MICROCONTROLLERS

In general, commercial equipment will be cheaper and easier to use.

But when you build your own, its more extendable, and also community-driven development can have advantages if the community grows. LoRA is a growing community, with more-and-more interesting devices being added to it.

Wyze, unless it gets reverse-engineered or unless they embrace open-source, is a proprietary solution that relies upon the company to make new additions.