Replaces Samsung SmartThings
European alternatives to Samsung SmartThings
Multi protocol smart home hubs from Europe
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Samsung SmartThings is a smart home platform that connects devices from many manufacturers, through a hub or through compatible Samsung appliances and televisions. It handles scenes, schedules and sensor triggered automations. Its appeal has always been breadth: support for several wireless protocols means hardware from different brands can live in one system.
The hub decides whether your home keeps working when a cloud service changes, is discontinued or simply cannot be reached. Buyers who want automation that survives all three, under European rules, have somewhere to go. A European alternative to Samsung SmartThings fills the same multi protocol role. Homey and Home Assistant connect devices across brands, while Loxone and Homematic IP are complete systems that include their own hardware.
European options
| service | Country | Hosting | Open source | Free plan | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FIBARO |
 Poland |
— | — | EU controlled | |
 Loxone |
 Austria |
— | — | EU controlled | |
 Somfy TaHoma |
 France |
— | — | EU controlled | |
 Homematic IP |
 Germany |
— | ✓ | EU controlled | |
 Home Assistant |
 Open source |
Self-hosted | ✓ | — |
FIBARO
Z-Wave smart home hardware from Poland
FIBARO is a Polish smart home brand from Poznan, part of the Nice Group. It makes Z-Wave sensors and in-wall modules together with the Home Center hubs, including Home Center 3 and Yubii Home, which run scenes and are controlled from a mobile app.
PolandEU controlled
Loxone
Wired building automation from Austria
AustriaEU controlled
Somfy TaHoma
Smart home hub for shutters and blinds from France
FranceEU controlled
Homematic IP
Smart home system from Germany
GermanyFree planEU controlledSelf-hosted and open source
Open source projects you can run yourself. Not necessarily made in Europe, but nobody else holds your data.
Services without verified European control
Kept here for transparency, but excluded from the European options and totals. How we classify services →
NetherlandsQuestions
Do these support several wireless protocols?
Homey and Home Assistant are both built to bridge devices using different radio standards, which is what makes a mixed setup workable. Check the exact protocol support for the devices already in your house.
Which option suits a whole house project?
Loxone is aimed at planned installations covering lighting, heating, shading and more, often through an installer. Somfy TaHoma is another option if blinds and shading are a large part of the job.
What happens if the vendor's cloud goes away?
Platforms that run automations locally are far less exposed to that, which is a point in favour of Home Assistant and Homey. Ask any supplier what continues to work when their service is unavailable.