CPI Security Reviews 2,655

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.5

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Evaluating 218 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the staff for their helpfulness, professionalism, and positive attitudes, often highlighting their patience and ability to explain things clearly. Many people also commend the exceptional customer service, noting quick responses and a genuine willingness to resolve issues. The overall service provided is frequently described as excellent, with consumers appreciating the efficiency and smooth user experience. However, some customers also noted dissatisfaction with the product, specifically mentioning issues with cameras not connecting, malfunctioning sensors, and the overall software integration being problematic. A few other people also felt that the customer service had declined, citing slow responses, conflicting information, and a perceived lack of support for product issues without additional service fees.

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Service

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Matt and Shannon (from CPI Charleston)were our TV install team at North Myrtle. They faced some challenges when they arrived. Two of the 5 rooms where a rep prewired for install -the 2 most importan... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I want to give a huge shoutout to Marilyn from CPI Security! During a difficult time in my life, I let her know about my recent separation, and she handled everything with such care, professionalism,... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The customer service technician, Ryan, was exceptional. He was extremely patient as I had to get screwdrivers and batteries for the motion detector. As I fumbled with trying to figure out what I nee... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Tylasia was very thorough, helped make this process easier for me. I tried calling & the wait times were long but texting was so fast & simple. She explained everything in detail & answered all my q... See more

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Company details

  1. Security Equipment Store
  2. Burglar Alarm Store
  3. Home Automation Company
  4. Security Service
  5. Security System Installer

About CPI Security

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Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, CPI Security was founded in 1991 on an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for helping and protecting others. What started as a company of 10 employees and 300 customers has grown into one of the nation’s top 10 largest security providers with over 750 employees.

Over the years, CPI has received many awards for excellence, such as twice-awarded SDM Dealer of the Year, Central Station of the Year, and the Marvel Award. The company leads the industry in alarm response times, is consistently ranked in the top 10 of electronic security businesses, and is widely known as North Carolina and South Carolina’s Top 25 Best Places to Work.

Today, CPI services hundreds of thousands of residential and business customers. Only CPI Security's Real Time Response where alarms are verified using audio and video, ensuring the fastest response possible. With intrusion prevention and detection, video surveillance with advanced analytics, safety monitoring for smoke and fire, and integrated smart automation devices, CPI provides the most comprehensive solution in the industry.

In addition, CPI is engaged in the communities we service - with no contractors. Our employees are your neighbors, focused making our communities safer.

Life live secured.

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Essentials Video Package
For a limited-time, get a Free Doorbell & Outdoor Camera. Plus, get 25% off any additional video or smart home devices. Every CPI security system comes with 24/7 monitoring and emergency response. When it comes to your loved ones' safety and protecting your property, our Real Time Response℠ makes all the difference.

Protection you can count on. Conveniences you will love.

When it comes to the safety of your loved ones and the protection of your property, a quick response can make all the difference. CPI's award-winning central station communicates a verified emergency to the authorities delivering a response in seconds, not minutes. We're here when you need us most.

CPI Security is so confident in our professional installation, we offer our No False Alarm Guarantee. If a false alarm caused by a system malfunction results in a fine from your local authorities, CPI will credit your account for the cost. See full terms at CPISecurity.com

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brian

Brian, was amazing!
He was patient and knowledgeable!
It’s good that CPI has him.
AI cannot replaced good people like Brian. I thought I will throw that in.

24 July 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

We're happy to hear that you had such a positive experience! We appreciate your acknowledgment of the team member's patience and knowledge. Thanks for your feedback.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Craig's a super CPI Tech!

Craig was super nice and professional. Explained alot of things about the system that I didn't know. He was patient with my little dogs following him around, too.

18 July 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

We're happy to hear that you had a positive experience! We appreciate your kind words about the service and are glad the explanation was helpful. Thanks for your feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Awesome customer service

Awesome customer service. Was patient and walked me through the process to fix problem. Thank you.

16 July 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

Thank you for your 5 star review and feedback! We are so glad to have you as a part of our CPI family.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The representative

The representative, Nicole, was the absolute best. She was patient and pleasant as she walked me through steps to continuously view scenes; suggested how to save clips through SIM card and email( both to which I am in total agreement); and an appointment was set-up to install the SIM card. Excellent service experience!

14 July 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

We're happy to hear that you had such a positive experience. We appreciate your feedback regarding the representative's patience and helpfulness in guiding you through the process. Thank you for sharing!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Help Navigating the App

Tylasia provided quick help via the chat feature on the CPI website. She helped me (a relatively new customer) to navigate the app, which will make it easier to self-serve in the future. I love the promptness in CPI's support.

13 July 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

We're happy to hear that our chat support was helpful and efficient! It's great that we could assist you with the app and improve your experience. Thanks for your feedback.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible software, bad bardware

In short, the CPI software and integration is embarrassingly bad.

It doesn't connect to Google home. You cannot add external devices through the Google ecosystem. You cannot even add external devices through apple or Alexa, you have to integrate them through the cpi panel or app, both of which have user interfaces dreampt up by the utterly deranged.

I ended up getting a separate camera system because cpi couldn't do what I wanted. My entire smart home is separate from cpi. Basically the only thing cpi does is the alarm and smoke detector, and even then I have some Google smoke detectors that are more useful.

Save yourself a headache and find another alarm company that has a competent smart home system that doesn't lock you out of the best hardware options available.

12 July 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

We appreciate you sharing your experience. We're sorry to hear that our system's integration with smart home devices and user interface did not meet your expectations, and that you had to acquire a separate camera system. We will review your feedback to improve our system's compatibility.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The the representative was very…

The the representative was very knowledgeable and help me tremendously. I even reached out before to my sales agent to help me before and didn't even get a response back but this person helped me through text made me feel important and all my questions was answered and my account was taken care of thank you so much.

12 July 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

We're happy to hear that the representative was very helpful and knowledgeable. We appreciate you letting us know about the previous lack of response, and we're so glad your questions were answered and your account was taken care of. Thank you so much for your feedback.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service and the best sales rep - Rhonda

Recently moved over to CPI after being with SecureTec for 15 years.

While I talked to quite a few companies, Rhonda Goodman’s pitch for CPI was the deciding factor for me choosing CPI over other companies. It was quite evident that she cared about us as a family rather than a sale and was very patient in answering all my concerns.

The installation techs arrived on time and were quite professional. Rhonda followed up after the installation to check on me and that made me feel so special since businesses really don't care after a sale is made.

Hoping for a long tenure with CPI and am happy with their services.

8 July 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

Thank you for your 5 star review and feedback! We are so glad to have you as a part of our CPI family.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Kieth is such a lovely man he was very…

Kieth is such a lovely man he was very kind and caring his knowledge about CPI was very helpful he heard my concerns and did what he could to get the situation taken care of

8 July 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

Thank you for your 5 star review and feedback! We are so glad to have you as a part of our CPI family.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Jennifer is Amazing!

Jennifer was so kind and patient with walking me through fixing a sensor. Outstanding customer service, need more people like her out in this world right now. Was such a pleasure speaking with her. Thank you Jennifer for all that you do

8 July 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

Thank you for your 5 star review and feedback! We are so glad to have you as a part of our CPI family.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Takes a bit to get service..

The two gentleman who came to the house were excellent… from the time I reported it till it was fixed was over two weeks..

3 July 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

We appreciate your feedback and are glad the technicians were excellent. We regret that the service took longer than expected to complete. Please let us know if you need any further assistance.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great installer

Great installer, very knowledgeable, very professional and very personable!!

2 July 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

Thank you for your 5 star review and feedback! We are so glad to have you as a part of our CPI family.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

WiFi Mesh equipment set up

Lenell Perkins provided great customer service today. My husband called in to get assistance with setting up our new WiFi Mesh equipment and Lenell was extremely knowledgeable and helpful with the set-up. He was very patient and understanding with our questions. Great Customer Service was provided and we hope that we get him again if we need assistance in the future.

Thank you,
Shannon and Valeria Haliburton

28 June 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

Thank you for your 5 star review and feedback! We are so glad to have you as a part of our CPI family.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Exceptional

Exceptional

27 June 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

Thank you for your 5 star review and feedback! We are so glad to have you as a part of our CPI family.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding!!!

Keith was absolutely 💯 Outstanding with my call!!! Extremely patient with me. Please acknowledge him in some kind of way. I've haven't received such great customer service like this in a long time!!

Thank you, Keith

23 June 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

Thank you for your 5 star review and feedback! We are so glad to have you as a part of our CPI family.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Contacted support as a result of app alert that doorbell camera was not responding and as a result of no success from troubleshooting.lt of app…

Contacted support as as result of app informing me that doorbell was not responding and after troubleshooting per app's instructions. Informed initial rep of the situation who asked me if I saw any lights on my doorbell, which I did not. Rep then instructed me to use a flat head screw driver or butter knife to push up on the doorbell. I secured a flat head screw driver and proceeded to follow rep's instructions only to be told later that I needed to push the screw driver hard enough to remove the doorbell. Granted I have limited strength in my arm, I proceeded to do so, causing injury to my hand in the process (bleeding) of which I informed the rep. He stated "I'm sorry you hurt your hand" and proceeded to tell me to wait until he told me to replace the doorbell. With my hand bleeding, I attempted to replace the doorbell to no avail as I could not get it to "click". The rep then informed me that he would send out a tech for $59+ to remedy the problem to which I told him that this was not acceptable as I had incurred injury trying to follow his directions and I asked to speak to a Supervisor. Needless to say, after waiting for more than 5 minutes with a bleeding hand, I was transferred to "Zy" who stated she was a Supervisor. Never have I felt so disrespected! I had to on numerous occasions request that "Zy" allow me to speak, since I was the customer, as she consistently spoke over me reiterating that my problem sounded like an electrical one since I had called reporting that my doorbell had no lights (this is not why I called). As stated earlier, I called as a result of my app informing me that my doorbell was not responding. After much unnecessary dialogue with "Zy", it was concluded that the $59+ fee would be waived "this time" with the understanding that the tech was not an electrician. I impressed upon "Zy" how her continuous reminder was not necessary as I have been a CPI customer for nearly a decade and am well aware of CPI's policies regarding service charges which in this situation, I did not believe was warranted. CPI, I am seriously disappointed in the customer service, or lack of, that I received during this interaction. I have referred others to you in the past. Not sure if I will be referring anyone els.

20 June 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

We regret to hear about the injury and frustration you experienced while troubleshooting your doorbell. We're sorry our support interactions did not meet your expectations, and we appreciate you bringing this to our attention. We'll review this internally to improve our support and prevent similar situations. Thank you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brian R was exceedingly helpful in…

Brian R was exceedingly helpful in resetting the smoke detector that malfunctioned.
Having had two major shoulder surgeries, it took a few minutes to manage removing the detector and once it was operational, returning it to functioning position.
Brian is professional, courteous, patient and thorough. CPI is fortunate to have a team member of his caliber.

18 June 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

Thank you for your 5 star review and feedback! We are so glad to have you as a part of our CPI family.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

CPI Customer Service

Shanna was extremely knowledgeable, professional, and patient with an initially frustrating situation.

CPI has always had fantastic customer service. And it only continues to get better and better.

Thanks Shanna and CPI

Gratefully

Dana McCann

17 June 2025
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Reply from CPI Security

We're happy to hear that our team member's knowledge, patience, and professionalism resolved a frustrating situation. We appreciate your kind words and are grateful for your continued trust in us.

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