I had paused the starter kits during my vacation, and to my great regret when I returned my supplier increased the price of the mini-PC by âŹ100.
I am therefore no longer able to offer the starter kit at âŹ259.97 as before
For now, I have chosen to set the starter kit to « unavailable » to see whether this increase is only temporary or not. In my opinion, it might just be a temporary hike so they can lower prices later for Black Friday.
If this increase persists, I will pass the price on to the package, which will therefore increase by âŹ100.
Good news: Beelink has just released a new mini-PC, the Beelink Mini-S13
I immediately added it to the Gladys Assistant starter kit, so I can continue to offer you the best in mini-PCs for the smart home.
This model features the new Intel Twin Lake-N150 processor, launched in early 2025. It is more powerful than previous models while remaining 100% compatible with Gladys.
I tested it at home â the installation goes exactly the same as with the other models.
@tiboys@McFlyPartages@Nagromdark You had shared your feedback on the kit here on the forum, and I added them to the âWhat they think of the starter kitâ section on the site. If this bothers you, donât hesitate to tell me â I can of course remove them.
And if others want to share their experience (even if thereâs negative feedback, Iâm looking for the real deal!), send me a message. Iâd be happy to add your feedback to the page
"I switched from a Raspberry Pi to the Beelink Mini S12 Pro thanks to the Gladys Starter Kit and Iâm very happy with it. I noticed an improvement in responsiveness and I have more confidence in my home automation system now, all in a compact, quiet form factor. And the migration was completed in
@pierre-gilles
There was a misunderstanding in my reply. I was talking about an addiction to Gladys but not to the kit.
Even though Iâm considering it to use less power than my OptiPlex, I havenât switched yet
Feel free to let me know if your country isnât available
Thanks to @GBoulvin who made me realize this weekend that I only had France enabled on Stripe. Iâve expanded the options for the countries that visit the Gladys site the most!
With shipping (~âŹ9) and bank fees (~âŹ7), about âŹ215 (no markup)
Now I need to decide whether I should value the time spent installing Gladys, or whether I should consider that I âofferâ this time to provide the lowest possible prices and convince as many people as possible.
What do you think of these offers? What price would you be willing to pay?
If youâre truly interested, feel free to fill in the survey with your email address, Iâll contact you directly!
Personally, I find the prices for the kits quite affordable.
However, what I find a bit expensive is the Gladys Plus subscription, or more precisely the requirement to subscribe to Gladys Plus in order to import Enedis data. Personally, thatâs the reason I never took the plunge with Gladys Assistant (even though I tested it on a Raspberry Pi), because I specifically wanted to integrate my Enedis data. For me, itâs only that feature in Gladys Plus that interests me, but âŹ99 per year to be able to integrate that data is too expensive. I donât mind paying (although with Home Assistant, you can integrate Enedis data for free), but not âŹ99. I hope this wonât offend anyone.
Thanks for your feedback! I replied by email, but Iâll put my answer here:
If you were only looking for the energy monitoring part with Enedis, itâs true thatâs a bit expensive.
The âŹ9.99/month plan includes many other features that are costly on my side (ChatGPT integration, speech synthesis, automated encrypted backups, etc.). Maybe one solution would be to offer more segmented plans â for example, if I included Enedis in the âŹ6.99/month plan (âŹ69.99/year), would that work for you?
Another solution would be to use a Lixee TIC connected to your Linky (at âŹ49), then have live consumption reporting without any external service, and therefore without a subscription. With the full energy monitoring thatâs coming soon in Gladys, that can be a great combo with no monthly cost.
Indeed, even if I included Enedis in that package, there would still be all the other features (remote access, Google Home/Alexa, open API), so if you only want Enedis, itâs true that itâs expensive
To give you a bit of context, it is practically impossible to offer a completely free Enedis integration: someone has to fund the service so it stays online. I imagine you use MyElectricalData in Home Assistant, and if you donât pay, itâs because others have contributed to keep the service accessible (they even display banners inviting users to support the project).
So yes, itâs âfreeâ for you, but itâs partly thanks to the generosity of other users.
In Gladys, I chose to offer fair pricing so that everyone supports the project equitably and the project remains viable in the long term.
We could consider a minimalist plan only for the Enedis API, at âŹ2/month for example, but in any case it would be more expensive than âfreeâ
I agree â for now Iâve always wanted to avoid it because it creates a lot of subscription fragmentation, gives headaches when calculating prorated subscriptions per option, and above all it doesnât encourage the user to « try everything » since every little option becomes paid.
@filbou40 If you retrieve Enedis info from HA, nothing prevents you from exporting it to MQTT and pulling all of that into Gladys â thatâs what I do to retrieve info from my wallbox, for example.
Beelink Mini S12 (Intel N95, 8 GB RAM,
What do you think of these offers? What price would you be willing to pay?
