Depends entirely on what your use case is but personally I am doing some outdoor lighting soon and will be using dumb fixtures on a smart (lutron caseta) switch + motion sensor to trigger automations. Happy to dive in if you have questions.
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I have been using a Sengled ZigBee outdoor spot bulb with built in motion detector. It reports motion and will automatically turn the light on. It also has a built in timer to turn bulb off. They also sell it without ZigBee. Of course, if you turn the switch off, the motion does not work.