Home Assistant VERSUS Hubitat

Arjun

Arjun

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What's your preference and why? For Home Assistant to work with Z-Wave / Zigbee / Matter I have to buy dongles, whereas it is all in one with Hubitat. Is there a pro and con to each? I feel like there is too much necessary redundancy.
 
I have both.

My "main" one is the Hubitat, because it's pretty straightforward to program/use. The HA is a bigger PITA to learn and do stuff with, but there are tons more devices supported. I use a bridge to define devices in HA and bring them into Hubitat.
 
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jpc-s4 said:
I have both.

My "main" one is the Hubitat, because it's pretty straightforward to program/use. The HA is a bigger PITA to learn and do stuff with, but there are tons more devices supported. I use a bridge to define devices in HA and bring them into Hubitat.
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What version of Hubitat do you have, C8 Pro?
I wanted Zigbee/Zwave/Matter support and got the official dongles for my HA
 
I've been using a now ancient, C5 generation Hubitat since January 2020 (just barely pre-Covid). The choice at that time seemed easier: HA was (and perhaps still is) the hard core DIY/programmer's choice. The latest Hubitat C8 Pro seems like an even more capable system, tempting even for my light use case with better antennas and faster overall processing (and a few newer standards thrown in).
Overall though, I am pretty satisfied with my choice.
 
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Arjun said:
What version of Hubitat do you have, C8 Pro?
I wanted Zigbee/Zwave/Matter support and got the official dongles for my HA
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Currently running both a C8 Pro and a C8. I use the C8 to run OwnTracks and maybe a couple other things, while the C8 Pro has everything else. I also have a bit of a strange setup, as I have a Lutron Homeworks QS system in my house, so my use of Zigbee/Z-Wave/Matter is more limited than most...
 
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I purchased Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 and Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2 to enable support for all protocols - its certainly overpriced for two distinct antennas. Would it have been better to sell my Home Assistant Green and Hubitat C7 and invest in a Hubit C8 Pro alone? I already have a Raspeberry Pi 5 with 16GB of RAM which can utilize Home Assistant. I use Pi Hole on a Pi 4 I have laying around. What are your thoughts?
 
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