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I am looking for a surveillance system that will work well with our school. We currently have a Verkada system and it is working well, but the renewal cost every few years and the camera cost are getting to be higher than I would like. We do not look at the live view often, but use the historical view regularly, often from a cell phone. So what other systems do schools use?

  • Dozens of cameras broken down into zones
  • 30-90 days of backup of high enough quality to recognize students in the halls
  • Easy setup and use of phone app (so non-tech savy administrators can set up thier own phones and use them to investigate issues)
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When I worked at an MSP we were resellers of Vivotek & Hikvision systems. I really liked what they had and generally had no major issues with them.

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We have Milestone here. It has a mobile app and works with many ip cameras. Most of our cameras are Mobotix. You can reach out to a milestone reseller for more details. Milestone Systems Certified Resellers They are multiple flavors/price levels depending on what bells and whistles you want.

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My previous district also used Milestone. It was pretty slick.

Piloted at our high school (1,300 students), with the intent of expanding it district-wide (6,500 students).

I have no idea what my current district uses, though, because I’m not in the formal IT side anymore (13,000 student count).

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We use Avigilon, works great for us

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I don’t remember what cameras we are using. For the management software we use https://wavevms.com/ . You can use the web interface or the app. We really like it.