TP-Link Tapo H100 vs TP-Link Tapo H500

The TP-Link Tapo H100 wins overall, ahead on price and integrations, since it has the official Home Assistant integration that the TP-Link Tapo H500 currently lacks. The Tapo H500 is a completely different, more capable device built around camera storage and recording rather than sensors.

The TP-Link Tapo H100 is a small sensor radio and siren for TP-Link's motion, contact and water sensors. The TP-Link Tapo H500 is a camera hub with 16GB of built-in storage, a 2.5-inch SATA bay for up to 16TB, an HDMI output and support for up to 16 Tapo cameras and doorbells alongside its own sensors.

No. The Tapo H100 only connects TP-Link's low-power Sub-G sensors, buttons and switches, it has no storage and cannot take cameras or video doorbells as sub-devices. For camera recording you need the Tapo H500 or a similar storage-equipped Tapo hub.

Not currently. Its Home Assistant support is listed as unavailable, while the smaller TP-Link Tapo H100 has an official TP-Link Smart Home integration for Home Assistant. Both still bridge into Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home and SmartThings through Matter.

Buyers who only need to connect TP-Link's own motion, contact and water sensors and want a cheap, simple radio with a built-in siren for a DIY alarm.

Buyers who already own, or plan to buy, several Tapo cameras or video doorbells and want to record their footage locally without a subscription, plus an HDMI output for a live camera wall.