IFOVEA: Verkada Alternative

Verkada: Hostage-as-a-Service

Although Verkada promotes their cloud-based platform as the optimal solution for connecting all your security devices, it has a few drawbacks:

  • Limited Compatibility: You can only connect Verkada’s proprietary cameras to the platform.
  • Service Dependency: If you cancel your Verkada plan, the cameras you purchased will stop working.
  • Price Increases: If Verkada raises their prices, you have no choice but to pay the higher rates to keep your cameras functional.

Verkada forces you to stay with their platform or risk losing your investment, making it “Hostage-as-a-Service”.

IFOVEA: Service On Your Terms

IFOVEA is the ideal alternative to Verkada, providing all the features Verkada offers, but on your terms:

  • Seamless Compatibility: You can use any camera, regardless of brand, so you don’t need to invest in expensive new equipment.
  • Service Independency: Your cameras will continue to work even if you stop using IFOVEA.
  • Flexible Pricing: You can modify or cancel your plan at any time without incurring penalty fees, whether it’s due to changes in your budget or our rates.

When you try IFOVEA, you have everything to gain and nothing to lose!

Compatible with Cameras of Any Brand

Verkada’s platform only works with their proprietary cameras, forcing new customers to purchase both a subscription plan and new cameras. This not 

On the other hand, IFOVEA is compatible with almost any IP camera. You have the freedom to use cameras with the features, specifications, and prices you want. If you already have an existing system in place, you can integrate it with our platform without needing a complete equipment overhaul.

Camera Compatibility

Any Camera

You can connect any IP camera to IFOVEA, regardless of the brand. This flexibility allows users to monitor their premises with cameras that meet their preferred features, specifications, and budget. Additionally, customers can seamlessly integrate their existing security camera systems with our platform, eliminating the need for a complete equipment overhaul.

Verkada Cameras Only

Verkada's platform only works with their proprietary cameras, requiring customers to invest in new equipment. Besides straining budgets, this restriction also means that users may have to settle for cameras that lack their desired features or specifications. As a result, customers may find themselves locked into a system that doesn't fully align with their needs.

Video Storage

Fully Cloud-Based

IFOVEA securely stores all video footage in the cloud, allowing users to access and manage their data from anywhere with internet connectivity. This setup ensures organizations can confidently store and retrieve footage without worrying about physical storage constraints, hardware failures, camera theft, or damage.

Cloud Hybrid

By default, video recordings are kept in the camera's built-in storage, with users having the option to back up data to the cloud. While this model ensures continuous recording even during internet outages, there's a risk of losing video footage if something happens to the camera before the scheduled cloud backup occurs.

Subscription Duration

Monthly or Yearly

Subscription plans are priced per camera, available on either a monthly or yearly basis. Opting for the monthly plan is ideal for customers seeking short-term commitments, giving them the flexibility to adjust the plan as needs change or to cancel the subscription altogether.

1, 3, 5, or 10 Years

Subscription plans per camera are limited to durations of 1, 3, 5, or 10 years. While customers can add cameras during their subscription period, the minimum commitment of 1 year prevents them from removing cameras without forfeiting the remainder of their paid term.

Cloud Storage Pricing

Flexible

Cost per camera per month varies based on the duration of storage retention, allowing customers to scale up or down at any time as needed.

Inflexible

30-days cloud backup included; customers must purchase a 1-year extended cloud backup license per camera to increase cloud storage capacity.

AI Video Analytics

Cloud-Based Analytics

IFOVEA's video analytics process data directly in the cloud, leveraging its powerful computing capabilities to access advanced algorithms and extensive datasets. By using these resources, we continuously improve the accuracy and performance of our video analytics, resulting in effective threat detection with minimal false alarms.

Edge-Based Analytics

Verkada utilizes edge-based video analytics, processing data directly within the camera itself. Although edge-based analytics offer low latency, the cameras' processing power is limited by hardware constraints. This can restrict the scope and scale of analytics, potentially impacting the accuracy of threat detections.

Platform Cybersecurity

Cloud-Based Processing

IFOVEA's video analytics process data directly in the cloud, leveraging its powerful computing capabilities to access advanced algorithms and extensive datasets. By using these resources, we continuously improve the accuracy and performance of our video analytics, resulting in effective threat detection with minimal false alarms.

Edge-Based Processing

Verkada utilizes edge-based video analytics, processing data directly within the camera itself. Although edge-based analytics offer low latency, the cameras' processing power is limited by hardware constraints. This can restrict the scope and scale of analytics, potentially impacting the accuracy of threat detections.

IFOVEA has all of the same great features as Verkada - plus more

  • Unlimited storage for archived video clips
  • Edge backup in case of network loss
  • Direct camera-to-cloud uploading
  • Plug & play installation
  • PTZ controls support
  • Automatic software updates
  • Two-way audio support
  • Fisheye de-warping support
  • Camera sharing
  • Unlimited users
  • Web browser accessible
  • iOS & Android mobile apps

Video Analytics: Comparison Guide

We offer many of the same video analytics that Verkada does. However, a key difference is that ours are cloud-based whereas theirs are edge-based. With IFOVEA, any camera connected to the platform can use our video analytics capabilities. Verkada’s video analytics are dependent on the camera model, so customers may need to purchase specific camera models to access certain analytics.

Any new video analytics developed by us will be available for our customers to add to their existing plans – without having to purchase new cameras. This ensures that our customers can continuously enhance their surveillance capabilities with the latest advancements in analytics, maximizing the value of their investment in our platform.

Feature

IFOVEA

Verkada

Identify and receive real-time alerts when a person is detected on camera.

Identify and receive real-time alerts when a car is detected on camera.

Identify and receive real-time alerts when an animal is detected on camera.

Identify and receive real-time alerts when a bike is detected on camera.

Identify and receive real-time alerts when luggage is detected on camera.

Identify and receive real-time alerts when a boat is detected on camera.

Identify and receive real-time alerts when a person stays in an area beyond a defined time limit.

Identify and receive real-time alerts when a person is not wearing a hard hat.

Identify and receive real-time alerts when a person is not wearing a safety vest.

Identify and receive real-time alerts when smoke or fire is detected on camera.

Filter through footage by clothing color or vehicle color.

Filter through footage by object category (people, vehicles, etc.).

Specify an area to search for event footage and filter by object category (people, vehicles, etc.).

Search for all instances of a specific face by uploading their image or selecting them from a collection of detected faces.

Receive real-time alerts when a specific person is detected on camera by registering their facial image.

Generate an index of license plate numbers from detected vehicles.

Search for all instances of a specific vehicle using its license plate number.

Receive real-time alerts when a specific vehicle is detected on camera by registering their license plate number.

Track the number of people in a specified area over a given period of time.

Highlight areas with high or low concentrations of movement from people.

Highlight areas with high or low concentrations of movement from vehicles.

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