Smart Thermostats · owner-verdict comparison

ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium vs Google Nest Thermostat: what real owners say

Real owners lean toward the ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium: 61% of 111 owners recommend it, vs 38% of 457 for the Google Nest Thermostat.

Verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube owner comments — affiliate reviews excluded. Sample sizes differ; judge accordingly. How we score

ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium

61%of 111 owners recommend
61% recommend · 8% neutral · 31% don't
Owners praise
  • Premium build with a large, sharp touchscreen and polished interface
  • Deep, granular HVAC control and customization, including multi-stage and heat-pump setups
  • Strong HomeKit and Home Assistant integration for local control
Owners complain about
  • Automatic "smarts" feel over-aggressive and erratic, so many owners disable them
  • Onboard temperature reading runs off by several degrees
  • Heat-pump and dual-fuel staging can misbehave, delaying or skipping heat
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Google Nest Thermostat

38%of 457 owners recommend
38% recommend · 4% neutral · 58% don't
Owners praise
  • Lowers heating and cooling bills
  • Remote app and voice control
  • Trouble-free for many owners
Owners complain about
  • Frequent failures and WiFi dropouts
  • Causes HVAC short cycling, fried boards
  • Clunky Google Home app, lost Nest features
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What ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium owners say

“It worked great.”
— @drsmith1988 on YouTube
“That was the primary reason I switched to ecobee from nest, it’s not an exaggeration to say it was driving me insane how much it was triggering the AC to only have a 1 degree differential”
— @hayleyharrison5127 on YouTube
“Yet this $250 thermostat is just making random guesses at CO2 based on VOC which don't always correlate well.”
— ten10thsdriver on Reddit

What Google Nest Thermostat owners say

“Installed in 5 min works great.”
— @codyarnold1411 on YouTube
“I just switched out my Honeywell for a Google nest thermostat that the electric company was offering for free and it works great.”
— ace_of_spade_789 on Reddit
“I was all set to buy the Nest, but after watching this video and learning (no pun intended) so much more about them both, I think I'm switching to the Ecobee!”
— @nazzarenopisano652 on YouTube