Crestron
Reddit take
Not enough linked mention summaries yet; the source excerpts below are the evidence.
Pros
- creatron is the best of the best in this space.
- Crestron is the undisputed king in this space, but they don't play well with others.
- one of the big control systems like Control4, Crestron, or Savant if you also want A/V control. All of them have strong dealer networks, so you won’t be locked into one integrator for future support.
Cons
- I'm not sure if other commercial home automation platforms would make this practical other than super expensive platforms like Crestron.
- $$$$ Crestron
- I would say savant over Crestron or c4 put that’s my preference.
- I programmed Crestron systems for many years and am SO happily retired.
- Most of the automation companies use either Control4, Crestron, lutron, and I think there is one more, just for reference.
Sentiment
3 positive (30%) · 4 mixed (40%) · 3 negative (30%)
Trust + time weighted score: +8% · raw score 0%
What redditors said (10 of 10)
creatron is the best of the best in this space.
Crestron is the undisputed king in this space, but they don't play well with others.
I'm not sure if other commercial home automation platforms would make this practical other than super expensive platforms like Crestron.
$$$$ Crestron
I would say savant over Crestron or c4 put that’s my preference.
I programmed Crestron systems for many years and am SO happily retired.
Most of the automation companies use either Control4, Crestron, lutron, and I think there is one more, just for reference.
Crestron is a very closed ecosystem by design
one of the big control systems like Control4, Crestron, or Savant if you also want A/V control. All of them have strong dealer networks, so you won’t be locked into one integrator for future support.
As the only unified solutions I know of are control4/savant/crestron which are dealer only.