Vivint Home Security Components All those features and technologies come at a price. No – literally. There’s a price tag, and ...

Founder Pedersen created Vivint, under the name APX Alarm, as a home security company in 1999. The company was acquired by The Blackstone Group in 2012 for more than $2 billion.

Pro Tip: If you want our evaluation of Vivint from a price standpoint, check out our page on Vivint equipment and monitoring costs. The Vivint Smart Hub is a touch-screen tablet computer that ...