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Shelly 1 Mini Gen4 vs Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch

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Key differences between Shelly 1 Mini Gen4 and Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch

A summary of selected recorded differences between these relays. Check the full specification table below for details and conditions.

Feature differences among your selected devices
  • 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi (connectivity): Shelly 1 Mini Gen4 — Yes (Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n/ax)); Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch — No.
  • Dry Contact Mode (features): Shelly 1 Mini Gen4 — Yes; Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch — No.
  • On Off Button (features): Shelly 1 Mini Gen4 — No; Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch — Yes.
  • Dc Power (power): Shelly 1 Mini Gen4 — Yes; Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch — No.
Specifications to check side by side
  • Apple Home (integrations): Shelly 1 Mini Gen4 — Yes; Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch — SONOFF Hub required (The product page states it works with Apple Home via a SONOFF Matter bridge (ZBBridge-U, iHost or eWeLink CUBE with a SONOFF Zigbee dongle). Apple Home has no Zigbee radio of its own.).
  • Matter (integrations): Shelly 1 Mini Gen4 — Yes; Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch — SONOFF Hub required (The switch itself is Zigbee, not Matter: SONOFF republishes it into Matter through its own bridges (ZBBridge-U, iHost, eWeLink CUBE with a SONOFF Zigbee dongle).).
  • Ac Load Voltage (power): Shelly 1 Mini Gen4 — 110-240 V; Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch — 100-240 V (Rated 16A 100-240V~ 50/60Hz).
  • Resistive Maximum Load Current (power): Shelly 1 Mini Gen4 — 8A; Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch — 16A (60% higher than the ZBMINIR2, which is rated 10A).
Information still to confirm
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Apple Home

  • Shelly 1 Mini Gen4Yes
  • Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart SwitchSONOFF Hub required

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Matter

  • Shelly 1 Mini Gen4Yes
  • Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart SwitchSONOFF Hub required

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Connectivity

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Catalog note

Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n/ax)

Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
No
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
No
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
No
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Catalog note

Bluetooth 5.0

Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Catalog note

BLE powers Proximity Mode, which lets the phone connect to the switch directly for basic control and settings when no Zigbee gateway is available

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
No
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
No
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
No
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
No
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
No
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
No
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Zigbee Hub required
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Zigbee Hub required
Catalog note

Zigbee 3.0 over IEEE 802.15.4, EFR32MG21

Features

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Catalog note

Smart timer, smart scene, group control and Zigbee Binding for direct device-to-device local control without the gateway

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
No
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
No
Catalog note

Designed for EU flush-mounted, 86-type and 120-type wall boxes, 60 mm depth recommended

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
No
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
No
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
No
Catalog note

Power metering is the separate MINI ONE PM model; this one reports no energy data and Zigbee2MQTT exposes none

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
No
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
No
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
No
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Catalog note

Over-the-air updates through eWeLink, Zigbee2MQTT and ZHA

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Not recorded
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Catalog note

Power-on state is configurable as On, Off or Keep, plus a delayed power-on timer to stagger loads after an outage

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
1
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
1
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Catalog note

The two parallel L Out terminals switch mains live to the load

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Not recorded
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Catalog note

Detach relay mode turns the wired wall switch into a smart trigger so connected smart bulbs never lose power

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Catalog note

SONOFF lists its Zigbee role as Router: 180 m to the gateway by default and 250 m with Turbo mode enabled

Integrations

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Catalog note

SONOFF's own feature table lists on/off, smart scene and smart timer through Alexa, using an Echo with a built-in Zigbee hub or the eWeLink skill

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
SONOFF Hub required
Catalog note

The product page states it works with Apple Home via a SONOFF Matter bridge (ZBBridge-U, iHost or eWeLink CUBE with a SONOFF Zigbee dongle). Apple Home has no Zigbee radio of its own.

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Catalog note

SONOFF lists Google Home for this model via its Matter bridges or via eWeLink cloud-to-cloud once the switch is added through a SONOFF Zigbee gateway

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Catalog note

Zigbee2MQTT supports this exact model from version 2.12.1 and exposes state, power-on behaviour, detach relay mode, turbo mode and overheat reporting. ZHA support is still pending a merge, so ZHA users need SONOFF's setup script for the full feature set.

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
SONOFF Hub required
Catalog note

The switch itself is Zigbee, not Matter: SONOFF republishes it into Matter through its own bridges (ZBBridge-U, iHost, eWeLink CUBE with a SONOFF Zigbee dongle).

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Catalog note

SONOFF's feature table lists SmartThings through the Aeotec SmartThings Hub (V3), which pairs it as a standard Zigbee device

Power

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
110-240 V
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
100-240 V
Catalog note

Rated 16A 100-240V~ 50/60Hz

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Not recorded
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Not recorded
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Not recorded
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Not recorded
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Not recorded
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
12V / 24-48V
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Not applicable / unspecified
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Not recorded
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Not applicable / unspecified
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Not recorded
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Not applicable / unspecified
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
No
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
1.2W
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Not recorded
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Not recorded
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Not recorded
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Not recorded
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Not recorded
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Not recorded
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Catalog note

SONOFF states a neutral wire is required, and the wiring diagram uses N, L, two parallel L Out terminals and the S1 external switch input

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
8A
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
16A
Catalog note

60% higher than the ZBMINIR2, which is rated 10A

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
2000W
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
3840W

Safety Features

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
No
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Not recorded
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
Yes
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Yes
Catalog note

Built-in high-precision temperature sensing cuts the relay output when the temperature approaches the safety threshold, and Zigbee2MQTT exposes the resulting device_overheated attribute

Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
No
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Not recorded
Shelly 1 Mini Gen4
No
Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Not recorded
Specifications for Shelly 1 Mini Gen4 versus Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
SpecificationShelly 1 Mini Gen4Sonoff MINI ONE Zigbee Smart Switch
Connectivity
Yes
Catalog note

Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n/ax)

No
NoNo
Yes
Catalog note

Bluetooth 5.0

Yes
Catalog note

BLE powers Proximity Mode, which lets the phone connect to the switch directly for basic control and settings when no Zigbee gateway is available

NoNo
NoNo
NoNo
Zigbee Hub requiredZigbee Hub required
Catalog note

Zigbee 3.0 over IEEE 802.15.4, EFR32MG21

Features
YesYes
Catalog note

Smart timer, smart scene, group control and Zigbee Binding for direct device-to-device local control without the gateway

NoNo
Catalog note

Designed for EU flush-mounted, 86-type and 120-type wall boxes, 60 mm depth recommended

YesNo
NoNo
Catalog note

Power metering is the separate MINI ONE PM model; this one reports no energy data and Zigbee2MQTT exposes none

NoNo
NoYes
YesYes
Catalog note

Over-the-air updates through eWeLink, Zigbee2MQTT and ZHA

Not recordedYes
Catalog note

Power-on state is configurable as On, Off or Keep, plus a delayed power-on timer to stagger loads after an outage

11
YesYes
Catalog note

The two parallel L Out terminals switch mains live to the load

Not recordedYes
Catalog note

Detach relay mode turns the wired wall switch into a smart trigger so connected smart bulbs never lose power

YesYes
Catalog note

SONOFF lists its Zigbee role as Router: 180 m to the gateway by default and 250 m with Turbo mode enabled

Integrations
YesYes
Catalog note

SONOFF's own feature table lists on/off, smart scene and smart timer through Alexa, using an Echo with a built-in Zigbee hub or the eWeLink skill

YesSONOFF Hub required
Catalog note

The product page states it works with Apple Home via a SONOFF Matter bridge (ZBBridge-U, iHost or eWeLink CUBE with a SONOFF Zigbee dongle). Apple Home has no Zigbee radio of its own.

YesYes
Catalog note

SONOFF lists Google Home for this model via its Matter bridges or via eWeLink cloud-to-cloud once the switch is added through a SONOFF Zigbee gateway

YesYes
Catalog note

Zigbee2MQTT supports this exact model from version 2.12.1 and exposes state, power-on behaviour, detach relay mode, turbo mode and overheat reporting. ZHA support is still pending a merge, so ZHA users need SONOFF's setup script for the full feature set.

YesSONOFF Hub required
Catalog note

The switch itself is Zigbee, not Matter: SONOFF republishes it into Matter through its own bridges (ZBBridge-U, iHost, eWeLink CUBE with a SONOFF Zigbee dongle).

YesYes
Catalog note

SONOFF's feature table lists SmartThings through the Aeotec SmartThings Hub (V3), which pairs it as a standard Zigbee device

Power
110-240 V100-240 V
Catalog note

Rated 16A 100-240V~ 50/60Hz

YesYes
YesNot recorded
Not recordedNot recorded
Not recordedNot recorded
12V / 24-48VNot applicable / unspecified
Not recordedNot applicable / unspecified
Not recordedNot applicable / unspecified
YesNo
1.2WNot recorded
YesNot recorded
Not recordedNot recorded
Not recordedNot recorded
YesYes
Catalog note

SONOFF states a neutral wire is required, and the wiring diagram uses N, L, two parallel L Out terminals and the S1 external switch input

YesYes
8A16A
Catalog note

60% higher than the ZBMINIR2, which is rated 10A

2000W3840W
Safety Features
NoNot recorded
YesYes
Catalog note

Built-in high-precision temperature sensing cuts the relay output when the temperature approaches the safety threshold, and Zigbee2MQTT exposes the resulting device_overheated attribute

NoNot recorded
NoNot recorded

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