What remote video monitoring costs.
Every published price we could find for live camera monitoring, side by side: what you pay, what it covers, and what costs extra.
How much does remote video monitoring cost?
Published prices for live camera monitoring range from $69.99 a month for a small-business plan covering up to three consumer cameras to $1,500 a year for a per-site alarm license on cameras you buy separately, while most commercial monitoring companies price by quote. The difference is what's included: some prices cover only the monitoring, cap the alerts a person will review, or sell the cameras, licenses, and warning hardware separately. 911 Sentinel starts at $900 a month with the leased camera, installation, maintenance, monitoring, and warnings included.
One price that includes the camera and the people
911 Sentinel camera monitoring starts at $900 a month for one leased camera, installation, maintenance, an 8-hour daily window, and 90 days of video, with added cameras from $250 a month and no per-call fees. An alert reaches our team within 30 seconds, and an operator acts within 3 minutes with a recorded warning, siren, and spotlights, then calls your team and the police. It starts with a 30-day free trial, then runs month to month.
Published prices, side by side
Prices as each company publishes them. Monthly and yearly prices are shown the way the company states them; we have not converted them, because what each one covers differs.
| Company | What it is | Published price | What costs extra |
|---|---|---|---|
| 911 Sentinel | Leased camera, installed and maintained, watched by AI and our team | From $900/mo; added cameras from $250/mo | Windows past 8 hours, priced after the site walk |
| Verkada | Cameras you buy, plus a per-site alarm license with agent monitoring | Alarm license $600 or $1,500 a year; CD22 camera $799 | A license for each camera; a BZ11 horn speaker for talk-down |
| Rhombus | Cameras you buy, plus an alarm monitoring license | $899 a year per location, up to 10 dispatches a month | Cameras and camera licenses |
| Ring Virtual Security Guard | Agents watching Ring cameras when a person is detected | $99/mo per location for 175 events | $0.99 per extra event; cameras bought separately |
| SimpliSafe Active Guard (business) | Agents on up to 3 SimpliSafe cameras | $69.99/mo overnight (8 pm–6 am); $99.99/mo around the clock | Cameras bought separately |
| OxBlue | Construction cameras with an agent monitoring tier | Monitoring from $95/mo | The camera; strobes and talk-down hardware |
| TrueLook | Construction cameras, per camera | $129–$599/mo per camera | Professional monitoring (price not published); lights, sirens, talk-down packages |
| LiveView Technologies | Solar camera trailer | Essentials $1,000/mo with 14 days of video | Professional monitoring, through LVT's partners |
| Deep Sentinel (business) | Cameras with live guards | $300–$500/mo on average | 1-year commitment |
ECAM (Stealth Monitoring), Live Eye Surveillance, and Sound Surveillance quote each site and publish no monitoring price.
Four questions that change the real price
- Are the cameras included? Verkada, Rhombus, Ring, and SimpliSafe prices cover monitoring; the cameras are bought separately, and Verkada and Rhombus also license each camera.
- Is there a cap? Ring reviews 175 person events a month and stops when they run out unless you pay per event; Rhombus's starter license covers up to 10 dispatches a month.
- Who warns the intruder, and with what? Verkada's talk-down needs its own horn speaker, OxBlue's strobes and talk-down are added hardware, and TrueLook sells them as separate packages.
- How long is the commitment? Deep Sentinel asks for a year, Live Eye 12 to 36 months; SimpliSafe and TrueLook run month to month.
Common questions
How much does remote video monitoring cost per month?
Published prices run from $69.99 a month for a small-business plan on up to three consumer cameras to $900 a month and up for commercial monitoring that includes the camera, installation, and maintenance. Many commercial monitoring companies price by quote.
Why do some monitoring plans cost so much less?
They cover less. Lower prices usually leave out the cameras, cap the number of alerts a person reviews, or sell talk-down speakers and lights separately.
Is remote video monitoring cheaper than a security guard?
Usually. The median unarmed guard rate inside Seattle on Washington's statewide guard contract is $38.55 an hour, about $9,380 a month for 8 hours a night, while 911 Sentinel camera monitoring starts at $900 a month.
Sources
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- Verkada pricing
- Verkada help: agent talk-down with classic alarms
- Rhombus alarm monitoring pricing
- Ring Virtual Security Guard
- Ring support: managing your events for Virtual Security Guard
- SimpliSafe business monitoring plans
- SimpliSafe Active Guard Outdoor Protection
- OxBlue jobsite security
- TrueLook pricing
- LVT press release: Essentials (August 26, 2026)
- Deep Sentinel for business
- Live Eye Surveillance FAQ
- Washington DES statewide contract 00624, Security Guard Services (contract summary)
- Contract 00624 price sheet, effective August 1, 2026, updated September 25, 2026
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