Sightline (Argus) vs Verkada for a mixed camera fleet

Head-to-head · By The Security Shortlist Editorial Desk

The camera count on the maintenance map is wrong for this decision

Walk the maintenance map for this example and you will find five housings to clean: four contain a single sensor, and the fifth looks out in four directions. In the video room there can be eight pictures on the screen, each with a distinct purpose. The overnight manager wants one of them — the loading door. Finance can reasonably receive purchase requests for one, five or eight ‘cameras’ without anyone having moved a ladder. Attach a sheet of labeled views to the bid.

Verkada’s licensing FAQ charges per connected sensor feed on a multisensor unit. The US catalog gives two CC300 ceilings: with feeds at 5 MP or lower, the maximum is ten channels, and with 4K inputs it is five. Eight low-resolution channels fit under the published count ceiling; eight 4K channels exceed it. For mixed resolutions, have the bidder size the connector against the actual list. A buyer should be able to point at every view on the monitor and find its corresponding line on the proposal. V08 · US catalog V09 · Connector licensing FAQ

Sightline, the Icarian product linked to an app labeled Argus, starts the count elsewhere. Its plan lists a base fee and charges for cameras with detection enabled, and a 4K detecting camera counts as three. The useful line to circle on the inventory is the particular stream supplying the loading door. Establish which stream the system can consume, its resolution and the vendor’s treatment of a multisensor setup. An installer describing a housing as one camera has not settled that billing question. A01 · Icarian product A01 · Argus sign-in A03 · Connection guide A08 · Tentative rates

What does the operator gain after the migration?

Command Connector lets an operator work with compatible third-party cameras alongside native cameras in Command, including people and vehicle searches. If the center already manages part of the estate there, bringing over the remaining views can make an investigation easier to hand between shifts. Demonstrate that across the boundary: start the search at a legacy camera and finish on a native view, then make sure a second operator can reconstruct the same path using their own permissions. V09 · Connector capabilities

A team that wants the duty phone to ring when a person enters the loading area has a smaller problem. Sightline can use a drawn zone on Pro and preview a rule over the previous six hours. Set the zone while watching a delivery vehicle swing through the entrance. Draw it too close to the public sidewalk and the night team may spend its time reviewing pedestrians; draw it entirely inside the door and there may be little warning before the person is already inside. Those are placement questions a floor plan alone cannot resolve. A04 · Rule editor A09 · Plan comparison

Be exact about plates

If a tenant asks for a message when a particular vehicle returns, write down how anyone would recognize it. A rule about a vehicle occupying a zone and a rule about a plate on a list do different work. Icarian states that it does not read plates, and Verkada says plate-of-interest alerts are unavailable on third-party Connector channels. Settle the requirement at the named entrance and on the proposed camera. A feature demonstrated elsewhere in a native camera lineup cannot answer the question for a retained third-party feed. A02 · Icarian detection classes A07 · Data controls V09 · Connector capabilities

What belongs in the capital request?

Verkada lists the CD22 indoor dome at $799 MSRP plus license, so five of those domes would list at $3,995 before licenses. A CC300 to bring in compatible existing feeds lists at $4,499 before channel licenses. The $504 difference is interesting mostly for what it leaves out: five new indoor domes may not cover the eight views in our example, and a dome may not suit the loading door. Have the installer return the labeled view sheet with a proposed device, mounting work and license for every required picture. V08 · US catalog V09 · Connector licensing FAQ

Sightline’s tentative Pro rate is $199 per month plus $149 per detecting camera: $348 monthly for a single non-4K zone feed, or $646 with a single weighted 4K feed. The rest of the proposal must say who continues to look after the incumbent cameras and recording system. Give finance the same project length on both bids and explicitly name the tasks that each total buys. A08 · Tentative rates A09 · Plan comparison

Frequently asked questions

Should we replace every camera to use Command?

Verkada offers Connector for compatible third-party cameras. Give the bidder the exact models and check the features needed on each channel. A live picture meets only the first acceptance condition. V09 · Connector capabilities

Does choosing a sharper image always improve the case for detection?

Resolution changes documented charges or channel capacity in these offers. The purchase case still needs evidence that the proposed view supports the actual task in the expected lighting. Request a demonstration on the loading door at closing time before approving a resolution upgrade. A08 · Tentative rates V08 · US catalog