I have several of each, but I have to say I tend to prefer an RPi Zero W to any of the alternatives. Right now I have three running, one logging air quality and

I have several of each, but I have to say I tend to prefer an RPi Zero W to any of the alternatives. Right now I have three running, one logging air quality and other sensor data, one acting as a grandfather clock, driving a servo that strikes a long chime on the hour (and is silent at night, when I am at work, etc.), and another which is making calls to a couple of APIs when someone presses my doorbell. The last one likely would be simpler on an Arduino (well, really an ESP8266 like a Wemos D1 mini, say); the other two benefit from having cron, ntp, etc. none of which is as easy on Arduino.