What is EpiCamera?
EpiCamera is a Cloud Surveillance Solution that uses IP or web-based cameras to capture images from your monitored site and combine with our EpiCamera hosting services for easy access and viewing anywhere, anytime.

 

What is it for?
EpiCamera is designed to enable seamless home, business and infrastructure activity and security monitoring remotely and on the go by using Cloud-based surveillance cameras that connect to your existing Internet connection. Monitor and review live camera video footage 24/7/365 from the EpiCamera Cloud Surveillance Solution and manage any number of locations anywhere, anytime, all accessible though a wide variety of user devices and mobile on the iOS and Android applications.

 

Why is it important?
Building a secure business and home environment requires an efficiently implemented video surveillance. A well-designed video surveillance system enables you to keep an eye on your business when you are there, as well as away. By using motion detection systems to protect your assets and property whenever an intrusion is detected on your premises, EpiCamera automatically sends captured images to your email. EpiCamera leverages the computing power of the cloud to provide business intelligence tools that offer video surveillance, customer and employee behaviour monitoring, consumer insights and video analytics where recordings are stored in the highly secure EpiCamera Cloud Storage System.

 

What kind of savings are we talking about?
EpiCamera can be configured to provide a flexible and scalable infrastructure at reduced costs. Once you have determined the amount of cameras you need, next you can determine your storage space needs using the Camera Storage Calculator located in the link below.

CAMERA STORAGE CALCULATOR

 

What tools do I need to start using EpiCamera?
Minimum hardware requirements are needed for an efficient cloud surveillance solution:
 
1) IP camera/USB Webcam
2) High-speed Internet
3) EpiCamera Cloud VSaaS
4) User devices: Computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone or mobile phone.

 

How do I get started with EpiCamera?
Getting started with EpiCamera is as easy as ABC, even for those with little experience of surveillance set ups, with our 3-step startup plan below:
 
1) Register as a User: Login to EpiCamera and be a member today.
2) Camera Setup: Configure the Port Forwarding/NAT, Dynamic DNS and the FTP settings of your cameras to connect to the Internet and EpiCamera.
3) Cloud Setup: Login and add cameras to the list of cameras and view from the embed live stream in Epicamera.

 

How much will an EpiCamera license cost?
EpiCamera is charged by per camera basis with a basic 500 MB storage provided with the Solution pack. Additional storage space will incur additional charges. Please refer to the Pricing Charges equation below to understand the pricing package better.
 
A = Solution Pack (Free 500 MB) / Camera at USD4 X Billing Cycle (Month)
B = Additional Storage Space at USD4 X Billing Cycle (Month)
Price = A + B
 
All that is left is to pay your package price according to the billing cycle that you’ve chosen. You can pay this fee for subscriptions of 1 month, 3 months, 6 months or 12 months depending on your choice. We accept credit card payments via recognized international third party payment gateways such as Paypal, Google Wallet and Bitcoin or payments can be made to your local reseller.

 

Any perks for new members?
New members are entitled to a FREE 3 month trial subscription by signing up at https://www.epicamera.com/register_user for one camera that comes with 1GB cloud storage. Try and experience it for yourself.

 

What camera brands do EpiCamera support?
EpiCamera Cloud Surveillance Solution is suitable for all IP cameras for example Dahua, Samsung, Belkin, Logitech and even Actioncam that support image uploading via FTP to our cloud-hosted Amazon Web Server. Here is a list of camera brands that are supported by EpiCamera and their setup manual links:

EPICAMERA SETUP MANUAL

 

Where do you keep the video footages?
EpiCamera VSaaS system runs on the reliable Amazon Web Services (AWS) to securely store the recorded video frames or footages from your camera for later viewing. Unlike conventional surveillance systems that keep records in DVR, with EpiCamera you won’t have to worry about the DVR being tampered with. Recorded video frames or footages are remotely archived according to camera, time and date for the convenience of playback and viewing. EpiCamera strives to provide our users with the best hosting solution to manage your network cameras and to store videos remotely.

 

What are the features I can expect from EpiCamera?
EpiCamera has a host of features that that can be utilized to monitor and safeguard your home and business.
 

	Internet Based Surveillance:
	As long as there is Internet connection and online tools (computer/ mobile phone/ tablet), monitor your premises via the connected cameras through the EpiCamera website or with iOS or Android applications anytime, anywhere!
	Auto Capture and Store Image:
	By setting your preferences in your camera configuration with EpiCamera, you will be able to record snapshots or videos from your camera regularly and automatically, throughout the day.
	Instant Live View:
	Setup your camera and enjoy 24/7/365 live feeds of your premises in single/4-cam/9-cam view from a multitude of locations.
	Plug-and-Play Concept:
	EpiCamera connects all IP cameras and webcams to a plug-and-play server unit for fast, simple and minimal setup. Just install your cameras and the server software does the rest for you!
	Compatibility with a wide range of Cameras:
	Whether you have an expensive IP camera, installed a CCTV system or a simple webcam, EpiCamera has the capability to support all of them.
	Multiple Administrators:
	EpiCamera VSaaS enables multiple administrators for each account to manage access of IP cameras simultaneously. Different accounts can be created for each end-user with restricted access to the user's cameras.

 

How secure is EpiCamera?
EpiCamera utilizes block level storage volumes by Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS). Amazon EBS are essentially hard disks that can be attached to a running Amazon EC2 instance and is especially suited to applications that require a database, file system or access to raw block level storage. Amazon EBS stores data redundantly, making them far more durable than a typical hard drive. The annual failure rate for an EBS volume is from 0.1% to 0.5% compared to 4% for a commercial hard drive.

 

How long are video/images stored on the Cloud at Epicamera?
Surveillance video is almost always stored for later retrieval and review. The average storage duration is around 30 days.

 

What happens if I wish to add on or take away cameras?
The flexibility and scalability of EpiCamera is one of the greatest benefits of our Cloud video surveillance system. You can tailor the number of cameras and even your storage space according to your company’s requirements at a low cost of only USD4 per camera and per add-on of 1GB storage space.