Home automation cost India buyers are quoted can differ by a wide margin for two homes of the same size, because the cost follows what the home should do, not its area. A KNX home is priced from its device list and the work to install and program it. This post sets out what drives that list, so quotes can be compared. It does not give a price, and it explains why.
Why is there no per-room price in this post?
We are not publishing a table of price ranges by room type. Prices come from real quotes, and a figure borrowed from the web would not be ours to stand behind. A rate per square foot or per room says little when one living room has two lights and another has eighteen circuits, blinds, climate and scenes.
What we can do is show what moves the total, so that you can ask for quotes that compare. If we publish ranges later, each will carry the date it was quoted.
What decides the cost of a KNX home?
- What the home should do. Lighting only is one project. Lighting with blinds, heating and cooling, door entry, audio and scenes is another. Each function adds devices and programming.
- The number of circuits. Actuators are sized by channels. Every light group, blind motor and climate output needs a channel, so a house with many circuits needs more actuators and more room in the distribution board.
- The controls people touch. Plastic push-buttons, glass keypads, designer keypads and touch panels differ in price, and this is the part visitors notice. Finish is the lever that moves the total most.
- Sensors. Presence, temperature, humidity and weather sensors each add a device.
- Power and the panel. Bus power supplies, auxiliary supplies for panels that need them, and the board itself.
- Gateways and a server. If the home needs voice control or an app, a server such as the 1Home range is part of the list.
- Integrations. Video door phone, tablet panels, multiroom audio and ventilation each add products and programming.
- Programming and commissioning. The time a KNX-certified integrator spends in ETS to program, test and tune the system.
- New build or retrofit. A bus cable laid before plaster costs less than one added to finished walls. For a small retrofit where walls will not be opened, a wireless system may be simpler.
- Handover. Training, documentation and the ETS project file.
Taxes apply on devices and services, and we leave the figures to your quote.
How do you think about one room?
Take a living room as an example, with no figures attached. Write down every light group, every blind, the air-conditioning control, the keypads at the doors and any audio or screen. Each line becomes one or more channels or devices. Then add what the room shares with the rest of the house: its share of the distribution board, the bus line it sits on and the programming time for its scenes.
Repeat that for each room and the total is the sum of the lines, plus the shared items. This is more work than a rate per room, and it is the only method that lets two quotes be checked against each other line by line.
How do wired KNX and wireless compare on cost?
They shape cost differently. A wired KNX system needs a bus cable to every device, ideally laid before the plaster in a new build. A wireless system connects over Wi-Fi or Zigbee and needs no new bus cable, which suits retrofits, rented flats and a few rooms. Many homes mix the two, with KNX for lighting, shading and climate and wireless for some add-ons. Our KNX vs Wi-Fi vs Zigbee comparison goes through the trade-offs.
How do you get quotes you can compare?
- List what each room should do. Lights, blinds, climate, scenes, intercom and keypads.
- Ask for the device list with each quote. Quotes compare only when they cover the same functions.
- Ask what is included. Devices, cabling, distribution boards, programming, commissioning and training.
- Ask about expansion. How many spare channels the design has, and what it costs to add a room later.
- Ask what is excluded. Power supplies, network cable and licences are common gaps.
Morion is a distributor. We supply the devices and quote them for the list your integrator or designer sends. Installation and programming are quoted by the integrator, so a total needs both.
What should you not accept?
- A single number for the whole house with no device list.
- A rate per square foot with no room list behind it.
- A quote that names product families but not exact models.
- A promise of savings or payback without the assumptions.
We have not tied any return on investment to a KNX system here, and you should be wary of anyone who does without showing the arithmetic.
Questions people ask
Is KNX expensive?
It depends on what you compare it with and what the home should do. KNX is a wired, professional system that suits new builds and major renovations. Smaller or retrofit projects may be better served by a wireless system. The device list decides the price.
What does a KNX quote for a 3BHK include?
That depends on the quote. Ask for devices, cabling, distribution boards, programming, commissioning and training to be listed separately, and for what is excluded.
Can Morion give me a price?
We quote the devices for the list you send. Send the room list or the electrical drawings and we will price them.
Send us the room list or the electrical drawings and we will price the devices: get in touch. Our home automation cost guide covers the same ground in a page.
Sources checked on 7 November 2026
- Morion Automation, Home automation cost in India, for the cost factors and how to get quotes you can compare.
- Morion Automation, KNX vs Wi-Fi vs Zigbee, for wired and wireless trade-offs.
Home automation cost India buyers are quoted can differ by a wide margin for two homes of the same size, because the cost follows what the home should do, not its area. A KNX home is priced from its device list and the work to install and program it. This post sets out what drives that list, so quotes can be compared. It does not give a price, and it explains why.
Why is there no per-room price in this post?
We are not publishing a table of price ranges by room type. Prices come from real quotes, and a figure borrowed from the web would not be ours to stand behind. A rate per square foot or per room says little when one living room has two lights and another has eighteen circuits, blinds, climate and scenes.
What we can do is show what moves the total, so that you can ask for quotes that compare. If we publish ranges later, each will carry the date it was quoted.
What decides the cost of a KNX home?
- What the home should do. Lighting only is one project. Lighting with blinds, heating and cooling, door entry, audio and scenes is another. Each function adds devices and programming.
- The number of circuits. Actuators are sized by channels. Every light group, blind motor and climate output needs a channel, so a house with many circuits needs more actuators and more room in the distribution board.
- The controls people touch. Plastic push-buttons, glass keypads, designer keypads and touch panels differ in price, and this is the part visitors notice. Finish is the lever that moves the total most.
- Sensors. Presence, temperature, humidity and weather sensors each add a device.
- Power and the panel. Bus power supplies, auxiliary supplies for panels that need them, and the board itself.
- Gateways and a server. If the home needs voice control or an app, a server such as the 1Home range is part of the list.
- Integrations. Video door phone, tablet panels, multiroom audio and ventilation each add products and programming.
- Programming and commissioning. The time a KNX-certified integrator spends in ETS to program, test and tune the system.
- New build or retrofit. A bus cable laid before plaster costs less than one added to finished walls. For a small retrofit where walls will not be opened, a wireless system may be simpler.
- Handover. Training, documentation and the ETS project file.
Taxes apply on devices and services, and we leave the figures to your quote.
How do you think about one room?
Take a living room as an example, with no figures attached. Write down every light group, every blind, the air-conditioning control, the keypads at the doors and any audio or screen. Each line becomes one or more channels or devices. Then add what the room shares with the rest of the house: its share of the distribution board, the bus line it sits on and the programming time for its scenes.
Repeat that for each room and the total is the sum of the lines, plus the shared items. This is more work than a rate per room, and it is the only method that lets two quotes be checked against each other line by line.
How do wired KNX and wireless compare on cost?
They shape cost differently. A wired KNX system needs a bus cable to every device, ideally laid before the plaster in a new build. A wireless system connects over Wi-Fi or Zigbee and needs no new bus cable, which suits retrofits, rented flats and a few rooms. Many homes mix the two, with KNX for lighting, shading and climate and wireless for some add-ons. Our KNX vs Wi-Fi vs Zigbee comparison goes through the trade-offs.
How do you get quotes you can compare?
- List what each room should do. Lights, blinds, climate, scenes, intercom and keypads.
- Ask for the device list with each quote. Quotes compare only when they cover the same functions.
- Ask what is included. Devices, cabling, distribution boards, programming, commissioning and training.
- Ask about expansion. How many spare channels the design has, and what it costs to add a room later.
- Ask what is excluded. Power supplies, network cable and licences are common gaps.
Morion is a distributor. We supply the devices and quote them for the list your integrator or designer sends. Installation and programming are quoted by the integrator, so a total needs both.
What should you not accept?
- A single number for the whole house with no device list.
- A rate per square foot with no room list behind it.
- A quote that names product families but not exact models.
- A promise of savings or payback without the assumptions.
We have not tied any return on investment to a KNX system here, and you should be wary of anyone who does without showing the arithmetic.
Questions people ask
Is KNX expensive?
It depends on what you compare it with and what the home should do. KNX is a wired, professional system that suits new builds and major renovations. Smaller or retrofit projects may be better served by a wireless system. The device list decides the price.
What does a KNX quote for a 3BHK include?
That depends on the quote. Ask for devices, cabling, distribution boards, programming, commissioning and training to be listed separately, and for what is excluded.
Can Morion give me a price?
We quote the devices for the list you send. Send the room list or the electrical drawings and we will price them.
Send us the room list or the electrical drawings and we will price the devices: get in touch. Our home automation cost guide covers the same ground in a page.
Sources checked on 7 November 2026
- Morion Automation, Home automation cost in India, for the cost factors and how to get quotes you can compare.
- Morion Automation, KNX vs Wi-Fi vs Zigbee, for wired and wireless trade-offs.
