Hello Henk,
I can’t compare, but I run Z2M as H.A. add-on and I’m 100% happy with it.
I use the H.A. as virtual machine config from this howto.
which has several advantages imho:
- hardware issues, or -upgrade: just clone the VM and start it anywhere else (pc, laptop, mini pc, thin client)
- you can use a cloned VM as a test machine. When things goes south, delete it, and just start the ‘main’ VM → Not all my zigbee devices like that, I’ve to re-add those
Advantages of running H.A. as well:
- Z2M blends in with H.A. very well
- Because you have MQTT already running for Z2M, you can have selected or all of your Homey devices available in H.A.
That offers possibilities for (optional: login-free) web based dashboard(s). Which can run in almost any browser, even as casted website to a Ggl Hub. - With the H.A. community app, you can go as far as you like, and when a matching device lacks, you can create it yourself with a so called ‘custom device’.
I must say, both developers of the Homey Zigbee2mqtt and H.A. community apps are very active and open to suggestions.
Feel free to read my tutorial to integrate Homey and H.A.
