The concept of these plug
And how much typical installation using Avigilon cost?
Camera alone? Plus Avigilon VMS server & license for that functionality?
For now I have one test camera. Installed in "easy" place where old AI worked very well - so new AI do well.
But I ordered 20 new 54PRO cams from Andy for next installs. With 4 * 54PRO-Z4E for remote street / car monitoring.
So in future I should have more data how these new cameras with the new AI perform in real conditions in various installations.
Forget about Aviglion. In addition to being expensive, utterly horrible to deal with.
At one point, a company I own was doing some pretty substantially business. Among other things, we were working on the biggest Mobotix deployment outside of Europe.
Around five years ago, I decided to look into some other brands. I reached out to Aviglion to ask about buying some demo unit. I wasn't looking for a handout. Take my money and send me your best.
They told me that they had too many integrators already, that they were working on getting rid of some that were selling less than 20 cameras per year. They told me that they needed to get rid of one of these guys before I could begin using the product. They then tried to get me to contact one of these tiny integrators to buy the demo unit.
I'm working on a project with 100 locations... And this is your answer? Stick it.
The pricing on a lot of these enterprise-level systems is so outrageous that even enterprise businesses are choosing to go with Dahua and Hik. I had a demo call with Digital Watchdog. My interest ended when I found out that I couldn't swap drives on the $5-10K NVR without voiding the warranty. My enterprise clients wouldn't be having that.
Ubiquti is up and coming. That's who I have my money on (literally, in the stock market). Reasonable prices (e.g. no license fees) and silly easy to use. Yes, the cams themselves are lacking. But the whole ecosystem is just fantastic. They are likely to get there before everyone else.
Finally, I agree with the assertions on this thread that ONVIF is likely to be a dead end with high-end AI features going forward. That said, the UniFi AI ports ($199 hardware dongle) do a really good job of bringing AI features to my Dahuas.
