SimpliSafe Monitoring Cost: Every Plan Priced (August 2026)

What each SimpliSafe plan costs

SimpliSafe publishes its monitoring prices as per-day rates. As of August 2026, its monitoring page lists five tiers:

SimpliSafe bills monthly. Converting the published per-day rates to a 30-day month works out to roughly $9.90 for self monitoring, $22.80 for Standard, $33 for Core, $49.80 for Pro, and $79.80 for Pro Plus. Those monthly figures are our arithmetic from the published per-day rates, not prices SimpliSafe lists directly.

All plans are no-contract: SimpliSafe states plans are billed monthly and can be canceled at any time, with no cancellation fees. A monitoring subscription also carries a lifetime equipment warranty on system hardware (with select professional monitoring plans, per SimpliSafe's monitoring page).

What the higher tiers actually buy you

The jump from Standard (76 cents/day) to Core ($1.10/day) buys camera recordings and video verification. Video verification matters for response: SimpliSafe states that when agents can verify a crime in progress with video evidence, they can request priority dispatch, which SimpliSafe says results in faster police response compared to its non-verified alarms.

The jump from Core to Pro or Pro Plus buys Active Guard Outdoor Protection: live monitoring agents can view the feed from a compatible Outdoor Camera (Series 2) while your system is armed during plan hours, speak to people on your property through two-way audio, and trigger the camera's siren and spotlight. Pro covers overnight hours (8pm to 6am local time), Pro Plus covers 24/7. Both Pro tiers add the Anti-Theft Guarantee, up to $500 toward your insurance deductible if a break-in occurs while the system was armed. Active Guard supports up to 3 outdoor devices, and one must be the Outdoor Camera (Series 2) on the included power cable.

One pricing nuance worth knowing before you buy equipment. As of August 2026 SimpliSafe's shop page lists three system packages at these published list prices: Break-In Detection (5 piece) at $282.94, Intruder Deterrence (6 piece) at $498.92, and Complete Protection (10 piece) at $818.88. A promotional Anniversary Sale banner on the same page advertises 60% off any new system, conditional on signing up for professional monitoring, which brings those three to $113.20, $199.60, and $327.60. Treat the discounted column as volatile: the banner carried an ends-tomorrow countdown when we checked on 19 August 2026, so the list prices are the ones to plan against. The equipment discount is real, but the economics only make sense if you intended to pay for monitoring anyway.

For how SimpliSafe's rates compare across the industry, see home security cost per month and the cheapest professional monitoring options. If you are weighing SimpliSafe against other monitored providers, we can fetch real quotes from professional monitoring providers through a short questionnaire.

Is SimpliSafe monitoring worth paying for

Whether any monitoring fee is worth it depends on how you weigh dispatch-when-you-cannot-respond against the recurring cost; we work through that math in is professional monitoring worth it.

Specific to SimpliSafe: the system works without a subscription, but in a reduced mode. The siren still sounds and sensors still trigger locally, while camera recordings and professional dispatch require a plan. SimpliSafe's own FAQ frames the monitoring plans as the recommended way to use the system, and its equipment warranty and current equipment discounts are both tied to holding an active monitoring subscription.

On cancellation risk, SimpliSafe is one of the lower-risk monitored options on paper: no long-term contract, monthly billing, cancel any time. That means the practical downside of trying Core for a few months is limited to the months you pay for.