Leaving a pet home alone has a specific kind of anxiety attached to it, and remote-work life hasn’t made that easier – if anything, more owners now want to check in during the day out of habit as much as necessity. This roundup is specifically about home-monitoring cameras, not the feeding camera covered in our automatic feeder review – these are built purely around watching, talking to, and (in Furbo’s case) tossing treats to a pet from anywhere.
Quick Comparison
| Product | Hardware Price | Subscription | Best For | Link |
 Petcube Cam 360 | € | ~€5/mo, optional | Best budget, built specifically for pets | Check Price on Amazon |
 Furbo 360 | €€€ | ~€6/mo, required | Best overall – full-feature, AI alerts, treat-tossing | Check Price on Amazon |
1. Petcube Cam 360 – Best Budget
Built around pet ownership specifically, with 360-degree viewing and pet-focused alerts, at the lowest price point in this roundup. The optional subscription stays affordable too, making this the easiest camera to justify for anyone who just wants a genuine pet-specific camera without paying for features they won’t use.
2. Furbo 360 – Best Overall
The most complete feature set here – 1080p video, full 360-degree rotation, two-way audio, treat-tossing, and smart alerts that distinguish barking from a person entering the room. It’s also the only one of the two with a required subscription rather than optional, which is worth factoring into the real cost before buying – but it’s the one to reach for if you want the treat-tossing “check in and reward” experience most people picture when they think of a pet camera.
What to Look for When Buying
- Subscription cost – as with GPS trackers (see our roundup on those), the subscription is the real long-term cost – compare the annual total, not just the hardware price, especially with Furbo’s now-required plan.
- Two-way audio – not every camera includes it, and it’s the single feature owners report using most for actually reassuring an anxious pet during the day.
- Treat-tossing – genuinely useful for separation-anxiety dogs, but a nice-to-have rather than essential – only Furbo offers it here, and it’s a real part of why it costs more.
- Not the same as a feeder camera – this roundup is about home monitoring – if the main goal is scheduled feeding with a camera built in, see our automatic feeder review instead, which covers that combined use case.
- Home monitoring is one piece of the pet tech picture — see our automatic ball launcher roundup for a different way to keep an active dog entertained hands-free.
- If your dog has a smart door that lets them come and go on their own, pairing it with a camera like these is worth considering — we cover smart dog doors in a separate roundup.
Final Verdict
For most owners, Petcube Cam 360 delivers the bulk of what people actually want – pet-specific features at the lowest price here. Furbo 360 is worth the step up specifically for the combination of treat-tossing and smart AI alerts – just factor in its required subscription into the real annual cost before buying.