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            "tagline": "Smart home hub and cloud platform from Athom",
            "summary": "Homey is a smart home platform from Athom that runs automations on Homey Pro or a self-hosted server, or in the cloud with Homey Cloud. It supports Matter, Thread, Zigbee, Z-Wave and Bluetooth devices and uses official and community apps for thousands of brands.",
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                "Matter, Thread and Zigbee support"
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                "Community apps vary in quality",
                "Homey Cloud costs more beyond five devices"
            ],
            "checked": "2026-10-10",
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            "overview": "Homey Pro is a local hub, and Homey Cloud needs no hub at all and includes a free plan for up to five devices. The Self-Hosted Server runs Homey on hardware you own. Flow automations, Advanced Flow, energy tracking and dashboards are built in, and the Homey Bridge adds six extra wireless protocols.\n\nHomey Pro is sold as a one-time purchase, and the company says it has no subscription. Homey Cloud adds paid plans beyond its free device limit. Its app store includes official and community apps, so the quality of each integration varies. Homey is developed by Athom B.V."
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            "tagline": "Local hub for Zigbee, Z-Wave and Matter devices",
            "summary": "Hubitat Elevation is a home automation hub that runs automations on the hub itself rather than in the cloud. It supports Zigbee, Z-Wave and Matter devices, offers built-in and custom automation tools, and is sold as hardware by Hubitat.",
            "platforms": [
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                "Hub hardware has to be bought up front",
                "Software is not open source"
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            "overview": "Hubitat Elevation connects devices over Zigbee, Z-Wave and Matter, and its hubs process automations locally, so devices respond without a round trip to a server. Owners can build rules with built-in tools or custom code, and a mobile app provides remote access, geofence-based automations and push notifications. The company says the hub is compatible with more than 1,000 devices from more than 100 brands.\n\nThe hub is a hardware purchase, and the software is not released under an open-source license, so its code cannot be inspected. Its C-8 Pro model has a faster processor and double the memory of the C-8."
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