Surveillance Video Management (VMS) Systems

Surveillance Video Management

What is Surveillance Video Management Systems?

Surveillance Video Management Systems (VMS) provide solutions to maintain a secure environment.​ Using advanced camera optics and sensors, they are network-attached devices that are accessible via operations centers and on mobile devices.

Common Features

  • Secure System
  • Camera Control
  • Video Storage and Retention
  • Device Access
  • Video Extraction and Export
  • Chain of Custody
  • Video Enhancement
  • Video Analytics
  • Dispatching
  • Video Review
  • Systems Integration
  • NLP/LLM Search

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Top Surveillance Video Management Systems 2024

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Composite Score
8.3 /10
CX Score
8.0 /10

VideoXpert is a video management solution designed to fit surveillance operations of any size. Whether your operation has 100 cameras or 25,000, VideoXpert presents a solution to display, record, and manage your video resources. But VideoXpert Enterprise is more than a VMS, it is an enterprise video-centric data management solution, designed to bring in data from any source and reference it to other data, to provide predictive capability to every customer.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
iSpyConnect

iSpy

Composite Score
7.9 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

iSpy is a popular open source video surveillance application. It's compatible with the the vast majority of consumer webcams and IP cameras.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
Composite Score
7.9 /10
CX Score
7.1 /10

Flexible, scalable and easy to use, our Command VMS platforms will save you time and simplify your video surveillance system management.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
Avigilon Corporation

Avigilon Control Center

Composite Score
7.9 /10
CX Score
7.7 /10

Avigilon Control Center (ACC) video management software gives you control over your workstation with a simplified screen layout, intuitive controls, and customizable features that improve multi-person interactions. ACC leverages advanced artificial intelligence and video analytics, including Appearance Search™ technology and Unusual Motion Detection technology, to help you quickly detect, verify and act on events.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
Composite Score
7.8 /10
CX Score
8.2 /10

Strengthen Security, Simplify Ownership by managing devices on a secure, reliable and scalable infrastructure, improve physical security across sites and gain insights that drive your business forward.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
Security Eye Software

Security Eye

Composite Score
7.8 /10
CX Score
8.0 /10

Installed on your PC, Security Eye uses IP cameras and webcams to perform unbeatable video monitoring. Motion detector is one of the main tools available in Security Eye. It is based on the video frame analyzing algorithm. The software uses xVid encoding engine for quality video recording. You can record the events in your home, office or shop while you are away. The easy-to-use, integrated video player allows you to playback recorded video anytime, on any speed.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
Milestone Systems Inc.

XProtect

Composite Score
7.4 /10
CX Score
7.6 /10

Milestone designs, develops and produces world-leading IP-based video management solutions for organizations of all shapes and sizes.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
Composite Score
7.3 /10
CX Score
7.0 /10

This Video Surveillance and Live Webcam software for Windows is extremely easy on system resources, and does not contain unnecessary bloat. It is fast, light, and versatile enough to meet all your security needs while still being very user friendly and able to run on even the most moderate systems.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Efficient Service
  • Effective Service

Cons

  • Inhibits Innovation
  • Slower Product Innovation
  • Less Productive
QNAP, Inc.

QVR Pro

Composite Score
7.2 /10
CX Score
7.4 /10

QVR Pro, QNAP’s NAS NVR application, comes with QVR Pro Client. It brings the surveillance users to a whole new intuitive user interface experience, offering to view the live and playback in the same dynamic layout on the same screen. QVR Pro provides 8 embedded camera channels, allowing home users to quickly build a powerful surveillance environment hosted on your QNAP NAS. QVR Pro is also supported by QVR Center which is the QNAP central surveillance management application and supports up to 256 QVR Pro servers management.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Cons

  • Vendor's Interest First
  • Less Generous
Panasonic Security Solutions

Video Insight

Composite Score
7.1 /10
CX Score
6.5 /10

The New Video Insight is redesigned from the ground up to provide enhanced performance and stability, maximize scalability and offer new premium functionality for key vertical markets. VI 7 is aimed at making the entire video management suite more intuitive, more powerful and easier to use.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Caring

Cons

  • Slower Product Innovation
  • Less Productive
  • Commodity Features