Turn the cameras you already have into a private, AI-powered security system. Detections happen on the device — only the moments that matter reach the cloud.
Wind, headlights, shadows, a cat. Dumb motion alerts fire so often you stop trusting them — and miss the one that mattered.
Cloud cameras stream all your footage to someone else's servers, eating your upload bandwidth and your privacy.
Per-camera monthly fees and a proprietary box you can't touch, can't extend, and can't take with you.
AI runs on the device, in real time. The cloud only ever sees the events you'd actually want to keep.
Flash a $10 ESP32-CAM, plug in a USB webcam, or point an existing IP camera at Vigil. No DVR, no proprietary hardware.
On-device AI spots people, falls, zone intrusions and counts — locally, in real time, without streaming raw video anywhere.
Only real events reach your console, each with a snapshot and an AI-written summary. Email or SMS optional.
Person detection, fall detection, zone & line crossing, people counting — not dumb motion.
Video is analyzed on the edge; the cloud only ever sees the event and the keyframe you'd want anyway.
Every event is auto-summarized and scored, so you're not drowning in noise at 2am.
Repurpose old webcams and cheap modules. No vendor lock-in, no proprietary box.
Name each camera, watch live tiles, take a manual snapshot, and scroll the event timeline.
Ask Vigil to watch for what's specific to your site — "door closed after 9pm?", "vest on the floor?" — with per-item alerts.
After-hours person alerts at the back door, people-counting at the front, fewer false alarms to chase.
Zone-intrusion and line-crossing on restricted areas; counts at the dock — without a guard watching a wall of feeds.
Open hardware, an API, and cheap ESP32 modules to build exactly the coverage you want.
Every location's cameras in one org-scoped console, with alerts routed to the right people.
| Vigil | Ring / Wyze | Verkada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI runs | ✓ On the edge | Cloud | Cloud / box |
| Use your own hardware | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Data residency | ✓ Canada | US | US |
| Per-camera monthly fees | ✓ None | ✗ Yes | ✗ $$$ |
| Custom detections | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | Limited |
Paid plans for multi-site, retention & SMS — coming soon.
No. Vigil works with ordinary USB webcams and IP cameras. ESP32-CAM modules are supported too, for those who like to tinker.
Video is processed on the edge and isn't uploaded wholesale. Only event snapshots and metadata reach the cloud — hosted in Canada (ca-central-1).
Detection runs locally on the device, so it keeps working if the link drops; events are stored and forwarded once you're back online.
People, falls, zone and line crossings, and people counts — plus custom per-site checklist items you define.
No. You bring your own hardware and there's no per-camera monthly charge to get started.