Samsung SmartThings API Fees: Impact on Home Assistant Users

Samsung SmartThings API fees: who pays in October, who's stuck, and what it reveals about cloud-dependent smart homes Samsung is ending free access to its SmartThings API in October, and the users who will feel it are not the millions running the standard SmartThings app. They're the technically engaged users who built custom setups on top of the free API, and some of them have no practical way around the new Samsung SmartThings API fees. Android Authority confirmed this week that paid tiers take effect in October, including a $4.99-per-month personal plan for non-commercial individual developers, with free access continuing through Q3. Home Assistant is the clearest documented case of who gets caught. What follows is what that means in practice. What changed: Samsung's new API pricing structure Starting in October, Samsung will roll out tiered paid access to its SmartThings API. The individual-facing option is a $4.99-per-month personal plan for non-commercial developers, alongside