The next step in my HA journey is adding cameras; indoor, outdoor, and doorbell so I've been exploring my options. I had originally intended to do a Frigate setup, I even have a Coral module and PC to do it with, but then I discovered Reolink.
Without having any experience with them they look nearly ideal. They seem to have tight integration with HA 2023.3 or later and their pricing and functionality look good.
They seem like a no brainer but I've noticed that they're often NOT the first recommendation in the HA Community. Why is that and why shouldn't I use them?
I can’t speak toward Frigate integration, but, for a long time they didn’t play super nice with Blue Iris, but Reolink has since released firmware updates that have fixed many of the issues people had with them.
I currently run a few Reolink RLC-810a cameras. I have them added to both Blue Iris and Home Assistant, and I have no complaints.