Arlo has once again increased the monthly subscription price for its smart home cameras. Arlo Secure Cloud Storage PlanThe company now charges $9.99 per month (up from $7.99) to store recordings from one camera and $19.99 per month (up from $17.99) for unlimited cameras. And instead of calling the cheaper plan Arlo Secure, both of them have now been named Secure Plus.
At $9.99 per month, the cheapest Secure plan is now more than three times the monthly $2.99 Arlo charges to store video for a single camera in the cloud. The company increased it to $4.99 in early 2023, then Last year $7.99With annual billing, the single-camera plan still works out at $7.99 per month, while the unlimited-camera plan is effectively $17.99 per month when you pay in advance for a year.
This latest round of price increases comes after Arlo announced New set of AI-powered features on September. Features include telling users the names of specific people or vehicles the camera sees and receiving notifications about them, or training your cameras to detect and notify you of events like turning on a sprinkler or opening a garage door. Doing is involved. The company has also doubled the number of days it will store recordings, from 30 to 60 days.
According to a screenshot, Arlo has offered at least some users the ability to keep their old rate by switching to an annual plan Posted on Arlo subreddit,
Users can still get free storage using Arlo Base Station and SmartHub Devices Which are compatible with their cameras. However, going that route also means missing out on some of the subscription-only features that make smart cameras attractive, like package detection.