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expiredbonkman posted Dec 17, 2022 07:07 PM
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expiredbonkman posted Dec 17, 2022 07:07 PM
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HA is the most powerful but also the most complex. It requires you to have an always on PC or a substitute, like raspberry pi.
Hubitat isn't as robust as HA, particularly with WiFi devices. It's best for zigbee and zwave. You can go deep down the programming rabbit hole with it, or you can keep it simple with their built in apps, one of which allows you to easily make simple rules without knowing any programming whatsoever. All drop-down menus. However, the web portal to write the rules, whether on PC or app, looks like a geocities page from 1997. Once you get things set up, however, the app is slick with a "dashboard" control panel that allows you to control devices even when you're away from the network. (You can only program new rules when you're at home unless you pay a subscription fee.)
I ran this for a few years and was 100% pleased. In the end, I took the leap to homeassistant (more for my personal growth) and I still miss osme of the simplicity of hubitat.
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Lots of devices are supported with built in drivers, but there are a huge number of drivers and apps written by the community that add support for more devices and/or functionality that isn't built in to the base software. They even recently added Homekit integration, though because they are applying to be homekit certified they can only support things that apple allows, so it will never have all of the functionality that homebridge offers. Still, having the basics is a big bonus if all you need is to let homekit see and interact with your zigbee, zwave, or other devices that aren't homekit certified.
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I ran this for a few years and was 100% pleased. In the end, I took the leap to homeassistant (more for my personal growth) and I still miss osme of the simplicity of hubitat.
Lots of devices are supported with built in drivers, but there are a huge number of drivers and apps written by the community that add support for more devices and/or functionality that isn't built in to the base software. They even recently added Homekit integration, though because they are applying to be homekit certified they can only support things that apple allows, so it will never have all of the functionality that homebridge offers. Still, having the basics is a big bonus if all you need is to let homekit see and interact with your zigbee, zwave, or other devices that aren't homekit certified.
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Hubitat for ease of use.
SmartThings, don't even bother.
I moved from ST to HA there's a bit of a learning curve, but not having to rely on cloud for most things is awesome.
HA has awesome mobile device capabilities. For example, I have it detect wireless charging on my wife's phone, after 9pm, if the master bedroom lights are off, fire off goodnight scene... Turn off lights , arm alarm, etc.
You can add map zones, show when kids arrived at school zone or left (time to walk to the bus stop), etc.
I wasn't able to do those things with SmartThings.
It seems to be abandon-ware.
Mine still works fine so I am not touching it, but it hasn't gotten any love in a while. Lost a few features, actually.
The prospect of deactivating and reactivating all my devices to move to a new system paralyzes me.
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I got this thinking it was part of a real sale about 4-5 months ago and ended up returning it. Hubitat interface was unintuitive and looked very outdated in my opinion. I actually find Home Assistant easier to use. I guess its more difficult because you have to source the hardware yourself?
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