NodeRedNinja: Honestly, I'd choose Home Assistant over Smartthings for your case. Just remember the setup time.

18 hours ago · profile

Fair point. Excellent observation about the performance impact. That said, the additional features could be the tradeoff.

See also

• Can I reliably expose my setup to the internet for remote access?
• Migrating from Vera to Zigbee2MQTT — gotchas?
• Stupid question: is MQTT the same as HTTP?