SecuritySpy price and SecuritySpy license cost per camera for a business Mac

A SecuritySpy license costs $50.99 for one camera, $119.99 for four, $239.99 for eight, $359.99 for twelve, $479.99 for sixteen, $664.99 for twenty four, $833.99 for thirty two and $1,060.99 for unlimited cameras, paid once in US dollars at the Ben Software store. The license never expires. It includes two years of updates and email support, and after that renewal is 25% of the license price a year, so a 16 camera license costs about $120 a year to keep current.

Those numbers are read from the Ben Software online store, which prices every tier in dollars, pounds and euros, and from the SecuritySpy specification sheet. We sell person and vehicle alerts for cameras a business already records, which overlaps with part of what SecuritySpy does, so the later sections say plainly where SecuritySpy is the cheaper and better buy and where it is not.

The SecuritySpy price list in US dollars

SecuritySpy is sold directly by its developer, Ben Software, a UK company. The home price list is in pounds (from £35.90 to £749), and the store converts to fixed dollar prices that are a little higher than the exchange rate would suggest. A US buyer pays the dollar column.

From four cameras up the price is a flat $30 a camera until 16, then it starts to fall. The unlimited license pays for itself against the 32 camera license once you pass about 41 cameras, which is well inside what a current Mac mini can record. There is also a 30 day refund window after purchase, which is generous for this market: most VMS licenses are non refundable once activated.

How the camera tiers work

One license covers one copy of SecuritySpy on one Mac, sized by how many cameras that Mac uses. Ben Software gives the rule in plain terms: one camera needs the 1 camera license, two to four cameras need the 4 camera license, five to eight need the 8 camera license, and so on up the table. Buy for the camera count you expect next year, not today, because that is where the second rule helps.

While you are inside the support period, you can move up a tier by paying only the difference. Going from 12 to 16 cameras inside the first two years costs $120, the gap between $359.99 and $479.99. Outside the support period you renew first. A second Mac used only to watch a licensed server needs no license at all; if the second Mac records its own cameras, it needs its own.

Licenses are tied to the name on the order, not to a machine, so moving to a new Mac means installing and entering the same code. Ben Software's FAQ also covers selling a property: the license is not formally transferable, and it recommends the new owner buys their own, because renewals and upgrades need proof of ownership.

What the support renewal costs

Every new license includes two years of software updates and email support. After that the specification sheet sets renewal at 25% of the license price a year, with further discounts for multi year renewals (those are shown only after you enter an existing license in the upgrade store). If you let support lapse, SecuritySpy keeps running on the version you have; you just stop getting updates and help.

For a business, keeping support current is worth it. macOS releases a major version every year, camera firmware changes how streams are delivered, and SecuritySpy's AI models and push notification certificates are updated through the app. Running a recorder on an unpatched build for years is the usual way a camera system ends up exposed on the internet.

The Mac you also pay for

SecuritySpy runs only on macOS, on Intel or Apple Silicon, and Ben Software does not support it on non Apple hardware. On apple.com the Mac mini starts at $899 for the 2026 M6 model. The developer's own sizing for the 2024 Mac mini with the 10 core M4 chip is 124 cameras at 2 MP, 102 at 4 MP or 58 at 8 MP, so a single Mac mini covers almost any one site.

Storage is separate. SecuritySpy records to drives attached by USB or Thunderbolt, or to a NAS, and the Mac's internal SSD is not where you want weeks of 4 MP video. A four bay Thunderbolt or USB enclosure with surveillance drives commonly adds $600 to $1,500 depending on retention. If the cameras have microphones, also think about audio before you turn it on: several states, California among them, require consent from everyone recorded, and a compliance tool that tracks state recording rules is the place to keep that decision on file rather than in someone's memory.

What you get for that money is good. SecuritySpy uses a neural network to classify motion as a human, vehicle or animal, all on the Mac, with no cloud service and no per camera AI fee. Recording, the web interface, the iPhone, Apple TV and Android apps and unlimited users are all in the license.

Five years for one site and for three

Here is what fifteen cameras cost over five years. SecuritySpy figures include the 16 camera license, three years of renewal and one Mac mini at $899 a site, with drives left out because both setups need a recorder's worth of storage somewhere. Our product does not record, so its figure assumes your NVR or VMS keeps recording as it does today.

Read it honestly. For one site with fifteen cameras and a Mac you are happy to own, SecuritySpy is about $2,700 cheaper than our Operate tier over five years, and it records video, which we do not. If you are choosing a recorder for the first time and the office runs on Macs, buy SecuritySpy.

The picture changes in two cases. With several small sites, every site needs its own Mac and its own license, and each one is a separate server to patch, back up and log into. And if the cameras are already recorded by an NVR or a VMS that works, SecuritySpy means moving every camera to a second recorder just to change which motion counts as an alert.

If you are buying it for better alerts

A lot of SecuritySpy trials start with the same complaint: the NVR that came with the cameras sends a push for every headlight, shadow and spider web, and someone reads that SecuritySpy's AI filters those out. It does, on the cameras it records. The cost of getting there is a Mac on site, drives, moving each camera's stream, and tuning detection per camera, while the old recorder either keeps running alongside or gets retired.

There is a shorter route when the recorder is fine and only the alerts are not. MotionDetection reads the RTSP sub stream of each camera your NVR already records, labels every motion event as a person, vehicle, animal or package, and alerts only on the classes you choose, by email, webhook or Slack. Nothing is installed on a Mac, the recorder stays as it is, and continuous video is not uploaded anywhere. You can run the demo on a clip first, and every tier is on the video analytics software price page. The person detection camera software page shows what those alerts look like.

If you are comparing SecuritySpy with Windows options, the Blue Iris license cost for business use post totals the commercial plan the same way, the Agent DVR pricing page covers the one recorder that also runs on macOS and Linux, and the Synology Surveillance Station license page covers recording on a NAS. Larger multi site platforms are compared by license model in the video management software guide. Mac owners who ran Sighthound Video and now need something that is still maintained will find SecuritySpy next to four other options on our Sighthound Video alternative page.

Questions buyers ask

How much does SecuritySpy cost?

SecuritySpy costs $50.99 for one camera, $119.99 for four, $239.99 for eight, $359.99 for twelve, $479.99 for sixteen, $664.99 for twenty four, $833.99 for thirty two and $1,060.99 for unlimited cameras on one Mac, paid once in US dollars. Two years of updates and support are included, then renewal is 25% of the license price a year.

Is SecuritySpy a one time purchase?

Yes. The license is paid once and never expires, so SecuritySpy keeps recording even if you never renew. What you renew is the support period: two years are included, after which updates and email help cost 25% of the license price a year, with discounts for multi year renewals.

Is there a free version of SecuritySpy?

No. There is a 30 day trial with every feature and no camera limit, and after that a license is required. The one exception is using SecuritySpy on a second Mac only to view a licensed server, which is free. Ben Software also offers a full refund within 30 days of purchase.

Does SecuritySpy work on Windows?

No. SecuritySpy runs only on macOS 10.13.6 or later, on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, and Ben Software does not support it on non Apple hardware or emulators. Windows PCs, iPhones, Android phones and Apple TVs can view it through the web interface and the mobile and TV apps.

Does SecuritySpy have AI person detection?

Yes. SecuritySpy crops each motion area and runs it through a neural network that scores the chance of a human, vehicle or animal, all locally on the Mac, with no extra fee. Ben Software notes the classifier cannot tell a parked vehicle from a moving one, so a parked car inside a motion area can keep triggering vehicle events.

How many cameras can SecuritySpy handle?

The license limits cameras per Mac by tier, up to unlimited. The real limit is the Mac: Ben Software rates a 2024 Mac mini with the 10 core M4 chip at 124 cameras at 2 MP, 102 at 4 MP or 58 at 8 MP, and a Mac Studio with the M3 Ultra at 256 cameras at 2 MP.

Can I get person alerts without moving my cameras to SecuritySpy?

Yes. A detection layer can read the RTSP sub stream your current NVR already uses and classify each motion event before it alerts. MotionDetection does this from $49 a month for four cameras, or $888 a year for fifteen across up to three sites, with no Mac to buy, no second recorder and no cloud archive of your video.