Nest vs Cloud Cam – Amazon Cloud Cam Review

I’ve had the Nest DropCam cameras since their release. I decided to try Amazon Cloud Cam, because of the annual cost was far more reasonable than the Nest cost. Camera Review: I can honestly say that the Nest Cam night vision is of higher quality. The day time is also performs less than the Nest. The Nest has an enhanced image feature when zoom in to focus, with light filtering. The enclosure of the Cloud Cam feels like cheap plastic and it does have that solid feel. The Nest Cam has some weight to it and has a metal enclosure, very nice design. The mounting system is similar to each other, but I prefer the Nest. Nest locks into place with no slop. The Cloud Cam feels like it’s hanging off of the mount. App Review: This app falls very short of decent. On the Nest app, all of you cameras are feed in a thumbnail all on one page. The Cloud Cam only has one camera at a time. Swiping is required to scroll to the next camera. The terrible part comes when you have an alert and the app is slow to connect to the camera and the person has moved out of frame and is on the other camera. Constant is needed to find the person in you house. Rather the Nest has it all on one page and you can click on the camera which has the person in frame. No sharing is available for the camera feeds. No syncing across the devices that you have signed in as yourself. If you turn a feature off, you’ll need to do it on all the devices. Nest syncs across all devices. No app sharing, my garage door can integrate with the Nest app and MyQ app. No enhance image feature like the Nest. No outdoor cameras. No iPad support, tried to download for my iPad. The app didn’t come up on the search. I had to view purchased apps and download for iPhone. It looks like crap on the iPad No web browser support, you can not connect to your cameras on your computer. When you turn off the camera, it’s only turned off on that app you turned it off on. It will continuously record and stays on. The only thing that Cloud Cam has over the Nest is the annual cost. Nest cost $100 on the first camera and $50 on every additional camera. Cost is even more for the best plan. I’ll probably return them and try Ring’s security alarm system and cameras.
Review by HeavyLoadz on Amazon Cloud Cam.