Access control
Unlock a door, open a gate, switch on a light or sound a siren from a camera event, using the inputs and outputs on ONVIF and Axis cameras.
How it works
Windows surveillance software · since 2002
Turn the PC you already own into a $5,000 video surveillance system. Free.
Watch your cameras and get alerted when something moves. Live view, recording on motion, and an email with a picture the moment it happens — on the Windows PC you already have.
Free 1 camera license for life — including a free worldwide LPR license. No subscription.
Download free for Windows
No card. No email. Set up in about 5 minutes.
No monthly fees
Recordings stay on your PC
Hikvision · Axis · Dahua · ONVIF
4 cameras · liveIllustration
Driveway
Front door
Back garden
Workshop
Motion
Motion · DrivewaySnapshot emailed · 21:42
- 24 yearsbuilding one program, since 2002
- World's firstIP-based plate recognition
- World's firstQR decoded from a camera stream
Setup
Watching in five minutes.
- InstallOn any Windows 10 or 11 PC you already own.
- Press scanVISEC finds the cameras on your network. Pick one.
- Mark what mattersDraw the area to watch. It records and emails you.
What you get
Watch, record, and get an email.
Live viewAll your cameras at once, up to 8 monitors
Records on motionOnly when something happens, so playback is quick
Email alertsA snapshot the moment motion starts
Secret modeOut of sight, still watching. No window, no icon, nothing on screen
Recordings are written to your own drive. No cloud, no storage plan, no monthly fee.
Will it work with mine?
We support 99% of all cameras.
If it is an IP camera built to the ONVIF standard — and nearly every camera sold today is — VISEC works with it, whoever made it. Older analog and USB cameras work too.
HikvisionDahuaUNVReolinkAmcrestLorexSwannTP-LinkAnnkeAxisHanwhaBoschVivotekTiandyand the rest
Your PC needs Windows 10 or later (64-bit) and 8 GB of memory, plus room for recordings. For 4 or 5 cameras, a 500 GB drive usually holds three to four months. Full requirements
What you get
- ONVIF compliantSupports 99% of all ONVIF IP cameras on the market.
- License plate recognitionWe built the world's first IP-based plate recognition system. It reads plates at over 100 kph (60 mph), in over 80% of the countries on earth.
- Digital outputsOpen gates, unlock doors, run access control straight from a camera event.
- QR codesThe first software in the world to read and decode QR codes directly from a camera stream — no extra gadget, no scanner. Log the result and run an action on it.
- Secret modeHide VISEC completely in two clicks. Running on the PC in your own office, a back room or anywhere nobody should be, it leaves nothing to see — no window, no icon, nothing on screen. It just keeps watching, and keeps recording, and whoever walks in never knows.
- Intelligently created
- NVIDIA poweredUtilising NVIDIA's CUDA and the GPU's virtual instruction set for parallel computational elements, delivering the fastest AI.
- Lean codeRefined for fast execution — about 100 MB to download, about 200 MB installed.
- Easy to useEasiest to use surveillance software in the world.
- Best valueMost competitively priced system in the world for the technology.
Also built in · nothing extra to buy
QR code reading
VISEC reads QR codes straight from the camera picture. No scanner and no extra software, and it can run an action on what it reads.
Where it helpsNumber plates
Plate recognition logs every vehicle that passes and can trigger on a match. Useful on a gate, a yard or a car park.
See plate recognition
Pricing · USD
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Try it on your own cameras tonight.
Free one camera license. No card, no email, no trial clock.