When you step up to paid plans, each company offers extra features in addition to cloud recordings. If you want to go the free route, both Blink and Wyze have free storage, as well as a number of other features that are only available via subscription with other security cameras. Wyze: 14-day rolling cloud storage (up to 12-second clips), custom activity zones, 2-way audio, smoke & CO2 alarm detection.

Ring: View live video and receive notifications. Nest: 3-hour history, people, animal, vehicle, and package detection, and custom activity zones. Here's a summary of the features available in each company's subscription plan (and a source for more details on each product).Īrlo: View live stream and receive notifications.Ĭanary: One-day history, video clips, custom activity zones, person detection, for up to four cameras. If you don't sign up for a subscription plan, most cameras are limited not only in how much video footage you can view but also in what features are enabled. Apple is also adding package detection this fall.

If you have a 2TB iCloud plan ($9.99 per month), you can store footage from an unlimited number of cameras.

If you have a 200GB iCloud storage plan ($2.99/month), you can store 10 days of footage from up to five cameras. Video footage will be securely analyzed on a HomePod, iPad, or Apple TV device before being encrypted and sent to iCloud for storage. With the new devices, you'll get for free 3 hours of video recording, people, animal, vehicle, and package detection, and custom activity zones.Īpple now offers cloud storage for HomeKit-connected cameras from Eufy, Logitech, and Netatmo security cameras. Nest also modified its subscription plans, which will be available with its new security cameras and video doorbell.

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