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HA offers paid only web access, through Nabu Casa. Openhab sez theirs us free - haven't checked if it's like 100% free

• nodomain 5y ago
  This is not true. You can easily forward a port on your router and point to your local HA installation, including free LetsEncrypt certificates. If you choose to pay for Nabu Casa, you support the project on the one hand and on the other hand you get a HTTPS remote URL using their remote access tunnel.
• geerlingguy 5y ago
  You can still access HA directly through a browser, of course. And if you set up a VPN (ala PiVPN or something similar), you can access it anywhere, as well.
• gh02t 5y ago
  HA remote access is not paid only, it works fine if you make it accessible from your local network. You can also do Google/Alexa integration on your own, there are instructions in the documentation. The paid service handles SSL and dynamic hostnames for you without having to expose stuff on your network. It also provides the cloud endpoint that Google and Alexa require. They in no way stop or impede you from doing any of that yourself, however.
  • simcop2387 5y ago
    My pwrsonal setup is using cloudflare's tunnel so it doesn't even need port forwarding. And then I did alexa myself since I have an aws account anyway for some free tier stuff.