VMS pricing comparison for 2026: how per camera licences from Genetec, Milestone and Verkada stack up against Visylix flat rate plans with unlimited cameras.
Per camera licence. Genetec Security Center and Milestone XProtect follow the traditional model: every camera connection needs its own licence, in tiers from entry level to enterprise, with annual maintenance charged on top.
Per camera cloud subscription. Verkada sells its own cameras and pairs each one with a yearly cloud licence. Storage and analytics are bundled, but you are tied to Verkada hardware and pay again for every camera, every year.
Flat rate. Visylix charges a flat monthly fee for the VMS, with unlimited cameras on the Starter and Pro licences. Starter is $49 a month (₹4,999 in India) and Pro is $99 a month (₹9,999). AI analytics are a separate subscription, billed per camera per month, only on the cameras where you want them. Enterprise is priced to your estate.
At 50 cameras, per camera licences already add up to a noticeable line in the budget once maintenance is included. With Visylix Pro, the VMS licence for three years is $99 a month, or $3,564 in total, for every camera you connect.
At 1,000 cameras the difference becomes dramatic. Per camera models multiply every fee by a thousand, and maintenance multiplies with them. The Visylix Pro VMS licence is still $99 a month. You then add AI exactly where it earns its place, such as number plate recognition at the gates or PPE detection on the production floor, rather than paying for analytics on every camera.
Get written quotes from each vendor at your projected camera count and model them over three to five years. The pattern is consistent: the more cameras you run, the more a flat VMS licence saves.
Licences are only part of the bill. Traditional platforms often need many dedicated recording servers, plus standby servers, plus Windows Server licences for each of them. Storage for weeks of continuous recording across hundreds of cameras is a serious investment in its own right.
Visylix ships as a Docker image on standard Linux servers, so there is no per server Windows licence. Its native streaming engine is built to carry large camera counts on standard servers, so hardware stays lean as you grow. Updates are a simple image swap, which keeps IT effort low.
Per camera licensing punishes growth. Every new camera, site or project needs fresh budget approval. Many organisations end up with fewer cameras than they need, and the gaps in coverage defeat the reason they invested in the first place.
Visylix removes that friction. Whether you connect 16 cameras or 16,000, the VMS licence stays the same within your plan. Security teams design for coverage, not for licence counts.
And the platform is complete: sub second WebRTC live view, video walls up to 36 tiles, maps, an alarm console, sealed evidence export, Active Directory sign in and 22 AI analytics built in house, available on any camera you choose. Add Radha, the on premise AI copilot, and Sudarshan automation, and you get more capability for far less than per camera alternatives.
Genetec and Milestone license every camera, with annual maintenance on top, so their cost scales with your camera count. The Visylix Pro VMS licence is $99 a month (₹9,999 in India) with unlimited cameras, or $3,564 over three years, whether you run 50 cameras or 1,000. AI analytics are added per camera per month on the cameras you choose. Ask each vendor for a written quote at your camera count to compare.
For the VMS, yes. Starter ($49 a month, ₹4,999 in India) and Pro ($99 a month, ₹9,999) include unlimited cameras on the VMS licence. AI analytics are a separate subscription, billed per camera per month on the cameras you choose, and Enterprise is priced to your estate.
Annual maintenance on every licence, separate per camera fees for analytics modules, Windows Server licences for each recording server, and many recording servers plus standbys. Visylix runs on standard Linux servers from a Docker image and needs no per camera VMS licence, which keeps hardware and licence costs predictable as you add cameras.
It is sustainable because Visylix was built for efficiency from the start. Each camera is pulled once and shared with live view, recording and AI, so the real cost of serving one more camera is very small. Per camera pricing in the legacy market reflects how those products were built and sold, not the true cost of carrying another stream.