ADT cost per month

How much does ADT cost per month.  There is one easy way to find that out the hard way. Signup with ADT and you’ll get a quarterly bill. How much your bill will depend on what you choose when you signup. You will have an initial installation fee. This varies based on what you are getting. Are you getting a wireless system, wired, how many doors are you monitoring, are you getting glass break? Answers to all of those questions will determine your bill. The key here though is this

Do you need it?

so what will determine how much adt costs for you is what you need from adt

That’s right consumer, do you need it? You will notice below if you look on the ADT sites that I left out some of their marketing information. They will tell you that with all of their systems you get a “sounder”, another word for a horn in your house if the alarm goes off. Well, I would hope you get one. It’s ridiculous to mention that. It’s almost like buying a new car and they tell you that they include tires. Well, thanks glad I got tires. So all the alarm systems below come with a siren and you get those little blue ADT stickers and yard signs.

I want you to notice one important thing in comparing these systems. What extra protection are you getting from a burglary from jumping up from the $99 dollar system to the $600 dollar system. Not much, I’ll say that. The only thing that could possibly protect you more is the cellular backup. However, there is a cheap way around that option as well.That’s called your cell phone company. For a small fee, they will give you an adapter and an extra phone line on your account and you can avoid a $600 dollar, that’s right you heard me, a $600 install fee. Now, let’s look at some of these packages and the ADT cost per month for each of them.

Security Package Install Cost Monthly Cost
Essentials 99 33.99
What you get
2 Door / Window Sensors
1 Motion Detector

ADT cost per month – ADT Safewatch QuickConnect (ooh it’s wireless)

2 Wireless Door / Window Sensors 299 42.99
1 Motion Detector
1 Keychain Remote

ADT cost per month – ADT Safewatch Pro RF

499 35.99
1 Wireless Control Panel
1 Standard Control Panel
2 Wireless Door / Window Sensors
1 Motion Detector
1 Key Remote

ADT cost per month – ADT Critical Conditions

499 38.99
1 Hardwired Control Panel
1 Standard Touchpad
1 Smoke Detector
1 Flood, Temperature or  Carbon Monoxide Detector
2 Door / Window Sensors

ADT cost per month – ADT Family Package

609 49.99
1 Control Panel
2 Touchpads
2 Door / Window Sensors
1 Motion Detector
Cellular Backup

Check with local security installers in your area for the most accurate costs. They likely won’t deviate much from these costs. You can also consider installing your own security system and having it monitored by another company than ADT. There are security companies out there that will monitor your alarm system for a monthly fee of only around $10 to $12 dollars / month.

At the end of the day, you have to ask yourself if what you are trying to protect is worth the monthly cost of what you would pay ADT. The ADT cost per month likely will not change much. If anything, it will go up.  Do you want to be paying a high monthly fee though. Remember that when you spend on one item, that’s less money you have to spend on other items.  Opportunity cost is lost on most people, don’t let that be you.