The short answer: from €590 for a flat to a project for a hall
If you just need a budget range, these are the realistic ranges for a complete equipment kit with installation in 2026: a flat or smaller house with 2 cameras from €590 to €800, a family house with 4 cameras from €900 to €1,400, a larger house or smaller business premises with 6 to 8 cameras from €1,500 to €2,500. Business buildings with more than 8 cameras, access control or special requirements are done by project, so the price depends on it.
Anything below those numbers means something has been cut: a camera without night range, a recorder without a disk, cable run across the facade without protection, or installation without configuring the app. Anything above means either premium equipment (more on that later), a demanding installation, or a margin nobody explained.
What exactly you're paying for: the 4 items of every system
Every video surveillance quote, when broken down, has four items. Once you understand them, you know how to read and compare quotes.
- Cameras: €60 to €250 apiece for quality 4 to 8 MP IP cameras with night IR range. Below €60 you enter consumer cameras whose image at night and in rain drops below usable.
- Recorder (NVR) with disk: €150 to €400 depending on the number of channels and capacity. The disk must be surveillance-grade (designed for continuous recording); an ordinary computer disk in a recorder dies within a year or two.
- Installation material: cable, protective conduit, connectors, power supply. Typically €50 to €150 for a house; grows with the length of the runs.
- Labour: installation, cabling, configuring the recorder and app, training. For a house with 4 cameras, realistically half to one working day for a two-person crew.
Our practice: the quote always separates these items. If the quote you're comparing shows only a total, ask for a breakdown; for a serious contractor that's not a problem but a standard.
What raises the price (and when it makes sense)
Three things most often push the price above average, and all three are sometimes worth every cent.
1. Length and complexity of cable runs
A camera at the far end of the yard means 40 metres of cable, digging or an overhead line and an hour or two more work. In new builds this is solved in advance: tell us the camera layout while the walls are open and the cost drops drastically. In finished buildings it's sometimes smarter to move a camera 5 metres than to pay for the run.
2. Camera quality above standard
A standard 4 MP camera covers most home needs. Reading number plates at the entrance, 8 MP for large areas and cameras with active deterrence (light and speaker) raise the price per unit, but solve a concrete problem a cheaper camera can't. The rule: first define what the camera must prove, then choose the model.
3. Connection to the alarm receiving centre
Video surveillance alone records; it doesn't respond. For a response the system connects to a central alarm receiving centre, where an operator checks detection alarms 0-24 and sends a team. That's a monthly item (from €25), not a one-off, and it turns cameras from an evidence archive into active protection.
Where it doesn't pay to save
- The night image: break-ins happen at night. A camera that records perfectly by day but noise at night has missed the point.
- A surveillance-grade disk: a €30 difference from an ordinary disk, and it decides whether last Tuesday's footage will exist.
- Cable protection: cable in conduit or trunking can't be bitten through, cut or torn out in a second.
- Detection configuration: poorly set detection sends 40 notifications a day until you switch it all off. Well set, it alerts you when someone enters the yard, and then you trust it.
And where can you save? On the number of cameras. Four well-positioned cameras cover a house better than eight thrown up. Designing the positions is half the value of the system and with us it's included in the free site visit.
Examples from practice: three real scenarios
- Flat on the 2nd floor, Zagreb: 2 indoor cameras + video intercom integration, wireless where possible. Total €640 with installation, 4 hours to install.
- House with a yard, Sveta Nedelja: 4 outdoor cameras (entrance, driveway, yard, garage), an NVR with a 2 TB disk, an app for 3 users. Total €1,180, one working day to install.
- 300 m² shop: 6 cameras (entrance, till, 3 sales corners, warehouse ramp), connected to the alarm receiving centre with video verification. Equipment and installation €2,100 + €35/month for the ARC.
The numbers are from real quotes; your building will differ, but the order of magnitude is that. For the exact amount a half-hour site visit is enough.
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