10 Best Home Security Cameras Without a Subscription, Tested and Reviewed

Some of the best wireless security cameras don’t require you to pay for online video storage.

You can avoid monthly fees with cameras from Eufy , TP-Link and others that store video locally.

The main downside to cameras that forgo a subscription is that they lack intelligent object recognition of people, animals, vehicles, packages, and faces.

The TP-Link Tapo C225 is a motorized pan-and-tilt camera with local video storage on a microSD card.

The camera works with Apple HomeKit Secure Video , which processes motion alerts for people, animals, and vehicles locally.

The Eufy SoloCam S340 has a 3 K wide-angle camera and a 2 K telephoto camera that are used together to give you up to 8x zoom.

This camera performs exceptionally well in our tests, receiving high scores for video quality, response time, data security.

TP-Link Tapo C420S2 performs well across the board in our tests for video quality, response time, and data security.

It falls in the middle of the pack for data privacy, but its free smart features are subpar compared with the competition.

The Eufy Floodlight Cam S330 receives an excellent rating for response time and very good ratings for its video quality.