You picked Connect — that's the first one. You can still take the other.
Keep your Pi, NUC or Nabu Casa box exactly where it is. We become the front door: a proper address, TLS, and a way in from anywhere without opening a port on your router.
We run Home Assistant on our hardware — your own isolated instance, same add-ons and integrations, no server for you to look after.
Not sure? Have another look at the diagram or skip to your dashboard.