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Eagle Eye Networks
Cloud video surveillance billed per camera per month, where retention length drives the bill more than anything else
As of 1 September 2026, Eagle Eye Networks's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Cloud VMS that connects to cameras you already own through a bridge appliance. Softwr lists it under Cybersecurity. Eagle Eye Networks is made by Eagle Eye Networks, Inc., available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What Eagle Eye Networks does
Eagle Eye Networks runs a cloud video management service. An on-site bridge or CMVR appliance connects to existing IP cameras, buffers locally and uploads to Eagle Eye’s data centres, where video is stored, searched and shared through a browser or app. Because it works with third-party cameras rather than requiring its own, it is the usual cloud option for organisations that already own an ONVIF camera estate and do not want to rip it out. It also sells its own camera range and offers analytics and licence plate recognition on top. The pricing behaviour that decides deals is that subscriptions are per camera per month, priced by both camera resolution and retention period, with tiers from 7 days to 3 years. Published third-party observations put the range from about 15 to 50 US dollars per camera per month, with Canadian examples running from roughly 24 dollars for 7 day 1080p up to 79 dollars for 90 day 4K. Longer retention has been reported to raise the monthly figure by 200 to 400 percent over 7 day storage. A 100-camera retail chain that upgrades to 4K and 90 day retention for an insurance requirement can therefore triple its security software bill without adding a single camera. Buyers are multi-site retail, restaurants, schools, car dealerships and property managers who want no servers. Eagle Eye is backed by Dean Drako, who also founded Barracuda, and sells through resellers. The trade-off is straightforward: no capital servers, but a permanent operating cost that rises with every resolution and retention decision, and video that lives on someone else’s infrastructure.
What people use it for
- A 40-site restaurant group that wants one login across every location without a recorder in each back office
- A school district that must retain incident footage for a fixed statutory period and needs the retention set centrally
- A car dealership needing footage shared with police within minutes of an overnight theft
- A retailer replacing failing DVRs but keeping the ONVIF cameras already installed
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- Cost scales with retention as well as resolution, and long retention has been observed to increase the monthly figure by 200 to 400 percent over 7 day storage, so an insurer or regulator raising the retention requirement can multiply the bill without adding cameras.
- Pricing is not published, so the widely cited 15 to 50 US dollars per camera per month range is a reseller-derived estimate rather than a rate you can hold Eagle Eye to.
- Every camera needs upstream bandwidth for continuous upload, so sites on poor connections either degrade quality or lose the cloud advantage, and the bridge only buffers for a limited period during an outage.
- Video lives in Eagle Eye’s data centres, which raises data residency questions for public bodies and for European buyers, and exit means downloading years of footage before a subscription ends.
- It is a per-camera subscription with no perpetual option, so a large site that would have paid once for an on-premises VMS pays indefinitely, and the crossover point against a Genetec or Milestone deployment usually arrives within a few years.
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Pricing
What Eagle Eye Networks costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Cloud VMS subscription
On request
- Priced per camera per month by resolution and retention
- Retention tiers of 7, 30, 90 and 180 days and 1, 2 and 3 years
- Independently observed range of roughly 15 to 50 USD per camera per month
- Longer retention reported to add 200 to 400 percent over 7 day storage
- Bridge or CMVR appliance purchased separately
- Sold through resellers, no published retail rate card
Capabilities
Features
Bridge and CMVR appliances
On-site device connecting existing ONVIF cameras and buffering upload
Per-camera cloud retention
Retention tiers from 7 days to 3 years, priced separately per camera
Browser and mobile access
No client software to install or maintain on operator machines
Cloud analytics
Object, vehicle and people detection running in the cloud rather than on the camera
Licence plate recognition
Cloud ALPR as a per-camera add-on
Multi-site management
One account across dozens or hundreds of locations with role-based access
Video sharing and export
Time-bounded links for sharing footage with police or insurers
Open API
Programmatic access for integration into point of sale and access control systems
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Questions people ask
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Do I need Eagle Eye cameras?
No. The bridge connects existing ONVIF cameras, which is the main reason organisations pick it over camera-maker cloud services.
What does it cost per camera?
Not published. Independent observations put it between roughly 15 and 50 US dollars per camera per month depending on resolution and retention, with Canadian examples up to 79 for 90 day 4K.
What happens if my internet drops?
The on-site bridge buffers recording locally and uploads when the connection returns, but buffer capacity is finite and a long outage loses footage.
Where is my video stored?
In Eagle Eye’s data centres. Confirm the region before buying if you have data residency obligations.
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