At 30-day retention, cloud video surveillance runs from roughly $9 to $38+ per camera per month in 2026 — the spread depends almost entirely on whether you must buy the vendor's camera hardware. Below: Verkada, Rhombus, Brivo Eagle Eye, Videoloft and Nevtech, every figure linked to a public source, derived math labeled as ours.
Every vendor on this page fits one of two shapes, and the shape matters more than any single number.
Verkada and Rhombus sell their own cameras ($399–$3,399+) with a mandatory per-camera license on top ($149–$249/year). Retention is bought as onboard storage — longer retention means a more expensive camera. Your existing cameras connect only through a paid bridge appliance, if at all.
Brivo Eagle Eye, Videoloft and Nevtech connect third-party ONVIF/RTSP cameras. You pay per camera per month; retention is a plan choice, not a hardware purchase. The differences inside this group: whether prices are published, what the plan includes, and what sits on site.
Per-month figures marked ≈ are our arithmetic from the vendor's published multi-year or yearly totals (totals ÷ months); everything else is a published price. Sources for every cell are linked at the bottom of the page.
| Vendor | ≈ per camera / month (30-day) | Hardware you must buy | Your existing cameras? | What the figure includes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verkada | ≈ $38 — CD43 $1,199 + 5-yr license $1,099, over 5 years | Their camera: $1,199–$2,299 per current-line dome (MSRP) | Only via Command Connector, $4,499–$9,999 + full license per channel, reduced features | 30-day onboard + 30-day cloud backup; extended cloud is quote-only |
| Rhombus | ≈ $22 — R200 (256GB/40-day) $699 + 5-yr Professional $599, over 5 years | Their camera: $399–$3,399+ by model and onboard storage (MSRP) | Only via N100 Relay, $2,999–$3,999 + license per camera | On-camera retention; Professional tier excludes AI features and cloud archive (those are Enterprise, $199/yr) |
| Brivo Eagle Eye | ≈ $21 — US reseller yearly SKU $256.82 (2MP/30-day), ÷ 12. UK/EU reseller sheets: £18.53 / €17.33 published monthly | Bridge or CMVR for most installs — $539–$5,891 in US reseller listings | Yes — ONVIF/RTSP native | 2MP/30-day cloud recording; features beyond Standard are per-camera Edition add-ons; no published list prices (channel quotes) |
| Videoloft | $8.99 published (2MP, 30-day continuous; motion-only $5.99) | Cloud Adapter from $349 (or free software adapter) | Yes — ONVIF Profile S/T | 2MP tier; higher resolutions and 90-day quotes come from their calculator, not a published sheet; AI add-ons $1.79–$19.99 each |
| Nevtech VMS | $22 published — $18.33 prepaid annually (Essential $15: 3-day continuous + 30-day motion) | None — small tunnel gateway, or nothing on Axis cameras (on-camera app) | Yes — ONVIF/RTSP native, any resolution (published bandwidth bands) | 30-day continuous, live view, playback, clips, multi-site, PTZ, two-way audio; add-ons published (LPR $20, gunshot $12); white-label licensing published to $1.75 |
At published MSRP, a current-line Verkada indoor dome is $1,199 (CD43) to $2,099 (CD63) at 30-day onboard retention, plus a mandatory license at $249 per camera per year ($1,099 for five years). Retention scales through hardware: the same CD43 at 365-day retention is $5,499. Five-year total for one 30-day camera: about $2,298, or roughly $38 a month (our division). Third-party cameras connect only through the Command Connector appliance at $4,499–$9,999 plus a full license per channel.
Rhombus publishes MSRP: cameras from $399 (R120) to $3,399+ by model and onboard storage, plus a mandatory ongoing license — Professional $149, Enterprise $199 per camera per year (their FAQ: "All of our cameras require an ongoing license to operate"). Retention is on-camera storage; cloud archiving beyond saved clips is an Enterprise feature. A mid-range example over five years — R200 dome (40-day storage, $699) plus a five-year Professional license ($599) — works out to about $22 a month (our division), with AI features excluded at that tier. Third-party cameras need the N100 Relay at $2,999–$3,999.
Brivo Eagle Eye publishes no list prices — their FAQ states they sell only through channel partners. The public record: a UK G-Cloud reseller schedule lists £18.53 per camera per month for 2MP/30-day; ADI's EU distributor sheet lists €17.33; a US reseller publishes the yearly SKU at $256.82 (≈ $21.40/month, our division). A Bridge or CMVR appliance is required for most installations ($539–$5,891 in US reseller listings), and feature Editions are per-camera add-ons.
Videoloft publishes the lowest entry prices in this group: $8.99 per camera per month for 2MP, 30-day continuous recording ($5.99 motion-only), 10% off paid annually, with a Cloud Adapter from $349 or a free software adapter. The published prices cover the 2MP tier — higher resolutions and other retention lengths come from their quote calculator rather than a public sheet — and AI features are per-camera add-ons ($1.79 to $19.99). Like us, they're installer-friendly and ONVIF-native; it's an honest budget option for small, 2MP, camera-only deployments.
Everything is on one published page: $15 (3-day continuous + 30-day motion), $22 (30-day continuous) or $32 (90-day continuous) per camera per month — annual prepayment is two months free — on any ONVIF/RTSP camera at any resolution, with published bandwidth bands instead of resolution SKUs. PTZ control and two-way audio ride the Professional tier; LPR ($20) and gunshot detection ($12) are published add-ons; the same subscription covers body cameras at the same rate, and evidence management prices per organization, not per camera. Integrators license the whole platform white-label at published rates from $4 down to $1.75 per camera. No camera purchase, no appliance tax, no quote wall.
In 2026, cloud video surveillance at 30-day retention runs roughly $9 to $38+ per camera per month. Bring-your-own-camera platforms are the lower band: Videoloft publishes $8.99 (2MP), Eagle Eye reseller sheets land around $17–$21, and Nevtech publishes $22 with PTZ and two-way audio included. Hardware-bundled platforms cost more once the camera is amortized: a Verkada CD43 plus its mandatory license works out near $38 a month over five years, and a Rhombus R200 with a Professional license near $22 — before AI features, which cost extra on both. Every figure is sourced on this page.
If your existing ONVIF/RTSP cameras work, keeping them is almost always cheaper: a bring-your-own-camera subscription avoids $399–$2,299 per camera in hardware plus mandatory per-camera licenses, and avoids the bridge appliances ($2,999–$9,999) that bundled vendors charge to connect third-party cameras. Bundled systems make more sense when the camera fleet itself needs replacing anyway and single-vendor hardware management is worth the premium.
Our full sheet is public — tiers, bandwidth bands, add-ons, onboarding. Compare it against any quote on your desk, then see the platform live on your own cameras.
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