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title: "Essent"
description: "Essent is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 39 installs sharing analytics and needs the vendor's cloud."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/essent"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/essent.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Essent

> Essent is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 39 installs sharing analytics and needs the vendor's cloud.

[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/config_flow_start/?domain=essent)

## Supports

- **Uses the vendor's cloud**: Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Silver quality**: Home Assistant's own rating of its code and setup experience.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

It is added under Settings, Devices and services, with Add integration.

## Entities

- **Sensors**: Average electricity price today, Current electricity price, Current electricity price excl. VAT, Current electricity market price, Current electricity purchasing fee, Current electricity tax, Current electricity VAT, Highest electricity price today, Lowest electricity price today, Next electricity price, Current gas price, Current gas price excl. VAT, and 5 more

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Number: 39 installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Needs the vendor's cloud
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Quality scale: Silver quality scale
- Domain: `essent`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/essent/>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/essent

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