The Best Home Security Systems of 2019

SimpliSafe now offers self-monitoring, although you’ll only get notifications with the Interactive Plan. They also added a Google Assistant integration, and cloud storage is available separately from monitoring. They’ve also added a professional installation option for $79.

Abode now offers email and phone support to all of its customers regardless of their monitoring plan, and Vivint now offers 24/7 professional monitoring and cellular backup for $39.99 a month plus $5 per camera for 14 days of cloud storage. Without this plan, your system will be a local alarm only. Also, professional installation with Vivint is now free.

Frontpoint no longer offers the Protect plan and now offers monthly contracts. Cove recently changed its monitoring options and now works with Alexa and Google Assistant if you have the Cove Plus plan.

Finally, abode now works with Apple HomeKit. Finally, abode has also changed it’s pricing. The Connect Plan now costs $3.33 a month or $40 a year, while the Secure plan costs $8.33 a month or $100 a year.