What it costs, and what moves the number.

Because a per-camera price with no scope attached is meaningless. Two eight-camera jobs can differ by a factor of three depending on whether there is containment in the ceiling, whether the doors need new hardware and whether anyone has to work at height at night. What this page does instead is set out every factor that moves the number, so you can read a quote properly — ours or anybody else's.

Yes, and anyone who implies otherwise is setting you up for a surprise. Every device carries a licence bought in a term — typically one, three, five or ten years, with longer terms cheaper per year. It covers the cloud platform, the firmware, the support and the warranty. We put the renewal date and the renewal cost in the handover pack so it is never a shock.

The cameras keep recording to their own storage, but you lose Command — which is most of what you bought. It is worth planning the renewal as a known operating cost rather than a cliff edge.

Over a five-year view they are usually comparable, and the installation is a third line that people forget until they see a quote. Any comparison that only prices the hardware is not a comparison.

No. The survey and the written design that comes out of it are free and yours to keep, whether or not you use us. If you take that design to somebody else, at least you will be comparing like for like.

Cheaper to install and dearer to run, roughly. You are not buying a recorder, a server, a maintenance visit to pull footage or a rip-out in year six. You are buying a licence every year instead. Which is better depends on how much your time is worth and how often you actually need the footage.