A complete security system can help protect your home and family from a variety of threats—burglary, intrusion, property theft, vandalism, and house fire or flood—by facilitating quick access to emergency assistance. CompCam Smart Home provides you with a security ecosystem for your whole home—inside and out—as well as an on-call support team to assist you day and night.

Every CompCam Smart Home system includes a one-on-one product consultation, free professional installation, and 24/7 customer support and monitoring. The suite of products typically included in a CompCam Smart Home security system includes:

• Outdoor Camera – Wireless, HD security camera with infrared night vision that gives you on-demand access to a live video feed and sends notifications to your phone when someone approaches your door.

• Water Sensors – Protect homes from water damage and pipe-freezing low temperatures by sending mobile notifications when water is detected, temperature drops, or when moisture levels rise beyond set parameters in or around your home.

• Motion Detector – Infrared motion sensor with 90-degree look-down to ensure nothing passes by undetected.

• Smoke Detector – Uses photoelectric sensing to detect when smoke is present.

• Smart Sensors – Sound an alarm whenever protected doors and windows are opened and can also be used to protect medicine cabinets, gun cabinets, or the door to a child's bedroom.

The total cost of a home security system can be measured in three phases: purchase price, installation costs, and operating costs over time. Purchase price varies by provider, equipment package, and payment options. CompCam Smart Home, for example, offers a consumer financing option that gives customers the ability to customize a state-of-the-art smart home security package for little to no upfront cost.

Some of the lower-quality home security systems come with only basic door and window sensors that customers can easily install themselves. More high-end equipment packages—like the ones CompCam Smart Home provides—come with a touch-screen control panel and the option to add outdoor home security cameras, all of which require professional installation. Professional installation services may cost up to $250, although special offers that waive installation fees are common. 

The home security market offers many plug-and-play equipment packages that center around an audible alarm to deter intruders who trigger a door or window sensor. They do not offer professional monitoring, so there’s no monthly service contract involved. Monitored home security systems cost between $20 and $60 per month. Although criminology research suggests most intruders flee at the first sound of an alarm, complete home security offers more than just crime prevention. Protection from natural disasters, home appliance malfunctions, and medical emergencies should also be considered. In addition to providing more comprehensive protection, complete home security systems that are backed by professional monitoring services may also qualify customers for discounted homeowner’s insurance premiums of up to 20 percent.

If you’ve purchased a home security system that comes with only basic door and window sensors, you can easily install those by following the included instructions. More high-end equipment packages—like the ones CompCam Smart Home provides—come with a touch-screen control panel and the option to add outdoor home security cameras, all of which require professional installation. Professional installation services may cost up to $250, although special offers that waive installation fees are common.