Favorite Video Analytic Manufacturers 2018

Out of 200+ responses, there were only 3 mentions of VCA:

• "Our testing with a VCA camera seemed to be pretty effective. We just didn't care for the camera and would rather use an appliance like the Bridge."
• "We have moved from Avigilon to VCA. Avigilon had a poor integration to immix after Sept 2017 when they discontinued Rialtos"
• "VCA that is integrateed with Mirasys NVR"

We have not tested VCA so cannot comment on performance. One problem, regardless of performance, is simply distribution / marketing / channel sales. They just don't have much of that relative to the bigger players in the space.

Igor, we did not ask for that breakdown. I've queued up a future survey asking that question.

However, from scanning the results the most common cited is clearly tripwire / cross line (depending on what marketing term / descriptor used).

I agree, Bosch is very user friendly and the Forensic search after the fact is pretty awesome.

I think the lack of Bosch selections in analytics is partially driven by the lack of Bosch selections as favorite cameras because if you are not using Bosch cameras, by definition, you are not using their analytics.

Conversely, I do not believe Axis analytics are so great but Axis is so widely used that even if a small portion of their integrators use their analytics, they are going to do well relatively speaking.

those that are using analytic capabilities and those that are trying to solve specific problems by leveraging analytic solutions.

I see your example about solutions including Parking Lot inventory but not sure what you mean by "using analytic capabilities", presumably they all are trying to solve specific problems, e.g., if I use people counting, I am likely trying to understand traffic flow over time and if I use tripwire I am trying to prevent unauthorized entry. Can you clarify?

As I mentioned to Igor, we will have a future survey asking about most common video analytic applications. One challenge will be that 50% of respondents will answer none :) but it is still worth understanding which the other half are using.

Shannon, thanks for your input and the information on compatibility. But you missed the point of asking why manufacturers don't do direct comparison tests. So we have to do the work for them? If someone is already using Avigilon and are happy with them, their not going to have much of an impetus to take the time to test Bosch unless someone does it for them..... like say, I don't know, IPVM..?

As for Bosch being a provider for analytics in autonomous driving, my experience says you should not so easily make comparisons of performance across different industries. We're not interested in how it works in vehicles, we're interested in how it works in cameras in a security application.

I appreciate the other information, thanks.