An extra monthly membership fee for a Ring gadget is absurd given the high cost of the device itself. There must be some value in preserving Ring’s fundamental features even if you don’t pay for it?
Hello, Welcome to Smart Home Point! My name is Shah and I’m here to help! Your shopping spree for Ring devices is complete. Congratulations! Or maybe it was just Prime Day or Black Friday and everything was $1 on Jeff Bezos’ last day at Amazon.
What the heck, who knows? Either way, you’ve been really busy setting up all of your new Ring cameras and doorbells throughout your house. The Ring app on your phone may have informed you that you have 28 days remaining on your Ring Protect plan” while you were completing this process.
Well… However, many of the main features are only available with the $10/month Ring Protect Plus plan (which covers unlimited devices as well as your Ring Alarm system), which costs $3/month per device. This means that the $3/month Ring Protect Basic plan is required to use many of the essential features.
What is the price of each Protect Plan Subscription?
Ring Protect Basic costs $3/month or $30/year for each device subscribed (in the U.S.).
Ring Protect Plus costs $10/month or $100/year to cover all devices at your home (in the U.S.).
Ring Protect Pro costs $20/month or $200/year to cover all devices at your home (in the U.S.).
In contrast to PFFT, your cameras are equipped with SMART features like face recognition. There is a CLOUD RECORDING going on. Maybe an additional strategy wouldn’t be necessary.
At 3 am on a month later, someone tries your door handle since you forgot about the app that said something about a “Ring Protect plan”.
The Ring app shows nothing in live view, so you opt to wait until the next morning to see the more extensive recordings since you’re still half asleep (as I would be if this were happening to me).
You get up, grab your phone, open the Ring app, and… The phone rings. Unfortunately, there aren’t any tapes to be found. What the heck? SMART cameras are supposed to record, right? What’s the purpose of one that doesn’t?!
That’s a good start, but the more you think about it, the more you realize that your Ring gadget is useless without your smartphone nearby. After all, you’ll be able to see a live feed of guests, talk to them, and get motion alerts when they enter your space.
“You will receive alerts when visitors press your doorbell or trigger motion sensors in your device. You will also get live streaming video and two-way audio.” – Ring.com
However, if anything occurs – such as a break-in attempt – and you aren’t near your smartphone (or an Echo device), you’re out of luck. This incident was not captured on tape. Ring recordings are saved on the cloud, thus this is the case. And nothing is preserved if you don’t get the Ring Protect package.
Instead of being able to watch recordings from previous motions, doorbell presses, or even you manually tapping “live view,” you’ll have to go into the Ring app to see them. Everything will just vanish. Nada. Empty. There aren’t any tapes.
Not even the low-resolution photographs collected every minute or so, known as snapshots, are kept anywhere. For the most part, your Ring devices will operate in real-time without the need for a Ring Protect plan.
Yikes. Is it really “clever” of you, or what? That being said, what are the options? In either case, you have two choices:
To begin, you may keep your smartphone nearby, connected to WiFi at all times, and set the volume too high. If there’s a motion alert, you’ll be able to see what’s going on in Live View.
You might just simply subscribe to the service. If you’re going to choose this choice, Ring wants you to. It’s $3 a month… for each gadget. If you’re using three devices, your monthly fee will be $9. The Ring Protect Plus plan, which costs $10 a month and covers an unlimited number of Ring devices, is another option.
If you have four Ring devices, this choice is unquestionably worthwhile (because spending $10 per month is clearly preferable to paying $12 per month! ), but even with three devices, the Plus package is generally worthwhile.
I’ll get into the Plus plan in a minute, but the Ring Protect ‘Basic’ plan, which costs $3 a month per device, gives you 60 days of storage for all video recordings, the ability to save and share video clips with others, snapshot captures, and some more control over smartphone notifications.
The ring costs less per month than a trip to Starbucks if you just have one or two Ring devices, thus it’s definitely worth the money in my perspective — and I say that as a coffee fanatic! If your Ring gadget detects or helps to prevent crime, this is particularly true; you virtually can’t place a value on it.
As an example, spending $9 monthly for three Ring devices comes out to $108 a year. Is it really worth it? Yes, it’s likely for the same reasons I indicated previously, but paying even more to Ring may be preferable.
What do you mean? Be certain that I am not insane. If you want Ring Protect Plus, it’ll cost you $10 a month or $100 a year upfront. If you acquire a fourth or fifth Ring device, you won’t have to pay an additional monthly charge. In addition, you’ll enjoy a 10-percent discount in the Ring shop and an extended warranty on any devices that are still covered by their guarantee.
Unless all of your devices have reached the end of their warranty period and you’ve never made a direct purchase from Ring.com, the Plus plan is definitely worth the extra money. The Ring Plus membership is all that’s needed for me with three Ring devices.
In spite of the fact that it may seem unjust to pay a premium for Ring devices and then be forced to pay even higher membership costs, keep in mind that video storage that can be accessible around the clock from any device does cost money, and I believe that Ring has every right to charge for it. However, Ring might be more forthcoming about the need for these additional payments.
Finally, let me point you that this article has only touched on Ring cameras and doorbells so far. When using Ring’s smart lighting just, the Ring Protect Plan is not required since the lights perform just fine without it. The Protect Plus package, on the other hand, is well worth the money if you already own a Ring security system.
As a result, you get expert monitoring and cellular backup (which comes in handy if your WiFi goes down). This has the potential to save a person’s life. It’s also important to keep in mind that many ‘old school’ alarm systems cost much more than $10 per month, making the Protect Plus plan a wonderful value for the alarm system – particularly because it also protects any Ring cameras or doorbells you buy.
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Many individuals have asked themselves this question after forgetting (or refusing) to pay $3 a month for each of their Ring devices, so let’s answer it together. Without Ring Protect, as you’ve undoubtedly surmised by now, nothing is “recorded,” in the strictest sense of the term Without a membership, according to the Ring’s website.
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