DoorBird D101 Tested Vs Ring and Axis
By: IPVM Team, Published on Sep 01, 2017
Video doorbells are a big growth market, with Ring, in particular gaining a lot of attention on the consumer side and Axis making a push on the commercial side. See 
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Comments (16)
Undisclosed
Another Doorbell to test is the DBell HD Live as it also features an ONVIF stream.
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Undisclosed Integrator #2
I have the Skybell HD on my home. When everything is working optimally, such as bandwidth, WiFi, phone reception, Skybell's server, etc., it's awesome. When any one of those things is not working well, it's frustrating. The Skybell HD has a 1080p camera, but if your WiFi will only support a 1080p intermittently, you'll need to select the 720p option if you want it to work more than once a week, and even then it's uncertain you'll get live video when a visitor comes calling. With Skybell HD, make sure you have adequate upload speed. Skybell recommends 1.5Mbps upload, but I think 2Mbps or higher should be your target.
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Tyler Graham
Do DoorBird or Ring support SIP protocol? If not, I don't think it's fair to lump them in with the Axis A8105 which is a commercial grade SIP endpoint, for functionality and price. In the commercial environment, they are tied into a SIP PBX and answered with a SIP phone - not a mobile app.
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Undisclosed Integrator #3
No hikvision doorbell in the test ?
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Brian Hampton
I recently installed one of these (although I think it was a D201 or D202 stand alone module) that was integrated in to a gate call box made by Holovision. Combined with a keypad and a 3xLogic Infinias eIDC32 controller it works pretty well. It does have poor audio quality for the size of the speaker (although it is better than other's I have experienced.) The image quality is decent for short range which is typically where your subjects will be standing. The biggest pro for me was that it can be synced with numerous devices. When the gate call button is activated it "ding dongs" the wall mounted iPads in the residence as well as both resident's cell phones simultaneously. This particular customer did not have a working phone line run to the gate and running a new line would have required boring or cutting concrete twice. So this was the best solution I could find that would work over a wireless bridge to the house.
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Jason Meens
Grandstream also has what appears to be a decent door station that would be more similar to the Axis model tested then the doorbird is. I own one but have not tested it yet. It is a SIP endpoint also and supports ONVIF. It is also POE.
http://www.grandstream.com/products/physical-security/video-door-systems/product/gds3710
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Jason Meens
Forgot to mention the Grandstream GDS3710 is only about $350 as well so about the same as the doorbird. It is more for commercial use though. Supports a door strike which are used in commercial buildings often.
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