# Advice for Security Camera / Doorbell

**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/advice-for-security-camera-doorbell/144053
**Category:** Devices
**Created:** [October 13, 2025, 6:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advice-for-security-camera-doorbell/144053 "2025-10-13T06:06:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![KennyMoens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kennymoens/32/84061_2.png) [@KennyMoens](https://community.homey.app/u/KennyMoens)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2025, 6:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advice-for-security-camera-doorbell/144053/1 "2025-10-13T06:06:10Z")

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Hello guys,

Currently I own a Google Nest camera and doorbells, but due to the recent price change announcement for the storage of footage I am looking into alternatives.

What would you guys recommend as alternatives?

My requirements are:

- Wifi-based camera’s (or at least wireless), since I don’t have ethernet where the camera’s are.
- Complete local solution. I should be able to operate them without depending on some cloud services and/or recurring payment.
- Obviously: good Homey integration

Thanks!

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### Author: ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advice-for-security-camera-doorbell/144053/2 "2025-10-13T22:15:32Z")

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I’m very content with the Reolink Doorbell.  
It’s around €110, stores data on SD - cloud use is optional.  
Block its DNS requests when you don’t want it to connect to Reolink HQ ([AdGuard Home](https://adguard.com/en/adguard-home/overview.html) does the job well)

I’ve the powered-by-wire / wifi version.  
It works perfect with the Onvif Camera app by Adrian, even visitors (pushing the button) are detected and usable as flow triggers

> [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Support for ONVIF compatible cameras (Release 2.0.70, Test 2.0.70)](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-support-for-onvif-compatible-cameras-release-2-0-70-test-2-0-70/28377/1896):
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> app.  
> Sensors:
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> ![Screenshot_20251003_112119_Firefox](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/3/b3c4f25346916b084b0863dae44ccd854beab2c2.jpeg)

And it streams to the dashboard as well

> [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Support for ONVIF compatible cameras (Release 2.0.70, Test 2.0.70)](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-support-for-onvif-compatible-cameras-release-2-0-54-test-2-0-58/28377/1902):
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> Yes! Needed to have the latest Homey firmware, beta App version and Homey App, and I now have live view from my Reolink Doorbell in Dashboards!

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### Author: ![Angel\_Chugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/angel_chugh/32/120807_2.png) [@Angel\_Chugh](https://community.homey.app/u/Angel_Chugh)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advice-for-security-camera-doorbell/144053/3 "2026-01-02T14:27:14Z")

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I’ve had good luck sticking to setups that keep recordings on a local hub or NAS, but I’ve also tried [Vivint](https://www.vivint.com/) as a reference point to see how a more complete system handles things. Even though it leans on monitoring, its camera handling and smooth automation gave me a few ideas for setting up local triggers and motion flows in Homey without leaning on paid storage.