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Homey versus SmartThings
Compare	Homey	SmartThings
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Multi-protocol smart home tinkerers	Samsung appliance households
Who it's not for	Casual users with a handful of smart bulbs . expensive overkill	Privacy-first users wanting local control
Privacy	One disclosed 2020 flaw (unencrypted Wi-Fi credentials); recent CVEs in sources target an unrelated WordPress theme named Homey, not this hub.^⁸	Known CVEs spanning 2016-2025 plus a 2019 source-code leak; the 2025 high-severity flaw has a fix available.
Support quality	Mixed Trustpilot; complaint threads on official forum	No direct evidence in sources
Public sentiment	Owners praise local control and device breadth, but a vocal minority report disappointment, price resentment, and rocky onboarding.	Mixed: the ecosystem and Samsung integration get praise, while many Reddit threads question its direction as users drift to local-control alternatives.¹³
Biggest gotcha	June 2026 price hike on Pro and mini . verify current price before buying^⁴	Samsung ends free API access October 2025; $4.99/month for developers, breaking some integrations¹⁶

Pick Homey when

Multi-protocol smart home tinkerers
Privacy-minded users wanting local control
Energy-price monitoring households
Homes outgrowing Alexa routines

When Homey is not a fit

Casual users with a handful of smart bulbs . expensive overkill
Happy Home Assistant users; free rival already does more
Hubitat owners . community explicitly says don't switch
Buyers who resent per-feature subscriptions and frequent price hikes

Pick SmartThings when

Samsung appliance households
Smart-home beginners
Users mixing many device brands

When SmartThings is not a fit

Privacy-first users wanting local control
Home Assistant tinkerers . fees plus cloud lock-in
Developers building on free APIs . that era ended
Anyone avoiding Samsung ecosystem lock-in

Sources

Homey Pro review: A very particular set of home automation skills . Ars Technicaarstechnica.com
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Homey Pro Review: The Best All-Rounder Smart Hub . SmartHomeScenesmarthomescene.com
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Homey Products | 52 Reviews on G2g2.com
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Why we're raising prices on Homey Pro and Homey Pro minihomey.app
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Homey Pro after 1 year . Redditreddit.com
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Homey review: Don't sell your Hubitat . Hubitat communitycommunity.hubitat.com
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Homey - After a Few Months, I Think It's a Scam . Homey communitycommunity.homey.app
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Athom Homey Security Review: unencrypted Wi-Fi credentials (CVE-2020-9462)yougottahackthat.com
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Homey . Crunchbase Company Profile & Fundingcrunchbase.com
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Samsung SmartThings Review . SafeWisesafewise.com
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A smart start in home automation . CNETcnet.com
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Samsung SmartThings review . Expert Reviewsexpertreviews.co.uk
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Is SmartThings still good, or is there something better? . Redditreddit.com
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Smartthings is actually stupidthings . Redditreddit.com
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Leaving SmartThings before the October API fees . Home Assistant communitycommunity.home-assistant.io
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Samsung SmartThings API Pricing: New Fees . Gadget Hackssamsung.gadgethacks.com
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