by AdminWes » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:38 am
HomeSeer is good if you have a lot of different technology that you want to bridge together, such as Z-Wave, Insteon, X10, RCS thermostats, Wi-Fi thermostats, etc. all under one setup. HomeSeer also gives some interesting control options like voice control to your setup. If you are only an INSTEON and X10 user, I can't really recommend HomeSeer over the ISY. The ISY just does it's job so well with an all INSTEON/X10 house that the other benefits to HomeSeer don't outweigh the ISY. The programming options with the ISY far outweigh the Event options offered by HomeSeer.
A big motivator for me is the ISY has such a small footprint, both physically and in power consumption that a dedicated PC running HomeSeer 24/7 can't touch it.
Wes