Ring Indoor Cam vs TP-Link Tapo C100

The TP-Link Tapo C100 wins overall: far cheaper, a 2-year warranty, free microSD recording, RTSP, a built-in light and free people and baby-crying alerts. The Ring Indoor Cam is better rated and adds color night vision.

Storage and fees. The Tapo records everything to a card for free and streams RTSP, while the Ring Indoor Cam has no local storage, so recorded video and person alerts depend on a subscription.

The Ring Indoor Cam, which offers color night vision. The TP-Link Tapo C100 uses black and white infrared, though it does include a light that can be switched on and a siren for deterrence.

The TP-Link Tapo C100, which works with Google Home, Alexa, Home Assistant and IFTTT and exposes RTSP. The Ring Indoor Cam covers Alexa, Home Assistant and IFTTT but not Google Home.

Buy the TP-Link Tapo C100 if you want the cheapest indoor camera with free microSD recording, RTSP, motion and privacy zones, a light, a siren, people and baby-crying alerts and a 2-year warranty.

Buy the Ring Indoor Cam if you already use Ring and want color night vision, two-way talk, a siren and motion and privacy zones in the same app, accepting a subscription for recordings.