SimpliSafe Pricing, Plans, and Package Costs 2025

Our Methodology

Before we go any further, let’s talk about how we put guides like this one together. After all, we’re asking you to trust us. We ought to be able to tell you why.

The answer is straightforward: we perform comprehensive research and hands-on testing on every system we evaluate to ensure our information is reliable. We set up each security system in our homes after buying it with our own money. Then, we test all of its features and monitoring options. We even test any return policies if possible.

With this firsthand experience and data, we create detailed reviews and pricing guides like this one, but we’re not just listing prices. We provide expert analysis on value versus cost. To do that, we compare components and capabilities across the industry as a whole. We also help you figure out if a particular company fits your security needs.

You can’t take chances with your home security. We want to make absolutely sure that you have everything you need to make the right decisions.

SimpliSafe Equipment Package Pricing

Let’s start by talking about SimpliSafe’s equipment costs. The company offers seven pre-made packages designed for different security needs. Packages range from $250 to $734 based on the number of devices included.

The Foundation

What does it include?

• One motion sensor
• One entryway sensor
• One base station
• One keypad

Who is it good for?

The Foundation is SimpliSafe’s entry-level system. We recommend it for apartments and compact homes under 1,200 square feet. The entryway sensor can protect your main entrance and the motion sensor can monitor key interior areas for unauthorized movement. We also suggest adding a few extra components for better coverage.

How much does it cost?

The Foundation package costs $250.96.

The Starter

What does it include?

• One motion sensor
• Three entryway sensors
• One base station
• One keypad

Who is it good for?

SimpliSafe’s Starter package is designed for smaller homes under 1,200 square feet. It includes additional entry sensors for comprehensive door and window monitoring. This package doesn’t include cameras, but it’s still capable of triggering an alert when motion is detected.

How much does it cost?

The Starter package costs $282.94.

The Hearth

What does it include?

• One motion sensor
• Three entryway sensors
• One base station
• One keypad
• One smoke detector
• One key fob
• One siren

Who is it good for?

When it comes to protecting you from break-ins, the Hearth is almost identical to the Starter package. The one big difference is that the Hearth comes with a 105-decibel siren loud enough to wake you in the event of an intrusion and likely scare potential burglars away. In addition, this package comes with a smoke detector, so you’re protected from environmental dangers as well as intruders.

How much does it cost?

The Hearth costs $437.91.

Expert Examined

From Joshua Lee, Active-duty Police Sergeant

“It is unfortunate that most Smoke and CO detectors are not connected to a security system. I remember responding as a patrol officer to an “alarm” call at a house. We knocked on the door and the homeowner came out. He said he was having trouble with the bedroom CO detector going off. The fire department checked the CO levels in the home and discovered that deadly carbon monoxide was entering the home through a broken gas clothes dryer.”

The Knox

What does it include?

• Two motion sensors
• Six entryway sensors
• One base station
• One keypad
• One smoke detector
• One key fob
• One siren

Who is it good for?

The Knox – as in Ft. Knox – is a great system for larger homes with multiple entryways and ground-floor windows. Similar to the Hearth, it includes SimpliSafe’s extra-loud siren and connected smoke detector, but it comes with additional entry sensors so you don’t have to leave any door or window unprotected.

How much does it cost?

The Knox costs $520.87.

The Haven

What does it include?

• Two motion sensors
• Four entryway sensors
• One base station
• One keypad
• One smoke detector
• One key fob
• One siren
• One water sensor
• One temperature sensor
• One panic button

Who is it good for?

The Haven protects against intrusions and environmental hazards with entryway, motion, temperature, and water sensors. The panic button can also activate your siren and contact SimpliSafe’s monitoring center if you’re a subscriber. We recommend The Haven for larger properties that need protection from multiple threat types.

How much does it cost?

The Haven costs $558.86.

The Lighthouse

What does it include?

• One motion sensor
• Three entryway sensors
• One base station
• One keypad
• One outdoor camera

Who is it good for?

SimpliSafe recommends the Lighthouse package for homes up to 1,600 square feet. It is also the first package on this list that includes a security camera. Keep in mind, SimpliSafe regularly runs promotions offering free cameras with system purchases. That could make the Hearth, Knox, or Haven packages a better deal for you. Also note that you’ll need one of SimpliSafe’s Pro monitoring plans that start at $49.99 to access all of the outdoor camera’s AI features, including Active Guard.

How much does it cost?

The Lighthouse costs $482.93.

The Beacon

What does it include?

• Two motion sensors
• Four entryway sensors
• One base station
• One keypad
• Two outdoor cameras

Who is it good for?
We recommend the Beacon for homeowners who want comprehensive video coverage of their property perimeter. The included two outdoor cameras let you monitor both front and back entrances, or expand surveillance across a larger property area. Just prepare to make a significant investment for that level of protection.

How much does it cost?

The Beacon costs $733.90.

How Do SimpliSafe’s Package Prices Compare?

SimpliSafe is one of our top picks for the most affordable security systems. Even at full retail price, their packages start at just $250 and include an entry sensor and motion detector. For comparison, Vivint’s starter systems begin at $599.99, more than double SimpliSafe’s entry price.

We find SimpliSafe even more budget-friendly during major sales events like SimpliSafe Black Friday sales. It’s not uncommon to see discounts of up to 60 percent off. These promotions can bring the premium Beacon package down to around $294, less than the cost of a single Vivint camera. Just note that extravagant deals aren’t unique to SimpliSafe. We saw similar deals in our Cove review and Frontpoint review.

To show you SimpliSafe’s deals in action, here are the current discounted prices. As of November 2025, you can even get a free doorbell camera when you buy a new system with professional monitoring.

On SimpliSafe’s website, you’ll see a big banner across the top of the page with the current sale. It’ll also say when it ends. Don’t worry, another one will immediately take its place.

Building Your Own SimpliSafe System

Pre-made packages are all well and good, and with seven to choose from, SimpliSafe does its best to guarantee you’ll get one that suits your needs. Need a sensor or two, and SimpliSafe makes it easy to add what you need to a package.

Here’s one of our home security experts installing a SimpliSafe motion sensor.

Even so, every home is different, every security situation unique, and sometimes you’re just better off building your own security system. Build your own system from the ground up and you can be sure to have all the equipment you need and nothing you don’t. Plus, in the long run you save money on unnecessary devices.

If you go that route, you’ll still need to buy a base station and keypad for $199.98. From there, you can pick out each piece of equipment your home needs for protection. Here’s an overview of SimpliSafe’s offerings:

Unlike Frontpoint, SimpliSafe offers the same discounts for a la carte systems as their prepackaged systems. To get the discount, you’ll need to sign up for a month of monitoring, but you’ll save way more than that in equipment anyways. Plus, you can always cancel after the first month since SimpliSafe never requires contracts. Although, we always recommend professional monitoring.

Even after discounts, some providers offer lower prices than SimpliSafe. Cove’s basic systems begin at under $100, for instance. We still believe SimpliSafe’s quality justifies the slightly higher price. We think it matches premium brands like ADT and Vivint, which cost significantly more. Check out our ADT review and Vivint review to see if either of those premium brands is worth the money for you.

That’s all there is to say about SimpliSafe’s equipment, but that’s just one side of the story. Let’s switch gears to SimpliSafe’s monitoring costs.

How Much Is SimpliSafe’s Monitoring?

Beyond a free self-monitoring option, you can choose from five SimpliSafe plans: Pro Plus, Pro, Core, Standard, and Self-Monitoring With Camera Recording. Here’s what each one includes:

SimpliSafe is a good option for full-on self-monitoring too. If you don’t want to pay a subscription fee, you can monitor the system on your own. We don’t recommend that since you won’t get all the security benefits of a paid system, but it’s an option if budget is a concern.

Installing a SimpliSafe entryway sensor.

Also worth noting: SimpliSafe is one of the best no-contract systems, which means you won’t have to jump through hoops if you decide to change how your system is monitored. We canceled our Core Monitoring during our test period and self-monitored the system to see how big of a difference it made. The process was pain-free.

Expert Examined

From Joshua Lee, Active-duty Police Sergeant

“Self-monitoring calls come in a lot quicker because the entire process bypasses the monitoring station. We typically get more detail from self-monitoring because the victim is the one giving us the information instead of the monitoring station. Police dispatch also can ask specific questions to the victim that monitoring stations will not have. For example, I responded to a burglary call where the victim called 911 saying an intruder broke into his home through the front door. The victim told us to stay out of the backyard since he had two very aggressive dogs he recently adopted. Without that information, we would have likely been confronted by violent dogs.”

With monitoring out of the way, let’s talk about specific recommendations.

Our Experience

We can talk about prices in the abstract all day long, and offer recommendations, but what would we do if we had the decision to make? Turns out, we know exactly what we’d do, because we went to the trouble of ordering systems for our own homes.

We’ve got an average-sized property with no more than three doors and four ground-floor windows, and we have a garage. We decided to put together three different SimpliSafe options, just to see how well they fit our particular setup.

Budget-Friendly

As a starting point, we tried to see how we’d fare with the minimum amount of equipment. We made sure to buy enough entry sensors to cover our doors, but we didn’t invest in any cameras. In addition, we chose to self-monitor our system. In the end, the equipment cost us $282.94 before taxes, and we paid nothing else once the system was set up.

We felt a bit blind without cameras, but we had the peace of mind of knowing that anyone who tried to force entry into our home would trigger an instant alert.

Middle of the Road

For this system, we added two glass break sensors for about $80, an Outdoor Camera for $199.99 and a Video Doorbell Pro for $169. Those components enable us to upgrade our monitoring plan from the Standard plan to a Pro plan with active monitoring. That way we can easily upgrade our security during any month we’re away on vacation.

In total, this system cost us $731.91. We added standard professional monitoring, which runs $22.99 a month. One downside here: we weren’t able to access the outdoor camera’s best features without paying for a more expensive monitoring plan. The camera still worked, of course, but perhaps wasn’t worth the high price tag.

Top of the Line

Finally, we decided to see what it might cost to get all the equipment we needed to fully protect our home. In addition to an indoor camera, we added several sensors, including a water sensor, a temperature sensor and a combination smoke/ carbon monoxide detector. With this system, we knew we were protected not just from home intruders but from environmental emergencies as well.

This ultimate system costs $1026.86 before taxes. To the system itself, we added SimpliSafe’s Core monitoring plan with Intruder Intervention, which costs $32.99 a month. Intruder Intervention allows SimpliSafe agents to access the Wireless Indoor Camera and deter intruders directly. They can also speed up emergency response. We felt fully protected with this setup.

We should add a couple of notes to our experience with SimpliSafe.

First: Your security needs will differ from ours. We suggest covering at least your exterior doors with entryway sensors and a motion detector to cover the largest swath of your home possible. If you can, invest in wireless security cameras next. They’re exceptional burglar deterrents and help you round things out. Finally, think about nonhuman threats to your property. Are you worried about pipes bursting in the wintertime? What about your hot water heater giving off deadly carbon monoxide? If it’s in the budget, invest in environmental sensors as a tertiary priority.

Checking out the privacy screen on SimpliSafe’s indoor camera.

Second: The prices we included above are SimpliSafe’s retail prices. As we’ve mentioned throughout this article, the company regularly offers discounts. If we bought that top-of-the-line system during a typical sale period, it would cost around $500 instead of over $1,000. When you budget for your SimpliSafe system, consider that it’s likely on sale.

To bring things home, we want to tell you about our experience with our SimpliSafe system, and then we’ll give you our final recommendation.

Our Experience With SimpliSafe

If you’re looking for a complete rundown of installation, equipment, and monitoring, you should check out our full review of SimpliSafe, but we can give you high and low points here.

Simply put, SimpliSafe remains the best DIY security system we’ve ever tested. The company’s equipment is high-quality, well-designed, and built to last. SimpliSafe has perfected the installation process as well, so that it’s easy to set up your system and easy to make changes when you need to. You can self-monitor for free, and you still get great features like real-time alerts and access to live footage.

Intruder Intervention is one of the most innovative technologies we’ve seen from professionally monitored systems. AI detection combined with real-time interaction from live agents is a game-changer, especially considering SimpliSafe’s affordable pricing.

Do we have some complaints? Sure. There are no perfect home security systems. Why, for instance, does SimpliSafe insist that every customer purchase a keypad. The technology is clunky at best. More importantly, the SimpliSafe app – one of the best security apps out there – provides all the same functions and then some. And it’s free.

SimpliSafe’s keypad installed next to our front door.

And while SimpliSafe’s installation process is simple and easy, maybe it’s a little too simple? The adhesive strips on the backs of all the equipment eliminate the need for fancy drills or even screwdrivers and hammers. They don’t always hold up, though, when they’re holding up heftier pieces of equipment, like motion detectors. And we can tell you from first-hand experience, that it’s no fun waking up to a 3 a.m. false alarm when one of these devices falls off the wall. The good news is that SimpliSafe always includes the tools necessary for screw-mounting, but they could maybe do a better job of telling you which devices need it.

SimpliSafe’s adhesive strips have done us wrong in the past.

So…genuine complaints, but small complaints. In the end, we were more than happy with the security and convenience we got from our SimpliSafe system.

Is SimpliSafe Worth the Price?

In a word, yes. You have to know how to read the company’s website, though.

Frankly, SimpliSafe’s listed retail prices are a bit high, but equipment is always priced at least 20 percent lower than those prices, and sometimes you can get discounts up to 60 percent. Once you factor those discounts in, SimpliSafe packages start to look a lot more attractive.

Of course, there are no discounts when it comes to SimpliSafe monitoring, and prices at the high end can be a bit steep. If you’re looking for top-of-the-line professional monitoring with AI assistance, video verification, and available agent intervention, you could pay as much as $50 a month. Even SimpliSafe’s more modest Core plan costs $33 a month, about $10 more than Ring’s comparable plan. Keep in mind that you can always monitor your system yourself for free. You have complete control over how much you spend with SimpliSafe.

The bottom line? SimpliSafe has always been an amazing self-monitored system. It’s quickly becoming one of the best professionally monitored systems on the market too.

We’ve always considered SimpliSafe a top system if you’re looking to self-monitor, but its professional monitoring is worth it too. That’s a pretty unbeatable combination for any budget.

FAQs About SimpliSafe’s Pricing