SureFlap · Pet door · ranked #4 of 14
Microchip Pet Door Connect
Best for stray-proofing the cat door.
PetTechVerdict · True Cost
SureFlap Microchip Pet Door Connect
Key facts
- Reads your pet's microchip — neighborhood strays stay outside
- No subscription; the connectivity hub is optional
- Runs about a year on ~$1/mo of batteries
- Curfew mode and chip control work fully offline
Our verdict
The Microchip Pet Door Connect stickers at $229, but the receipt above is the real price: $265 over three years, or about $1 a month in running costs after the box arrives. There is no subscription, and there never has been — what you pay at checkout plus consumables is the whole story.
Consumables run about $1/mo (batteries) and are not proprietary, so you can shop around. The core function keeps working if the app, cloud, or your Wi-Fi goes down — a reliability point we weight heavily.
Who it's for: stray-proofing the cat door. Cross-shop the rivals in its category on the right, or open the full true-cost breakdown for the year-1 vs 3-year view.
It currently tops one of our use-case rankings: Best Pet Tech With No Subscription.