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ISS SecurOS Alternative AI Video Analytics on Your Existing Cameras, at a Published Price

SecurOS is a capable on-premise platform, but buying it means assembling four things: a base server license, a camera license per channel, a separate license for every analytics module, and an annual maintenance agreement. Surveillant is the lighter option for teams whose real need is AI search and detection on cameras they already own. One rate, analytics included, nothing to rack.

Last updated September 2026

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Cost Lines to Assemble

ISS SecurOS

Server license, per-channel license, per-module analytics, annual maintenance

4 lines

Surveillant

One subscription, AI analytics included, runs on your ONVIF and RTSP cameras

$75 per camera

ISS does not publish a price. See the full breakdown in our ISS SecurOS pricing guide.

The Short Answer

What Is the Best Alternative to ISS SecurOS?

It depends on which part of SecurOS you actually need. If you require ISO container code reading, under-vehicle inspection or traffic intersection analytics, SecurOS is on a very short list and you should stay with it. If what you need is AI search and detection across cameras you already own, a cloud analytics layer such as Surveillant does that job at $75 per camera per month with no server to buy.

The buyers who switch are usually not unhappy with SecurOS the software. They are unhappy with the shape of the purchase. A server-based VMS assumes you have somewhere to rack it, someone to patch it, storage to size, and a budget cycle that can absorb a capital purchase plus a renewing maintenance line. Plenty of security teams have none of those things and only wanted the analytics in the first place.

Side by Side

ISS SecurOS Compared With Surveillant

An honest comparison, including the rows where SecurOS is the stronger product. We are not going to tell you a cloud analytics layer replaces a port terminal VMS.

Factor	ISS SecurOS	Surveillant
Published price	Not published, quoted by integrators	$75 per camera per month, on the site
Licensing model	Base server license plus per-channel license	One subscription per connected camera
Analytics	Deep and specialist, licensed per module	General purpose, included in the plan
Container codes, under-vehicle, traffic	Yes, a genuine strength	No
Fully air-gapped deployment	Yes, on-premise by design	No, cloud analysis
Servers and storage to buy	Yes, sized to cameras and retention	None
Annual maintenance agreement	Yes, per channel per year	No, included
Works with existing IP cameras	Yes, broad camera support	Yes, ONVIF and RTSP
Time to first result	Integrator project	Same day, free plan to test
Very large estates, thousands of cameras	Purpose-built, with a command layer	Works, but not a dispatch platform

Why Teams Look

Four Reasons Buyers Shop Around SecurOS

The quote takes weeks to assemble

With no public rate card and four separate cost lines, comparing SecurOS against two other vendors means three integrator conversations before you have a single number. Teams on a deadline often want at least one option they can price themselves in an afternoon.

Analytics arrive as a new purchase order

Because modules are licensed individually, a new use case is a procurement event rather than a setting. When the request is simply to find a person in a red jacket across yesterday, a per-module purchase feels heavy for the outcome.

Nobody owns the server anymore

On-premise recording needs sizing, patching, backups and a storage refresh every few years. Many teams that bought a VMS when they had an IT department now do not, and the hidden operating cost outgrew the license.

They only ever needed the search

A large share of VMS buyers use a fraction of the platform. If your real daily job is reviewing incidents and finding footage fast, an analytics layer over your existing cameras covers it without the recording platform underneath.

Switching

You Do Not Have to Rip Anything Out

The cameras are the expensive part of a surveillance estate, and they stay. Because Surveillant connects over ONVIF and RTSP, the same feeds SecurOS is reading can be pointed at us in parallel while your existing system keeps running.

STEP 1

Connect a few cameras

Add two cameras on the free plan using their RTSP or ONVIF stream. Nothing changes on the existing recorder.

STEP 2

Run both in parallel

Test the searches and alerts you actually use against real incidents for a few weeks before committing anything.

STEP 3

Decide at renewal

Let the maintenance renewal be the decision point. Keep SecurOS where it earns its keep, and move the sites that only needed analytics.

Deciding between keeping recording on-site and moving it up is its own question, and the arithmetic changes sharply with camera count and retention. Our guide on cloud versus on-premise video surveillance works through where each model wins, and AI video analytics software covers what plain-English search does on cameras you already own.

Pricing

What It Costs, Without a Call

Surveillant is $75 per camera per month across paid plans, with AI analysis, storage, retention and alerting in the one rate. There is no base server license, no per-module analytics purchase and no maintenance agreement, because there is no server.

Starter

$49/mo

One camera. The cheapest way to see whether the search is good enough for your incidents.

Plus

$149/mo

Two cameras at $75 each per month. Typical starting point for a single site.

Pro

$449/mo

Six cameras at $75 each per month, with the same analytics on every feed.

A free forever plan is available with no credit card. Full detail on the pricing page.

FAQ

ISS SecurOS Alternatives: Questions

What system is better than ISS SecurOS?

No single system is better across the board. SecurOS leads on specialist analytics like container code reading and under-vehicle inspection, and on fully on-premise deployment. For general AI video search and detection on existing cameras, a cloud layer such as Surveillant is simpler and publishes its price. Match the tool to the job rather than looking for an overall winner.

Who are ISS SecurOS competitors?

In enterprise on-premise video management, SecurOS competes with Milestone XProtect, Genetec Security Center, Avigilon and Bosch BVMS. Among cloud platforms the shortlist usually includes Verkada, Rhombus, Eagle Eye Networks and Surveillant. The two groups are different purchases, so decide first whether you are buying a recording platform or an analytics layer.

Can I replace SecurOS without replacing my cameras?

Yes. Cameras are the expensive, long-lived part of the estate and they are not tied to the VMS. Any platform that speaks ONVIF and RTSP can read the same streams, which is how Surveillant connects. You can run both systems against the same cameras in parallel and decide at your maintenance renewal.

Does ISS SecurOS have a cloud version?

SecurOS is architected as a server-based platform, with modules such as WebConnect and Mobile providing remote access to that installation rather than replacing it with a hosted service. If you want video analysis with no server of your own at all, that is a different product category and worth comparing directly rather than assuming a cloud tier exists.

How much does ISS SecurOS cost compared with a subscription?

ISS does not publish pricing, so a direct number is not available without a quote. The structural difference is clear: SecurOS is a base server license plus per-channel licenses plus per-module analytics plus annual maintenance, while Surveillant is $75 per camera per month all in. Compare the assembled five year total, not year one.

When should I stay on SecurOS?

Stay if you need analytics few vendors offer, such as ISO container codes, under-vehicle surveillance, fare evasion or traffic intersection management. Stay if video must remain fully on-premise for regulatory or sovereignty reasons, or if you are running thousands of cameras and rely on the monitoring control center layer. Those are real capabilities a cloud analytics tool does not replace.

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Point It at the Cameras You Already Have

No server license, no per-module analytics purchase, no maintenance agreement. Connect an ONVIF or RTSP camera and run a real search against yesterday. $75 per camera per month when you are ready, free to start.