
Owning a home
comes with a ton of responsibilities, and topping this list is ensuring that it is well protected. After all, it is among your most significant investments. While there are many ways to safeguard your home such as having a dog or
joining a neighborhood watch group, a home security system does a much better job in ensuring that your loved ones and your property are on the safe side. However with the myriads of security system services out there, choosing the right one can feel like an uphill climb as you’ll have to wade through tons of junk, before finding the perfect fit for your home. To spare you the agony and time, we put together some key factors that will make finding the right home security system service a breeze. Now that you’ve decided the type of system you want, what unique features does it offer you and what sets it apart from the other systems in the home security system realm?For instance, nowadays, most DIY security systems come with a smartphone app through which you get alerts.
The basic plan is free, gives you control over your system and sends alerts to your smartphone when the alarm goes off. The premium plan $9. 99/month expands the basic plan controls and adds video storage. The professional monitoring plan $14. 95/month adds cellular backup and links your home to a certified monitoring station that can send
emergency responders to your home. This professional monitoring plan is the cheapest among the systems we tested, tied with SimpliSafe.

99 each, smoke detectors for $29. 99 each, and water sensors for $19. 99 each. The LifeShield Essentials
system goes for $199. 99 and comes with a base station, a keypad, a keychain fob, four door/window sensors, a motion sensor, a fire safety sensor, and an Asus Memo Pad 7 tablet with LifeShield software that you can use to control everything. Additional sensor pricing is similar to what you'll pay with SimpliSafe. Professional monitoring prices also vary from
company to company. Ring offers one of the better deals around: For $10 per month you get 24/7 monitoring with police and fire department dispatch, full remote use of the mobile app, and unlimited cloud storage for your Ring cameras. SimpliSafe's monitoring plan goes for $14. 99 and gives you 24/7 monitoring with emergency dispatch, but you'll pay an extra $10 per month for remote use of the mobile app and to receive email and push alerts. Access to recorded video costs another $4.