Exacq vs Avigilon
Author: John Honovich, Published on Jun 17, 2015Login to read this IPVM report.
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Comments (13)
Itamar Kerbel
As far as you know - does Exacq manufacture their own cameras or are they OEM?
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Donatas Fankinas
Very interesting and good article! thank you, John.
I am deep in using Avigilon (more than 20 servers and more than 250 cameras(most of them are analog and third party) in large teritory). several years ago I found this VMS. It was great discovery after using different DVRs with dificult and complicated management.
It all is true, what Avigilon VMS is polished and easier to use (as example very simple and comfortable record time line), great online support (often I'm not in time to install new online update with fixed issue. One update for all sites and hardware), tightly controlled channel structure, not strong hardware appliance (exactly 4 ch encoders are not strong side, but not cameras (cameras are strong product, but fairly expensive)).
What about third party cameras and DVRs, I discovered to conect to them through web page in Avigilon ACC view.
Questions:
1. It is interesting to compare Avigilon patented HDSM (network load between cameras, server and client sides), load of hardware (servers with conected more than 10, 20 cameras and client machines (processors, RAM, graphic, HDD and etc.)) with other brands. I am not sure, but I guess, what Avigilon is leader in this side.
2. Specially for me, it would be very interesting to read Avigilon vs Bosch article :).
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
"Both are mid-market brands, with strong products. Neither are great for super low end, super cost sensitive applications and neither are as sophisticated in the high end as Axis or Genetec."
Can you offer some more clarification on what some of the key feature distinctions are between the mid-market options discussed here and the high-end options? What do the high-end options offer that I wouldn't get with Exacq or Avigilon?
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
This remains to be an unsubstantiated claim if we're going to use the criteria outlined in the link provided as High-end/Tier 1:
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Longer answer: being 'tier 1', i.e., in your description, 1,000+ cameras, typically requires supporting the following features:
My understanding of both Exacq and Avigilon is that they are fully capable of all the items John has identified as Tier 1, so my question remains, what's the difference? Maybe it's having an IP Horn that puts companies like Axis in High-end.
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