Homey
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Pros
- I had a homey; it’s great for people who think home assistant is too complicated.
- Homey looks great, will likely have a higher WAF than Home Assistant, and will have a support team behind it. On top of that, the learning curve is a lot lower than HA for most things. If you want something that works and don’t mind the...
- As long as your devices are reusable across platforms I don't see the $149 lifetime for something that works well, is pretty and has a high WAF a huge deal breaker.
- I've tried to build the same thing in homey appears to be a lot easier and a lot more user friendly.
- I’ve messed with the web version of Homey and it seems really good, the flows look amazing
Cons
- I really wanted to like Homey. It’s beautiful, and quite polished. For the amount of work that has clearly gone into it, the price isn’t crazy (and it’s not a subscription if you don’t want their cloud services). All that said, they got...
- Don't go Homey, they have non of the flexibility HA has, and also the founder trying to bash HA hardware on their stream is really off-putting lol.
- I know there is also Homey, but the cost of buying a gateway is really high for a "gadget to test" so I'd rather be sure.
- If you need an AIO system that does literally everything for you there is Homey but I personally wouldn't consider it because it's so expensive.
- I've tried Home Assistant, SmartThings, and Homey.
Sentiment
13 positive (57%) · 6 mixed (26%) · 4 negative (17%)
Trust + time weighted score: +41% · raw score 39%
What redditors said (10 of 23)
I had a homey; it’s great for people who think home assistant is too complicated.
Homey looks great, will likely have a higher WAF than Home Assistant, and will have a support team behind it. On top of that, the learning curve is a lot lower than HA for most things. If you want something that works and don’t mind the possible privacy implications... it’s a reasonable path forward.
As long as your devices are reusable across platforms I don't see the $149 lifetime for something that works well, is pretty and has a high WAF a huge deal breaker.
I really wanted to like Homey. It’s beautiful, and quite polished. For the amount of work that has clearly gone into it, the price isn’t crazy (and it’s not a subscription if you don’t want their cloud services). All that said, they got bought up by LG, and aren’t open source. So you’re locking yourself into an ecosystem that is almost guaranteed to enshitify over time
I've tried to build the same thing in homey appears to be a lot easier and a lot more user friendly.
I’ve messed with the web version of Homey and it seems really good, the flows look amazing
Maybe take a look at homey? It's more user friendly than home assistant, and you can work using flows (kinda like your if this then that) not all things are fully supported but 95% of the popular brands are
You’re explaining homey, hubitat, and home assistant
Home assistant. Hubitat and Homey are good. Don’t get me wrong, but simplify your communication system, think hubs and such.
Don't go Homey, they have non of the flexibility HA has, and also the founder trying to bash HA hardware on their stream is really off-putting lol.
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