Guardian Protection vs CPI Security: An Expert Comparison
Today we will be comparing home security providers Guardian Protection and CPI Security, and see how they stack up! We’ll go over equipment, monitoring plans, and more!
There are many benefits in protecting your home with a home security system. Generally, most home owners get some sort of discount with their home owners insurance by having a home security system. Home security systems are also very important to have so that you can keep your family and home safe from home invasion crimes. Today we will be taking a look at and comparing what Guardian and CPI Security have to offer.
Guardian Control Panel
There are many reasons that you may be shopping around for a home security system. You may have had a recent increase of break-ins in your neighborhood, and are looking to prevent a home invasion crime from happening to you. You may have, unfortunately, been a victim of a home invasion crime, and are looking to make sure it never happens again. No matter what the reason, investing in a home security is a great way to keep your home and family safe from home or property burglaries. There are many great security companies out on the market currently that offer some really great products, and today we will start to look at and compare what types of security solutions Guardian Protection and CPI Security have to offer you.
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CPI Security Control Panel
CPI Security has a modern control hub that is packed full of features, and it connects all devices wirelessly to one place. CPI Security offers their inTouch SmartHub which centrally connects your system with all your security, home automation, and video surveillance devices. The inTouch SmartHub is a full colored touchscreen control panel that allows you to control your security system with a touch of a button. One really cool feature of the inTouch SmartHub is that it has a front-facing built-in camera that takes a snap shot of whomever is near you control panel when your system is being disarmed. The touchscreen itself is 7 inches with an HD screen resolution. It has a 2-way audio feature that will let you directly communicate with your central monitoring station along with allowing you to communicate through video surveillance equipment that has an audio output feature.
The inTouch SmartHub also uses Z-Wave technology which will allow you to connect and control smart home automation devices all in one place. This panel allows you to connect up to 119 different devices to it, and you will be able to create up to 242 custom user codes. It has a Micro SD slot built-in which will allow you to use a Micro SD card for expanded storage. The inTouch SmartHub is powered through an AC power source, but it does come with a backup battery just in case your power goes out. This control hub is wireless and transmits data via cellular data, but it also allows you to connect it to your home’s WIFI network so that you have two ways your hub is transmitting data which makes your connection more reliable.
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Who wins?
Guardian’s and CPI Security’s control panels are quite different from one another. Fronpoint’s control panel has a simplistic design, comes in two parts; the base and keypad, and it doesn’t have a lot of bells and whistles. We do really like Guardian’s Crash and Smash feature that is built into their control panel due to the extra security it gives you. CPI Security’s control panel is packed full of features, has an amazing display, and its easy to use. Because CPI Security’s control panel has a ton of more features than that of Fronpoint’s, we are giving them the win for this category. Check it out >
Guardian Equipment
Guardian Protection has all the basic sensors you need to give your home total protection. Guardian Protection offers door/window sensors that are battery operated and wireless. These sensors are meant to be placed on the door or window frame, and they will trigger your system if the doors/windows that a sensor has been placed on is opened. They also offer a similar sensor called the Smart Sensor. Guardian Protection’s Smart Sensor is similar to their door/window sensors with the exception that they are primarily meant to be used with doors. Guardian Protection offers motion sensors which are battery operated and wireless. Motion sensors are great for covering large areas of your home, and they will alert you to when motion has been detected in the room in which they were placed in. If you glass windows in your home, Guardian Protection offers glass break sensors to protect the windows in your home. Their glass break sensors are wireless and battery operated. Their glass break sensors will listen for the sound of breaking glass, and trigger your system if this sound is heard. If you are looking for a quick way to disarm and arm your system then you would want a Guardian Protection key remote. Their key remote is battery operated and allows you to quickly arm and disarm your system with a touch of a button. Guardian Protection offers wireless and battery-operated smoke/heat, CO, and flood sensors to keep your home safe from environmental dangers. All equipment offered by Guardian Protection is professionally installed, so you don’t have to worry about setting up the equipment yourself.
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Home Automation
Guardian Protection offers a nice selection of home automation and video surveillance cameras that works perfectly with their control and system. Guardian Protection has a really wide variety of home automation devices that you can buy directly from them. They offer a really nice smart thermostat that has a push button design, and it works for the majority of HVAC heating and cooling systems. Their smart thermostat allows you to remotely control your heating and cooling system as well as set timers for when it comes and goes off. Guardian Protection offers smart door locks as well. Their automated door locks allow you to create customized user codes and can be controlled remotely. Guardian Protect offers garage door controllers to provide some protection for your garage doors. Their garage door controllers will alert you to when your garage doors have been open or shut. You can also remotely shut and open your garage door on the go. Guardian Protection has a light switch module that can help you cut down on your home’s energy consumption per month. This module is powered through an AC power source. Any lights that are connected to this module can have their brightness adjusted, have schedules for when they turn on and off, and can be remotely controlled on the go
Video Monitoring/Cameras
Guardian Protection does offer some video surveillance equipment as well. They offer a video doorbell, outdoor, and indoor camera. All of their cameras are powered through an AC power source, and they work by connecting to your home’s WIFI network. Their indoor, doorbell, and outdoor cameras allow you to capture video in full color, and include night vision technology. Their doorbell camera has a 2-way audio feature that allows you to directly communicate with whomever is around your doorbell camera. Guardian Protection offers an image sensor as an alternative to having a video surveillance camera. Their image sensor is motion activated and pet friendly. It will snap an image anytime motion has been detected around it.
CPI Security Equipment
CPI Security has a nice selection of basic equipment that you can use with your inTouch Smart Hub. CPI Security has wireless and battery-operated door/window sensors. These sensors are great at protecting the entryways of your home such as your door or windows. They also offer motion sensors that are wireless and battery-operated. CPI Security’s motion sensors are great at protecting large areas of your home. CPI Security has wireless and battery-operated glass break sensors. Their glass break sensors will listen for the sound of breaking glass, and if breaking glass sounds are detected by a glass break sensor it will trigger your system. For a fast way to arm and disarm your system CPI Security offers battery-operated keychain remotes. CPI Security’s keychain remotes have a push-button design that includes a built-in panic button.
When it comes to environmental safety sensors, CPI Security has a nice selection of these types of sensors. They offer wireless and battery-operated smoke, CO, temperature, and flood sensors. These sensors are designed to look for rises in environmental factors that could cause damage to your home. The last basic equipment that CPI Security offers is a battery-operated medical pendent. This is designed to keep an eye on those in your family who may have health problems. It has an easy to push push-button design that will immediately notify emergency services that help is needed. All the equipment offered by CPI Security is installed by a professional installer so you don’t’ have to worry about setting up the equipment yourself.
Home Automation
CPI Security has everything you to need to really expand your system to include more than just security devices. CPI Security has a variety of home automation devices that will turn your home into a smart home. For starters, they offer garage door controllers which will allow you to remotely close and open your garage.
CPI Security also offers smart thermostats that are really great at cutting down the energy cost for your home. Their smart thermostat allows you to set timers for when your heating and cooling system comes on and off. You will also receive push notifications when drastic changes in temperature have occurred.
CPI Security offers smart switches that plug into standard outlets to be powered. You can use small appliances with CPI Security’s smart plug, and you can control these appliances remotely. You can also set custom timers for when your small appliances come on and go off.
The last type of smart home devices that CPI Security has to offer you is Yale Smart Locks. Yale is a highly rated along with a well-known producer of smart locks. CPI Security offers Yale touchscreen locks that allow you to quickly lock and unlock your Yale lock with a simple touch of a button. You can create custom user codes that can be enabled and disabled at any time. With the inTouch app you can remotely lock and unlock your Yale lock along with setting up custom event push notifications that will be sent to you for when your Yale Lock has been used.
Video Monitoring/Cameras
CPI Security has several different video surveillance cameras you can choose from. They offer a couple of indoor cameras, an outdoor camera, and a video doorbell camera. All of their cameras can capture video in 1080P. They have 2-way audio, night vision, and work by connecting wirelessly to your home’s WIFI network. CPI Security’s 2 indoor cameras, and their outdoor camera are powered by an AC power source while their video doorbell camera is powered by your existing doorbell wiring.
Who wins?
Guardian and CPI Security offer a lot of similar types of basic equipment. Their entryway and environmental sensors are battery-operated and wireless. Guardian’s door/windows sensors are smaller than normal door/window sensors making them easier to place. CPI Security however offers some basic equipment like their medical pendent that Guardian doesn’t offer. Still, Guardian Security has a larger selection of basic equipment, we are giving them the win for this category.
Guardian and CPI Security have a lot of add-on equipment that lets you expand your system to give it a personalize feeling. Guardian offers a lot of great energy saving devices like their LED bulbs which are great at cutting down on your home’s energy cost per month. CPI Security has a really nice selection of video surveillance equipment, and we really like all the features that built into these cameras. Guardian has a bit of larger selection of add-on equipment for you choose from than CPI that can all be monitored through Alarm.com, and due to that we are giving them the win for this category.
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Guardian Protection vs CPI Security App
Guardian and CPI Security offer professional, self, and video monitoring services. Their self-monitoring services are done through their apps. Their apps are free to download and work for Apple and Android devices. Their apps will allow you to remotely arm and disarm your system, stream live and recorded video, and receive push notifications for events. Guardian’s app, which is powered by Alarm.com, also includes Geo Fencing which is a feature that allows you to set an invisible fence around your property that will either turn of or on your system, devices, and/or cameras when leave and/or return home. Their professional monitoring services work the same where you have a 24/7 professional monitoring station watching over your home. When it comes to pricing information, Guardian is transparent and have their pricing for their equipment and monitoring services listed on their websites. You will need to reach out directly via email or phone to get this information from CPI Security.
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Guardian Protection vs CPI vs Link Interactive
Guardian Protection and CPI Security are well known and highly rated security providers. Guardian’s system is easy to use, and you can really expand it. CPI Security’s control panel is super nice and packed full of features, and CPI Security has a huge selection of basic, life safety, home automation, and video surveillance equipment so that you can really personalize your security solution. Because Guardian offers a nicer control panel with a larger selection of equipment and Alarm.com self-monitoring, we are making them our overall winners.
Recommended: The Better Alternative
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Link Interactive and Guardian Protection are the exact same security solution/system in terms of equipment and monitoring services. At Link we offer the Qolsys control panel just like Guardian as well as Alarm.com self-monitoring and third-party professional monitoring. Also just like Guardian, we offer home automation control and cutting-edge video monitoring services as well. The difference is in the experience. With our Alarm.com security system, you get more features at a lower price point, and with renowned customer service.
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