Customer Ratings & Reviews

DropCam's are dead solid simple cameras to setup and install. They are what the name says. I was so excited with my first one, I went and bought 3 more! I had been putting off getting security cameras and bought the first one because we were suspicious of things disappearing from our bathroom (suspecting housekeeper or teenage kid - it was the kid!) Here's the good: Easy to setup. Great picture. Intuitive software and alerting makes it easy to find events and activity. Now the bad: You pay extra for cloud based recording of your camera. For me 4 cams = $20 a month! They use a lot of bandwidth. I have a capped program with my provider (300 GB per month) and then pay extra so I monitor bandwidth by device. When I was recording a HD pic 24/7, each camera was using around 15-20 GB per month. Times 4 that was 60-80 GB on a 300GB plan. Now, you can turn HD recording off and limit when it records but be aware. Net is if you want one of two cameras to capture an event or tell when your kids get home from school, they're awesome! If yo want a multi-camera security solution with historical recording, there are much better options for the money (both up front and recurring money). (Attached bandwidth image shows distribution. Red and orange pie chart pieces represent one of my dropcams. You can see they win for upload and total bandwidth.)

Dropcam Pro has is very well built and has solid camera lens, but the problem I have with is that after the initial 14 day trial, the minimum subscription price for a 7 day cloud recording is $99 per year. Dropcam doesn't give you an option to record locally, which ruins it for me. I returned it and got the Samsung Smartcam HD Pro, and the quality is just as good as the dropcam, and without the subscription fee. The samsung one allows me to record it on a micro sd card and bypass the hefty fee dropcam force down on me.

I'm pleased with my Dropcam Pro because it's a cross-platform and an affordable video security surveillance solution for our family home. Initially, I placed it at our (2nd floor) bedroom side window and we were able to monitor the front side of our house property. Later, we decided to install it on the front entrance door (back side of the front door) and pointed the Dropcam Pro through the door peep hole (window). This gave us two monitoring security services. 1. The ability to monitor the front property of our house. 2. The ability to monitor our main house entrance. This was an excellent solution for my family because when our front doorbell rings we can easily and quickly identify our visitor by using their app (Dropcam: WIndows/iOS/Mac OS X/Android). We installed the Dropcam app in our family laptops, tablets and mobile phones. Save time. Easy setup. Solid camera. HD/720p is fine. Made and supported by Google/NEST.

I purchased this camera expecting average results, but was pleasantly surprised. The video quality is excellent and the recording service is well worth the price. You can check up on the camera remotely and zoom in on a certain area and the sound quality is excellent!. I would love to have an outdoor version. Great product!

This is my second DropCam Pro that I own now and I'll be buying more. Needless to say, the set up for these are super easy. I'm more than confident that my mom, unassisted, could set this up without frustration or support. Requires only a single power cable (micro-usb, provided) and wireless internet connection to allow control and upload of video streams. The quality of the video recorded is greater than all others I've reviewed. The ability to quickly, easily view not only live video, but recorded video on both your smart device and PC browser qualifies this as a fantastic alternative to traditional alarm/security cameras and monitoring services. Although there is a recommend recording subscription to which you can enroll and save either a week or a months worth of recordings, it's not required. Depending on your usage scenario, it may not ever be! Though it is rather cheap ($10/mo for a week) and I enjoy being able to go back to an earlier part of the day to see what trouble my cats have made! Overall, great camera. I'll be adding more to my home and office.

DropCam has 1080p video w/ 130 degree viewing angle, mic for sound pickup, and speaker for sound output... not a bad set of features overall. For me the daylight image was great, dusk/dawn image was ok, night vision was decent. The image wasn't as sharp as I expected, but good enough for what I wanted. Motion detection happens at the CVR not the camera. Without going into the weeds, on camera motion detection would be better... but in the end, video based motion detection has its weaknesses. Expect false positives if you are trying to detect motion in areas where light transitions can be sudden (like car headlights), or outside motion through windows is visible. The mic is fairly sensitive, I could hear the AC kick on. And the speaker is good enough that my pets could recognize and understand me. The only thing I don't like is the lack of option to record to another location other than the subscription based CVR (Cloud-based Video Recorder). This is mainly for several reasons. 1. It is something else I need to spend money on every month 2. it is not available if you don't pay... as in yesterday's video isn't available if you didn't renew today 3. my primary use would be in a house... keeping this PG I am a single adult and things happen and you are not thinking if you are in view of the security camera dumping video out to the cloud and for that matter I don't necessarily want a visual inventory of my house out there. With all of the data breaches going on, you have to question the security of your information. My individual house and next generation firewall is less of a target than the big DropCam CVR service hosted in AWS. Overall... great home or small business security camera. If you are good with a CVR... this is probably the cam for you.

I purchased two Drop Cams, one for my main home and one for our cottage on a lake. They both installed easily and I can now look in on one home while I am at the other, all from my Android Phone. The night vision works great. I also have a light come on automatically each night so the picture is perfect. My wife put a LED candle on a table and the camera picks up that flickering at night. I have not connected to Cloud recording but that seems like a great option. I am very pleased with the quality of the picture, day or night. It also provides a wide view of a room. At my cottage, I can see from the sliding doors and the deck on the left all the way to the fireplace wall on the right. I also installed NEST wireless thermostats and feel very secure in going from one home to the other. When I was in Mexico for a week, I could keep an eye on both home from my smart phone.

This is a great camera. I use it to monitor my kids room. Color and clarity are great. Loads extremely fast on my secured wifi. The night vision is really clear as well. The onboard microphone works well. The iPhone app is very easy to use and all the features are easily found. The only reason I'm not giving this a 5 star rating is that it is too expensive. The camera price should include some cloud storage. But it doesn't. You have to spend $100 more per year for basic video storage. I knew this before I purchased, but it still is disappointing.

This camera has a great picture quality and sound. It is very east to set up and use right out of the box. The stand is sturdy and the camera is very secure in the stand. A wireless option would be nice and it can get very hot so you have to be careful where you put it. Overall I am very satisfied with my Dropcam.

So drop cams are the easy all in one home security/nanny cam system. Simply plug it in, open the app on your phone, and hit the button to set it up. It could not be any easier. You can configure your cam to alert you if it senses movement in a particular zone that you create. You get notifications on your phone and emails when movement happens, with a link to the video. The emails also include a quick snapshot of the movement. This could not be any better. The one downside is the expensive subscription cost. $99 for a year, $50 for each camera after. This gives you access to your videos online for up to 7 days. It's a lot to pay, but if you don't mind it then the service is perfect. Nest has recently released the Nest camera, which is the same as the Dropcam Pro except with 1080p instead of 720p. Honestly, the video quality is good enough on the Pro that I will not be upgrading anytime soon. This camera is great!

Set up was SUPER quick and simple, it literally took less than 2 minutes. The picture and sound quality is great. The app (for iPhone) is really easy to use. I am able to log into my camera from the app or from any computer and watch what's happening live. There is a fee to be able to review previous footage, but it's well worth the cost.

I recently purchased a Dropcam - Pro with no real purpose in mind beyond wanting to remotely view my home. Setup is very simple. I chose to do it on my desktop although I could have done it from my Android phone (HTC-One). After setting up an account, I placed it in our family room. The Dropcam - Pro has a great viewing angle so the lack of pan and tilt aren't really an issue. Nighttime viewing is also surprisingly good. There is a built in microphone and speaker. Despite a little lag, I can easily hold a conversation with my kids from my office at work. The Dropcam - Pro has numerous options. You can set alerts for motion and/or sound, set zones within the camera viewing area, setup specific times to record, setup recording based on your location, etc. So far the location recording has worked flawlessly. The Dropcam starts and stops when I'm halfway outside my neighborhood. I have an Android phone and the app works very well. I also placed the Dropcam in my front window. It worked well there despite having to get creative in finding a way to make it stay put. The only negative thing I can say is that when the cam is in a window at night, it reflects the image off the glass rather than what's outside. At any rate the Dropcam - Pro is a small but technology packed camera that for some could be a great alternative over a complex hardwired system.

Got this cam for monitoring elderly mom. Easy setup with support a phone call away. My sister and I are able to see most activity with the 130 degree angle and proper placement. Night vision is wonderful since my mom likes the light off. I use iMac and sister has kindle. Recommend highly.

Works great, has a very clear picture day or night and the 130 degrees range covers everything I need. I love that I can talk to my dog when I'm gone(Hey, get off the cupboard!) I am having a slight issue with occationally losing the connection even thought I don't think I'm that far from wifi(that's why I went with four stars and not five). Very easy hook up. I also like that I can pay for one week of cloud recording since most of us only go away for a week at a time. There is also the option of paying for monthly or yearly. I get a notification everytime it senses movement and it catches it instantly. It can be set up to notify you of motion or sound. Very happy with the camera.

Bought one as a tester for a home security system. Camera is idiot proof to set up. Took less than 5 minutes to have fully running. Perfect picture. Clarity is great, even in night vision. Cloud recording is extra. Great for monitoring kids and/or pets when away from home.

Easy setup. Easy to use. Great picture quality. Only down side is that you have to pay per month if you want your surveillance recorded. Otherwise, great product.

I really like this camera a lot. The physical design and build quality are top notch. The picture quality is great. The wide angle lens is very useful and the night vision works well. It is very easy to install and setup the software (website / iOS app in my case). It is also very easy to move around if you want to try it in different locations. The mic and the talkback feature also work well. Unfortunately there are a few things that hold it back from being an ideal product. The Wi-Fi reception is only so-so, for example the Wi-Fi connection was intermittent in a location where other devices (such as iPhone / iPad) worked just fine. But the biggest problem for me at this point is the lack of detection zones for alerts (as of this writing 7/10/14). I have mine watching the front yard / home entry and there is nothing I can do to prevent cars driving by on our busy street from setting off alerts. At this point alerts are useless and turned off. This is basic functionality for a security system that is sorely missing. I understand they are working on it and plan to release it in the future. Maybe by the time other prospective buyers are reading this they will have solved for this. The other minor issue is that when saving video clips (using their cloud recording service) the timestamps are not entirely accurate. I can choose to save 2-3 minutes from the timestamp shown on the video but sometimes the event I'm trying to capture is missing even though the timestamp says it should be there. Moving back the start time by a few minutes and lengthening the recording solves this, but that's a clumsy workaround that shouldn't be necessary. I would like to give it 3-1/2 stars but I can't so I'm giving it four stars as it would certainly earn that once the missing detection zone issue is resolved.

Camera is great with an clear HD feed and set up took less than 5 minutes. 2-way talk works well also. Cloud storage is ridiculously overpriced or this would have been a 5 star rating.

I bought this camera to check on my new dog while It has been working excellent for the past few months.The zoom in feature helps a lot.Night/dark viewing is also excellent.Having an app makes it very easy to use on my iPhone.

Prior to buying this camera as a last resort, I'd tried the DLink and Belkin products and returned them both for pretty much the same reason - they were unusable. Technical glitches and no response from support had me thinking the entire home monitoring market was just not ready for prime time. I told myself 3's the charm and bought this Dropcam based on reviews I read online. What a difference! Super easy to set up... it uses your WiFI signal just like any other device would. Once you connect, create an account and DONE. The iOS app is very well designed, intuitive and easy to use. HD picture clarity is outstanding, with pinch-to-zoom and image enhancement capabilities. Motion detection, automatic infrared night vision, I could go on and on... These guys just really thought through this product before releasing it (as opposed to some of their competition), and it shows. I'm thrilled with this purchase.