Frontpoint Home Security System Cost and Pricing

Frontpoint Security Components

Everything in the Frontpoint system is central to your dual-channel hub, but you have tons of options for peripheral equipment. Simply put, if you have a specific security need, Frontpoint has the equipment you’ll need to cover it. Some of their add-ons include:

Frontpoint Equipment Options:

• Frontpoint Hub and keypad
• Door and window sensors
• Garage door sensors
• Glass break sensors
• Motion sensors
• Light sensors
• Smoke and heat sensors
• Carbon monoxide sensors
• Water/flood sensors
• Keychain remotes
• Panic pendants
• Smart locks
• Wireless indoor cameras
• Wireless outdoor cameras
• Video doorbells

Frontpoint Keypad closeup

Using the Frontpoint app, you can arm your system remotely, receive alerts, tweak settings, and livestream from your indoor or outdoor cameras. Away from home when you get an alert? Check the app to see if it is the Fed Ex deliveryman or a prowler on your front porch.

The app also gives you access to Frontpoint’s home automation tools, so you can control things like smart door locks, smart lights, and smart plugs with your mobile device. Kids forget to turn off the basement lights before you left for the weekend? No worries. The app not only lets you know they’re still on, but gives the power to turn them off.

You get all of these controls automatically with the Ultimate monitoring plan. (This is the only monitoring plan the system is offering moving forward, and it costs $49.99 per month.)

Frontpoint App

MOBILE ALERTS	Frontpoint’s mobile app puts the power of home security in the palm of your hand. Stay connected with alerts from motion sensors, flood sensors, carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detectors, and more.
24/7 MONITORING	All Frontpoint security systems are paired with a 24/7 professional monitoring plan. If your alarm is triggered, a security professional will reach out to you immediately, and they will dispatch emergency help if needed.
WIRELESS EQUIPMENT	Frontpoint’s entryway sensors, video cameras, and other security equipment is wireless. Installation leaves no permanent marks, and you can easily take the equipment with you if you move.
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS	Their optional home security cameras let you save recordings and stream live video to mobile phones, tablets, and computers.
DIY INSTALLATION	Maintain your privacy. With Frontpoint, no technician needs to visit your home. You can install the equipment yourself in about 30 minutes.
SMART HOME SYSTEMS	Home automation helps people save time and money. Frontpoint’s mobile app makes it easy to automate your home’s lights, locks, thermostat, and more.
DISASTER PROTECTION	For all-around protection, you can customize your system with environmental sensors to alert you in the case of flood, fire, or a carbon monoxide leak.
REMOTE CONTROLS	Control your Frontpoint system remotely via the app or the add-on keychain remote ($24.99). With the keychain remote, you can arm or disarm the system, or send an emergency alert for immediate help.
GEOFENCING	Using your smartphone’s GPS, Frontpoint can put a wireless “fence” around your home. This is called geofencing, and it allows your system to alert you if you leave your “fence” without setting your alarm. When you get the alert, just tap the button in the app to secure your home.

Overview of Frontpoint Pricing

Frontpoint’s retail pricing is pretty average when you compare it to the rest of the market. Systems start at around $500 and can go as high as $1,300. That’s just a touch under what you’d pay for ADT or Vivint systems. That said, Frontpoint is almost always running a sale of one kind or another, and its sale prices are actually at the lower end of the market, between $100 and $350. That makes Frontpoint one of the more affordable home security systems out there.

With that in mind, does the lower price translate to lower quality on Frontpoint’s products and services? Definitely not. As a matter of fact, Frontpoint offers more advanced features than many of its competitors, including SimpliSafe. One of those impressive features is geofencing, which uses your phone location data to control the system’s arming modes and home automation. Frontpoint is one of only a handful of security systems that offers that feature.

If you’re on the fence, keep this in mind: There’s no contract if you pay the equipment fee up-front, so you can cancel your monitoring at any time with no penalty. (Just give them 30 days’ notice.) Plus, Frontpoint has a 30-day, money-back guarantee on equipment, so you’ll have a window of opportunity to back out if you change your mind.

That said, you will have to sign a contract if you buy equipment through financing. Financing makes buying a Frontpoint system less of a burden, since you can get started by paying just the first month of monitoring, but the equipment cost is spread over three years. That means you’ll pay more than the $49.99 monthly monitoring fee, and of course, you’ll have to sign a contract, but as you’ll see later on, it might just make sense to go with the financing option.

Frontpoint Security Packages

Frontpoint Equipment

The Starter Pack

• 1 Frontpoint Hub + Keypad
• 1 Door/Window Sensor
• 1 Motion Sensor
• 1 Yard Sign
• 1 Door Sticker
• 3 Window Decals

Frontpoint Hub

The Home Shield

• 1 Frontpoint Hub + Keypad
• 3 Door/Window Sensors
• 1 Motion Sensor
• 1 Smoke/Heat Sensor
• 1 Indoor Camera
• 1 Yard Sign
• 1 Door Sticker
• 3 Window Decals

Frontpoint Door Sensor

The Family Lookout

• 1 Frontpoint Hub + Keypad
• 3 Door/Window Sensors
• 1 Motion Sensors
• 1 Keychain Remote
• 1 Indoor Camera
• Choice of outdoor camera or video doorbell
• 1 Yard Sign
• 1 Door Sticker
• 3 Window Decals

Frontpoint Indoor Camera

Frontpoint Skybell doorbell

* Each system also includes one yard sign, one door decal and three window decals not included in system size calculation.
** Available for a limited time.

Expert Examined

From Rob Gabriele, Managing Editor & Home Security Expert

“Interior cameras are another important component I look for in a security system, and Frointpoint’s cameras check the box. I encourage you to place Frontpoint’s indoor cameras with motion detection throughout the house to protect valuables such as electronics, cash, and jewelry. These are the most common items burglars seek.”

Frontpoint Monthly Monitoring Fees

Most security systems will offer you two or more monitoring plans with a tiered-structure, starting from basic intrusion monitoring and adding features like cloud video storage and home automation as you climb up the price ladder.

Frontpoint does things a little differently. While it’s required that you purchase a monitoring plan to use Frontpoint, there’s only one subscription option that covers all the features you can possibly get from a Frontpoint system. The monthly monitoring fee starts at $25.99.

Frankly, $24.99 is just five dollars more than SimpliSafe charges for its most basic monitoring package, but keep in mind that’s a starting price. If you’re looking to include all of Frontpoint’s feature options, like video security and home automation, the price rises to around $50 per month.

Of course, that only matters if you want those premium features. If you do, here’s why getting an equipment financing plan makes sense: To get the most out of your monthly monitoring fees, you’ll want to get equipment that will let you use advanced features like home automation and video recording. You’ll need security cameras and smart home devices for those, some of them costing up to $200. That’s a huge dent to the wallet if you’re paying upfront, but if you get a financing plan, you’ll be able to add more equipment without investing a substantial amount.

Frontpoint Monitoring

Frontpoint Equipment Costs

Frontpoint has lots of equipment you can add on to your system to customize it just the way you want. With the Ultimate monitoring plan, you’ll be able to control any and all add-on equipment you buy from Frontpoint.

Additional Frontpoint Equipment

*Note: These prices reflect Frontpoint’s current 50 percent off sale.

All Frontpoint equipment — whether it’s part of a package or added on separately — comes with a three-year limited warranty. This is actually one of the better warranties in the industry. Ring Alarm, for example, offers a one-year warranty, and home security powerhouse Vivint offers a four-month warranty.

How to Order

Since Frontpoint doesn’t make you mess with long-term contracts and they’ve narrowed their monitoring options to just one all-inclusive plan, ordering a system is easier than it’s ever been. Just go to their website, select the equipment package you want — or build your own — and check out. Easy as that.

You’ll be enrolled in the Ultimate monitoring package during the checkout process. There are no contracts to sign, and no installation appointments to schedule. Once you complete your purchase, Frontpoint will ship you your equipment, with detailed instructions for DIY installation. You should have everything set up in 30 minutes or less. It’s that easy!

Overall Value of Frontpoint

Because of Frontpoint’s robust app, strong home automation capabilities, and innovative features like geofencing and customizable “scenes,” we rank them high in several categories. Not only are they among our top DIY home security systems, but they also rank high among our best home automation security systems and best overall home security systems.

That said, if you’re just looking for a straightforward DIY system that’s reliable and has nice smartphone controls, you could probably save some money on monthly fees and get everything you’re looking for with one of SimpliSafe’s packages. (Read our SimpliSafe review for the lay of the land.) And if you’re looking to forgo professional monitoring and do it yourself, then you should consider these top no-monthly-fee home security systems.