[joshstrange]

After managing ZoneMinder for years I finally went with Reolink and I've been very happy with their cameras and NVR. Now it "just works" and I never think about it. I use their app sometimes to view the streams but via holes I punched in my network (you could also VPN) and I don't use any of their "cloud" features. If you wanted you could hook up your own client to the streams off the NVR, I have HomeAssistant grabbing those feeds and that's how I view my cameras 90% of the time.

[ShakataGaNai]

Reolink are the perfect price/performance for home use, in my book. Are they perfect? No. The focus drifts on some models after time (they'll fix it on their own, just not perfectly crisp all the time). The quality of video is "ok". Etc.

I'd love to go Axis, those are AMAZING. But an Axis dome camera is about $600 and Reolink is $90. If you're a business, Axis is the way to go. For home? Reolink.

All the individual cameras in my house are on their own LAN simply because they are plugged directly into the Reolink NVR. I can block the NVR from internet access if I choose. Doesn't seem to need it, other than for remote camera viewing. Which I can do via tailscale.

[Shish2k]

+1 for reolink - I have four of them, running with both network and power over ethernet, each initially configured via their individual built-in web server, and now all hooked up seamlessly with home assistant. My only complaint is that the model I bought 4 of has been deprecated, and the closest equivalent is more featureful but more expensive :(

[samtho]

I use Reolink as well, they work reasonably well, inexpensive, PoE, and speak ONVIF.