Are there discounts for longer retention times?

Yes, if video is stored for more than 1 month, then there is a discount of about 40% comparing to short term storage.

Do you charge for on-prem storage?

No, we only charge for video stored on the cloud.

CCTV Storage Calculator

Q: How to estimate video storage size?

1 hour of contineous video from an IP camera is approximately 500 MB. The actual size may very depending on video quality, resolution and framerate.

VXG will deploy the Cloud VMS on the customer's public or private cloud or in a data center. The CCTV storage calculator is based on standard for the industry assumptions about the bitrates and video recording modes. The calculator below estimates the Cloud Storage cost that the customer will pay to the Cloud Storage provider.

Cloud Storage Provider Cost Estimator

Number of cameras

Price per TB (depends on storage provider)

$/month

Camera mode

Motion Continuous

Storage

$/month

Storage depth

Days Month

Total per camera ($/mon):

Total for all cameras ($/mon):

Assuming a standard video surveillance scenario: 1Mbps bitrate, hours/day of motion video per camera

FAQ

The calculator estimates the cost of cloud storage to support your environment. You input the specifications such as the number of cameras, storage length, camera settings (fps, bit rate, resolution, etc.), and receive the price per TB of cloud video storage.

1 hour of continuous video from an IP camera is approximately 500 MB. The actual size may very depending on video quality, resolution and framerate.

It is when video is recorded only when camera detects motion. This allows to significantly reduce the storage size. Usually motion recording is ⅙ of continuous video recording.

Yes, most of the cloud storage providers will offer discounts based on volumes.