Best Home Security · FREE
Best free Home Security (2026)
3 home security that offer a genuine free plan, ranked by entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: Abode at $0/mo.
- Qualifying: Abode, SimpliSafe, Ring Alarm.
- Data current through: 2026-11-01. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. Every row below is marked — we flag rather than silently retain.
Comparison
| # | Home Security | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abode STALE · 2026-09-27 | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Apple HomeKit / iOS households — the only major system with native HomeKit support | goabode.com |
| 2 | SimpliSafe STALE · 2026-09-05 | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | Renters and homeowners wanting no long-term contracts | support.simplisafe.com |
| 3 | Ring Alarm STALE · 2026-09-02 | $9.99/mo | Yes | — | — | Amazon/Alexa ecosystem households | security.org |