Security Made Easy:

An Introduction to CameraFTP

Security surveillance systems such as ADT can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars to install, setup and maintain. What’s more, such companies will also require a multi-year-contract giving you no way out in the forseeable future. For large corporations that need advanced security alarm response features and don’t mind spending a little (or a lot) more energy and expense to get it, this is a fine solution. There are a good number of us out there, however, that do not have the funds to create a full-blown security system, but still want to have a surveillance backup plan at the very least. This is where CameraFTP comes in; allowing you to use any old Iphone, Android, or cheap webcam as your 24/7 monitoring system uploiading images directly and making them available on your CameraFTP account.


There are many selling points to CameraFTP, but the big one for many of us is the astonishing $1.50/mo starting price-tag. The total price will be dependent on the number of cameras you are connecting, the resolution, retention, and upload frequency. CameraFTP has created a tool that instantly calculates your monthly cost once you select these four options. Click here to see what deal you could be getting with CameraFTP.

Additionally, unlike ADT and those other surveillance providers out there, there is no long-term contract; so you can leave the service anytime without paying penalties (and you’re paying monthly so it’s easy to leave if you need to). Of course, you should take our lack-of-contract as a sign of our confidence that you will not want to leave our services, even if it is extremely convenient.

Most security systems will upload recordings to a drive; now imagine there is a fire or earthquake and this drive is destroyed... good luck figuring out how that fire was started. CameraFTP harnesses the technology of DriveHQ, so it doesn't matter if you were using an old phone to record; everything is uploaded to your cloud account where you can playback anytime, anywhere. You will not find a video monitoring service out there that is so cheap, easy to set up, and even easier to maintain.

Of course CameraFTP also offers apps for Iphone, Android, and Windows mobile devices for both the viewing and recording side of CameraFTP services. This has become a precious commodity as mobile usage skyrockets and the use of desktop or even laptop devices diminishes quickly. By logging on to your CameraFTP viewer app, you will be able to see the images that are being fed to you CameraFTP account while you are at work or on vacation. Of course, if something were to happen to your home while you were catching some rays in the Bahamas and your recording device was destroyed, you can simply logon and check out the images captured seconds before connection was lost (and even get an exact time to help the search). As always, if you have something that you would like to see added to our feature list, send an email to support@drivehq.com.