40% price hike for 2026 in Sweden!

[GW1a]

I have just received yet another notification of a proposed 2026 Arlo Secure Plan price increase (UK) and would be interested to hear other peoples thoughts on this. Considering the ongoing issues I am still having with my camera (Pro5s), and the poor customer service response from Arlo Europe I really cannot see how they can justify this increase?

[BrookeN]

Thank you for reaching out about your Arlo Secure plan. We’ve recently updated our pricing to reflect the growing investment required to maintain and continually enhance the service.

Arlo Secure is designed to be Europe’s leading, privacy focused security platform. It goes far beyond basic cloud storage, combining advanced AI detection, European based cloud hosting, and continuous feature updates to keep your system among the most intelligent and reliable security solutions available. These improvements ensure we can keep strengthening detection accuracy, expanding capabilities, and maintaining the high privacy and security standards our users expect.

Full details were shared in the email sent to subscribers with a link to our website FAQ.

[Stryfe77]

@BrookeN Thanks for the information. Could you explain to me which additional services Arlo provides on top of the legacy single camera subscription of 4 euro a month. The migration to Arlo secure only provided me prices increases, while AI innovations are for the US market only.

I still have one camera at my family on the locked legacy schema with exact same service for 60% lower price.

Both cameras record to the same cloud infrastructure and have smart alerting.

Thanks for explaining.

[CMYBACK]

 curious if  you are OK with monitoring increasing with no alert by $60 for the year

[lamlambrianou]

Dear All,

I find the increase unfair; a rise of more than 46% is difficult to justify. I am disappointed, as I trusted your products when I made my purchase last year.

This decision nearly doubles the price, which places an unreasonable burden on existing customers. Given your dominant market position, this increase feels excessive.

I kindly ask you to reconsider this decision and review the pricing in a more reasonable and logical manner.

Best regards,
L. Lambrianou

[dommitchell]

The same price increases have been applied to us here in Sweden, too. A whole 40% increase to cover costs incurred by AI services that we have no way of opting out of. I can accept annual price increases but 40% in one year is shameful.

[dommitchell]

I've just been alerted to a 40% price increase happening in 2026. Apparently this is due to Arlo deciding to use AI technology. I understand that AI costs money and that Arlo have taken this decision so they can 'continue to deliver the best AI-driven safety' but as customers we have no choice. There's no way to opt out so we have to accept the price increases.

I think this seems unfair and I'm disappointed. I've only ever had a good experience with Arlo but I am now looking at alternatives.

Has anyone done a price comparison with alternatives?

[Cobra173]

Why has my monthly charge increased by 40% ? The service hasn’t got 40% better?