One, three, five or ten years?
Per year, a longer term is cheaper. That is not in dispute. What is worth thinking about is whether your estate will still look like this in ten years’ time — and nobody selling you a licence has an incentive to raise that.
A camera licence at each term
Using our published prices. Every other licence type follows a similar shape; the full list has the figures.
| Total | Per year | Saving against renewing annually | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | £183 | £183 | — |
| 3 years | £485 | £162 | £64 (12%) |
| 5 years | £809 | £162 | £106 (12%) |
| 10 years | £1,619 | £162 | £211 (12%) |
Indicative price in pounds sterling, converted from Verkada’s US dollar list price at $1 = £0.7362 on 28 August 2026. Excludes VAT. Your final price is confirmed in writing before anything is ordered.
Three good reasons, honestly held
The per-year cost falls
Moving from one year to five takes a camera licence from £183 a year to £162. Across a fifty-camera estate that is real money, every year, for five years.
It insulates you from list price rises
Verkada raised list prices on 5 June 2026 and again warned that renewals reprice at current list. A longer term fixes your exposure for longer. That is a genuine hedge, not a sales line.
It is one less thing to forget
The commonest reason a Verkada licence lapses is that the warning email went to somebody who has left. A ten-year term is nine fewer chances for that to happen.
Three reasons to keep it short
We would rather you bought the right term than the big one.
The estate might change
A ten-year licence on a camera you take down in year three is money spent on nothing. If you are mid-refurbishment, mid-merger, or on a lease that ends, take the shorter term.
It is a large single commitment
Ten years of licences on a big estate is a capital-sized number. Some organisations would genuinely rather hold the cash, and that is a legitimate answer.
You may not want to be here in ten years
The cloud video market moves. A five-year term is long enough to be economic and short enough not to be a bet on the whole decade.
And it is not always the longest one
Five years, for a settled estate
A building you own, a system that works, no major changes planned. This is the common answer and it is the one most people land on.
Three years, if something is moving
A refurbishment, a lease decision, a trust taking on or giving up a site. Enough of a discount to matter without betting on a plan that might change.
One year, if you are unhappy
If you are seriously considering moving off Verkada, do not lock in for five years to save a few per cent. Take the year and make the decision properly.
Ten years, rarely
It works for an owner-occupied estate with a long horizon and a preference for capital over revenue. It is the right answer less often than it is sold.
Common questions
Can we mix terms across the estate?
If we take ten years and remove cameras, do we get money back?
Does a longer term protect us from the price increase?
Build your renewal and we will price it properly.
Add what you have, choose a term, and send it. We check the part numbers against your estate, get the price, and come back to you in writing — before anything is ordered.
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