# Best Zigbee USB dongle **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-Topic\ **Created:** [February 14, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/best-zigbee-usb-dongle/130639 "2025-02-14T21:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/best-zigbee-usb-dongle/130639/12 "2025-02-20T20:35:39Z")
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](https://community.homey.app/t/honeywell-t6-pro-zwave-help/114693/5). 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](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-pro-how-to-integrate-home-assistant-with-homey-pro/92641) to integrate Homey and H.A. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/best-zigbee-usb-dongle/130639)._