The short answer
Our 12-hour overnight monitoring is $24.99 per camera, per month. Ten monitored cameras — enough to cover most buildings' full perimeter — is $249.90 per month.
24-hour continuous monitoring is quoted per site rather than published as a flat rate, because it depends on camera count, how busy the property is during the day, and what you want done during business hours.
Why monitoring is priced per camera
Monitoring cost tracks how many views a human has to verify, not how many square feet you own. A twelve-acre yard with six well-placed cameras costs less to monitor than a small building with twenty.
That is useful when budgeting, because you control the number directly. During an assessment the honest recommendation is usually fewer cameras than people expect: the ones covering entry points, material, and vehicles, not every wall.
What changes your monthly number
- How many cameras you actually want monitored (not how many you own)
- Coverage window: a 12-hour overnight block, or 24-hour continuous
- Whether speakers exist on site for voice-down, or need to be added
- Whether any critical area has no camera coverage at all today
- Number of sites, if you are covering a portfolio
How it compares to the alternatives
Guard rates above are typical market ranges for a staffed post, not our pricing. The comparison matters because most properties are choosing between these three, and only one of them interrupts a theft in progress at a per-camera price.
| Option | Typical monthly cost | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Monitored cameras | From $24.99 per camera | Live agent verification, voice-down, police escalation, event clips |
| On-site guard | $4,000–$7,000 per post (typical market range) | One person, one location at a time, incident reports |
| Recording only | Hardware cost | Footage to review after the loss, no intervention |
Do you need new hardware?
Usually not. We are compatible with most existing IP cameras and NVRs, so most properties start monitoring on the system they already paid for. That keeps the up-front cost near zero and makes the monthly number the whole decision.
Active deterrence does need a speaker on site so an agent can speak to an intruder. If you want escalation beyond voice, strobes and sirens are added where they make sense.
How to think about payback
Compare the monthly number to a single realistic loss on your property: one stolen skid steer, one copper pull, one broken roll-up door and the downtime behind it. On most commercial sites, one prevented incident covers a year of monitoring on a modest camera count.
The other half of the return is documentation. Time-stamped clips of a verified event are what make a police report actionable and an insurance claim straightforward.