I use Z-Wave for everything. I looked into Home Assistant, but went with a Hubitat C8 Pro hub bridged to HomeKit on my Apple TV. A Z-wave multi-relay and tilt sensor kit is under $100, and just works.
Home Assistant is more flexible, and has nicer dashboards, but it's also way more of a PITA to get everything working consistently. Hubitat, OTOH, has just worked, with very little tinkering. I had some issues early on with it running slow, but later firmwares resolved all such issues.
Home Assistant is more flexible, and has nicer dashboards, but it's also way more of a PITA to get everything working consistently. Hubitat, OTOH, has just worked, with very little tinkering. I had some issues early on with it running slow, but later firmwares resolved all such issues.