Ring’s Cameras: Four Shapes, and 2K or 4K in the Name

Ring sells 18 home security cameras on its US store, in four shapes: Indoor Cam, Outdoor Cam (the old Stick Up Cam), Spotlight Cam and Floodlight Cam. Within each shape, the name now tells you the resolution: since August 2026 a “2K” or “4K” replaced the old “2nd Gen” labels, but a plain name or a plain “Plus” can mean 1080p or 2K. None of them saves video without a Ring Protect plan.

Prices below are what each product page showed on ring.com on 20 October 2026 for its cheapest power version. 2-packs and bundles are left out.

The 18 cameras

Indoor

	ring.com, 20 Oct 2026	Video	Field of view	Power	Siren
Indoor Cam	$49.99	1080p	115° × 59°	Plug-in	Not listed
Indoor Cam 2K	$59.99	2K	115° × 60°	Plug-in	Yes
Indoor Cam 4K	$99.99	4K	115° × 60°	Plug-in, PoE	Not listed
Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam	$59.99	1080p	360° pan, 169° tilt	Plug-in	Not listed
Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam 2K	$69.99	2K	360° pan, 175° tilt	Plug-in	Not listed

Outdoor, no lights

	ring.com, 20 Oct 2026	Video	Field of view	Power options
Outdoor Cam	$79.99	1080p	110° × 57°	Battery (solar panel optional)
Outdoor Cam 2K	$99.99	2K	140° × 85°	Battery, plug-in
Outdoor Cam Plus	$99.99	2K	140° × 80°	Battery, plug-in, solar, wired, PoE
Outdoor Cam 4K Plus (pre-order)	$149.99	4K	140° × 85°	Battery, plug-in, solar, wired, PoE
Outdoor Cam 4K Pro	$199.99	4K	140° × 85°	Plug-in, wired, PoE

Spotlight and Floodlight

	ring.com, 20 Oct 2026	Video	Lights	Power options
Spotlight Cam Plus	$149.99	1080p	LED spotlights, lumens not listed	Battery, plug-in, solar, wired
Spotlight Cam 2K	$169.99	2K	550 lumens	Battery, plug-in, solar, wired
Spotlight Cam 4K Plus (pre-order)	$199.99	4K	Lumens not listed	Battery, plug-in, solar, wired, PoE
Spotlight Cam 4K Pro	$249.99	4K	600 lumens	Plug-in, wired, PoE
Floodlight Cam Plus	$179.99	1080p	2,000 lumens	Wired, plug-in
Floodlight Cam 2K	$199.99	2K	2,000 lumens	Wired
Floodlight Cam 4K Plus (pre-order)	$219.99	4K	Lumens not listed	Wired, plug-in
Floodlight Cam 4K Pro	$279.99	4K	2,000 lumens	Wired, plug-in

Fields of view are horizontal × vertical, from each camera’s “Tech Specs” block. Every Spotlight and Floodlight Cam lists a 140° horizontal view and a remote-activated siren, as do the Outdoor Cam 2K, Plus, 4K Plus and 4K Pro; the Outdoor Cam (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab)’s spec list names no siren. “PoE” is Power over Ethernet. Ring also lists the Ring Elite 360 4K, a ceiling-mounted unit of six 4K cameras, and the Dome Cam 4K, which it describes as “built for business” and which showed a notify-me button instead of an add-to-cart. Neither is in the tables.

How to read the names

Ring’s support page says the August 2026 renaming “replaced” generation labels “with resolution identifiers such as ‘2K’ or ‘4K’”, and that it was cosmetic: the Outdoor Cam (2nd Gen) is now the Outdoor Cam 2K, the Indoor Cam Plus the Indoor Cam 2K, and the three “Pro (2nd Gen)” cameras are now 4K Pro. The Outdoor Cam is the camera Ring used to call the Stick Up Cam.

What the names do not tell you is the resolution of a plain “Plus”. The Outdoor Cam Plus records 2K; the Spotlight Cam Plus and Floodlight Cam Plus record 1080p, by Ring’s own spec lists. If a guide or a box still says “Spotlight Cam Pro”, that is the camera Ring now sells as the Spotlight Cam 4K Pro.

What else differs

Power decides most of the choice outdoors. A Floodlight Cam is hardwired to mains power or, on three of the four, plugs in; the Floodlight Cam 2K is hardwired only. The Spotlight Cam and most Outdoor Cams run on a removable battery, and several also take solar, plug-in, hardwired or Ethernet power. The 4K Pro models drop the battery altogether.

Wi-Fi and upload speed. Every 4K camera, and the Outdoor Cam Plus, lists dual-band Wi-Fi 6. The 1080p and other 2K models list 2.4GHz-only Wi-Fi, 802.11 b/g/n, which Ring’s newer pages call Wi-Fi 4. Ring recommends at least 15 Mbps of upload for the 4K models, against 3.5 to 5 Mbps for the 2K ones, so a 4K camera on a slow connection may not stream at 4K: each page notes that “video resolution may vary depending on internet bandwidth”.

Night vision is named unevenly. The spec lists name Night Vision or Color Night Vision on the 1080p cameras, the Outdoor Cam 2K, the Spotlight Cam 2K, the Outdoor Cam 4K Pro and the Floodlight Cam 4K Pro, and “Low-Light Sight” on the Spotlight Cam 4K Pro. The other spec lists do not mention it in the same Video line, and we have not tested whether those cameras see in the dark.

Indoor and outdoor. The five Indoor Cams are sold as indoor cameras. The outdoor models list “Weather Resistant”, and the Spotlight Cam 2K alone gives an IP65 rating in its spec block.

What needs a Ring Protect plan

Ring’s own FAQ is plain: without a subscription “you can view real-time video” and get notifications as they happen, “but your videos and photos will not be saved.” Recording itself is the subscription feature. Each new camera comes with a 30-day trial.

Plan (ring.com, 20 Oct 2026)	Price	Covers	Adds for cameras
Ring Solo	$4.99/mo or $49.99/yr	One device	Up to 180 days of video history; person, package and vehicle alerts; extended live view
Ring Multi	$9.99/mo or $99.99/yr	All devices at one address	Solo’s features, plus extended warranty
Ring Pro	$19.99/mo or $199.99/yr	All devices at one address	Video Descriptions, Familiar Faces, Video Search, 24/7 professional monitoring
Virtual Security Guard	$99/mo	All devices at one address	Live monitoring by Ring’s agents

Two add-ons are priced per camera. Pro Intelligence puts Ring Pro’s recognition features on one camera for $5 a month on Solo or Multi. 24/7 Recording costs $3 a month per camera on any plan, and only works while the camera is on continuous power. Ring’s support list of eligible cameras covered most of the range above, but not the Outdoor Cam 4K Plus or the Floodlight Cam 4K Plus when we read it. Continuous footage is kept for up to 14 days.

Ring’s footnotes limit some of these by place: its compare page says Video Descriptions and Single Event Alert are not available in Illinois, and Familiar Faces is also unavailable in Texas and in Portland, Oregon.

Who each one suits, by the specs

• A room you want to sweep with one camera: the Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab) or Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam 2K, the two with 360° pan.
• Somewhere outdoors with no outlet: a battery model, either an Outdoor Cam or a Spotlight Cam; most also take a solar panel.
• Mains wiring where you want a bright light: a Floodlight Cam, hardwired at 2,000 lumens on the three that list a figure.
• Recording around the clock: a camera on continuous power from the 24/7 list, plus the $3 add-on.

Whether a Ring plan is worth paying at all is a separate question, and which cameras record without a subscription sets out what eufy, Reolink, Wyze and others keep for free. Over several years the plan can cost more than the camera: our costing of video doorbell plans runs that sum for Ring’s doorbells. And if you want reviewers’ verdicts rather than specs, the Ring Pan-Tilt is on our security camera shortlist, where its published scores split widely.

Questions people ask

Which Ring cameras are 4K?

Seven on Ring’s US store on 20 October 2026: the Indoor Cam 4K, and a 4K Plus and a 4K Pro in each of the Outdoor Cam, Spotlight Cam and Floodlight Cam lines. Since August 2026 Ring puts the resolution in the name. The three 4K Plus models were on pre-order.

What happened to the Ring Stick Up Cam?

Ring now sells it as the Outdoor Cam; its store labels the 2-pack “Formerly: Stick Up Cam”. The single Outdoor Cam is 1080p, runs on a battery with an optional solar panel, and its spec list gives a 110° horizontal field of view.

What is the difference between the Ring Outdoor Cam and Outdoor Cam Plus?

Resolution, view and power. On Ring’s spec pages the Outdoor Cam is 1080p with a 110° horizontal view and battery power; the Outdoor Cam Plus is 2K with a 140° view, dual-band Wi-Fi 6, a siren, and five power options from battery to Power over Ethernet.

Do Ring cameras work without a subscription?

Partly. Ring says that without a plan you can watch live video and get real-time notifications, but your videos and photos will not be saved. Recording starts with Ring Solo at $4.99 a month for one device; a 30-day trial comes with a new camera.

Which Ring cameras can record 24/7?

Most of the current range, on continuous power, with any Ring Protect plan plus a $3-a-month add-on per camera. Ring’s support list did not include the Outdoor Cam 4K Plus or Floodlight Cam 4K Plus on 20 October 2026. Continuous recordings are kept for up to 14 days.

What is the difference between a Ring Spotlight Cam and a Floodlight Cam?

Light and power. Ring lists 550 or 600 lumens for its Spotlight Cams where it gives a figure, and 2,000 lumens for its Floodlight Cams. Spotlight Cams offer battery and solar versions; Floodlight Cams are hardwired or plug-in only.