Zigbee Insights

What is Zigbee?

Zigbee is a low-power, low-data rate, close proximity wireless ad-hoc network. It's commonly used for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, home automation, and industrial control systems due to its energy efficiency and ability to form mesh networks.

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What other technologies are related to Zigbee?

Zigbee Competitor Technologies

Z-Wave

Z-Wave is a competing wireless communication protocol for home automation, similar to Zigbee but with a different underlying technology and ecosystem.

mentioned alongside Zigbee in 80% (942) of relevant job posts

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a competing wireless technology, often used for audio streaming and device pairing, and has expanded into IoT applications.

mentioned alongside Zigbee in 14% (3.9k) of relevant job posts

Thread

Thread is a competing low-power wireless mesh networking protocol designed for home automation, directly competing with Zigbee.

mentioned alongside Zigbee in 45% (851) of relevant job posts

BLE

Bluetooth Low Energy is a competing wireless technology used for low-power IoT applications.

mentioned alongside Zigbee in 17% (2k) of relevant job posts

Matter

Matter is an application layer that runs on top of other networking protocols, like Thread, Wi-Fi and Ethernet. It is designed to promote interoperability across different IoT ecosystems, aiming to displace Zigbee.

mentioned alongside Zigbee in 49% (525) of relevant job posts

LoRa

LoRa is a competing long-range, low-power wireless platform, typically used for wide-area IoT deployments, unlike Zigbee which is for shorter range.

mentioned alongside Zigbee in 19% (1.3k) of relevant job posts

Zwave

Zwave is a competing wireless communication protocol for home automation, similar to Zigbee but with a different underlying technology and ecosystem.

mentioned alongside Zigbee in 69% (264) of relevant job posts

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is a competing wireless technology, offering higher bandwidth but typically higher power consumption compared to Zigbee.

mentioned alongside Zigbee in 7% (2.4k) of relevant job posts

Zigbee Complementary Technologies

IEEE 802.15.4

IEEE 802.15.4 is the underlying standard that Zigbee is built upon, acting as a complementary technology that provides the physical and MAC layer.

mentioned alongside Zigbee in 62% (201) of relevant job posts

802.15.4

802.15.4 is the underlying standard that Zigbee is built upon, acting as a complementary technology that provides the physical and MAC layer.

mentioned alongside Zigbee in 40% (268) of relevant job posts

6LoWPAN

6LoWPAN enables IPv6 over low-power wireless networks such as IEEE 802.15.4, potentially acting as a complement to Zigbee by allowing IP-based communication. Though, ultimately, Thread has emerged as the main user of this protocol and is a Zigbee competitor.

mentioned alongside Zigbee in 53% (121) of relevant job posts