Amazon Echo Hub vs Shelly Wall Display

Amazon Echo Hub wins with its bigger screen, Ethernet, full Zigbee, Thread and Matter radios and hands-free Alexa. Shelly Wall Display counters with a lower price, higher owner rating, 3-year warranty, climate sensors, a built-in relay and native Home Assistant dashboards.

The ecosystem philosophy. The Echo Hub is a cloud-centric Alexa panel that also coordinates Zigbee, Thread and Matter devices. The Shelly is a DIY in-wall panel with no voice assistant that shines showing a custom Home Assistant dashboard and acting as a thermostat with its relay and sensors.

The Shelly Wall Display, by far: it renders native Home Assistant dashboards on-panel with instant automations, no hacks. The Amazon Echo Hub offers only partial Home Assistant support and is designed around Alexa.

The Shelly Wall Display includes temperature, humidity and lux sensors plus a 5A relay that can switch a load directly (it needs a neutral wire). The Amazon Echo Hub includes motion and ambient light sensors, weak speakers and no relay, but adds Ethernet and the hub radios.

Choose Amazon Echo Hub for an Alexa smart home: one wall panel controlling Zigbee, Thread, Matter and Ring devices with voice, routines and camera feeds, wired over Ethernet if desired.

Choose Shelly Wall Display if Home Assistant runs your home and you want a premium in-wall panel with real dashboards, climate sensing, a relay for thermostat duty and a 3-year warranty, with no cloud or voice assistant involved.