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SwitchBot pricing
SwitchBot 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
SwitchBot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bot | $29/month | 3 | Entry tier |
| Hub Mini | $39/month | 3 | +$10/month, 3 more features |
| Curtain | $89/month | 3 | +$50/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.
Bot
$29/monthThe entry tier. It covers button pusher, schedule, voice control.
Hub Mini
$39/monthOver Bot, this tier adds:
- IR control
- Cloud access
- Voice assistants
Curtain
$89/monthOver Hub Mini, this tier adds:
- Solar powered option
- Light sensor
- Schedule
What the product covers
The full SwitchBot 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
- Button automation
- IR control
- Schedules
- Sensors
- Scene automation
- Voice control
Integrations
- Amazon Alexa
- Google Assistant
- Apple HomeKit
- IFTTT
- SmartThings
Platform
- IOS support
- Android support
People bring SwitchBot in for retrofit automation, curtain control, ac control, simple automation. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to SwitchBot are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in IoT & Smart Home
Too few iot & 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.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SwitchBot (this page) | On request | one-time | - | |
| Control4 | $1000/project | - | - | vs SwitchBot |
| Arlo | On request | subscription | - | vs SwitchBot |
| Apple HomeKit | Free | - | - | vs SwitchBot |
| Arduino Cloud | Free | subscription | - | vs SwitchBot |
| August Smart Lock | On request | one-time | - | vs SwitchBot |
| Amazon Alexa | Free | free | - | vs SwitchBot |
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 SwitchBot badges page.
Before you pay for SwitchBot
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 $29/month and $89/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare SwitchBot against the tools that do have one before committing.
SwitchBot runs on ios, android, and is published by SwitchBot Inc of Shenzhen, China. The full record is on the SwitchBot review, and the rest of the category is under best iot & smart home tools.
SwitchBot pricing questions
- How much does SwitchBot cost?
- SwitchBot publishes 3 tiers, from $29/month for Bot up to $89/month for Curtain. The cheapest paid tier is $29/month.
- Does SwitchBot have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: SwitchBot 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 Bot and Hub Mini on SwitchBot?
- Hub Mini costs $39/month against $29/month, and adds ir control, cloud access, voice assistants.
- Is the Curtain plan on SwitchBot worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is solar powered option, light sensor, schedule. It costs $89/month against $29/month for Bot. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which iot & smart home tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 iot & smart home tools listed alongside SwitchBot have a free tier: Apple HomeKit, Arduino Cloud, Amazon Alexa, Blynk.
- What am I actually paying for with SwitchBot?
- The record lists 13 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for retrofit automation, curtain control, ac control.
- Does SwitchBot 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 SwitchBot 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 SwitchBot against before paying?
- The closest iot & smart home tools in this directory are Control4, Arlo, Apple HomeKit, Arduino Cloud. Each has a side-by-side comparison with SwitchBot covering price, platforms and features.