Epicamera News   01/07/2015 Vol: July '15
 
The advantages that come with EpiCamera as a Video Surveillance as a Service (VSAAS) software are the flexibility and the customization to managing your data and determining the price. As benefits in terms of practicality and mobility have been featured before, this time we will be looking at EpiCamera’s scalability and affordability.
 

Data storage is the primary focus of EpiCamera’s scalability in keeping up with the customers’ demands; and it is adaptable to provide sufficient storage capacity relative to the amount of cameras connected, image complexity and data output format. The benefit of storing data online means that storage limits can be determined by calculating the image and camera information instead of relying on a set package system.

 
To help customers calculate these factors, the Storage Calculator is available in the EpiCamera website. In this page, customers will be able to configure the camera steam, resolution, video quality, and average frame size. These factors will then be calculated alongside the camera information such as number of cameras, frame rate, hours of recording per day and the desired days of storage. The summary section provides the details on the bandwidth required per camera and the estimated amount of data storage. The higher image and camera information equals to a higher bandwidth and data storage requirement.


 CAMERA STORAGE CALCULATOR
 

Determining the price of your subscription to EpiCamera only takes four steps, the first of which is to choose the quantity of cameras you would like to connect to EpiCamera. The cost of connecting each camera is USD4 per month and comes with 500MB of storage space per unit. The next step is to select the additional storage space that you require with 1GB priced at USD3 per month. Customers must then choose the billing cycle of the subscription, which is set on a monthly basis. Customers can also purchase cameras if they have none installed at their premises or have cameras that are incompatible with EpiCamera.

 
The scalability of EpiCamera allows customers the opportunity to alter their subscription at any given time to accommodate any changes to the amount cameras connected, storage requirements and other factors pertaining to their subscription. This makes EpiCamera the ideal solution for customers who are expecting growth and expansion in their business as the subscription will remain at a relative price, avoiding any excessive payment or insufficient storage and surveillance capacity.
 

EpiCamera offers its services at a low cost with a straightforward and easily manageable pricing system. As a cloud-based system, EpiCamera eliminates the necessity for repair and service costs to physical analogue and digital storage devices. No additional software or computer configuration is needed reducing costs that would have been charged for technical support and maintenance. Cloud storage also reduces traveling costs as customers can easily retrieve data wherever and whenever they desire. Unless there are physical damages to the cameras, customers will have no need to visit the monitored sites as problems can be solved by simple configurations through EpiCamera’s website. All these features along with an easy postpaid payment options through PayPal, Google Wallet and Bitcoin makes EpiCamera a cost effective solution. In case you didn’t before reading this, now you know why EpiCamera is just that Epic.