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WHERE CAMCLOUD STOPS SCALING

Pure-cloud convenience, multi-site fragility.

The fallback is a memory card, not a recorder

The camera SD card and the optional NAS both work, and an engineer has to specify them deliberately on every camera. Skip that step and the site keeps nothing through an outage. Do it properly and the customer still owns a box nobody is monitoring, holding a day or two of footage.

Cameras have to face the internet to work at all

Camcloud receives footage only from a camera that can reach out to the public internet, so the thing being protected is also the thing exposed. There is nothing between the camera and the cloud to ringfence it.

Built for one site, then asked to do twenty

Camcloud targets single-site small business and consumer, and serves them genuinely well. An estate manager wanting multi-site filtering, role-based access and a monitoring path runs into the edge of what Camcloud set out to build.

The installer competes with the vendor's own sign-up page

The reseller and white-label programme has run since 2013 and works. The same website also sells to the end customer directly, so the installer is quoting against the platform they are selling.

AT A GLANCE

Camcloud and TetherX, question by question

The 9 questions an integrator asks on a site walk, answered for both platforms.

Question Camcloud TetherX
Do I need a recorder on site? They come out of the path. Camcloud's own NVR/DVR support article says the platform does not connect to a local DVR or NVR. Each camera has to reach AWS independently, so a retrofit behind an existing recorder needs rewiring. TetherX provides recording, viewing, search and monitoring through one system and one app. TetherBox records locally, with optional TetherX cloud recording, so no existing recorder or third-party cloud video service is required. It can also work alongside either where needed.
Which devices you can connect Any ONVIF or RTSP IP camera the installer can point at the cloud. Camera-agnostic, but camera-only. 1,000+ integrations across 17,000+ device models, plus ONVIF and RTSP sources. Check model-specific recording, analytics and control support.
What your operators see on one timeline Cameras only. Alarm panels and access control are not in the same dashboard. Video, access control, intruder and automation. One operator, one timeline, one dashboard across all four.
Who monitors your alarms Not an ARC platform. Monitoring-station signalling and alarm-panel integration are absent, so a monitored site keeps a separate path. A control room is built in: operators act on each event in full context, while site users get critical alerts that sound through silent mode and pass on instructions. Choose professional monitoring through a TetherX control room, run your own, or keep an existing provider; Patriot-based centres such as IMS connect directly.
What you can still do when the internet drops Depends on the camera. A local cache on the camera SD card or an optional NAS keeps events through an outage. SD retention runs 24-48 hours at a usable bitrate, the NAS is an extra box to source, and neither is the default. Recording, doors, alarms and automations keep running on the TetherBox, and recordings catch up with the cloud when the link returns, even after weeks offline. On the site network, the offline interface shows live view and the recordings stored on the box, and footage already in TetherX Cloud stays available remotely.
What gets sent over my internet connection? The camera streams to AWS continuously, so the uplink carries the recording itself. A thin line caps how many cameras a site can run. Thumbnails, metadata and events, plus the clips an operator opens. Any camera your integrator sets to record to the cloud uploads on top of that; the rest record to the TetherBox alone, so a thin line still records every camera.
Who you buy it from Both. A mature reseller and white-label programme since 2013, alongside self-serve sign-up on camcloud.com. The installer can meet the platform's own funnel on the same job. Through the professional channel: an installer, security distributor or control room.
What you actually pay for Per camera per month, from a free home tier through roughly $6-10 for motion recording to around $15 for 30-day continuous 2MP. An annual platform subscription by channel count, from £100/site/year. TetherBox AI is included; additional modules and retention can cost extra. Cloud recording is optional; specialist analytics and professional monitoring are quoted separately.
Where your recordings are stored In AWS. Cloud is where recordings live rather than a copy of them, because there is no on-site recorder in the design. Choose local and cloud retention per camera: mostly local, mostly cloud, or a mix. TetherBox provides on-site recording. Cloud recording is optional per camera, in a UK, EU, US, Canadian, Indian or Australian region the customer picks.

The Camcloud column is built from 3 public sources, listed at the foot of this page.

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

You run one small site with a camera or two, and you want nothing new on the wall. Camcloud is the leaner buy.

MORE THAN A VMS

Run your control room. Or connect the ARC you already use.

TetherX supplies operator queues, verification, escalation, recorded outcomes and performance reporting within its cloud platform. Work the alarms in TetherX, or forward them into a supported monitoring platform.

First-party TetherX integration connects to Intelligent Monitoring Solutions (IMS) through Patriot, with alarm images and confirmed alarm delivery. IMS lists 800+ bureaus and two A1/R1A centres. Explore TetherX control-room workflows · IMS provider information

Other security platforms also provide operator alarm handling and monitoring integrations. Compare the supplied workflow, equipment support, licence and monitoring contract for your proposal.

AI and recording terms: TetherBox AI is included in the platform subscription. Additional modules and data retention may cost extra. Cloud recording is optional; specialist services and professional monitoring are separately scoped. See current AI coverage.

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.

WHICH ONE FITS

Pick the one your site points at

Find the column that describes the job in front of you.

Choose Camcloud if

  • One site, a handful of cameras and a stable fibre line, where the simplest possible deployment matters more than what happens during an outage
  • You want no appliance on site at all and are content that recording stops when the connection does
  • The customer buys self-serve and wants published per-camera pricing they can read before talking to anyone

Choose TetherX if

  • The customer runs several sites, or mounts cameras on vehicles, lamp posts or a construction compound where the connection is patchy
  • Recording has to survive an internet outage rather than fall back to 24-48 hours of SD card
  • There is an existing NVR or DVR worth keeping, and rewiring every camera to face the internet is not on the table
  • Alarms and access belong on the same timeline as the cameras, not in two more apps
RUN THIS TEST ON EVERY SHORTLIST

Give every vendor the same tasks

Use representative cameras and a realistic incident, and ask the people who will run the system to do the work themselves.

  1. Find the footage of a realistic incident by place and time.
  2. Follow the person or vehicle across several cameras.
  3. Bookmark the moment and share a clip, then check the recipient can open it.
  4. Add a user who should see only their own sites.
  5. Check system health across every site from one screen.
  6. Pull the network cable. Note what keeps recording, what you can still watch on site, and what catches up when the link returns.
  7. Test one integration you rely on, such as an alarm panel, door or sensor. A video feed of another system on screen is not the same as the data behind it: check its events arrive on the timeline, where you can search them and act on them.

Start with the cameras you have. Send us your camera list, through your installer or distributor if you have one, and we'll tell you which models are supported, which features each keeps, and whether anything needs replacing.

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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, either on the camera's own SD card or on an optional NAS (network-attached storage box). Events still record locally during an outage and sync up later. The catch: SD-card retention rarely exceeds 24-48 hours at any reasonable bitrate, and the NAS is an extra box the customer has to source and configure. Neither is the default, so 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 reach AWS independently from the local network. On a typical Hikvision or Dahua retrofit the cameras sit on a private segment behind the recorder. The installer either rewires them, or fits a workaround switch exposing every camera to the recorder and the internet at once.

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 £100/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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  1. Camcloud pricing
  2. Camcloud NVR/DVR support article
  3. Camcloud product pages

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