FAQ: Scout Monitoring discontinued after June 1, 2019

[JDRoberts]

Here’s a good discussion thread comparing abode with some of the other options and looking at SmartThings integration:

Home Security With Some Automation - ST + Abode (or Scout or ?)

I’m looking for some recommendations after spending the last two weeks reading everything I could find on the subject of Security and Automation. Basically, I’d love to know what folks would do today if they had the opportunity to build greenfield. Here are my general requirements: I really don’t like monthly fees. I may be able to swallow something like $10’ish/month (particularly if there’s an annual discount) - but no way am I paying $40+/month for subscriptions In general, I don’t want to spend a lot. The idea of being able to link different systems together is appealing so I’m not getting gouged from one manufacturer (Apple et al…) I work IT for a living so can engineer/figure most things out - but it doesn’t mean I really want to spend my time debugging/trouble-shooting …