Live spreadsheet calculator: enter cameras, resolution/bitrate, retention, and deployment model, and it returns provisioned storage (TB), build cost, annual run cost, and a five-year total for on-prem, cloud, and hybrid. Defaults reproduce the article's 40-camera example.
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This live calculator returns storage, build cost, annual run cost and a five-year total for on-prem, cloud and hybrid surveillance. Our seven-volume handbook covers the cost drivers behind those numbers: Volume 1 on codecs and bitrates that size storage, Volume 6 on where analytics run, and Volume 7 on serving infrastructure and AI cost per stream-hour. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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