Security Cameras for Small Business — 10 Cameras for $22/Month (No Hardware)

Enterprise camera vendors quote small businesses like they're Fortune 500s — hundreds to over a thousand dollars a month, plus per-camera hardware and multi-year licenses. You don't need any of that. Here's how to get small business security cameras cheap: ten cameras for $22/month, no hardware, with the multi-admin fleet view that actually matters for a business.

What the "business" vendors charge

Verkada and Meraki are excellent — and priced for enterprises with IT budgets. For a shop, office, or restaurant, paying $829–1,250/month for ten cameras is absurd. RSC delivers affordable business security at $22/month with zero hardware.

Why phones work for business

A small business rarely needs 4K cameras staring at a stockroom. It needs reliable coverage of entrances, the register, the back door, and the floor — exactly what a repurposed phone provides. Collect a few old staff phones (or buy used ones for $30 each) and you have a business security camera system cheap enough to be a rounding error on the P&L.

The feature that matters: multi-admin fleet view

The difference between consumer and office security camera budget setups is management. RSC includes:

• Fleet view — every camera across your location(s) in one grid.
• Multiple admins — the owner and a manager can both monitor, with role-based access.
• AI detection + alerts — get pinged for a person after hours, not for every passing shadow.
• Cloud + local recording — review incidents without an on-site NVR to maintain.

That multi-admin, multi-camera dashboard is what makes RSC a real store security camera affordable option rather than a consumer toy.

RSC business tiers

• Pro — $22/month: 10 cameras, 15-day history, AI detection, fleet view.
• Business — $50/month: 15 cameras, 3 admins, 30-day history, multi-location.
• Enterprise — $149/month: unlimited cameras/admins, 60-day history, unlimited locations.

Even the Business tier at $50/month undercuts Verkada by more than 15×.

Real setup for a shop

1. Mount phones at the entrance, register, back exit, and one wide floor shot.
2. Power each from a nearby outlet (business locations usually have plenty).
3. Add each to RSC; assign the manager as a second admin.
4. Set after-hours motion alerts to your phone.

Fifteen minutes, no installer, no contract.

What about theft-grade evidence?

Phone footage is more than enough for police reports and insurance claims — clear faces at the register, plates in the lot, timestamps on every clip. With cloud backup on, footage survives even if a thief grabs the phone.

Bottom line

Small business security cameras cheap doesn't mean cutting corners — it means not overpaying Verkada or Meraki prices for coverage a repurposed phone handles. Ten cameras for $22/month, multi-admin fleet view, no hardware, no contract. For most small businesses, that's the smart buy.

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