Belkin Wemo Insight Switch vs Samsung SmartThings Wifi Smart Plug

MakeUseOf, a review site with a history of doing objective hands-on testing, has great things to say about the Belkin Wemo Insight Switch. In fact, it's "Ranked 1 out of 3" in its "7 Nifty Gadgets for Monitoring Your Home's Energy Use - Monitoring Individual Outlets" roundup, which points toward it being a good Plug-In Smart Outlet.

Taking a look at the Samsung SmartThings Wifi Smart Plug, it got featured in roundups from two reliable sources that conduct their own testing - PCmag and Android Authority - but it fell short of earning a top spot in either.

We examined all of the review data that we could find and first took a look at sources that reviewed both of them, like PCmag, and found that they haven't shown a preference for either product.

Then we checked which sources liked these two Plug-In Smart Outlets best and found that the Belkin Wemo Insight Switch got its highest, 8.1, review score from reviewers at CNET, whereas the Samsung SmartThings Wifi Smart Plug earned its best score of 8 from PCmag.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Plug-In Smart Outlets on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Plug-In Smart Outlets being 6.8 out of 10, whereas the Belkin Wemo Insight Switch and Samsung SmartThings Wifi Smart Plug managed averages of 7.8 and 8.0 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Belkin Wemo Insight Switch vs. Samsung SmartThings Wifi Smart Plug comparison might not be entirely fair - some sources don't take value for money into account when assigning their scores and therefore have a tendency to rate more premium products better.