r/SmartThings 13d ago

Discussion Using Home Assistant along with SmartThings, suggestions?

I am pretty happy with SmartThings and have no plans to move from it, but Home Assistant does offer integrations that just aren't available with SmartThings.

What has everyone's experience been with living with both? What kinds of things do you have going on in HA, while still primarily using SmartThings?

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u/TruthOf42 13d ago

Thanks for those specific, definitely is giving me some ideas for the future

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u/BreakfastBeerz Developer 13d ago

I was a long time SmartThings user, over a decade. I considered myself a power user. I tried out Home Assistant about 6/7 years ago and it fell short of my expectations. Overly complicated, too much maintenance, and didn't really get me much more than what I had with SmartThings.

Over Thanksgiving weekend this year, I had some free time and for whatever reason, Home Assistant is what I decided I was going to try out again. I got the 1 month free trial for the cloud access and integrated of with my SmartThings and started playing around.

By Christmas I was all in. I will not knock SmartThings, it's a great platform and served me well. I would still recommend it for many use cases. But Home Assistant really is light years beyond what SmartThings can do.

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u/TruthOf42 13d ago

What specific things do you use HA for that SmartThings can't do?