Milestones Free 8 Camera VMS software

[thewireguys 3]

http://www.milestonesys.com/go

 

This is going to be interesting

[shropna 0]

Milestone site now works very slow.....

Works with USB camera on my PC

[rainman 0]

Free for one year, then what happens?

[thewireguys 3]

XProtect Go Key Features

XProtect Go is based on the world leading XProtect platform and it offers the following key features:

 

Based on the world leading XProtect platform

Up to 8 cameras (IP and/or analog)

5 days of video retention time

1 concurrent XProtect Smart Client 5.0 user

Full device pack support (currently app. 900 camera models from over 80 manufacturers)

New and streamlined installation process with default settings

Watermarked video evidence export in AVI

Free of charge – registration required after 30 days

[hardwired 0]

Looks like a good way for a customer to get their feet wet with Milestone, and then move up through the product line as they expand... Milestone has gotten pretty aggressive recently in expanding their line with Essential, to hit back at the lower end markets..

 

Good news for us, we've been Milestone Partners since 2007....

[buellwinkle 0]

Does it provide a webserver for the cameras? To me that's key, being able to remotely monitor the cameras from a web browser.

[hardwired 0]

Looks like that is not in the "Go" version. It is in Essential and above, and Essential is only $99.00 MSRP for the first two channels, and $49.00 for each channel after (up to 26).

 

Milestone's remote view does require IE with plug-ins, though. Exacq does not. However, Milestone is much more functional for remote viewing over a slower WAN connection IMO, as it does not need to buffer clips before playing.

 

You can get Demo one channel licenses of all versions of Milestone, and Exacq, so you could kick the tires on either, before purchasing.