If you want something cheap, I’m happy with my Blink system. I think it was around 60 bucks for a refurb three camera system and another 30 for power supplies. You can run them on battery but they get used up pretty quick.
I’m not cloud connected, it all goes to a memory stick so no ongoing costs other than the trivial amount of electricity they use.
I also have a Blink camera system. It does the job and is relatively cheap.
I agree. My Blink systems have been running for over two years with no problems. I run one at our primary residence and another at our home 2000 miles away, with both indoor and outdoor cameras. Alerts me when anything moves in my motion zones, and I can immediately watch the recorded footage or go to live monitoring. Great system and very cheap. I run the remote system through a cellular hotspot, so we don’t even have traditional internet there.
Not a fan of blink. Perps know how to defeat them. Its night IR illuminator is visible and if it’s covered no night vision. Also its motion sensor can be defeated by walking slowly towards it then turning underneath and proceeding to the next camera identified by its night illuminator using the same manner to ID and defeat that one. At night the red IR light shows them where the cameras are.
A better solution imo is Ring doorbells + wifi-enabled invisible-IR game cameras. The game cameras are about $100 a pop but great for quick-on IR and motion sensing recording.