How to Cancel ecobee Premium Subscription (2026 Guide) — Your Thermostat Wants Monthly Payments Now
Updated 2026-02-24 · 5 min read
ecobee's Premium subscription costs $5/month or $40/year and adds features like air quality monitoring, extended weather forecasts, smart home/away detection, and energy reports. Your ecobee thermostat works perfectly fine without it — the subscription unlocks "nice-to-have" extras that most people never check. Here's how to cancel.
How to Cancel ecobee Premium
Cancel in the ecobee App
Open the ecobee app
Tap Menu → Account → Subscription
Tap Manage Subscription
Tap Cancel
Confirm — your thermostat keeps working, you just lose premium features
Cancel Through Apple
Settings → Your Name → Subscriptions
Find ecobee → Cancel Subscription
Cancel Through Google Play
Open Google Play → Subscriptions
Find ecobee → Cancel
What You Keep Without Premium
✅ Still works (free):
Full thermostat control (schedules, temp adjustment, remote control)
Smart Home/Away basic occupancy detection
Alexa built-in (on Premium thermostat models)
Apple HomeKit, Google Home, SmartThings integration
Basic energy savings from smart scheduling
Room sensors work normally
Vacation mode and comfort settings
❌ Premium-only features you lose:
Indoor air quality monitoring (VOC, CO2, humidity alerts)
Extended 10-day weather forecast
Monthly energy reports with savings estimates
Smart Security (motion detection as security sensor)
Haven HVAC monitoring (early problem detection)
Is ecobee Premium Worth $5/Month?
Let's be honest about each premium feature:
Air quality monitoring: Interesting to check once, then you never look again. A $30 standalone air quality monitor does this without a subscription
Energy reports: Your utility company probably provides these for free already. Check your utility's app or website
Extended weather: Your phone's weather app does this
Haven HVAC monitoring: Genuinely useful if you have an older HVAC system — could catch expensive problems early. This is the only feature worth considering
Smart Security: Motion detection alerts from your thermostat? Most people already have this through Ring/Nest/Eufy cameras
The Smart Home Subscription Problem
ecobee represents a growing trend: hardware you already bought now asking for monthly fees. See also:
Nest/Google — Nest Aware ($6-12/mo)
Ring — Ring Protect ($3.99-12.99/mo)
SimpliSafe — Monitoring ($17.99-27.99/mo)
Arlo — Arlo Secure ($7.99-17.99/mo)
iRobot/Roomba — iRobot Select subscription
Total smart home subscriptions can easily hit $50-100/month
ecobee vs Nest vs Honeywell (No Subscription Needed)
ecobee (no sub) — Great thermostat that works fully without Premium. Best HomeKit integration
Google Nest — Works without Nest Aware sub. Google Home integration is seamless
Honeywell Home — No subscription at all. Simpler, but no premium features to upsell
Mysa — For baseboard heaters. No subscription
🔍 Smart Home Subscription Audit: ecobee + Nest + Ring + smart locks + robot vacuum subscriptions — your "smart" home might be costing you $100+/month in subscriptions. Upload your bank statement to JustCancel to find them all.