SwitchBot Hub 2 vs TP-Link Tapo H100

The SwitchBot Hub 2 wins overall, ahead on protocols and sensors: it adds Bluetooth and IR control plus built-in temperature, humidity and light sensing that the TP-Link Tapo H100 lacks. The Tapo H100 is the cheaper, simpler pick if you only need a radio for Tapo's own battery sensors.

The SwitchBot Hub 2 is a learning IR blaster with its own temperature, humidity and light sensors built in, so it can control TVs and ACs and log climate data by itself. The TP-Link Tapo H100 has no IR blaster and no built-in sensors, it exists purely to connect external Tapo sensors and sound its siren.

Yes, both do, but differently. The SwitchBot Hub 2 has a native HomeKit profile as one of the few IR blasters that works with Apple Home directly. The TP-Link Tapo H100 reaches Apple Home only through Matter bridging, which still works but depends on the Matter bridge rather than a dedicated HomeKit integration.

Yes. It has a learning IR blaster that mimics existing remotes, so it can control TVs, mini-split ACs and other IR devices from the SwitchBot app or through connected voice assistants. The TP-Link Tapo H100 has no IR blaster and cannot control IR appliances.

Buyers who want a single small hub that doubles as an IR remote for the TV or AC and adds its own temperature, humidity and light sensors, especially if Apple HomeKit compatibility for IR control matters to them.

Buyers who already own, or plan to buy, TP-Link's Tapo motion, contact, temperature and water sensors and want the cheapest, simplest hub to wire them into an alarm with a built-in siren.