How much does it cost to use a cellular trail camera?

How much does it cost to use a cellular trail camera?

Cellular Trail Camera Subscription Plans

 

Modern trail cameras have come a long way from their inception, and many of the most popular cameras today are cellular models. These cell cams allow you to check on your photos and videos from anywhere, which has changed the way the modern hunter scouts.

 

Every company has a different subscription plan for its cameras. Figuring out the different plans by brand can be confusing and overwhelming to hunters who are not familiar with the brand or are switching over from another kind of trail camera. In this article, we will break down the cellular camera plans for the brands that we carry.

A quick note: the cell service that a camera uses has nothing to do with your personal phone plan. You do not need a Verizon phone to use a Verizon cell camera. Although if you know that a certain company gets a better signal in your area, it would be beneficial to buy a camera that uses their cell service.

Spartan Trail Cameras

 

Spartan trail cameras use both Verizon and AT&T cell towers. When shopping for a trail camera, it will say which carrier the trail camera will work with, allowing you to choose your preferred carrier.

Spartan Shared Camera Plan

Spartan also has a new shared data plan. The shared data plan is great for those who have multiple Spartan cellular trail cameras on their hunting property.

 

The shared plan allows you to put multiple cameras under the same plan instead of setting up individual plans for each camera, which can be a major hassle and is quite a bit to keep track of, with the spartan shared plan getting all your cameras put onto the plan is quick and simple.

 

With a Spartan Camera shared plan, each camera adds 5 dollars per month to your bill, and there aren’t any fees for activation or deactivation. You can have up to 10 cameras on a single plan, and they do not limit your data so you can have an unlimited number of images and videos.

Browning Trail Cameras

Browning has a wide variety of plans to choose from. Depending on your needs, you can get a plan to show the status of your cameras, and transmit a large or small amount of images and videos. 

Most of their plans allow for multiple cameras to share a plan, however, there is an additional $5.00/month charge for each additional camera added to a shared plan. The first camera is included in the plan’s price. Let's take a look at what they have available.

Status Plan: $4.99/month

The Status plan gives you only the basic communications data package of battery monitoring and GPS data transmission. You cannot upload photos or videos with the basic status plan. This is something you may want to use if you leave a camera on a property that is far from home, or on public land.

Scout Plan: $9.99/month

The scout plan allows for 1200 standard images to be uploaded from your cellular trail camera, and you can only have one camera on the plan in total. You also get your first month of service for free.  

Scout Plus Plan: $12.99/month

The Scout Plus plan allows you to upload up to 2400 standard images a month. Along with the 2400 standard images, you can also upload 10 high-definition photos a month. Browning allows you to share this plan between two cameras.

Hunter Plan: $19.99/month

The Hunter plan allows for 3000 standard images along with 50 HD images a month. You are allowed to share this plan between three cameras.

Hunter Plus Plan: $29.99/month

A step up from the hunter plan, the hunter plus plan allows for up to 6000 standard images and 300 HD image downloads. You can also upload 100 video clips per month with this plan. Up to four cameras can share this plan.

Guide Pro Plan: $49.99/mo

The Guide Pro plan is the largest plan offered with Browning cellular trail cameras. With this plan, you can upload 12,000 standard images, 400 HD images, and 150 video clip downloads per month. You can also share this plan between six cameras.

Spypoint Trail Cameras

Spypoint trail cameras have four photo transmission plans to choose from, and you can choose to pay for these plans either monthly or annually. If you pay annually, you will save around 33% if you choose to keep your cameras on all year.

Free Plan: $0/month

The free plan allows you to download up to 100 photos a month, and it doesn’t cost you a thing. You just have to own a Spypoint camera and download their app.

Basic Plan: $5/month

The Basic plan allows for the transmission of 250 photos and costs $5 per month or $4 a month if paid annually. Although if you are a Spypoint club member, this plan is free.

Standard Plan: $10/month

With the standard plan, you can transmit 1000 photos per month. This plan costs $10 per month or $7 a month if paid annually. For club members, this plan is $8 a month or $5.60 a month if paid annually.

Premium Plan: $15/month

If you are getting thousands of pictures every month, you need the Spypoint premium plan. This plan allows you to transmit an unlimited amount of images per month. This plan costs $15 per month, or $10 per month if paid annually. Club members can get this plan for $12 a month, or $8 a month if paid annually.

Covert Wireless Trail Cameras

 Covert allows you to choose between Verizon and AT&T so you can pick whatever service works best for you and the area you hunt in. The plans can be monthly, quarterly, or yearly. Their prices for normal camera plans are detailed in the table below.

Per-Camera Plans

Image Count

Monthly

Quarterly

Yearly

100

$4.99

-

-

400

-

$14.99

-

1,000

$7.99

-

-

1,500

-

-

$59.99

3,500

-

$19.99

-

5,000

$9.99

-

-

10,000

$14.99

-

-

12,500

-

$24.99

-

15,000

-

-

$74.99

20,000

$19.99

-

-

25,000

-

$34.99

-

30,000

-

-

$89.99

50,000

-

$49.99

$99.99

125,000

-

-

$149.99

500,000

-

-

$424.99

1,000,000

-

-

$849.99

Unlimited

$19.99

$59.97

$239.88

Add a Camera

$5.00

$15.00

$60.00

LORA System Plans

You can save a bit of money by using their new LORA system, which allows you to pair up to 9 LORA LC 32 cameras with one transmission unit. This means you only have to pay for a single line instead of 9 lines. Here are the rates for the LORA system.



Image Count

Monthly

Quarterly

Yearly

1,000

$7.99

-

-

1,500

-

-

$59.99

3,500

-

$19.99

-

5,000

$9.99

-

-

10,000

$14.99

-

-

12,500

-

$24.99

-

15,000

-

-

$74.99

20,000

$24.99

-

-

25,000

-

$34.99

-

30,000

-

-

$89.99

40,000

$44.99

-

-

50,000

-

$59.99

$99.99

125,000

-

-

$199.99

500,000

-

-

$549.99

1,000,000

-

-

$999.99

International Plans 

They also have a small international plan available that you can pay for monthly from where ever you may be.

Image Count

Monthly

100

$4.99

1,000

$9.99

5,000

$29.99

10,000

$49.99

Add a Camera

$5.00

Moultrie Trail Cameras

 Moultrie trail cameras have three simple packages for you to choose from, and these packages can be paid for either monthly or annually. These plans only support one camera, so if you want to use multiple cameras, you need their pro series unlimited plan, or pay for a plan for each camera.

Monitor Package: $4.99/month

The Monitor package allows you to download 100 images and one video per month with one camera per plan. This plan costs $4.99 per month, or $2.99 a month if paid annually.

Standard Plan: $9.99/month

The Moultrie standard plan lets you download 10 videos and 1000 images a month with one camera per plan. This plan costs $9.99 per month, or $8.99 a month if paid annually.

Unlimited Plan: $16.99/month

With the unlimited plan, you can download up to 50 videos and download an unlimited amount of photos per month. Only one camera is allowed per plan. This plan costs $16.99 per month or $12.99 per month if paid annually.

Pro Series Unlimited: $34.99/month

This plan gives you an unlimited amount of images and 50 videos per month, but this plan allows you to put multiple cameras on the same plan. The first camera costs $34.99, and each additional camera adds $7.99 to your plan. This becomes cheaper than the regular unlimited plan if you have 4 or more cameras on the plan.

If you pay annually, you will get a 28.5% discount on the first camera, but each additional camera adds $96 to your plan, which is the same as the $8 per month addition. This Pro Series Unlimted plan supports up to 25 cameras.

Tactacam Trail Cameras

Tactacam has three great plans to choose from, and they also allow multiple cameras to be under one plan, and you can pay either monthly or annually, making things simple.

Starter Plan: $5.00/month

With the starter plan, you get 250 photos per camera per month with no activation fee. This plan costs $5.00 per month or $55 per year. You can also add additional cameras for an additional $5.00 a month or $55.00 a year.

Intermediate Plan: $8.00/month

The intermediate plan allows for 500 photos per camera per month with zero activation fees. This plan costs $8.00 per month or $85 per year. Additional cameras can be added to the plan and cost an additional $7.50 a month or $75.00 a year.

Pro Plan: $13.00/month

The pro plan gives you unlimited photos per month per camera. The first camera costs $13.00 per month or $120 per year. Additional cameras add $12.00 per month or $96.00 per year to your bill.

Bushnell Trail Cameras

Bushnell has four separate plans for you to choose from, but they also include the unique feature of maintenance mode, which allows you to keep your data package active even during the off-season when you may not have trail cameras in the field. All of these plans are for a single camera only, Bushnell cameras can not share a plan.

Standard Plan: $9.99/month

This plan allows you to get 2000 monthly thumbnail images, 10 hi-res images, and 5 video downloads. This plan costs $9.99/month.

Unlimited Plan: $14.99/month

This plan is pretty straightforward, you get unlimited images, and hi-res images, plus unlimited video downloads if your camera is video capable.