WHERE CAMCLOUD STOPS SCALING

Pure-cloud convenience, multi-site fragility.

No on-site recorder bridging

No TetherBox-equivalent. Cameras point directly at the Internet. Camcloud supports a local cache via the camera SD card or an optional NAS, so an Internet outage does not automatically lose footage - but SD-card retention is typically 24-48 hours at any reasonable bitrate, the NAS is an extra box the customer has to source and configure, and neither is the default. Many small-business deployments rely purely on the cloud stream and would lose recording during an outage.

Cameras on the public Internet

For Camcloud to receive footage, the camera has to be reachable outbound on the Internet. No ringfencing between the camera and the cloud.

Built for single-site small business

Camcloud targets single-site small business and consumer. Multi-site filtering, role-based access, ARC (Alarm Receiving Centre) integration and alarm-panel integration are limited or absent.

Sells direct as well as through resellers

Camcloud has a mature reseller / white-label programme since 2013, but also sells direct via the website - the installer is competing with the platform's own self-serve sign-up on the same site.

Per-camera-per-month pricing

Standard small-business SaaS pricing. Predictable for one site, gets expensive on a multi-site estate where a per-channel platform model would win.

No alarm / access unification

Cameras only. Alarms and access control are not in the same dashboard - separate apps for each.

CAMCLOUD vs TETHERX

Pure cloud vs cloud + TetherBox at every site.

Both cloud-managed VSaaS with channel-friendly history. The honest read on where each one wins and where each one costs you something.

Camcloud

Strengths

Hardware-free deployment - cameras push directly to cloud, no on-site appliance to install or maintain

Published per-camera-per-month pricing from a free home tier through 30-day continuous

13 years independent with a mature white-label and co-brand programme

Trade-offs

Cameras sit on the public Internet to reach the cloud - no ringfencing, no on-site fallback if the Internet drops

Cameras only - no alarms, no access control unified in the same platform

TetherX

Strengths

TetherBox ringfences cameras behind an outbound-only tunnel - cameras never touch the public Internet, footage survives Internet outages

Cameras + alarms + access unified in one platform

Cloud recording optional per camera - local-only, cloud-only or both, all in one platform

Trade-offs

If the customer is a single-site small business with one or two cameras wanting the simplest possible no-appliance deployment, Camcloud is the leaner buy

Pricing figures, ownership, acquisition dates and product behaviour cited on this page are point-in-time and drawn from public sources - see the disclaimer at the bottom of this page for sourcing, "as of" date, and how to flag corrections.

FAQ

Questions before you switch from Camcloud

Camcloud is a Canadian SMB-tier pure-cloud VSaaS based in Ottawa, Ontario. The pitch is simple: point a camera at the cloud and pay per camera per month. That simplicity is also the constraint - there is no on-site NVR bridging, no edge recording, no thin gateway between the camera and the public Internet. If the connection drops, recording drops; if a camera firmware drifts, the only fix is a site visit.

For a single retail unit with a stable fibre line that trade-off is fine. For a multi-site estate, vehicles, lamp posts, construction or anywhere with patchy connectivity, the architecture stops scaling. TetherX gives the same cloud dashboard with a TetherBox at every site - cameras ringfenced from the Internet, local recording survives an outage, and the cloud is the platform not the only place footage lives.

Camcloud supports a local cache via the camera's on-board SD card or an optional NAS (network-attached storage box), so events can still record locally during a connection outage and sync up later. The catch: SD-card retention is rarely more than 24-48 hours at any reasonable bitrate, the NAS is an extra box the customer has to source and configure, and neither is the default - many small-business deployments rely purely on the cloud stream.

TetherX records to the TetherBox locally by default - days, weeks or months of retention depending on the unit and the storage configuration. The cloud recording copy uploads when the link is available. An Internet outage at the site does not lose footage; it just delays the cloud upload.

Not cleanly. Camcloud's own NVR/DVR support article says the platform does not connect to a local DVR or NVR - each camera has to be independently reachable from the local network out to AWS. Typical Hikvision or Dahua retrofits where cameras sit on a private network segment behind the recorder need rewiring, or a workaround switch that exposes the cameras to both the recorder and the Internet.

TetherX takes the opposite approach: the TetherBox sits alongside the existing recorder, pulls the camera streams over the local network, ringfences them from the Internet and provides the cloud overlay. Keep the NVR, add the cloud, no rewiring.

Camcloud's public pricing runs from a free home tier through roughly $6-10 per camera per month for motion recording up to around $15 per camera per month for 30-day continuous 2MP. TetherX is an annual platform subscription priced by channel count (from £80/site/year) through the installer partner, with cloud recording and AI search as optional per-camera services - the platform itself includes the dashboard, multi-site management, alarm-panel integration, access-control unification and ARC integration. For an installer running multiple sites the per-channel platform model usually undercuts per-camera-per-month at scale, and the qualified installer remains the customer's single point of contact for the whole deployment.

Yes. Camcloud uses ONVIF (the open camera standard) and RTSP (the video streaming standard) - any camera that works on Camcloud will work on TetherX. TetherX supports 1,000+ integrations (Hanwha, Axis, Bosch, Avigilon, Pelco, Hikvision, Dahua, Uniview, i-PRO, Mobotix, VIVOTEK) plus any ONVIF device. The cameras stay; the recording and dashboard change.

Yes. One iOS app, one Android app, one web app. Camcloud's simplicity is a real strength for single-camera small-business users and well-rated by installers on its core workflow; for a multi-site account, TetherX carries the same simple per-site view, plus alarm-panel timelines, access-control events, multi-site filtering and ARC integration on the same screen.

Yes. 30-day free trial through an integrator partner with a TetherBox, full platform access. Extensions on request.
COMPANY HISTORY

Camcloud: 13 years independent, white-label from day one

Camcloud Inc. was founded in Ottawa, Canada in 2013 by Brendan Harrison (CEO), Dan Burkett (CTO) and Alen Zukich (CPO) - three veterans of mobile development, cybersecurity and networking. Privately held and still independent.

Camcloud beat most of the cloud VSaaS field to the partner-channel pitch (white-label since day one) but never scaled past the SMB DIY + reseller's-own-brand lane. The architecture is the same hardware-free, bring-your-own-IP-camera, push-to-AWS, pay-per-camera-per-month pattern as Videoloft.

The competitive position is solid in the small-business / DIY end of the market; the brand recognition, IPVM footprint, AI depth and enterprise muscle that a full platform needs are not there. The manufacturer's site is the authoritative source for current product status.

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