Video Surveillance Recommender

Video surveillance system recommender tool. Find the right video surveillance system for your home or small business. A powerful, easy-to-use, step-by-step product recommender.

My home was vandalized multiple times while I was travelling frequently for my job. I finally had enough and decided to purchase and install a home video surveillance system. I needed a high-definition video surveillance solution that would both record and store video as well as alert me via my smartphone whenever someone goes onto my property and approaches my home. I wanted an affordable, yet quality home video camera solution that I could install myself for my home. While looking for right video surveillance system for my home, I found out it that is wasn’t as easy and straight forward as I expected. In fact, I found it to be highly confusing with numerous brands, models, features, and technology choices. In addition, I couldn’t find good quality centralized information regarding these systems that was brand agnostic. Information was disparate and residing in various data silos.

Being the frugal nerd that I am, I conducted a ton of research both on and offline and spent a tremendous amount of hours educating myself about the various video surveillance options for my home. I finally selected a system, completed the install and I am ultimately happy with my home video camera solution. Several of my friends liked the system and had previously wanted one of their own but ran into the same barrage of confusing information on existing systems out there. Therefore, I helped them select and install video surveillance systems for their homes.

I decided to create this this app to document my research findings and experience in order to help others that are may be looking for a video surveillance system for their home. Here is a very simple to use, step-by-step configurator to help you easily find the right video surveillance system for your specific needs.