[jdblair]

They're different appliances, no?

The rice cooker cooks at atmospheric pressure, and stops cooking when all the water is evaporated.

The instant pot is a pressure cooker.

In the end, it depends on your use case. If you cook a lot of rice, you will be disappointed with the instant pot. In my case, I don't have a rice cooker b/c I don't cook rice very often, and I use my instant pot or the stove top.

[lbotos]

Top of the line Zojirushi uses pressure as well: https://www.zojirushi.com/category/rice_cookers/systems.html