Gabe: Hi everybody, this is Gabe at Security Baron.
We have a showdown for the ages, Amazon Cloud Cam verses Google Nest Cam Indoor.
Today we're going to discuss how they are alike, how they're different and why you may
not just want to buy the one that goes with your current smart speaker.
Let's see who comes out on top.
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You may not want to get an Amazon Cloud Cam just because you have an Echo Dot or an Echo.
You may not want to get the Google Nest just because you have a Google Home or Google Mini.
Ultimately, the answer to what works best for you depends on what you use in your everyday
life.
In this review, we hope to help you come to a conclusion on which one of these cameras
will serve your needs.
I want to start this conversation talking about the design of each of these cameras.
They're pretty similar in size, but I will give the slight nod to the Nest.
The Nest has little bit more going for it when it comes to swivel and rotation as compared
to the Amazon Cloud Cam.
It also has this magnetic bottom that allows you to stick it on to something like a refrigerator
and you can move it around like so.
While they're both the same size and definitely have mobility, I will give the slight nod
to the Nest.
When it comes to choosing your indoor home security camera, I want to start with what
each of these cameras does really well and more or less identically.
Let's go into video quality, which they each have 1080p high-definition video.
Each one has pretty decent field of view.
The Amazon Cloud Cam comes in a little bit lower at 120 degrees, 10 degrees narrower
than the Google Nest Cam Indoor which has 130-degree field of view.
Each has eight times digital zoom.
When you're in the app you can go and see exactly what's happening on a specific place
in the room.
They each have two-way audio.
The two-way audio for each of these cameras is pretty impressive.
The Google Nest has a weird chime that starts before you can start a conversation with someone
in a room, but they both work really well with their speakers that are built in.
The final key similarity between the two of these is night vision.
Each of these cameras comes with eight infrared LED lights that really makes for a clear night
vision.
Up to 20, 25 feet away, you'll be able to see what's going on in a room regardless of
not is illuminated.
Those are some of the key features that these two cameras hold in common.
Frankly, they are important ones.
We want to have a great video quality.
We want to have great audio quality, and we want to be able to see in the dark.
Both of these cameras will do that.
Now that we've talked about some of the key similarities between the Amazon Cloud Cam
and the Google Nest Cam Indoor, let's discuss the distinctions in their features set.
Right of the bat, we can say that while neither of these have local storage which is something
that we love to see, the Amazon Cloud Cam does come out on top living up to its name
when it comes to cloud storage.
The Amazon Cloud Cam gives you 24 hours of free cloud storage, which is more than the
Google Nest Cam Indoor.
Ultimately give the nod to the Amazon Cloud Cam because its cloud storage plans are just
more affordable than Nest Aware.
While with the Amazon Cloud Cam you get 24 hours of free storage, if you want to start
approaching anything near that, you have to get Nest Aware for the Google Nest Indoor.
Over the course of a year, Amazon cloud storage which gives you up to a month of storage of
videos and clips that you can send and share with others, is going to be $200, while the
same year with the same capabilities with the Nest Aware System with Google Nest Cam
Indoor is going to cost you $300.
We're talking about a 50 percent difference between the yearly cost of a subscription
to Amazon cloud storage and Nest Aware.
We give the nod to the Amazon Cloud Cam for its more affordable subscription pricing.
Let's review smart platform integration with the Amazon Cloud Cam and Google's Nest Cam
Indoor.
The Amazon Cloud Cam, of course, goes with the Alexa, Echo Dot, Echo.
You can throw it up on to the Fire TV and is going to work really well seamlessly quickly.
The Google Nest Cam Indoor, as you could expect works really well Google Assistant.
You just simply call out to your Google Mini or Google Home.
You can send it to your Chromecast or whatever.
Here's where we can distinguish between the two.
The Google Nest Cam also works with Alexa.
If you already have Alexa set up and you're like, "No, I want to stay in my Echo system,"
they can oblige.
They've got everything necessary.
They can also, of course, go with your Phillips Hue lights so that if it sees something, it
can actually turn on the light in a room to help illuminate even though it already has
those eight infrared LED senses that we discussed.
When it comes to smart platform integration, Google Nest has everything with Google and
everything with Amazon Alexa.
We love artificial intelligence at Security Baron.
Out of the box, the Google Nest Cam Indoor definitely wins with this person detection,
something that you don't get out of the box with the Amazon Cloud Cam.
Even when you go deeper, Google Nest Cam Indoor wins artificial intelligence because it can
distinguish between a person talking, a dog barking, a friend coming in or an intruder
breaking in.
When it comes to artificial intelligence, Nest Aware with the Google Nest Cam Indoor
wins hands down.
Value is an important consideration when deciding on a home indoor camera.
With the Amazon Cloud Cam and the Nest Cam Indoor, depending on which retailer you buy
from, you could get Amazon Cloud Cam for $60 to $80 cheaper than the Google Nest Cam Indoor.
However, we actually feel that both of these cameras are actually well worth their price.
The Amazon Cloud Cam does not have the features of the Google Nest Cam Indoor.
However, it is cheaper.
Ultimately, even when it comes down to the subscription plans which the Google Nest Cam
Indoor is with Nest Aware is about $100 more, you're getting more out of that $100.
When it comes to value, we actually score these about the same.
When it comes to convenience, it's really hard to pass on any substantive differences
between the Amazon Cloud Cam and the Google Nest Cam Indoor.
As we all know, Amazon and Google are powerhouses when it comes to technology and customizing
the user experience.
They've done really well with both Amazon and Google Nest Cam Indoor.
You go into the Amazon cloud app and it facilitates the entire set up process.
You go to Google Nest Cam, scan the QR code and you're ready to go.
Each app is intuitive.
It facilitates the set up process, and really makes it difficult for us to say that one
beats another when it comes to convenience.
Amazon Cloud Cam and Google Nest Cam Indoor are neck and neck when it comes to set up
and convenience.
The qualitative differences between the Amazon Cloud Cam and the Google Nest Cam Indoor really
become apparent when we talk about their respective subscription plans.
The Amazon Cloud Cam comes with unlimited sharing.
You also get person detection once you sign up for the subscription plan which is about
$200 a year.
With the Google Nest Cam Indoor and its Nest Aware System, you get 24/7 continuous live
streaming, motion and sound detection, familiar-face alerts, dog-barking alerts, person-talking
alerts.
These all comes with the $300 a year Nest Aware.
Yes, it is significantly more expensive than Amazon Cloud Cam, but a lot of those features
are things that I want to have.
I want to know when Fido sees something.
I want my camera to recognize the people that it sees come into my home often.
I want to be able to live stream all day if I want to.
When it comes down to the actual qualitative differences between Amazon Cloud Cam and Google
Nest Cam Indoor, the subscription plans really show us the way, and the Google Nest Cam and
Nest Aware went out.
Now you're saying, "OK Gabe, I've heard a lot.
Just tell me which camera to get."
This is what I'll tell you.
If you want an affordable camera that's going to do a lot of the same things as all the
other cameras out there and give you 24 hours of free cloud storage with unlimited sharing,
go with the Amazon Cloud Cam, just a more affordable camera with 1080p.
It has a lot of the features that we've come to expect from our top tier of home indoor
security cameras.
However, if you're really trying to push it to the next level, get a lot of these extra
features like, familiar-face alerts, dog-barking alerts or just keep a continuous stream of
what's going on your home on a screen in your office or on your phone, then go with the
Google Nest.
Each camera is great, but the Google Nest, you're going to pay more which you want to
get a lot more.
Those are my thoughts on the Google Nest Cam Indoor and the Amazon Cloud Cam.
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