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 "Monitoring Individual Outlets" roundup, which points toward it being a good Plug-In Smart Outlet.

As for the Samsung SmartThings Wifi Smart Plug analysis - it impressed reviewers at Android Authority, a source that's known for its objective testing and well-thought-out methodology - it performed great in its "The best smart plugs you can buy: Make your home smarter, on the cheap" roundup and earned the "Ranked 3 out of 6" title.

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 their review ratings and observed that the Belkin Wemo Insight Switch, with its 8.0 average, performed considerably better than most Plug-In Smart Outlets - the mean score for the product category being 6.8 out of 10 - while the Samsung SmartThings Wifi Smart Plug managed an average of 6.5.

There's one caveat here - it might not be entirely justifiable to do a direct Belkin Wemo Insight Switch vs. Samsung SmartThings Wifi Smart Plug review average comparison since they aren't priced the same and more expensive products tend to get higher review scores from some sources.