SmartThings
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you are a Samsung-device household wanting one easy app and hub for Matter/Zigbee/Z-Wave gear.
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SmartThings vs Homey
SmartThings and Homey both land on Depends.
Homey
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if you're a tinkerer with many device types who wants local control and deep automation.
| Compare | SmartThings | Homey |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Samsung appliance and TV households | Multi-protocol smart home tinkerers |
| Who it's not for | Privacy-first users wanting local control | Casual users with a handful of smart bulbs . expensive overkill |
| Privacy | Recurring CVEs from 2016-2026 including a 2025 auth bypass; Samsung patches disclosed flaws, but cloud exposure remains a consideration.10 | One disclosed 2020 flaw (unencrypted Wi-Fi credentials); recent CVEs in sources target an unrelated WordPress theme named Homey, not this hub. |
| Support quality | No direct support evidence reviewed | Mixed Trustpilot; complaint threads on official forum |
| Public sentiment | Sentiment is split: the ecosystem still works well for many, but a visible wave of users is leaving over cloud dependence and new API fees.⁵ | Owners praise local control and device breadth, but a vocal minority report disappointment, price resentment, and rocky onboarding. |
| Biggest gotcha | New ~$5/month API fee (from October 2026) hits Home Assistant and third-party integrations⁷ | June 2026 price hike on Pro and mini . verify current price before buying16 |
Pick SmartThings when
- Samsung appliance and TV households
- Mixed-brand Matter/Zigbee/Z-Wave homes
- DIY home security starters
- Users wanting one app for everything
When SmartThings is not a fit
- Privacy-first users wanting local control
- Home Assistant/API power users facing new fees
- Buyers wary of platform deprecations
- Set-and-forget owners who won't tinker
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
Sources
review
- Samsung SmartThings Station review . PCWorldpcworld.comreview
- Samsung SmartThings Review . SafeWisesafewise.comreview
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- Samsung SmartThings API Pricing: New Fees and Who They Affectsamsung.gadgethacks.comnews
- Leaving SmartThings before the October API fees . Home Assistant communitycommunity.home-assistant.ioreview
- SmartThings . Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgnews
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in Samsung SmartThings Hub . Cisco Talosblog.talosintelligence.comsecurity
- CVE-2025-2233: Samsung SmartThings Auth Bypass Flawsentinelone.comsecurity
- Samsung SmartThings official sitesamsung.comofficial
- SmartThings Pro Building Managementsamsung-climatesolutions.comofficial
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- Homey Pro Review: The Best All-Rounder Smart Hub . SmartHomeScenesmarthomescene.comreview
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