Automatio Home Assistant Hosting vs Cloud Forge

Automatio Home Assistant Hosting9.2Visit CFCloud Forge6.6Visit

Higher score Automatio Home Assistant Hosting #1 in Home Assistant Hosting 9.2/10 From $9/mo ✓ 2 of 4 features Visit Automatio

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CF Cloud Forge #8 in Home Assistant Hosting 6.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 2 of 4 features Visit Cloud Forge

• Automatio Home Assistant Hosting fits best

  Home Assistant users wanting a managed VPS setup

• Cloud Forge fits best

  Cloud users comfortable completing deployment in provider

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Side by side

Feature	Automatio Home Assistant Hosting 9.2/10 Visit ↗	CFCloud Forge 6.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	6.6
Ranking	#1 in Home Assistant Hosting	#8 in Home Assistant Hosting
Best for	Home Assistant users wanting a managed VPS setup	Cloud users comfortable completing deployment in provider
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	$9/mo	Not published
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	2,500+ integrations	2 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business	Solo, Small business
Features Automatio Home Assistant Hosting 2/4 · Cloud Forge 2/4
One-click deploy	✓	✓
Managed updates	—	—
Automated backups	Not published	Not published
Custom domain + SSL	✓	✓
Specs
Free trial	Not published	Not published
Server locations	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	One-click deployment provisions Home Assistant on a dedicated VPS. HTTPS is issued automatically, with a free subdomain and optional custom domain. Resize, snapshot, restore and restart controls accompany four server sizes.	Free browser-based catalog of curated application deployment templates Prepares deployments for AWS CloudFormation and Alibaba Cloud ROS Lets users select a cloud provider, region, and application version
Cons	Users are responsible for Home Assistant updates. No free plan is offered. The service focuses on Home Assistant hosting rather than general-purpose VPS use.	Home Assistant template presence is not established Resources run in the user's cloud account, not on Cloud Forge Final review and deployment confirmation happen in the provider console
Our verdict	Automatio Home Assistant Hosting provisions a dedicated VPS and installs Home Assistant with Docker, making it a fit for solo users and small setups that want server provisioning handled without moving Home Assistant out of a self-hosted… Read the review →	Cloud Forge is a browser-based launcher that prepares deployments of curated applications in a user's AWS or Alibaba Cloud account. For Home Assistant hosting, it may suit cloud users who are comfortable completing deployment in their… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Automatio Home Assistant Hosting — where it wins

  • One-click deployment provisions Home Assistant on a dedicated VPS.
  • HTTPS is issued automatically, with a free subdomain and optional custom domain.
  • Resize, snapshot, restore and restart controls accompany four server sizes.

  Where it doesn't

  • Users are responsible for Home Assistant updates.
  • No free plan is offered.
  • The service focuses on Home Assistant hosting rather than general-purpose VPS use.

• Cloud Forge — where it wins

  • Free browser-based catalog of curated application deployment templates
  • Prepares deployments for AWS CloudFormation and Alibaba Cloud ROS
  • Lets users select a cloud provider, region, and application version

  Where it doesn't

  • Home Assistant template presence is not established
  • Resources run in the user's cloud account, not on Cloud Forge
  • Final review and deployment confirmation happen in the provider console

• Automatio Home Assistant Hosting9.2/10 · From $9/mo

  A managed VPS setup for Home Assistant, with server controls and user-managed updates.

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• CFCloud Forge6.6/10 · Free plan

  A free launcher for cloud deployments, not a managed Home Assistant host.

  Visit Cloud ForgeFull verdict →