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Alarms wait for a break-in. Kore watches the whole home.
An honest design comparison: the incumbents ship hardware today, and Kore is pre-prototype, building in the open.
Pre-prototype · every visual is concept imagery
Why Kore · Against the competition
Alarms wait for a break-in. Kore watches the whole home.
Line them up feature by feature and the difference is the job each system was designed for. The alarm industry is built around intruders. Kore is designed around the whole home, and around the person living in it. These are concept designs, not finished hardware, and Kore is pre-prototype, building in the open.
| Feature | Kore | The alarm industryRing · Google Nest · SimpliSafe · ADT |
|---|---|---|
| Break-in sensingDoors, motion, glass | ◐ Planned | ✓ Built in |
| Fire and smoke | ◐ Planned | ✓ Built in |
| Carbon monoxide | ◐ Planned | ◐ Partial or add-on |
| Water leaks and freeze | ◐ Planned | ◐ Partial or add-on |
| Air qualityCO2, VOCs, particulates, humidity | ◐ Planned | Not offered |
| Natural gas leaks | ◐ Planned | Not offered |
| Fall detection for seniors | ◐ Planned | Not offered |
| Invisible spectrumWiFi, radio waves, and electromagnetic radiation, measured by frequency band from MHz through GHz, and documented | ◐ Planned | Not offered |
| Camera-free full-sensing modeFor schools, churches, senior living | ◐ Planned | Not offered |
| Continuous safety recordWhat was sensed, what was done, whether it worked | ◐ Planned | ◐ Alerts, not a record |
| Personal IntelligenceYour private rhythms and conditions, sensed from your Root and Seeds. Shared with doctors, insurers, or family only with your explicit opt-in, per sharing point. Nothing moves without consent. | ◐ Planned | Not offered |
| Local-first controlKeeps working without the cloud | ◐ Planned | Cloud-tied |
✓ built in · ◐ partial, add-on, or planned · not offered. The Kore column describes the planned design, not shipped hardware. Competitor column reflects the current consumer lineups of Ring, Google Nest, SimpliSafe, and ADT as of October 2026.
An honest note: those companies ship hardware today, and Kore is pre-prototype. This is a design comparison, not a shipping one. Kore's edge is the job it chooses: the room as the interface, the person as the point, and safety as the product.
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Ring, Nest, SimpliSafe, ADT: the honest version.
The question every visitor asks, answered without spin.
How does Kore compare to Ring, Nest, SimpliSafe, and ADT?
Honestly: they ship hardware today and Kore does not. Ring, Nest, SimpliSafe, and ADT sell proven alarm systems with professional monitoring plans. Kore is pre-prototype and crowdfunding its V0.1 build. The table above compares design direction against shipping products, not product against product.
Then what is Kore's edge?
The room as the interface and the person as the point. Kore is being designed as one system that senses air, water, fire, falls, break-ins, and presence together, keeps a continuous documented record of what was sensed and what worked, and runs locally first. The incumbents are alarm companies. Kore is being designed as an ambient safety system.
Why should I trust a company that has not shipped?
You should not, yet. Follow the build log, watch the evidence accumulate, and only back the campaign if you want to fund the prototype. No ship dates are promised until V0.1 is built and tested.
Do I need to replace my Ring or Nest system?
No. Kore is not shipping, so there is nothing to switch to. The V0.1 prototype targets environmental and presence sensing. Camera and alarm integration is a roadmap question, not a launch feature.
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