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Aqara pricing
Aqara publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- One-time
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Aqara plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Door Sensor | $15/month | 3 | Entry tier |
| Motion Sensor | $20/month | 3 | +$5/month, 3 more features |
| Hub M2 | $60/month | 3 | +$40/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Door Sensor
$15/monthThe entry tier. It covers zigbee, long battery, instant alerts.
Motion Sensor
$20/monthOver Door Sensor, this tier adds:
- Light sensor
- Adjustable sensitivity
- Pet immune
Hub M2
$60/monthOver Motion Sensor, this tier adds:
- Zigbee hub
- IR control
- HomeKit support
What the product covers
The full Aqara feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Zigbee protocol
- Sensor ecosystem
- Automation scenes
- Long battery life
- Local processing
- Apple HomeKit
Integrations
- Apple HomeKit
- Google Assistant
- Amazon Alexa
- Home Assistant
- IFTTT
Platform
- IOS support
- Android support
People bring Aqara in for smart home sensors, switches and cameras on zigbee, automations across homekit, google home, alexa and smartthings, matter-based smart home setups, door locks and curtain controllers tied to routines. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Aqara are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for Aqara
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $15/month and $60/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Aqara against the tools that do have one before committing.
Aqara runs on ios, android, and is published by Aqara (Lumi United Technology) of Shenzhen, China. The full record is on the Aqara review.
Aqara pricing questions
- How much does Aqara cost?
- Aqara publishes 3 tiers, from $15/month for Door Sensor up to $60/month for Hub M2. The cheapest paid tier is $15/month.
- Does Aqara have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Aqara is listed as one-time. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Door Sensor and Motion Sensor on Aqara?
- Motion Sensor costs $20/month against $15/month, and adds light sensor, adjustable sensitivity, pet immune.
- Is the Hub M2 plan on Aqara worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is zigbee hub, ir control, homekit support. It costs $60/month against $15/month for Door Sensor. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with Aqara?
- The record lists 13 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for smart home sensors, switches and cameras on zigbee, automations across homekit, google home, alexa and smartthings, matter-based smart home setups.
- Does Aqara charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Aqara prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Aqara against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Aqara to make a useful price comparison.