11 Best Baby Monitors 2024

If video quality is your top priority, the Eufy Spaceview Pro is an excellent choice. With a large, 5-inch screen and 720p resolution, the clarity is noticeably better than other leading baby monitors without WiFi. You can also move the camera to remotely pan and tilt to see the entire room.

The Spaceview Pro’s battery life is among the longest of any baby monitors on the market. It promises 30 hours of monitoring in regular scenarios, or 12 hours of continuous monitoring, meaning it’s unlikely to shut off in the middle of the night, even if it isn’t plugged in.

The Infant Optics DXR-8 Pro is an upgrade from the original DXR-8. Among other things, it includes Active Noise Reduction, which filters out background noise from fans, humidifiers and other items that contribute to static noise— without filtering out your baby’s sounds. Another upgrade from the original is the extended reception range of 1,000 feet—the longest of many options out there.

In addition to a 5-inch screen and 720p resolution on the parent unit, the Infant Optics DXR-8 Pro has interchangeable lens technology— a zoom lens and a wide-angle lens (sold separately). The zoom lens lets you see up to 6x closer—a plus for parents who like to watch the rise and fall of baby’s chest. The wide-angle lens allows you to see more of the room. You can pan and tilt with both. More than 5,000 reviews on Amazon make this a parent favorite!

For twin parents, or just anyone who wants to keep an eye on more than one kid at a time, the Babysense Split Screen Video Monitor makes it easy. 

This monitor includes two cameras so you don’t have to buy a second one separately. And instead of toggling between two screens, you see both rooms at once on the 5-inch 720 HD resolution monitor.

This monitor comes equipped with many of the standard features of video baby monitors, including remote pan, tilt and zoom, 4x zoom, two-way talk, and extra features like built-in lullabies. And you can add up to two more cameras to this monitor to toggle between two screens showing four rooms.

If you want to be able to check on your little one(s) when you’re not at home, you’ll need to opt for a WiFi baby monitor. 

The Owlet Cam provides a clear view of your baby through HD 1080p video that streams to your smartphone over WiFi. You can opt to turn on sound and motion notifications, or to leave the audio in the background (even if your phone is locked) so you’ll hear any crying during the middle of the night when you’re asleep. 

It comes with a wall mount if you want to get a view directly over the baby’s crib, and you can connect multiple cameras to view more than one room in the app. With two-way talk, a 130-degree wide angle view, 4X zoom, and room temperature readings, the Owlet Cam has all the basics without the extra features of tracking heart rate, oxygen levels and sleeping patterns.

If you want a monitor that tells you more than when your baby is crying—like their breathing and sleep patterns—the Miku Pro is the way to go. 

While other monitors that track breathing and sleep patterns require wearable devices, the Miku Pro doesn’t. It uses a patented SensorFusion technology that allows the baby to sleep without wearables and provides real time alerts to your phone. 

Contact-free tracking is good news for parents who want sleep analytics beyond 18 months. The Miku Pro doesn’t sacrifice video or audio quality either, and it includes all the extra features you could need: lullabies, white noise, two-way talk, wide-angle view, a sleep report and temperature, humidity, sound and light sensors. 

And for extra security, it has an embedded tamper-resistant Crypto Chip to keep data safe.

The Nanit Pro is another solid option for parents looking for extra features in a baby monitor—there’s a reason it consistently appeared on Best Baby Monitor 2022 lists. 

The Nanit provides real time sleep and breathing analytics to your phone through a wearable breathing band that goes around baby’s belly. It is also the only smart monitor with a split screen feature in the app to see two cameras at once, so it’s a great option for parents of multiples. 

With excellent video and audio quality, the Nanit’s extra features include two-way talk, background audio even when your phone screen is off, white noise, nature sounds, dimmable night light, built-in encryption for extra security. 

For a slightly less expensive smart baby monitor, the Lollipop has many (but not all) of the nice-to-haves popular in other smart monitors. 

Its unique bendable design makes it easy to mount or stand it up almost anywhere—plus, it comes in three fun colors.

You’ll find a built-in noise machine with lullabies and white noise, push-to-talk, audio even when your phone screen is off, true crying detection, and a unique crossing detection feature to alert you if your little one is outside of your designated zone (like when your toddler starts trying to climb out of the crib).

Breathing and sleep tracking are available but will come at an extra cost through the brand’s monitor offered subscription.  

Baby monitors can get expensive quickly, but there are more budget-friendly options available. This one, at under $100, has more than 4000 ratings on Amazon!

With two-way audio, good video quality, built-in noise machine with melodies and soothing sounds, a 1,000 foot range and room temperature sensor, the Vtech 5” monitor hits most of the basics.

It also has fully remote pan tilt zoom, built in wide angle lens, and motion and temperature alerts to make sure your baby is as cozy as you’d want him to be.

The Wyze Cam was originally sold as a home surveillance camera, but parents realized it can make for a great baby monitor, too. 7000+ shoppers on Amazon have swooped up this monitor!

Like other WiFi baby monitors, it features two-way audio, and sound and HD video motion detection will stream to your phone’s Wyze app. The camera pans, tilts and zooms, and can be programmed to scan across four designated points.

You won’t find breathing detection, sleep analytics or built-in noise machines with the Wyze, but for a pick under $50, we think it’s well worth it.

Not every parent wants to see every move their baby makes (yes, those parents do exist!). For parents only looking for audio alerts, the Philips Avent DECT Audio Baby Monitor is a top pick. 

The Dect technology offers a secure connection with clear sound and no interference. It is both outlet and battery powered, promising 24 hours of cordless use. Even when it is muted, the five sound activated LED lights on the parent unit will show the sound level in the room.

Now if you do want to see everything (we get it), there’s also the Philips Avent Digital Video Monitor which is a top pick in our book.

The most beloved audio monitor on the market, with over 19,000 ratings on Amazon, is the VTech DM211 audio only baby monitor. 

When muted, you can opt for a vibration mode, or the LED lights on the parent unit provide a five-level sound indicator. When unmuted, you can opt to hear only sounds that exceed a certain level by adjusting the microphone sensitivity of the baby unit. It also provides two-way talk functionality, making this audio monitor one of the best ones available.