911 Sentinel vs. Ring Virtual Security Guard.
Ring Virtual Security Guard is $99 a month for 175 person events on Ring cameras, and then it stops unless you pay per event. 911 Sentinel covers every alert in your window on commercial cameras, from $900/mo. Here's the side by side, from Ring's own pages.
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How does 911 Sentinel compare to Ring Virtual Security Guard?
Ring Virtual Security Guard costs $99 a month per location for 175 monitored events, where an event is a person detected on an enrolled Ring camera. Events don't roll over, and if they run out the service stops until the next billing cycle unless you pay $0.99 per extra event. Agents from Rapid Response, the monitoring company Ring uses, can talk through the camera, sound its siren, and request police. 911 Sentinel is built for commercial sites: from $900/mo with leased commercial cameras, an alert in 30 seconds, an operator acting within 3 minutes, and no per-call fees.
Why choose 911 Sentinel over Ring
Monitoring that doesn't switch off mid-month
Ring's 175 events reset each billing cycle, and if they run out the service stops unless you pay $0.99 an event. Our price has no per-call fees, so a busy night costs the same as a quiet one.
Cameras built for commercial sites
Ring cameras are bought and installed by you. Ours are commercial cameras, 2K or sharper and IP66 or better for Pacific Northwest winters, installed and maintained by us.
The team that knows your site acts on it
Ring doesn't own its monitoring center; its agents come from Rapid Response. With us, the team that records your site rules at setup is the team that acts on every alert, then calls your team and the police.
What you pay for
Ring Virtual Security Guard is $99 a month, but it's built around a 175-event cap: a busy lot or an active job site can use it up, and then the service stops unless you pay per event. 911 Sentinel starts at $900 a month with commercial cameras, installation, and maintenance included, and no per-call fees, so a busy night never costs more or switches the monitoring off.
Side by side
- PriceFrom $900/mo; no per-call fees.$99/mo per location for 175 events; $0.99 per extra event.
- When events run outNo event count; alerts, warnings, and calls carry no per-call fee."The service will stop until your next billing cycle" unless you opt in to extra events.
- Who watchesOur own team, on every alert in your monitoring window.Rapid Response; "Ring does not own its monitoring center."
- CamerasCommercial cameras, 2K or sharper, IP66 or better, leased and maintained by us.Ring cameras you buy and install.
- What agents doA recorded voice warning, siren, and spotlights, then your team, then police.Two-way talk, the device siren, and a request for emergency services.
- Video kept90 days, video only, never sound.Up to 180 days in Ring's cloud.
Which fits your site
Choose 911 Sentinel for
A job site, yard, or commercial property with real overnight traffic, where every alert in the window needs a person and the cameras have to handle the weather.
Ring is built for
A small shop or office that already has Ring cameras and sees few visitors at night, where $99 a month and cancel-anytime matter most.
Common questions
What happens when Ring Virtual Security Guard runs out of events?
Ring includes 175 person events a month for $99. When they run out, the service stops until the next billing cycle unless you pay $0.99 per extra event. 911 Sentinel has no event cap and no per-call fee: every alert in your monitoring window reaches our team, from $900 a month.
What happens when someone is detected?
An automated alert reaches our team within 30 seconds. Within 3 minutes a human operator checks it against your site rules and, if the person shouldn't be there, plays a recorded voice warning through the camera with the siren and spotlights. If they stay, we call your team, then police if your team doesn't answer in the time you set. In an emergency we call 911 right away.
What cameras do you use? Can you use mine?
We install a leased outdoor camera with a speaker, siren, and spotlights. Models such as the TP-Link Tapo C320WS, the Reolink RLC-811A, and the Reolink Duo 3 PoE all qualify. If your existing cameras give a real-time video feed we can access, we can monitor those instead.
How much does it cost?
Camera monitoring starts at $900/mo with one leased camera, installation, maintenance, and an 8-hour daily window. Added cameras start at $250/mo, monitoring included. Drive-by vehicle patrol starts at $1,500/mo, on-site vehicle patrol at $2,200/mo, and drone surveillance at $6,000/mo. There's no per-call fee.
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