Comparisons
Buying CCTV outright vs paying monthly
Buying outright costs more up front and far less over three years, and the system is yours. Monthly plans spread the cost but usually tie you to one provider, and the equipment often remains theirs. For most small businesses here, buying and adding a maintenance plan works out cheaper.
Total cost over three years
A bought system plus annual maintenance almost always lands below three years of monthly payments, and you still own the equipment at the end.
What monthly genuinely helps with
Cash flow at the start, and multi-site rollouts where the capital cost all at once is impractical. Those are real reasons, and they are the only ones.
Who owns it
Read this carefully in any monthly agreement. If the equipment stays theirs, you are renting, and leaving means removal — not just cancelling.
Should I buy CCTV or pay monthly?
Do you offer monthly CCTV plans?
We sell systems outright and offer annual maintenance separately, so you own the equipment and can change maintenance provider without losing your cameras. We think that is the fairer arrangement and we will explain why on the phone.
What is the maintenance actually for?
Scheduled cleaning and focus checks, verifying recording, drive health, and priority callout. It is the difference between a system that works in year three and one that quietly stopped in year two.
Need this doing?
CCTV maintenance means scheduled visits to clean lenses, check focus, verify the recorder is still writing, confirm storage health and test remote access. Dust, heat and load-shedding are what actually kill systems here. Annual plans start at PKR 12,000 for a single shop.
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