Lumana vs Eagle Eye Networks for a shared video archive
| Decision | Lumana | Eagle Eye Networks |
|---|---|---|
| Migration equipment | Core replaces the DVR or NVR. V06 · Core and VMS+ | Usually Bridge or CMVR, with Camera Direct for eligible smaller deployments. V11 · Camera compatibility |
| People who can use the system | No stated VMS+ user ceiling. V06 · Core and VMS+ | Standard 100, Professional 1,000, Enterprise unlimited. V10 · Cloud VMS editions |
| How to price a month-old search | Quote feed retention and demonstrate retrieval at that age. V07 · Lumana license | Professional or Enterprise for Smart Video Search through retention. V10 · Cloud VMS editions |
| Licensing question | Annual license, with feeds, retention and term in scope. V07 · Lumana license | Camera subscription depends on retention and resolution. Check edition too. V11 · Subscription guide V10 · Cloud VMS editions |
Start with three tickets from the help desk
One employee needs access for a weekend tournament. Another has left the organization and should lose access today. A parent is asking about a bag that went missing three weeks ago. A shared video system has to make sense on all three tickets — preferably after the administrator who set it up has gone on vacation. The ordinary purchase demonstration usually starts with the buyer logged in as an administrator, so ask for a second demonstration that starts with the weekend employee.
Lumana’s price page describes a licensed camera feed appearing in VMS+ with no ceiling on users, which makes it a particularly interesting proposal for a venue with a long list of occasional staff. Get the bidder to take a named person through the entire access cycle: show a shift manager a view, restrict access to other buildings, revoke the assignment when the tournament ends, then have the manager try again. A generous user allowance is easiest to value once the buyer knows how much staff time access changes consume. V06 · Core and VMS+
Eagle Eye separates user limits by edition and lists single sign-on and audit logs on Professional and Enterprise. The user limits are 100 for Standard, 1,000 for Professional and unlimited for Enterprise. A small team might reasonably need Professional because of the audit requirement even though all its users fit on Standard. Have IT mark which requirement sets the minimum edition — otherwise a spreadsheet sorted by seat count can steer the purchasing office to the wrong contract. V10 · Cloud VMS editions
The equipment room has a vote
Lumana Core replaces the DVR or NVR and handles storage and processing. Bring the installer into the conversation before announcing a migration weekend. Ask which streams can be moved with their current settings, what stays available on the old recorder and what happens to outstanding requests for footage. Give the outgoing recorder an owner for as long as anyone may still need it, and note that Core’s ability to take a new stream leaves a separate question: retrieving a recording made before cutover. V06 · Core and VMS+
Eagle Eye supports a range of analog and ONVIF IP cameras, with most installations using a Bridge or CMVR and Camera Direct available for eligible smaller installations. That gives a property group reason to request a design for each type of building — a head office with a crowded equipment cabinet and a branch with two new cameras may warrant different answers. Give the installer model and firmware details for each group and ask for a written exception list. V11 · Camera compatibility
Work out what “thirty days” buys
Ask the staff member handling the lost bag how precisely they know the time. If they know the minute, ordinary retrieval may be enough. If they know only that a person visited a hall on a certain afternoon, a search window can save substantial work. Eagle Eye Standard gives Smart Video Search a seven-day window; Professional and Enterprise extend it to the retention of the camera. Specify both how long the video is held and how long staff can search it with the required tool. V10 · Cloud VMS editions
Lumana describes one annual license structure, with features included as standard and price driven by feed count, retention and term. Ask for a quote that retains the tournament cameras long enough to handle the bag request, then hand a regular operator a comparable historical request during the demonstration. The quote establishes what the organization intends to buy; the retrieval shows what the person on the help desk can do with it. Keep a record of the steps and any assistance the vendor supplied. V07 · Lumana license
Compare expansion in increments staff recognize
Price a second building, an extra month of retention for the venue entrance and a hundred occasional workers added to the roster. Ask for a separate change to the total for each scenario. Some may be included; some may require different hardware or a new edition. A zero on the quote is worth recording, because the next buyer will otherwise have to ask the same question. Require the vendor to name the contract term behind each estimate and any installation labor needed. V07 · Lumana license V10 · Cloud VMS editions V11 · Subscription guide
Choose Lumana if a common recorder and broad access drive the project
When a buyer is retiring local recorders and needs many people to see licensed feeds, Core and VMS+ cover both sides of that specification. The most valuable demo is a complete cutover of one representative camera, followed by a successful retrieval by someone who actually works at the building. V06 · Core and VMS+
Choose Eagle Eye if governance and search age set the specification
When IT asks for SSO and audit logs and the desk must search across weeks, Eagle Eye documents the edition boundary. Price the eligible edition with the actual retention for each camera, and have staff complete all three sample tickets before accepting the migration. V10 · Cloud VMS editions V11 · Subscription guide
Frequently asked questions
If we have fewer than one hundred users, is Standard enough?
It can fit the documented user count. Compare its seven-day Smart Video Search window and the edition requirement for SSO and audit logs against the buyer’s needs — any one of those requirements can change the recommendation. V10 · Cloud VMS editions
Who should sign off on the Lumana license?
Have the owner of the archive confirm feeds and retention, the facilities team confirm the proposed Core hardware and the administrator confirm access for the intended staff. Lumana says a typical quote includes Core and VMS+; keep those details explicit in the accepted version. V06 · Core and VMS+ V07 · Lumana license