if you're thinking of getting a home security camera the Amazon Cloud cam and
the net get a low pro two are both excellent choices but they have their
strengths and their weaknesses I'm going to tell you what they are at the most
basic technical level these two cameras are pretty similar they both shoot
high-definition video have night vision and two-way audio that's where you can
use an app to remotely speak to and listen to anyone in front of the camera
they also shoot a pretty similar scene the field of view from the cloud cam is
120 degrees it's 130 degrees on the a lo pro 2 but that's where the similarities
end the Amazon Cloud cam is designed only to be used indoors and it has to be
powered all of the time there's a socket on the back here the our low pro 2 is IP
65 rated that means you can use it indoors but it will also survive most
weather outdoors there's a socket on the back for power but if you don't want to
run electricity to where it is then it's got a pretty substantial battery inside
and if you don't want to be bothered with once every one or two months
pulling out the battery to recharge it Netgear also sells a solar panel so you
can trickle charge the battery and have it full at all times both of them work
with Amazon Alexa the cloud cam also works with Amazon key that's Amazon's
new service that allows you to remotely open your front door and let's service
personnel into your house as needed the a low pro 2 won't do that but it will
play much better with other smart home devices it has support for if this then
that stringify and Samsung smartthings so if you have smart home devices in
your house or you're planning on getting them in the future then the a low pro 2
is probably going to integrate better with those both cameras support basic
motion detection but more advanced motion detection zones user definable
areas where you get alerts are available on the cloud come with a subscription
and on the a lo pro 2 when it's plugged into the power without the subscription
or a power cord you're only getting basic motion detection so what of the
price of the cameras and the running cost because that's where things really
start to diverge the cloud cam costs a hundred and nineteen dollars you can buy
a pack of two of them for 199 dollars the ala Pro 2
requires a base station the base station and two of the cameras cost 480 dollars
so it's already a big difference between the price of the two systems the ongoing
monthly running costs however for the our low pro 2 are lower as basic if you
don't pay any monthly subscription amazon gives you a day's worth of cloud
storage that means anything that it's seen any motion any alerts for the last
day are still for free in the cloud after that you lose access to them
Netgear gives you a whole week's worth of storage before you have to start
paying and when you do start paying Amazon will charge you $7 for a week's
worth of storage $10 for two weeks and $20 for a month Netgear will charge you
$10 for a month and $15 for two months so if you're just thinking about getting
one security camera the Amazon Cloud camp comes out much cheaper than the
Alli pro 2 but one of the things we found is that once you get one camera
you start thinking about places for a second or a third so that's definitely
something to consider even if you have two of these the a low pro 2 still comes
out much more expensive two of these cameras is two hundred and eighty
dollars more than two of these and if you pay the week subscription it's going
to take you four years until the price is even equal but the ally pro 2 has
much more flexibility in where you mount it you can put it indoors or out and you
don't have to run power to it with these you're going to have to have a power
cord always going into the back so think about where you're going to mount them
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