Best Indoor Security Cameras of 2025

We love the easy DIY installation process for ADT’s indoor cameras, but we appreciate that they’re also available for customers seeking professional installation. You can view indoor cam feeds using the ADT Control or Google Home apps, and both are easy to use.

Our Nest Cam (indoor or outdoor, battery) mounted indoors

Google Nest indoor cameras cost the same for ADT customers as they do at retail. However, you can occasionally get one for free when purchasing a system and monitoring plan. The ADT system and its cameras are relatively pricey but well worth the cost in our experience. Using Google Nest cameras with ADT requires a Nest Aware subscription, which comes with the $39 Complete monitoring plan. (Note: If you get your ADT system professionally installed, the monthly cost becomes $49 per month).

You can upgrade to Nest Aware Plus for an additional monthly fee. However, this plan doesn’t offer much beyond increasing the cloud storage in the base Nest Aware plan. It gives you 60 days of event storage and 10 days of continuous recording for plugged in cameras, particularly the Nest Cam (indoor, wired).

Still, nothing beats ADT’s professional monitoring service, so we highly recommend it if you’re looking to completely secure your home inside and out.

Moments worthy of being recorded can happen anytime. And we’re not just talking about break-ins. Your child’s first steps; your pets’ funny antics; your share-worthy reaction to your favorite soccer team’s goal. Most indoor cameras miss those moments because they are designed to record only movement and only when armed. That’s true even for ADT’s Nest Cams. Well, Lorex’s cameras are different in that way. They connect to a DVR or NVR that is always recording. You can see it in action in our Lorex review.

A Lorex Indoor Camera

Of course, continuous recording has security benefits too. Motion detection isn’t always reliable, especially with cheaper indoor cameras. Even our favorite affordable camera, the Wyze Cam, had detection mishaps during our testing. With Lorex recording continuously, you can almost be sure that no moment is missed.

We think Lorex is also doing great with its pricing. Its indoor cameras aren’t exactly dirt cheap, but they are priced within or below industry averages while giving above-average specs.

Here are some Lorex indoor cameras and their prices:

Keep in mind that most Lorex cameras require a DVR or NVR, and those that don’t will likely need a microSD card to record continuously. Those are additional ownership costs, but at least you won’t have to pay a monthly fee just to access recordings like we had to with Ring and Blink.

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Arlo is a great option for folks looking for high-tech, high quality, highly customizable indoor cameras. Their entire suite of products is exceptionally well designed, and most of their cameras can be used indoors or out.

The product line offers features like AI-driven alerts, ultra-high 4K resolution, color night vision, and many of the other features top-shelf consumer cameras bring to the table. We have more on that in our full Arlo camera review, but one thing to note, these little guys will cost you. Here’s a quick breakdown of prices:

Now keep in mind, the above models are probably more camera than you need for keeping an eye on things indoors. For that, you’ll probably want to go with the tried and true Arlo Essential Indoor Security camera. Usually retailing for $99.99, you’ll save $20 if you’re looking to buy now. It boasts 1080p resolution, two-way audio, and an automated privacy shield so certain moments aren’t recorded.

Most Arlo cameras work with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant if you’re looking for smart home automation, and their entire line of products is designed to work in unison with one another through the easy-to-use Arlo Secure app. For indoor and outdoor security alike, it’s tough to go wrong with Arlo.

If you’re looking for a sophisticated camera that checks all the boxes, Google Nest Cams are a great place to start. For one, they have really good image quality. While you won’t find 4K cameras similar to Lorex from Google Nest, we found their 1080p HD cameras backed with HDR really high-quality, especially indoors. HDR balanced its images, making both bright and shadowy areas clear in our videos.

The strongest feature of the Nest Cam, though, is its smart AI detection. It has person detection, and we were able customize our alerts so that we’d only be notified if the movement is caused by a person. If it’s our pet, the Nest Cam just ignores it.

On top of that, we were able to set up Familiar Face Alerts after signing up for Nest Aware ($8 per month for unlimited Nest Cams). Nest Aware gave us a 30-day video history and unlocked facial recognition. Thanks to that, we were able to customize how we want to be notified when a particular person our Nest Cam recognizes is seen. For example, we had it notify us when our kids get home so we know they’re home safe.

If you want to learn more about some of our favorite security cameras, read more about them in our Google Nest Cam review.

Since R​​ing first burst onto the scene with its super-popular Ring Video Doorbell, the brand has consistently ranked high both in value and performance. That goes for their cameras as well as their low-cost Ring Alarm home security system. With Ring Security Cameras, you get a well-made product for a reasonable price.

Another thing we really like about Ring is that you’ll have a lot of customizable features, not only in the wide array of products they offer, but with the cameras themselves in terms of motion settings and alert zones. You can adjust the type of motion you want to be alerted to, as well as the time of day you wish to receive them. You can also draw activity zones where you want the camera to focus on or avoid.

Ring’s reasonable prices are another big draw. Their battery-powered Stick Up Cam starts at $99.99, and their indoor cam is just $59.99. Despite being a little more expensive, we know that with Ring Stick Up, we’re getting the same reliable features that we’ve come to know and love about the brand: clear 1080p HD video resolution, infrared night vision, a 130-degree field of view, and high-quality audio. Read more about this camera in our full Ring Stick Up Cam review.

Blink is a good choice if you don’t need all of the bells and whistles of some of the other more advanced indoor security cameras. In fact, Blink is owned by the same company that owns Ring – it’s none other than Amazon – but the company markets it as a more budget-friendly option.

We tested two Blink indoor cameras. There’s the battery-powered Blink Indoor, which is a simple, square-shaped camera with all the basic features you’ll need. It has two-way talk, motion detection, and video recording of events. The second is the Blink Mini, which is even smaller and simpler. It’s a plugged-in camera, but at only $35, it’s a really affordable option for basic indoor security.

We’d like to point out that Blink has an option for local storage, in addition to its affordable cloud subscription plans ($3 per month for one camera, $10 per month for unlimited cameras). You’d need the Sync Module – a hub of sorts that connects the cameras to the internet – and a USB flash drive or microSD card. The Sync Module doesn’t have built-in storage, but if you plug in a USB drive or microSD card into it, you can have it record motion events locally without monthly fees (sort of like Lorex, but without continuous recording).

We’d like to make it clear that the only reason Zmodo made this list is its affordability. None of the Zmodo cameras we tested particularly impressed us, but we believe having cheap indoor cameras is better than having none at all. And if budget is what’s stopping you from getting indoor cameras, Zmodo is a decent option.

The Zmodo Mini Pro – the only indoor camera from the brand – has a 1080p HD resolution, night vision, and a 130-degree field of view. It at least meets industry standards. It also does come with person detection, but during our tests, it wasn’t as reliable as person detection of the $99 Nest Cam. The price is worth pointing out though – the Zmodo Mini Pro is only $39.99, less than half of what the most affordable Nest Cam costs.

Want to learn more? Head over to our Zmodo camera review for the full story.