Best Motion Sensor Driveway Alarms Ranked

A two-sensor solar kit with a carry-anywhere receiver, for people who want to hear the driveway from the garage or yard.

The motion kit to get if you want driveway alerts on your phone as well as a chime, with Dakota Alert’s one-mile radio.

A low-cost two-sensor solar kit for a driveway and a second entrance, when a chime in the house is all you need.

A four-sensor battery kit with the longest published warranty here, for buyers who would rather swap AAs once a year than rely on solar.

A Wi-Fi solar kit whose base keeps alerting through an outage, for homes where the power drops now and then.

A one-mile motion kit with a relay-equipped receiver, for buyers who want a chime now and the option to wire in lights or a siren later.

Four solar motion sensors for watching a driveway, gate, path and shed at once, with nothing to recharge.

A four-sensor solar kit whose sensors can also scare off visitors with their own siren and light.

The cheapest way to get driveway alerts on your phone with two solar sensors, for a home on 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi.

A solar break-beam with phone alerts, for covering a wide gateway or property line that a single motion sensor can’t reach across.

A one-mile motion kit with a pocket receiver, for people who spend the day outside or in a workshop rather than by a wall chime.

The cheapest way into a one-mile Dakota Alert system, for a long driveway where a chime in the house is enough.

A budget two-sensor solar kit for an ordinary suburban driveway close to the house.

A low-cost solar break-beam for covering a wide gate or field entrance, within half a mile of the house.

A budget solar break-beam for an entrance up to 190 ft wide, close enough to the house for a quarter-mile radio.

A solar beam kit for someone wiring driveway zones into an existing alarm or automation system.

A US-made motion kit for an average driveway within about 1,000 ft of the house.