[quote=“mvader, post:22, topic:192246”]I realize my opinion wasn’t solicited. but did want to comment on HS.
the thing that i don’t care for with that platform, is the plug-in cost… everything is $30-$60 extra
My vera plus has been stable for me since i put it in.
I have ~50+ devices and 12 plugin’s.
i can’t see paying $30 each for my plugin’s on top of the high up front cost.
gl to those of you with deep pockets who switch :)[/quote]
Read post #25 and #26 this was just brought up yesterday.
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,37575.msg281037.html#msg281037
None of my plugins were 60.00 and I went from needing more plugins on Vera to less on Homeseer. PLEG, PTS, Vera Alerts, and more are not needed unlike with vera. And most of my plugins are free also. I attached a screen shot of my current plugins installed bleow. I do have Blueiris But I never used the plugin with VERA and I do the same right now with HomeSeer (http commands and virtual motions). No plugins needed for day/night, logic, timers, virtual devices of any kind, Amazon Echo and more.
I have around 255.00 and tax (125 for HS3, 35 for usb z-wave dongle and almost 100 in plugins) in Homeseer at one of my houses and at another I have around 455.00 since I have 3 z-wave Antenna’s (Usb dongle and two Z-Nets) or controllers at that house due to size and range. I already had Blueiris and PLEX running on a mini PC at both houses so I didn’t need any major hardware but could have cost me 100-200 extra for a mini wintel (Pipo x7 or the like). I have upgraded each house every year with a new vera. So I’m averaging 100-150 a year with vera (Lite, Edge, Plus). Homeseer is not cheaper but it’s probley only going to cost me maybe 200-300 in the short run and save me money in the long run.
I estimate between both houses I have around 70 switches, 6 door locks, 5 garage doors and one driveway gate plus a bunch of other things for alarm sensors, motions, smoke detectors. I would estimate around 6k in z-wave or related costs that didn’t happen at once and have been building over the last few years. The Heart of the system (VERA) cost probley half of what people spend on a single door lock and price is scrutinized only on the controller purchase (which doesn’t seem logical to me).
I’m sure that I’ll need more plugins down the road as I’m looking into getting Somfy blinds. Its going to cost me around 200 per window for motors and battery stuff. Solar recharging would be another 100 on top per window if i choose that. I will have to buy a 39.99 plugin (RFXCOM which works for other devices too) for homeseer but after I spend 200 per window for around 17 windows I probably won’t be complaing to homseer about the 40.00 cost to add it to my automation system.
On the screen shot. You can see on the right in my screen shot if they say “Licensed” I paid for them and the rest are free or say included. So taking your current plugin list and multiplying by 60.00 is not going to give you a fair assessment. And there is alot more that goes along with it then just the price of Plugins, Quality of plugins is way better with alot more child devices/info at your fingertips.
EDIT: Opps just added the attachment.