How much does OpenHAB cost?

OpenHAB publishes a single tier, Community Edition, at Free.

Does OpenHAB have a free plan?

Yes. The Community Edition tier costs nothing and covers unlimited devices, 200+ bindings, local control.

Which smart home tools can I use without paying?

4 of the 8 smart home tools listed alongside OpenHAB have a free tier: ESPHome, Losant, MQTT, Matter.

What am I actually paying for with OpenHAB?

The record lists 13 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for self-hosted vendor neutral home automation hub, bridging smart home devices from different manufacturers under one set of rules.

Does OpenHAB charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 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 OpenHAB 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 OpenHAB against before paying?

The closest smart home tools in this directory are Rachio Pro, ESPHome, Losant, MQTT. Each has a side-by-side comparison with OpenHAB covering price, platforms and features.

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OpenHAB pricing

OpenHAB publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the smart home tools listed alongside it.

As of 30 August 2026, OpenHAB pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.

Entry price: Free
Model: Open-source
Tiers: 1
Free tier: Yes

OpenHAB 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.

OpenHAB pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Community Edition	Free	3	Entry tier

Where OpenHAB stops being free

Community Edition, Free

Unlimited devices
200+ bindings
Local control

No paid tier on record

OpenHAB lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.

What the product covers

The full OpenHAB 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.

Other

Vendor Agnostic
Rule Engine
200+ Bindings
Local Processing

Integrations

Z-Wave
Zigbee
MQTT
REST API

Platform

Linux support
Windows support
MacOS support
Docker support
Raspberry Pi support

People bring OpenHAB in for self-hosted vendor neutral home automation hub, bridging smart home devices from different manufacturers under one set of rules. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to OpenHAB are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Smart Home

Too few smart home tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.

OpenHAB entry price against other Smart Home tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
OpenHAB (this page)	Free	open-source	-
Rachio Pro	$10/month	One-time controller purchase with optional cellular subscription	-	vs OpenHAB
ESPHome	Free	open-source	-	vs OpenHAB
Losant	Free	subscription	-	vs OpenHAB
MQTT	Free	open-source	-	vs OpenHAB
Hubitat Elevation	$189.95/one-time	-	-	vs OpenHAB
Crestron	On request	quote	-	vs OpenHAB

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the OpenHAB badges page.

Before you pay for OpenHAB

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: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.

OpenHAB runs on linux, windows, macos, docker, raspberry pi, and is published by openHAB Foundation of International Community. The full record is on the OpenHAB review, and the rest of the category is under best smart home tools.

OpenHAB pricing on the vendor's own site

OpenHAB pricing questions

How much does OpenHAB cost?: OpenHAB publishes a single tier, Community Edition, at Free.
Does OpenHAB have a free plan?: Yes. The Community Edition tier costs nothing and covers unlimited devices, 200+ bindings, local control.
Which smart home tools can I use without paying?: 4 of the 8 smart home tools listed alongside OpenHAB have a free tier: ESPHome, Losant, MQTT, Matter.
What am I actually paying for with OpenHAB?: The record lists 13 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for self-hosted vendor neutral home automation hub, bridging smart home devices from different manufacturers under one set of rules.
Does OpenHAB charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 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 OpenHAB 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 OpenHAB against before paying?: The closest smart home tools in this directory are Rachio Pro, ESPHome, Losant, MQTT. Each has a side-by-side comparison with OpenHAB covering price, platforms and features.