SimpliSafe (simplisafe.com) has a 3.8 out of 5 rating on OK.one, based on 200 user reviews collected here. It is listed under Home Services and its reputation is mixed. 20% of reviews are 1 star, a relatively high share; The business has replied to 100% of negative reviews. Last updated 2026-08-10.
I had a problem with my doorbell camera after a massive storm came through. Frances answered the phone and she was so amazingly helpful. She walked me through every step of problem solving and was very knowledgeable. Once we discovered it was no fault of the camera, but the storm Simplisafe helped remedy the situation. I was so impressed and glad we had switched security companies. If you’re unsure of who to use for you peace of mind, please check out SimpliSafe!
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Bethany · 2 reviews · Experienced 2026-06-22 ·
★★★★★
Customer service is not good
We haven’t had huge problems with the cameras or monitoring but customer service is awful. Our most recent experience was calling to add items to our system, having to talk to 3 different people to do so which took over 30 minutes and could have taken 5, to get confirmation order was placed. Since then have not gotten an email confirmation that order was placed nor has our card been charged and it’s been a week. Tried to use the chat today to address and got a bot that said it would connect me to a human. Waited for over 10 minutes and no human. It seems neither calling nor chatting is an easy way to place an order to address concerns. Makes me nervous moving forward.
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-22
Hi Bethany,
Adding items to a working system should have been a simple, five minute conversation, and the fact that you have no email confirmation a week later validates the concern about whether the order actually went through. We want to look at that order specifically, escalate this so it lands with the right person, and make sure the timer does not restart on you.
One thing worth knowing for the future: you can also place orders for additional sensors and accessories directly through our site at simplisafe.com/alarm-sensors, which skips the call and the chat entirely.
We've requested your information so we can connect you with someone, confirm the status of the existing order, and get whatever it was that you needed routed properly.
The SimpliSafe Team
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Alma Whittaker · 2 reviews · Experienced 2026-06-22 ·
★★★★★
Opey a valuable assistant
Opey was a overall experienced lovely friendly assistant with a great manner of explaining everything about the products on offer ,
A credit to your company
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robert gross · 1 review · Experienced 2026-06-22 ·
★★★★★
Have no replacement parts
Have a SSSDS smoke detector that needs a ceiling mounting bracket. Called Simplisafe and asked for a replacement, told I needed to purchase a new smoke detector that they did not have parts.
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-22
Hi Robert,
Needing a ceiling mounting bracket and being told to purchase an entirely new Smoke Detector isn't a great feeling. While it is true that we may not stock individual replacement parts for the SSSDS model specifically, that does not mean there are not other options worth exploring on our side, and we are sorry that you had to go this far to get to that conversation. We've requested your information so we can take a look at what we can offer.
The SimpliSafe Team
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Ryan Belk · 2 reviews · Experienced 2026-06-21 ·
★★★★★
I had some hardware issues with my…
I had some hardware issues with my Video Doorbell, and after getting transferred to Shay, she was immediately able to help me and get my issue resolved by sending out a replacement doorbell. She was super friendly and very helpful. Lovely to talk to someone like that, as well as so easily get my issue resolved without much effort on my end.
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customer · 1 review · Experienced 2026-06-20 ·
★★★★★
It has been a poor experience
It has been a poor experience. Two of the motions did not work. They sent me a new one and it did not work. Then when I did not want monitoring, they were shady. They removed my ability to turn the system on and off via the app.
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-22
Hi there, two Motion Sensors not working and the replacement also not working back to back is not the kind of out of the box experience anyone should run into, and we apologize for what that has looked like. Regarding your SimpliSafe App, it sounds like the account may have been fully cancelled rather than downgraded to our free Basic App Control plan, which is what would have kept your ability to arm and disarm the system from the app without monitoring. It's our responsibility to ensure you know the difference and we want to look at the account history to confirm exactly what happened. We've requested your information so we can sort out the Motion Sensors and the account state together, and walk you through what your options look like from here.
The SimpliSafe Team
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Dede Roan · 16 reviews · Experienced 2026-06-18 ·
★★★★★
The worst customer service I have…
The worst customer service I have experienced. I have a new base station and a refurbished keypad, which I just got. They will not communicate. I appreciate the response, but I would like to know how to get in touch with an agent or tech professional who can help and will follow through on their promises. I recently had two keypads and two base stations, and none of them work or communicate after troubleshooting and doing multiple resets. I have spent hours on hold and with agents who were unable to help or failed to follow through on their promise to send an email with specific details. It's been beyond frustrating and stressful. Please let me know how we can resolve this issue. Thank you!
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-22
Hi Dede,
Thank you for sticking with us long enough to give it one more try, even with the way the last call ended. A new Base Station and a refurbished Keypad refusing to pair is something we can usually solve quickly with the right person on the line. On the call with Dennis, a purposefully disconnected call is something we have zero tolerance for at SimpliSafe, and we want to pull that call to review what happened and act on it from our side. We've requested your information so we can connect you directly with one of our top agents, get the Base Station and Keypad talking, and make this last attempt the one that works.
The SimpliSafe Team
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Vern · 3 reviews · Experienced 2026-06-19 ·
★★★★★
My keypad gave me a message
My keypad gave me a message, I called about it. This happened about a year ago, and I had a very wonderful person give me suggestions, that worked. Not this time, the firs reps English was not very good, he asked if I wanted to speak with an American. I replied yes, then I got a female whose name I could not pronounce, nor remember. She kept asking where my key pad was, I told her 3 times 'mounted on the wall'. Then she asked about my base station. I told her it was about 10 feet away on the fridge, she said I should move it. I told her several times, it has been there for 4 years, I do not plan on moving it. She insisted, kept repeating, and became extremely rude as I was not going to move it. I told her someone last time gave me several options, and it worked. I asked does this mean my batteries may need replaced? She said no, I need to move it. It told her maybe I need to speak with someone with more experience, she said she had that. That is all she kept saying, then asked if I want to speak with someone else, I did, but as I waited, it gave me the option to have someone call me back. They never did. In the meantime someone who has the same system said to try first to exchange the batteries, which I did, and vola - it worked. She was the worst customer service rep I have ever had with Simpli safe
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-22
Hi Vern,
Knowing what great support with SimpliSafe felt like a year ago, and then walking out of this call without an answer when the fix turned out to be a simple battery swap, is a hard contrast to come away from. We want to pull that call, look at what was missed in the troubleshooting path, and follow up on the callback that never happened.
We'd also like to get you connected with one of our senior US based agents so the next time you reach out, you land somewhere that actually moves things forward. We've requested your information so we can make that connection directly.
The SimpliSafe Team
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Matthew Hoffman · 1 review · Experienced 2026-06-20 ·
★★★★★
Patricia is The Queen!!!
Patricia is The Queen!!!! She is the standard that all SimpliSafe customer service agents should be measured against. Loved her and appreciate the level of personal service and attention to my issue. Let me be clear: I NEVER LEAVE REVIEWS. She deserves a raise!
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Brian · 1 review · Experienced 2026-06-18 ·
★★★★★
Re-activated my service without notifying me
I was a SimpliSafe customer for 8 years (2017–2025). After canceling my service (effective 11/4/2025, confirmed in writing), I logged in on 11/13/2025 to anonymize my personal information. SimpliSafe doesn't let you delete your account or remove a saved credit card online; both require calling in.
That same day, with zero notification, my monitoring plan was silently reactivated. I was charged monthly for service I never requested, for hardware that wasn't even connected. I only found out months later when SimpliSafe contacted me to update my payment info.
When I called, the representative told me, condescendingly, that I had reactivated it myself. I did not. I'm a web developer by trade; I understand basic UX. The fact that I was calling to ask why my account was active makes clear I believed it was canceled. More likely, it was reactivated when I tried to remove my credit card on file. That same rep said she'd cancel my account immediately. She didn't, and I had to call a second time to actually get it done. She also told me the only way to remove a card was to have their privacy and security team "wipe the entire account." Why does a company need to make it this hard to remove a card on file?
I'm not disputing my 8 years as a customer, just the months I was charged for a service I no longer needed. A company with integrity would simply refund that. Instead, SimpliSafe makes basic account control difficult, fails to notify customers of major changes, and treats legitimate disputes with dismissiveness. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth doing business with a company like this.
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-22
Hi Brian,
Eight years with SimpliSafe and an explicitly confirmed cancellation should never have ended with months of silent charges for a service you no longer wanted, on hardware that was not even connected. We apologize that this error landed on your lap.
A reactivation without a customer's knowledge is not how our account system is supposed to work, which is exactly why we want to investigate the timeline from November 4 forward and understand what triggered it. The follow up call where the cancellation did not actually go through is also worth pulling, both for the missed cancellation and for the way the conversation was framed. We are committed to figuring out what went wrong, making the activation and charges right for the months you were charged after cancellation, and following up with you directly. We've requested your information so we can call you back and walk through this together.
The SimpliSafe Team
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Jennifer Lavon · 3 reviews · Experienced 2026-06-18 ·
★★★★★
Where to start, AWFUL
Where to start? You cannot reach a person on the phone, you cannot get help with their "chat option ". They charge you month after month even after you canceled. They are horrid and now the BBB and Attorney General will be notified.
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-22
Hi Jennifer,
Charges that keep coming after a cancellation has been requested is the part of this we most want to get to the bottom of, because that should not be happening once an account is closed. On the support side, we apologize for the longer than usual hold times you ran into, and we'd like to understand more about where the chat experience fell short for you so we can address it specifically. We've requested your information so a member of our Executive Response Team can call you directly, look at the account and the billing history together, and make this right.
The SimpliSafe Team
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Sonja · 2 reviews · Experienced 2026-06-17 ·
★★★★★
This 5 start is ONLY for Patricia in customer service
This 5 start is ONLY for Patricia who was the customer service (state-side) representative with a very kind heart and creative, out of the box thinking, who helped me today. I still don't have the issue solved but I feel like we are closer.
Simplisafe overall has slipped in service & almost everyone on tech is in SE Asia where they don't know how to answer if it's off script but Patricia (on 6/17/26 @ 8:12pm CST) was the bomb. I have been having a horrible time with an outdoor camera and today was an especially bad day but she even made me laugh. Her bosses need to give her a RAISE! a BIG one.
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Ky Irwin · 1 review · Experienced 2026-06-06 ·
★★★★★
The system randomly deleted all my…
The system randomly deleted all my door, window, and smoke sensors from the base station. Now I have to reinstall them all again. What if I weren't home or had an emergency where I need the sensors to alert me? I now know why it is a 3.6 out of 5.
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-18
Hi Ky,
Opening your app and finding that every door, window, and smoke sensor has disappeared from the Base Station, especially knowing those are the ones meant to alert you in an emergency, is exactly the kind of moment that shakes confidence in a system.
Thank you for flagging this. While we want to be upfront that this is extremely rare, rare is not the same as acceptable, and we want to investigate exactly what happened on your account to make sure it does not happen to you again.
We've requested your information so we can pull the system logs, get to the bottom of what triggered the wipe, and walk through getting everything reinstalled the right way.
The SimpliSafe Team
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D P · 1 review · Experienced 2026-06-16 ·
★★★★★
Fed up
I’ve had their products and service for over 3 years. Never works right. I spent about a thousand dollars on their products so have been very reluctant to start all over with a different company but the time has come. Cameras take 30 sec to over several minutes to wake up, doorbell camera records part of videos and no audio, two way talking through the doorbell has worked maybe 1 or 2 times properly. It’s just slow, unreliable and never works right when I need it to.
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-18
Hi DP,
Thank you for sticking with SimpliSafe for three years and for sharing the full picture of what you have been working around. We really want to get to the bottom of this for you, because cameras that take minutes to wake up and a Video Doorbell that is missing audio and only recording parts of videos is not the system you signed up for.
Patterns like these usually have specific technical drivers our highest level of technical support can identify and we want them looking at this with you side by side rather than running another general troubleshooting pass. We've requested your information so we can escalate your case directly to that team, get you a clear answer, and put you on a real path forward with your System and Cameras. We are here to help and to earn back the reliability you deserve from us.
The SimpliSafe Team
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Ed T. · 1 review · Experienced 2026-06-17 ·
★★★★★
Customer Service / Warranty Process
I had an excellent experience with SimpliSafe customer service, especially Henry. He handled my warranty claim over the phone quickly and professionally, with no hesitation or unnecessary hassle. He listened to the issue, understood the situation, and took care of everything right away.
This is exactly the kind of customer service that builds confidence in a company. Thank you, Henry, and thank you, SimpliSafe, for standing behind your products.
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-17
Ed T.,
We are so pleased to hear about your excellent experience with our customer service team. It's wonderful to know that we could resolve your warranty claim quickly and professionally, building your confidence in our products. Thank you for your kind words.
The SimpliSafe Team
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Ronald · 4 reviews · Experienced 2026-06-16 ·
★★★★★
Resolution of Motion Sensor Issue
I was having an issue with my motion sensors for several days. The first call resulted with the sensor still not working. I told the rep that I would call later.
I called today and spoke with J'nell and withing 10 minutes the issue had been resolved, and all sensors were working properly. This is the type of person who knows her business.
Thanks again J'nell.
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-17
Ronald,
We are so glad to hear that our team was able to resolve your motion sensor issue quickly and effectively. We appreciate you sharing your positive experience!
The SimpliSafe Team
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Julie A Taylor · 4 reviews · Verified · Experienced 2026-04-21 ·
★★★★★
Simplisafe is a great security company
Simplisafe is a great security company, and I definitely would recommend to anyone that is shopping to keep their home safe and protected.
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-16
Julie A Taylor,
We're so glad you feel safe and protected with us! Thank you for your wonderful recommendation.
The SimpliSafe Team
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BPatx · 4 reviews · Experienced 2026-06-12 ·
★★★★★
False promises
First... they make false claims. The system DOES NOT WORK if wifi goes out.
Second... the temperature monitor DOES NOT READ THE CORRECT TEMP.
Third.... if you don't subscribe, the system is completely useless.
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-13
Hi BPatx,
Thank you for choosing SimpliSafe and for taking the time to lay out what you've run into, because we can see exactly where the confusion is coming from on each of the three points, and we apologize for anywhere along the way we did not communicate them clearly.
On the WiFi piece, our system does have cellular backup so the monitoring side keeps working when WiFi or power goes out, but that cellular backup is tied to a paid monitoring plan rather than the base equipment alone.
On the Temperature Sensor, it is not a thermostat. It checks the ambient temperature periodically to preserve battery life and triggers an alert the moment the temperature crosses the threshold you have set.
We've requested your information so we can give you a call, walk through both of these in context, and see how to turn things around.
The SimpliSafe Team
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felis green · 1 review · Experienced 2026-06-12 ·
★★★★★
I've been a SS customer for years
I've been a SS customer for years. Have spent the last hour shuffled around by stupid AI robots not answering my simple question. despite my pleads there seems to be no way to actually talk to a human. they must have turned greedy corporate. instead robots transferred me to ads for Starling, free medical devices, and medicare services. that's then they didn't transfer me into dead air. but oh yeah, I did make a breakthrough after multiple ai robot transfers to a phone that sounded like someone, a human actually picked up, but instead they just turned on their headset, apparently, one of these "let's not pay Americans for our customer service, let's farm it out overseas", yeah, one of those. we'll that individual turned on their headset(?) but didn't answer - they were at a birthday party(?) in Malaysia or some such place. I'm typing this while pleading with the ai robot to just connect me with a human or a supervisor. Guess I'll keep leaving reviews until SimpliSafe turns human again. Probably not going to happen. They've gone inhuman. And I mean that with every moral undertone that implies.
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-12
Hi Felis,
Thank you for years of being with SimpliSafe, and for sticking through an hour of an experience that should never have looked like this. There is one piece worth flagging up front: OnTech is the only company we partner with, so the transfers you described to Starling, medical devices, or Medicare are not ours, and we want to understand how that routing happened on your end.
To answer your underlying question directly, we do use chat tools for simpler questions especially during higher call volumes, and we have US based agents alongside service partners who help us cover the volume that comes with serving five million customers. We also want to pull the call where you reached an agent with that level of background noise, because that is not how a SimpliSafe call should sound, and we want to review it with leadership and take the right follow up internally.
None of that is meant as an excuse for the experience you just had, which is why what matters most right now is getting you connected to someone real. We've requested your information so we can do that quickly and figure out what happened across those transfers.
The SimpliSafe Team
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Artie Blind · 1 review · Experienced 2026-06-11 ·
★★★★★
The level of care and customer service…
The level of care and customer service was perfect
Reply from SimpliSafe2026-06-16
Artie Blind,
We appreciate your kind words. We are glad we met your expectations.
The SimpliSafe Team