Homeway

You connect your Home Assistant install to Homeway, and you get back a secure link to reach it from anywhere, plus a voice-capable AI assistant that answers questions about your home.

Homeway is a cloud platform for Home Assistant that combines remote access with Sage AI, an assistant powered by ChatGPT.

The free level covers remote access, speech-to-text and text-to-speech, Home Assistant app access, dashboard webcam streaming, and remote access to other services on your local network.

That is a lot for no cost.

The paid Supporter tier starts at $2.49 a month.

It removes limits on remote access, app access, and Alexa and Google Assistant use, and it lifts the data speed throttling.

Supporters also get Sage AI with lower latency and more advanced language models.

The pricing is freemium, so you can test the free level first and pay only if the throttling or usage caps start to bother you.

Homeway makes most sense if you already run Home Assistant and want remote access without setting up your own tunnel.