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I pay about $5 a month for my Google Nest doorbell, which also just happens to be a security camera.

It's kind of cool that I can repurpose an old laptop or tablet as a security camera; but if I'm really serious about a security camera, I'll go out and buy a dedicated camera that's smaller and comes with a mount, and similar priced monthly fee.

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I'm going to be perfectly honest, I was much more excited when I thought this was a free framework that connected a browser client to another browser and only used the accounts for authentication. Many of the low cost IP security cameras on sites like Amazon use the cost of the camera to subsidize unlimited streaming. I have to say that business model appeals to me much more than an ongoing expense to use hardware I already own.

$5/month/camera for Nest, vs $5/month for unlimited cameras. But of course Nest has a lot more features, 24/7 video archiving, tagging, etc.

We launched UView with features that we felt would make it competitive with what is currently out there. We also don't plan to stop adding new and cool features.

Unlimited cameras and being able to view multiple cameras on one screen is definitely something that we felt was a big plus and differentiator.

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