Video Insight Gives Away Access Control Free

Author: Brian Rhodes, Published on Sep 24, 2014

Genetec has offered unified access and video for years and Milestone added its own integrated access last year, but Video Insight aims to top them by giving access control software away for free.

In this update, we look into the details and contrast it with other access platforms to see how it stacks up.

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