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See your camera coverage before we pull cable.
Find your property, place cameras on the satellite view and see a ballpark for your project. No account needed.Place cameras on your lot and see a ballpark.
Find your property
Greater Los Angeles. We open the satellite view with your lot line.
How Sight works
Type your address and Sight opens the satellite view with your lot line from LA County records. Tap to place cameras, Wi-Fi and door access. Each camera shows what it covers, and you aim it by dragging the round handle.
Every cable runs back to one switch, which you can drag to your network closet. Runs follow the way we would really pull them: along the walls inside, or along the lot line when the cable goes outside in conduit.
The ballpark covers your project: the UniFi equipment at the UniFi store price, with the recorder and drives sized like our storage calculator, plus an install ballpark from your cable runs. We confirm camera positions and cable runs on a walkthrough, and that sets the exact price.
Before you sketch
What does it cost?
The sketch and the ballpark are free. The ballpark is not a quote, and the walkthrough sets the price.
What happens to my address?
It is used only to build your sketch and to follow up if you ask us to. We do not sell it.
How accurate is it?
It is a ballpark for your project, equipment and install. We confirm the details, including camera positions and cable runs, on a walkthrough.
Do I need an account?
No. Enter an address and start sketching.
Sight questions
Is the Sight number a quote?
No. Sight gives you a ballpark for equipment and install before anyone visits, and we confirm camera positions, cable runs and the final number on a walkthrough. When you're ready, Request an estimate and we'll set up the walkthrough.
What makes the Sight ballpark go up or down?
The biggest factors are the cable path, the property type (home, estate, business or multi-unit), long cable runs and the number of stories. A two-story house means harder pulls than a single story. A business or multi-unit building usually needs more labor and pathway work than a house with the same number of cameras.
What are the cable path options in Sight?
There are four: attic or crawl space (cable hidden inside, the typical retrofit), outside walls with conduit (no usable attic, so more boxes and more time), already wired (the drops are in, and we connect and power them), and not sure. Pick not sure if you don't know, and we'll choose the path on the walkthrough.
Why is my range wider when I pick "Not sure"?
Without a known cable path, Sight has to allow for both the easy way in and the hard way, so the range stays wider. Once we see the attic, walls and runs on the walkthrough, the range narrows.
What happens with very long cable runs?
Sight marks each cable run as short, typical or long. A long pull takes more time than a short one, and it gets harder if the cable has to run outside. Ethernet tops out at about 100 meters (328 feet), so a very long run may need a PoE switch closer to the camera or a fiber link. We measure and plan that on the walkthrough.
What can I place in Sight, and how does it size the recorder?
You place cameras, Wi-Fi access points, door access and alarm points on a satellite view of your lot, and you aim each camera to see what it covers. Sight then shows the UniFi recorder and drives we would use for your cameras. You pick how long to keep footage (7, 14, 30 or 90 days) and whether to record everything or only detections, and it uses the same catalog as our Storage page.