Recommendations – Video Doorbells

Below you will find my most current recommendations for each product category. As always, these are NON-SPONSORED recommendations based on as much empirical information and testing as I can gather.

Last Updated: March 11, 2025

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Best Overall

Eufy Dual Camera Doorbell Wired

MSRP: $199.99
Common Price: $129.99
Link: https://amzn.to/3NX9cTn

My top pick in this category is the $199 Eufy Dual Camera Doorbell which is the least expensive out of the group and like all Eufy Cameras does not require a cloud subscription.  Not only is the Eufy Dual packed with all the features I just mentioned like familiar face plus person, pet, and package detection, but it also has dual cameras to give you a clear image of the area in front of your doorbell as well as the area immediately under your doorbell, and the package camera is even aimable to make sure it covers everywhere you need.

Best Budget Option

Reolink WiFi Doorbell

MSRP: $109.99
Common Price: $87.99
Link: https://amzn.to/3nVdv9m

If you’re trying to keep your budget under $100 I don’t think you can do better than the Reolink WiFi doorbell which gets you subscription free person detection and fantastic video quality if you’re willing to take a risk on a newer and non battle tested product.  Also, one important thing I didn’t mention is that a Reolink doorbell paired with a Reolink NVR can enable 24/7 recording without a monthly fee by recording directly to the NVR’s hard drive making it an even stronger option.

Best Alexa Integrated Doorbell

Ring Pro 2 Video Doorbell

MSRP: $229.99
Link: https://amzn.to/3A3cDSK

If Amazon Echo integration is a top priority for you, then everything else in this video is moot and you should choose a doorbell from the Ring ecosystem, and the best one I’ve ever tested is the Ring Pro 2.  At a retail price of $259 and $40/year subscription the 2 year true cost of ownership for a Ring Pro 2 is $339 but it does deliver very good performance across the board that is extremely reliable and has very few shortcomings.

Best HomeKit Secure Video Doorbell

Belkin Wemo

MSRP: $54.00
Link: https://amzn.to/3UHyHdy

That said, I thought the Belkin Wemo was significantly better than the Logitech Circle for a lot of reasons.  First neither of them had great video quality, but the Wemo’s camera is a fisheye lens with almost 180 degrees of vertical field of view and close to 140 horizontal which helps to eliminate blind spots around your door. The Belkin Wemo was also slightly better at consistently starting recordings at the beginning of an event, and I found that about one in ten of my motion recordings on my Logitech Circle were a person standing at or walking away from the door. I also had disconnection issues with my Logitech Circle where the doorbell would randomly go offline and I needed to bring it back inside to reconnect it to my network, and I had no such issue with the Belkin Wemo.

Best Google Home Integrared Doorbell

Google Nest Wired Gen2

MSRP: $179.99
Link: https://amzn.to/3NYyh0b

I found that the notification speed of the Nest doorbell was just as fast as the Eufy Dual, and the Nest doorbells offer a similar feature set to the Eufy with person, vehicle, pet, package and familiar face detection.  About the only thing that the Eufy has that the Nest doesn’t is the additional downward facing package camera, but the portrait orientation of the new Nest camera gets you close to 160 degrees of vertical field of view, which should still be enough to keep an eye on packages close to your door, and the Nest of course has the huge advantage of 24/7 recording assuming you can stomach the $12/month cloud subscription.

More information on Wired Video Doorbells: https://youtu.be/Cj7Fwu_d1yc