SimpliSafe consistently ranks high on our list of the best home security systems. It's tough to beat an easy-to-use and affordable security system with generous customer policies. Plus, SimpliSafe has proven that its top priority is protecting your home and family. It skips some of the bells and whistles, like whole home automation, that you get with companies like Vivint or ADT to focus on security.
After meeting with SimpliSafe’s CEO and top product and tech officers, we were impressed by their commitment to security first—while keeping costs manageable for everyday families. They know home security shouldn’t come at the expense of essentials like groceries or daycare, so they’ve designed a system that’s both effective and budget-friendly.
The key takeaway? SimpliSafe is simple by design. It prioritizes low costs, ease of use, and hassle-free installation. While it doesn’t integrate with tons of third-party devices, it packs homes with sensors, offers renter-friendly solutions, supports self-monitoring, and ditches contracts and cancellation fees. And their confidence in customer loyalty is well-founded—most SimpliSafe users stick with it for a decade.
While we're talking about the competition, we want to point out that SimpliSafe has a few features that are hard to find elsewhere.
Active Guard monitoring: We can't say enough about this real-time "security guard" feature. SimpliSafe trains all of its monitors and runs its own monitoring center to ensure that its live guard protection delivers the most proactive intruder deterrence in the industry.
Video alarm verification: Available only to Core, Pro and Pro Plus subscribers, this allows SimpliSafe's professional monitors to view brief clips from your security cameras to understand what's going on. It helps them confirm the alarm and dispatch the best emergency services.
Only ADT offers the same type of video verification service, but for twice the monthly rate of SimpliSafe.
RapidSOS: RapidSOS allows SimpliSafe's monitors to share your information with local dispatchers within seconds, which can shave minutes off the police response time.2
Cove is the only other national security brand currently integrated with RapidSOS.
Extra technology: SimpliSafe recently announced two new monitoring updates to improve emergency dispatch time.5 Text-based alarms let you quickly cancel a false alarm or confirm an emergency, and the optional critical alarm notifications by-pass your phone's Do Not Disturb or silent settings during an alarm event.
Small-batch pro monitoring: Although they don't advertise it, we have the inside scoop straight from SimpliSafe. You can buy 30 days of pro monitoring through SimpliSafe and decide exactly when to use them. It could be only for the weekdays, weekends, or when you're on vacation.
SimpliSafe breaks from security system tradition and skips the contracts. There's no hefty cancellation fee chaining you to a system you don't like.
You also aren't tied to a monthly payment—and you can activate the professional monitoring service only when you need it. If you want extra protection when you’re on vacation, you can add monitoring for that month and then cancel and go to unmonitored when you return with no penalties or hassle.
You have two months to try out SimpliSafe and decide if you like it. That's one of the longest trial periods in the home security industry, outdone only by ADT's incredible 6-month money-back guarantee.
Start your countdown from the minute you complete your order—the 60-day money-back period starts from the day you order, not the day you receive the system.
If you decide that SimpliSafe isn’t the right fit, you can send it back in that 60-day window, and the company will process a full refund and cover the cost of return shipping.
