The Wyze Plug is the budget champion: a dirt-cheap, reliable indoor Wi-Fi plug that Reviewed named its best-value Editor's Choice and PCWorld picked as best budget plug. Pocket-lint rated it 3.5/5, praising the value while noting how much it leans on the Wyze app. There's no HomeKit and no Matter, so it fits Alexa or Google households watching their budget.
Full review
Under eight dollars a plug in a two-pack
The Wyze Plug's whole argument is price. PCWorld titled its review 'a rock-solid indoor, dirt-cheap Wi-Fi smart plug,' and Reviewed handed it an Editor's Choice as its best-value pick. Bought as a two-pack the per-plug cost routinely lands under $8, roughly half what a Matter-certified plug costs. Lamps on a schedule, a fan on a timer, holiday lights — it does that without fuss.
Pocket-lint, at 3.5 out of 5, put the balance well: 'The Wyze Plug provides incredible value for those that are looking to utilize their smart plugs for doing simple tasks.' Reliability is generally good, though occasional Wi-Fi dropouts come up often enough in owner reports to be worth mentioning — a more common complaint at this end of the category than at the top of it.
Vacation mode is the feature worth having
Setup runs through the Wyze app and takes minutes. The plug answers to Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and IFTTT, and the standout software feature is Vacation mode, which randomises on/off cycles so an empty house looks occupied. That is a genuinely useful security touch that pricier plugs often leave out.
The flip side is how much of the plug lives inside the Wyze app. If you already run Wyze cameras, sensors or bulbs, it is one more thing in an app you were opening anyway; if you do not, it is another app to install and another account to keep, and that is a fair reason for an Apple- or SmartThings-centric household to look elsewhere.
No HomeKit, no Matter, no energy monitoring
The omissions are exactly the ones you would expect at the price. There is no Apple HomeKit support. There is no Matter certification, so no native cross-ecosystem pairing of the kind the Kasa Matter Smart Plug KP125M offers. There is no energy monitoring at all, no dimming and no USB pass-through. It is indoor-only with no weather rating, and the 15A/1800W ceiling covers ordinary household loads and nothing beyond them.
Cheaper than the Amazon Smart Plug, and more flexible
Against the Amazon Smart Plug, its natural rival, the Wyze is cheaper and adds Google Assistant where Amazon's plug is Alexa-only; Amazon counters with first-party auto-discovery setup. Step up a few dollars and the Kasa Matter Smart Plug KP125M adds Matter and energy monitoring, and the Wemo Smart Plug with Thread serves Apple and Thread homes.
That makes this a first smart plug rather than a last one. If you expect to still be using these outlets in five years, across whatever ecosystem you eventually settle on, the extra spend on a Matter plug is the better bet. If you want three lamps on a timer this week, nothing here gets you there for less.
Strengths
- +Outstanding value — often under $8 per plug in a two-pack
- +Vacation mode randomizes on/off to simulate an occupied home
- +Compact design and simple, fast setup
- +Works with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and IFTTT
- +Named Editor's Choice for best value by Reviewed
Watch-outs
- −No HomeKit support — Alexa and Google only
- −No Matter certification, so no native cross-ecosystem pairing
- −Relies heavily on the Wyze app to unlock full functionality
- −Some testers reported occasional Wi-Fi connection drops
How it compares
The cheapest plug in this roundup. It undercuts the Amazon Smart Plug on price and adds Google Assistant support the Alexa-only Amazon plug lacks, but it skips the Matter certification the Tapo P125M (now unavailable) and Kasa Matter Smart Plug KP125M carry and offers no HomeKit option like the Wemo Smart Plug with Thread.
Rating sources
“The Wyze Plug provides incredible value for those that are looking to utilize their smart plugs for doing simple tasks.”
“Works with Alexa and Google Assistant and offers special features and works with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.”
“A rock-solid indoor, dirt-cheap Wi-Fi smart plug; very affordable and supports Alexa, Google Assistant, and IFTTT.”
Our 3.9 score is the average of these published ratings. Ratings marked * were derived from the reviewer’s written analysis or video transcript — the publisher didn’t print an explicit numeric score, so we inferred one from their own words. Click through to verify. More about methodology.
