone — a dial, a screen and a silent brushless motor rated to run 99 hours straight. 1,100 W, a 20–95°C range, and a build that is quieter than anything else here.

Capability: 8
Capacity: 8.5
Documentation: 7
Build: 8.5
Value: 8.5

What it gets right

A silent brushless motor genuinely is quieter than the geared pumps in most rivals — noticeable on a long overnight cook
No app and no WiFi to set up, fail or update: a dial, a screen, done
Rated for 99 hours of continuous running, which covers the longest sous vide cooks there are

What it doesn't

Greater Goods does not publish a temperature-accuracy figure or a warranty duration on its product page
No connectivity at all, which is a genuine loss if you wanted to start a cook from work
The specification is otherwise thinner than the Anova's or Inkbird's

What it costs to run

About 20.7¢ an hour at full rated draw, at the US average of 18.83¢ per kWh.

1,100 W ÷ 1000 × 1 h × 18.83¢ = 20.7¢

1100 W, published on Greater Goods' own product page alongside the temperature range and motor rating. This is an upper bound: the element only draws full power while it is heating up or pressurizing, then cycles off to hold temperature, and no manufacturer publishes a duty cycle — so we compute at full rated draw rather than invent a correction factor. The full method is published.

Skip this if…

…you want to control or monitor a cook from your phone — this model has no connectivity by design. If remote start matters, the Inkbird gives you WiFi for a similar price.

$89.99on Amazon

Price last checked Aug 5, 2026. Prices move constantly — Amazon's at checkout is the one that counts.

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How we picked

Machines we claim to have tested: 0

Everyone in this category tells you they tested twenty cookers. We have tested none, and we say so. Here is what we do instead: read the manufacturer's manual and spec page, record the published wattage, capacity, pressure or temperature figure and warranty term, work out what the machine costs to run per hour, show the arithmetic so you can redo it with your own electricity rate, and cite all of it. Where a brand publishes no wattage, we print no running cost rather than borrowing a number from a similar model. Prices come live from Amazon's API and disappear rather than go stale.

The scores above are judgments from that documented research — not test results. One of the five metrics is Documentation: whether the manufacturer will tell you what its cooker draws at all. The full rubric, including what disqualifies a pick, is published in full.

Questions

Frequently asked

Is the Anova or Greater Goods sous vide better?

They suit opposite buyers. The Anova is better if you want WiFi, a full published spec and a two-year warranty; the Greater Goods is better if you want a genuinely silent motor for long cooks and no app to set up or fail. Both are competent 1,100 W circulators.

Does the Greater Goods sous vide have an app?

No — it has no WiFi and no app by design. You control it with an on-device dial and screen. If you want to start or monitor a cook remotely, the Anova or the Inkbird are the connected options. See the WiFi picks.

Which sous vide is quietest?

The Greater Goods, thanks to a silent brushless motor rated for 99 hours of continuous running — noticeably quieter than the geared pumps in most rivals, which matters most on long overnight cooks.

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We have not tested these machines in a lab and we do not pretend to have. Specifications come from the manufacturer's own published documents; electricity rates come from the US Energy Information Administration; prices come from the live Amazon API. Where a figure is not published, the page says “not published” rather than guessing. Read the full method.

Quick picks

Same job, opposite philosophies

Connectivity, or the freedom from it

Noise and the long cook

Documentation and warranty

The decision rule

The picks, in full

Anova Precision Cooker 3.0 (WiFi), 1100 W

Greater Goods Sous Vide Precision Cooker, 1100 W

Machines we claim to have tested: 0

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