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Systems that work together — without vendor lock-in
casasmooth requires connected devices to work. What it does not require is proprietary or single-vendor exclusive hardware. Your equipment is interchangeable, subject to market competition, and you remain free to choose, replace or evolve your installation without starting over.
Freedom of hardware choice: a concrete advantage for your costs
With casasmooth, a bulb, thermostat, motion detector or camera from any compatible manufacturer can integrate into your system. When a model becomes obsolete or too expensive, you replace it with another, without commitment to a closed ecosystem. This competition between devices benefits you directly: lower prices, better innovation, no forced replacements.
Security management
A complete security system — without a monthly monitoring contract
Professional surveillance systems in Switzerland involve a significant installation and monthly subscription, often with additional call-out fees on alarm. casasmooth integrates comprehensive security management without dependence on a third-party provider.
- ✓Automatic arming by geolocation (geofencing)
- ✓Configurable security zones per time period
- ✓Motion notifications with AI image analysis
- ✓Emergency PIN code and automatic door lock
- ✓Security data hosted locally — no third-party cloud
- ✓SMS alerts to a configurable list of trusted contacts
- ✓Detailed time-slot scheduling for arming periods by day and hour
- ✓Automatic arming based on actual home occupancy — presence sensors
Traditional siloed approach
- ×Initial installation between CHF 800 and CHF 2,500 depending on property size
- ×Recurring monthly monitoring subscription
- ×Call-out fees on every alarm trigger
Estimated cost in Switzerland
CHF 800–2 500initial installation
CHF 50–120/monthmonthly monitoring subscription
Traditional siloed approach
- ×Monthly billing per camera, no ceiling
- ×Data stored on third-party servers outside your control
- ×Dependency on cloud service availability and terms
Estimated cost in Switzerland
CHF 4–20/monthper camera per month
CHF 200–960/yearfor 4 cameras, per year
Local video recording
Your video archives at home — not in a foreign cloud
Cloud recording services for cameras charge per camera per month. For a home with four cameras, this represents between CHF 200 and CHF 960 per year, just to store your own footage on servers you don't control. casasmooth records locally and triggers contextualised alerts. Images and videos stay on your server — only low-resolution images may, depending on your casasmooth configuration, be temporarily sent to a cloud service for AI analysis.
- ✓Continuous or motion-triggered recording, 100% local
- ✓AI image analysis without sending to an external service
- ✓Compatible with existing IP cameras — no replacement needed
- ✓Camera AI analysis provides structured data to trigger automations — not just push notifications
Advanced smart lighting
Scenes, presence, ambiance — with the hardware of your choice
Closed-ecosystem lighting systems require a proprietary hub and exclusive equipment: a dependency that makes future changes difficult. To equip a living room with dynamic scenes and presence detection, expect easily CHF 300 to CHF 600 in specific hardware, plus the constraint of a dedicated app. casasmooth Enhanced Lighting works with any compatible connected fixture already installed, regardless of manufacturer.
- ✓Automatic scenes by period: wake-up, day, evening, night
- ✓Adaptive colour temperature and brightness by time and ambient light
- ✓Room-by-room presence detection — each room manages its own cycle
- ✓Compatible with Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Matter — any open protocol
Traditional siloed approach
- ×Mandatory proprietary hub — extra cost and single point of failure
- ×Exclusive equipment impossible to mix with other manufacturers
- ×Additional app to maintain, alongside your other systems
Estimated cost in Switzerland
CHF 300–600+specific hardware for a living room (scenes + presence)
∞manufacturer dependency of indefinite duration
Traditional siloed approach
- ×Dedicated hardware required for each type of monitored equipment
- ×Often limited to a single aspect: solar OR consumption OR vehicle
- ×Change of supplier sometimes required to access spot prices
Estimated cost in Switzerland
CHF 200–400dedicated hardware per segment
+subscriptionoften required to access real-time data
Complete energy management
From dashboard to automatic optimisation
Specialised energy management solutions require either dedicated hardware, a change of electricity provider, or both — and often remain limited to a single aspect of consumption. casasmooth Enhanced Energy covers the entire cycle in a unified interface on your existing infrastructure.
- ✓Consumption by device and room, solar and grid
- ✓Real-time spot prices to run loads at the cheapest moment
- ✓Heat pump management via the SmartGridReady standard
- ✓EV charge optimisation based on photovoltaic surplus and spot tariff
- ✓Real-time electricity price calculation including the energy mix (solar, nuclear, hydro)
- ✓Complete economic analysis for EVs, including charges made outside the home
- ✓Integration and control of all energy-measuring and consuming devices
- ✓Personalised usage recommendations based on your consumption analysis
Heating
Smart heating — without per-zone subscriptions
Connected thermostats on the market charge a monthly subscription to unlock geolocation, open-window detection or multi-zone control. casasmooth integrates all these logics natively — on your hardware, with no recurring per-zone fees.
- ✓Presence-based heating — automatic adjustment based on actual room occupancy
- ✓Open-window detection — heating cuts off immediately to avoid waste
- ✓Zone-based scheduling — different temperature per room per time and day
- ✓Automatic eco mode for extended absence or holidays
- ✓Presence scheduler — set the chalet warm for the weekend, the home at minimum temperature during holidays
- ✓Scheduled return — the home is at temperature before you arrive
- ✓Compatible with any Zigbee, Z-Wave or Modbus thermostat — no vendor lock-in
- ✓Per-zone consumption history — visibility into which rooms use the most energy
Traditional siloed approach
- ×Fixed schedule — no adaptation if you return early or late
- ×Open window = heating keeps running
- ×Advanced features (geoloc, multi-zone) locked behind a per-zone subscription
Estimated cost in Switzerland
CHF 150–300/zonethermostat hardware per zone
~CHF 3/month/zoneadvanced features subscription per zone
| System |
Estimated cost |
| Professional remote monitoring |
CHF 50–120/month + installation |
| Cloud video storage (4 cameras) |
CHF 50–80/month |
| Smart lighting in a closed ecosystem |
CHF 300–600 hardware + manufacturer dependency |
| Dedicated energy management (hardware + subscription) |
CHF 200–400 + subscription |
| Smart thermostat (per zone) |
CHF 150–300 per zone (hardware) + ~CHF 3/month per zone — e.g. CHF 9/month for 3 zones |
| Combined total estimate |
CHF 200–400/month + initial investment |
* The amounts shown are indicative market ranges, without reference to specific brands or services. No commercial partnership or affiliation is implied.
Your installation evolves — casasmooth adapts at no extra cost
With traditional systems, moving a sensor, reorganising a room or adding a device triggers a billable service call. casasmooth reconfigures itself automatically: device detection, automation update, dashboard regeneration. You move, you reorganise — not a single hour billed to you.
With casasmooth: one platform, your hardware, your data
casasmooth unifies security, video, lighting and energy in a common interface, hosted on open-source Home Assistant. Your hardware remains in free market competition. Your data stays in your home. And the price reflects the features activated — not the existence of the equipment.
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