Just my .02
As @Esrgood4u has mentioned Auto pots are great because they make sure your plants have water when they want it. This allows plants in Auto pots to grow on their schedule…
I have looked at and love the theory behind auto pots However, I built a very inexpensive Sub Irrigation Planter (SIP) using natural farming methods and I have no intentions of every using anything else again. Don’t get me wrong I still grow with soil in regular old pots but the amount of labor needed to maintain a SIP is Super Minimal. Super minimal work means more time to observe your plants and you can grow more plants 
I have tested the Snot out of SIP’s as well. I have grown them with a natural high quality ingredients in my soil with straight well water only (No PH nothing). I did feed molasses in the top just to keep my mycelium happy in the soil. Even with this minimal effort. The harvest way surpassed what I was able to get out of soil in a pot which required much more effort,(feedings, mixing nutes, blah blah …).
With that said Natural farming or KNF in a SIP will get you outrageous strong growth and production. I would check out this.
(There’s a rather large Rabbit hole there so I would take it slow)
Oh ya! I am a SIP guy 