The eufy Video Doorbell E340 is the doorbell we point people to when they open with "I just don't want a monthly bill." It is our top pick in the no-subscription roundup because it does the whole job — records your clips, recognizes people and packages, shows the doorstep — and keeps the footage on 8GB of built-in storage with no fee attached. It is not flawless, and we will be specific about where it gives ground, but for a fee-free doorbell it is remarkably complete.
The dual-camera idea, and why it matters
The E340's signature feature is a second camera. Most doorbells point a single lens at face height, which means a parcel left on the step often falls out of the bottom of the frame. The E340 adds a downward-facing camera aimed straight at the doorstep, so a delivery sitting there is actually in view. If your reason for buying a doorbell is porch packages, that is a concrete advantage over a single-lens design — you see the box, not just the courier's shoulders.
The main camera shoots a tall 2K Head-to-Toe view, which keeps a visitor in frame from face to feet, and color night vision keeps the picture usable after dark. Two-way talk and AI motion and package detection are built in. On paper and on the listing, this is a well-specified doorbell that happens to charge nothing to run.
Storage with no strings
Here is the part that makes it our no-fee champion: the E340 ships with 8GB of built-in storage and records your events to it locally, with no subscription required to save or replay a clip. There is no plan to buy, nothing to cancel, and your footage stays on the device rather than a company's server. For most front doors, 8GB holds a healthy stretch of history before old clips roll off to make room — and it means the three-year cost of owning this doorbell is just the hardware.
That is the whole pitch, and it is a strong one. Compare it to a subscription doorbell where the recorded clip — the reason you bought the thing — is a paid feature for as long as you own it. Over three years, that recurring fee can approach the price of the hardware itself. The table below puts the E340 next to a plan-based rival so you can see the gap rather than take our word for it.
Where it gives ground
Two honest limits. First, local storage is finite: 8GB is generous but not infinite, so on a very busy door you will occasionally clear space, and if you want a long archive a cloud-history doorbell will hold more without thought. Second, ecosystem reach is narrow. The E340 lives in the eufy app, with Alexa and Google Home support for voice and viewing — but it does not support Matter or Apple HomeKit, because Matter does not cover doorbells yet. If you are an Apple household hoping this will show up in Apple Home, it will not.
There is also the general reality of eufy's app-first world: you are trusting one brand's app and account, so use a strong, unique password and turn on two-factor authentication, as you should with any connected camera. None of this is disqualifying — it is the ordinary cost of a self-contained, no-fee system.
Who should buy it — and who shouldn't
Buy it if you want a capable doorbell with no monthly bill and you care about seeing packages on the step. For that buyer it is the easy recommendation, and it is why it tops our no-fee list. Skip it if you want a bottomless cloud archive you never manage, or if you specifically need Apple Home support. If you are weighing it against the Alexa-centric option, our Ring Battery Doorbell Plus review lays out that trade, and the full roundupranks all four together. As always, we did not lab-test this unit — we read eufy's published specs and did the cost math you can check below.
