System properties | Philips Hue | Casambi | EnOcean | Tuya |
| Wireless standard | Zigbee Light-Link, IEEE 802.15.4 | Bluetooth BLE | EnOcean | WiFi, ZigBee, Bluetooth BLE |
| Frequency band | 2.400 till 2.483,5 MHz | 2.400 MHz | 868 MHz | 2.400 MHz |
| Wireless radio range | 100 m free field, 15-30 m Indoor | 100 m free field, 10 m Indoor | 300 m free field, 30 m Indoor | 100 m free field, 15-30 m Indoor |
| Lifetime of wireless switch | 50.000 clicks | 50.000 clicks | 100.000 clicks | 30.000 clicks |
| Power supply of wireless switch | battery-free, with integrated energy converter (Energy Harvesting) | battery-free, with integrated energy converter (Energy Harvesting) | battery-free, with integrated energy converter (Energy Harvesting) | battery-free, with integrated energy converter (Energy Harvesting) |
| Commissioning of wireless switch | in Philips Hue App on mobile device via WiFi | in Casambi App on mobile device via NFC (ISO 14443) | by directly pairing a wireless switch with an EnOcean actuator | in Smart Life App or Tuya-App on mobile device via WiFi and ZigBee on a Tuya-Gateway |
| System size resp. max. number of switches and components | each Hue Bridge: 50 Hue components, of witch max. 25 Hue switches | 127 in Classic network | 128 actuators | depending on Gateway: max. 50 or 128 ZigBee-components |
| Philips and several Friends of Hue Partners | app. 200 | app. 400 | app. 500 | |
| Lighting functions | Hue light bulbs (temperature, colour, dimming, scene or group switching, motion sensor) | Casambi light source (temperature, colour, dimming, scene or group switching, motion sensor) | No EnOcean light sources (dimming, scene or group switching, motion sensor) | Tuya light source (temperature, colour, dimming, scene or group switching, motion sensor) |
| Hausautomations- funktionen | – | Roller shutter / shade | Access control, room monitoring, door-window contacts, heating..,climate, Humidity | Access control, door communication, room monitoring, door-window contacts, heating, climate, humidity |
| Bedienung über Sprachassistenten | yes (Hue Bridge) | XMoment Gateway for Alexa | yes (via gateway) | yes |
| Kompatibilität zu Matter | yes, intended (via Hue Bridge) | yes, intended | yes, intended | yes, intended |
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