IRIS is really good for most uses. It is serving us well. I did sign up for their Premium plan before we went on vacation. https://www.irisbylowes.com/plans-and-services/
Why did I decide to pay $10 a month? I wanted to get notifications when our garage door opens but this is part of the basic account. You only need premium if you want multiple people to be notified.
I did setup a lamp to come on at sunset and off at sunrise each day. I did not need Premium to do that because it is just a schedule.
It is nice to have longer than 24 hours of history when you are on vacation but most days, you don't need it.
Scenes and Rules are only available with Premium. I wanted to have a rule that turned on our inside lights when the garage door opens, but after contacting IRIS support, this was not an option in their rule templates. I use schedules for each device to do everything I need. Scenes would make it a little easier but not required at this point.
A problem I am having with IRIS is the rules. They are just templates and not very flexible.
After writing this, I am probably going to turn off the Premium service for next month and see what I am missing.
It is unfortunate that you have to pay for Premium but get very little coolness for it.
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