Be advised that the connection between Home Assistant and Hubitat is local whereas the official one for SmartThings (SmartThings integration) is not and works via SmartThing's cloud API.. Home Assistant is literally free, and the RPi you, Doesn't appear that the ASH22-W listed here actually supports Amcrest's API. I hadnt touched HA in about 3 years and to be honest that experience left a bad taste in my mouth. However, one disadvantage of SmartThings is that in case you have an internet breakdown, then you will not be able to control the devices or get notifications. Assistant already there is really nothing you need hubitat for. I understand HA has a way of sharing out devices directly via HomeKit, would that be better for any reason? I can only answer a couple of those - HE was pretty much rock solid for me for the 1-2 years i used it on its own. The only reason why I decided to spend extra is that I use it for notifications. Best yet, you can mix-and-match devices from each of these smart home hubs in your SharpTools dashboards and rules as we support all three of these popular smart home hubs! Its just an extra second of loading, but if you are a smart home perfectionist then that can bother you. Please also have a look at out comprehensive guide into the best smart home hubs in the market today. HS4 vs Hubitat - HomeSeer Message Board The Ultimate SmartThings to Home Assistant Migration Guide SmartThings vs Home Assistant: What is the Best Smart Home Hub I did already have a ZW USB z-stick s2 laying around so I got it setup with HA last night but was a little sad to see I couldnt start pairing mode in HA. The Rule Machine app offers you to set several routines or commands to the hub for executing, which will be otherwise addressed as Rule, Trigger, Triggered Rule, or Actions. I had a lot of problems with older Fibaro ZW devices in HE). I just got into Home Assistant a few weeks ago (spun it up as a VM) and quickly found the Hubitat Integration for Home Assistant integration and it hit me just like you - use Hubitat for the devices that require radios. This article looked at Hubitat vs. Home Assistant. It requires much more programming and tinkering. SmartThings originally sold their own first-party hub hardware, but more recently they've licensed the technology to third-parties, with Aeotec now producing what is effectively the same hardware as the Samsung SmartThings V3 hub at $125 USD. The last concern is integration with some platforms like Google Home might be overly complicated. Although this seems to be a good idea, in theory, users report that it is very unreliable and frustrating to use. After spending countless hours scouring the internet, I finally narrowed down my options to two: Hubitat or SmartThings. There was an ok Web UI for adding / removing devices (although removing was not working) YMMV. The UI is also based on Polymer, the Google library implementing the Web Components standard, so it looks clean and attractive out of the box. Complicated rules might be difficult to create, but community developed WebCoRE an add-on scripting tool extends the capabilities of the hub. To be clear, this is not a cost-effective solution, but I have been extremely happy with how the Hubitat connects and handles devices and simply wanted a way to interact with them in Home Assistant. In addition, both the devices are compatible with Z-wave and Zigbee protocols used to connect smart home devices. Those "things" that must run locally you can have paired with Hubitat. On the other hand, Hubitat is a newer product, but it can also control a wide variety of devices. 3 years ago I left here for openHAB when both pr9ojects were in transition. Looking at competition we do not see any comparable system in terms of complexity and flexibility.