The Best Floodlight Cameras of 2026

• Camera resolution: 2K, HD
• Field of view: 360 degrees horizontal, 130 degrees vertical
• Lighting brightness: Up to 3,000 lumens

The Eufy Floodlight Cam 2 Pro is full of features and powerful performance. It offers impressive recording capabilities, an outstanding collection of customizable options, and versatile smart assistant support, among other valuable features.

The Cam 2 Pro is equipped with powerful human detection functionality, an IP65 weather resistance rating, and compatibility with Alexa and Google Assistant (but not Siri).

The floodlight has a 100-decibel emergency siren, 8GB of internal storage, and the ability to add other solutions like cloud storage or a NAS.

Beyond its features, the Cam 2 Pro records detailed, 2K-quality video, often illuminated by lights offering 3,000 lumens of brightness. It can also rotate 360 degrees, allowing users to survey their surroundings completely.

The only downside to the Cam 2 Pro is its limited installation options. Those who invest in it will be forced to perform a hardwired installation, whereas some competitors offer a battery-powered option.

Even with the lack of installation options, the Cam 2 Pro possesses high-end features and top-notch performance that’s hard to beat.

Read our full review of the Eufy Floodlight Cam 2 Pro

• Camera resolution: 2K, 3K
• Field of view: 360 degrees
• Lighting brightness: Up to 2,000 lumens

The Eufy Floodlight Cam E340 is a value-packed solution that brings convenience to your home security. With dual 3K cameras that pan and tilt for a 360-degree view, 2,000 lumens of brightness, local storage options for your video clips, and many valuable features, it's a comprehensive package that ensures your peace of mind.

The camera connects using dual-band Wi-Fi 6. It also has color night vision, which improves your view in low light, and an IP65 weather resistance rating, which means it is water resistant.

The floodlight uses AI motion tracking to identify humans, vehicles, or animals that cross the camera’s field of view. Beyond that, Eufy’s app is highly customizable, including settings like brightness, activity zones, and motion sensitivity.

The camera’s pan and tilt functionality can occasionally lag behind its controls, but that’s not a detriment to the experience. The two-way audio capabilities of the E340 operate like a walkie-talkie, which can be a quirk that takes getting used to. It doesn’t support Apple HomeKit, only Amazon Echo and Google Home.

The Eufy E340 floodlight camera is an excellent value for the money. It combines bright lights and smarts to watch over your home for one great price. Compared to other smart floodlights we've tested, it offers a good combination of performance and value.

Read our full review of the Eufy Floodlight Cam E340

• Camera resolution: 1080p HD, HDR
• Field of view: 140 degrees horizontal, 80 degrees vertical
• Lighting brightness: Up to 2,000 lumens

Ring’s Floodlight Cam Wired Pro represents an incredibly capable security blanket for your home. Between its 1080p HDR resolution, up to 2,000 lumens of brightness, and advanced control options, it’s easy for anyone familiar with Ring products to consider mounting above their garage.

Of course, easy doesn’t necessarily mean best. While Ring’s floodlight offers solid performance across the board, it has a few weaknesses compared with its competitors.

The specs fall short regarding viewing angles, and there are no free video storage options (a Ring Protect Plan, which includes up to 60 days of cloud storage, starts at $3 per month). It also doesn't work with Google Home or Apple HomeKit.

Ring works exceptionally well with Amazon’s smart devices, making it a great choice if you have Alexa-enabled hockey pucks or displays throughout your home.

Furthermore, when Eufy’s Floodlight Cam 2 Pro enters the conversation, most of the Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Pro’s specs fall just short of the (slightly) more expensive Eufy alternative.

Still, the Ring Floodlight has many robust features like 3D Motion Detection for creating customized motion zones, color night vision, and two-way talk with advanced noise reduction.

Plus, the floodlight has a compact, stealthy footprint and an app jam-packed with options and settings to help you completely customize your security camera.

Read our full review of the Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Pro

• Camera resolution: 1080p HDR
• Field of view: 130-degree diagonal field of view
• Lighting brightness: Up to 2,400 lumens

Google’s Nest Cam with Floodlight has some good things going for it, including a quick and straightforward setup, impressive overall performance, and detailed security features. The floodlight camera runs through the Google Home app (not the Nest app), which has a straightforward interface that's easy to use.

It also comes with reliable, security-focused features at no cost, like a three-hour event history and free intelligent alerts that can differentiate between people, animals, vehicles, and packages.

It records in 1080p resolution, has a 130-degree field of view, and features two adjustable floodlights at up to 2,400 lumens, right in the middle of the pack. It works well with Google Assistant, and you can view the live stream on Nest smart displays.

If you already have a Google smart home setup (or are interested in setting one up), the Nest Cam with Floodlight is a great home security supplement. But if you only need one or two smart floodlight cameras, other options in our guide offer more flexibility.

Read our full review of the Nest Cam with Floodlight

• Camera resolution: 1080p HD
• Field of view: 157 degrees horizontal
• Lighting brightness: Not available

The Eve Cam Outdoor is an excellent example of what can only be described as a “peak niche” product. It is part of the relatively small (but quickly expanding) smart floodlight ecosystem and one of the few in the space that is exclusively compatible with iOS products.

To that end, though, it excels at catering to its user base. The floodlight uses HomeKit Secure Video, an Apple feature that employs iCloud to stream and store video clips from applicable smart cameras and doorbells.

HomeKit Secure Video’s most significant selling point is security; any activity detected by the Eve floodlight is stored securely and fully encrypted in iCloud. Plus, live streams are accessed directly through an available base (be it an iPad, HomePod Mini, or Apple TV), averting the cloud entirely.

The Eve Outdoor Cam has a good specs sheet outside the Apple-centric features. That includes a 157-degree field of view, a 1080p resolution, and an IP55 weather resistance rating.

However, it was the most challenging floodlight install because the camera’s mounting hardware was too small to fit across a standard outdoor junction box.

When secured, the Eve Outdoor Cam presented a rather unique, refreshing design that set it apart from competing floodlights.

Read our full review of the Eve Outdoor Cam