Find Vera Service Cost
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Free, Basic Service
There is no charge for using the FindVera service for secure, remote access of your home from a web browser or cell phone. There is also no charge for email notifications.
$29/year for enhanced services
For $29/year you can receive notifications by SMS text message in addition to, or instead of, the free email notifications. This price includes up to 50 SMS text messages, domestic or international, to any cell phone carrier worldwide. This price also includes 1GB of storage on the findvera server to store a video archive from your surveillance and IP web cams, which cameras can be tied to sensors and door locks so you have a video record of who is coming and going from the home. This is enough for about 50,000 images. This service also includes remote monitoring of your Vera with an email or SMS text notification if your Vera stops working for some reason. You also get automatic daily backups of Vera's configuration so, in the event your Vera unit fails, you can restore a backup and not lose any data. Lastly, the service also includes 1 year of energy logging, tracking all your energy usage by device, room, etc.
$10 for 50 extra SMS text messages
If you need more than the 50 text messages includes in the $29/year package, extra text messages are available. The text messages can be domestic or international, to any cell phone carrier worldwide. Whenever your available text messages are running low you will be sent an email with a link to allow you to purchase more text messages.
$5 per Gigabyte per year for extra storage
When your available space for video archiving is low you will be sent an email with a link to allow you to purchase more space.
Changes for prior users
This pricing is effective July 24, 2009. Users who received one of the lifetime FindVera subscriptions as part of a promotion will continue to receive all the features at no charge for life, and will continue to receive unlimited SMS text messaging for life, as per the original agreement.
Users who previously prepaid for an annual or lifetime subscription will receive an email for instructions on receiving a refund on any unused portion if they wish to change to the free, basic service, or the $29 enhanced service. Or they may stay with their current prepaid plan which includes unlimited text messaging.
