The best door, window and motion sensors for Home Assistant: fast, fully-local Zigbee and Matter picks for best overall, best value, best battery life and best motion. An independent, research-and-consensus roundup with a comparison table.
The best smart plugs for Home Assistant with true local control: best overall, best value, best energy monitoring and best Matter/Thread. An independent, research-and-consensus roundup with a comparison table.
The Thread border routers that work well with Home Assistant: best overall, best in the Apple and Google camps, and best multiprotocol. An independent, research-and-consensus roundup with a comparison table.
The best Zigbee coordinators for Home Assistant in 2026 — picks for best overall, best value, best range and best networked, chosen on chipset, ZHA/Z2M support and community track record, with a full comparison table.
Our best-of roundups compare the leading options for a specific job — the best sensors, the most reliable hubs, the smartest locks
