Homey

Service in Smart home

Smart home hub from a Dutch company; Homey Pro runs automations locally and supports many brands and protocols.

Local control needs the Homey Pro hub ($249 and up); the free Homey Cloud runs on Athom's servers.

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No trackingNot statedThe maker doesn't say.
Open sourceNoThe code is closed.
Only you can read itNoThe provider can technically read your data, even if it promises not to.
No accountNeededYou need an account to use it.
FreeFree planA free plan, with paid upgrades.

Where it stands among 11 smart home tools

No tracking

Yes

Partly

Not stated

Open source

Yes

Only you can read it

Yes

No account

Yes

Free

Yes

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Smart homeOur pickEasy setup, with local automations on Homey Pro

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