What Does Ring Basic Plan Cover: One-Device Limit and Add-Ons

The Ring Basic plan, now sold as Ring Solo, costs $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year and covers one Ring doorbell or camera at one address. It adds cloud video recording for up to 180 days, smart alerts that label people, packages, and vehicles, and Live View sessions of up to 30 minutes.¹ Without it, a Ring device still streams live video and sends motion alerts, but nothing is saved.

What You Get

Every motion event, doorbell press, and Live View session on the covered device is recorded to the cloud and kept for up to 180 days. Clips can be downloaded one at a time in the app or in bulk through a browser, and a shared link stays live even if the original recording is later deleted.²

Beyond recording, the plan adds:

Smart Alerts that label motion as a person, package, or vehicle instead of just “motion detected”
Extended Live View of up to 30 minutes per session
Video Preview Alerts, which embed a short clip in the push notification so you can decide whether to open the app³
Device Modes for remotely arming or disarming a Ring Alarm and setting custom recording schedules¹
Doorbell Calls, which ring your phone like an incoming video call
Cellular backup for a Ring Alarm base station and automated calls to emergency contacts when the alarm triggers, if you have compatible Alarm hardware¹
A 10% discount on select purchases at Ring.com

The One-Device Limit

Solo covers a single Ring device. If you have more than one camera or doorbell, you either pay for a separate Solo subscription per device or move up to Ring Multi at $9.99 per month, which covers every Ring device at one address.⁴

What’s Not Included

Several features sit above the Solo tier:

Professional 24/7 monitoring, with a central station that can dispatch emergency responders, requires Ring Pro at $19.99 per month.⁵
The AI features Ring calls Video Descriptions, Familiar Faces, Video Search, Active Warnings, and Single Event Alerts come with Ring Pro or with the Pro Intelligence add-on.⁶
Extended device protection through Allstate (SquareTrade) is tied to Ring Multi or higher. Solo isn’t listed in the warranty terms.⁷

Optional Add-Ons

Two paid add-ons let a Solo subscriber stretch the single-device coverage without jumping tiers.

Pro Intelligence is $5 per month per device in the U.S. and adds Video Descriptions, Familiar Faces, Single Event Alert, and Unusual Event Alert. Familiar Faces is available only in select European countries and is unavailable in Illinois, Texas, and Portland, Oregon, under local privacy laws. Video Descriptions and the related AI alerts are also unavailable in Illinois.⁶

24/7 Continuous Recording is $3 per month per camera and keeps nonstop footage for up to 14 days. It works on eligible wired doorbells and indoor, outdoor, floodlight, and spotlight cameras, but the device must be plugged into continuous power. Battery and solar-powered cameras aren’t eligible, and the feature caps at 10 devices per location.⁸

The Free Trial and Life Without a Plan

A new or certified refurbished Ring device comes with a 30-day free trial at first setup. The trial doesn’t apply if the location already has an active subscription. If the trial ends without a paid plan, every stored recording is permanently deleted.⁹

Without a subscription, Ring devices still stream live video, send basic motion notifications, and use two-way talk, but nothing is saved to review, download, or share later.⁴ In the U.S. and Canada, an unsubscribed Ring Alarm also loses app-based remote arm and disarm; you have to use the physical keypad.¹⁰

Canceling

Cancel through account settings on Ring.com. The plan stays active until the end of the current billing cycle and then stops renewing. Refunds aren’t offered unless local law requires one. Once the plan expires, stored recordings are permanently deleted, so download anything you want to keep before you cancel.¹¹

A Note on the Name

Older guides may call this plan Ring Protect Basic or Ring Home Basic. The service launched as Ring Protect, was rebranded Ring Home in November 2024, and in 2026 reverted to Ring Protect with the Basic tier renamed Ring Solo.¹² Features and pricing carried through both changes.¹³

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