Aqara Hub M2 vs Home Assistant Green

The Aqara Hub M2 wins overall on price and connectivity, with built-in Wi-Fi and a ready Zigbee, Bluetooth and IR setup. Home Assistant Green is higher rated and more powerful, unifying brands under local control, but it needs the separate Connect ZBT-1 dongle for Zigbee and Thread.

Radios and readiness. The Aqara Hub M2 has a Zigbee coordinator, Bluetooth, IR and built-in Wi-Fi ready to use, while Home Assistant Green ships with no on-board Zigbee or Wi-Fi and needs the Connect ZBT-1 dongle plus a wired connection. Home Assistant Green trades that for a far more open, local platform.

Home Assistant Green. It runs locally with no mandatory cloud and adds power-user features the Aqara lacks, including ONVIF and RTSP cameras, Node-RED and Tailscale, and it unifies many brands. The Aqara Hub M2 is simpler and Aqara-centric, so it is easier but far less flexible.

Buy the Aqara Hub M2 if you want an affordable, ready-to-use hub for Aqara Zigbee sensors, switches and blinds with a 360-degree IR blaster, HomeKit and built-in Wi-Fi. It supports up to 128 subdevices, but has no Thread or native Matter bridge.

Choose Home Assistant Green if you want the most open, private, local multi-brand platform and are willing to add the Connect ZBT-1 dongle for Zigbee and Thread and learn the software. It supports ONVIF, RTSP, Node-RED and Tailscale, but connects over Ethernet only.