AI for existing CCTV cameras
Your cameras already see. Now they'll answer back.
AI for existing CCTV cameras, without replacing the ones on your walls. A Hub links your existing cameras to our own models, which run in the cloud. Suspicious behaviour is met with sudden light and voice, in seconds, through compatible lights and speakers on your site.
Recording is not responding
Sharp footage, the morning after
To stop false CCTV alerts, start with the cause: motion detection reacts to anything that moves.
Most home CCTV does one job well. It records. You end up with a clear clip of someone trying the car door at 2am, and you watch it over breakfast. The camera saw it all and did nothing about it.
Then there are the alerts. A cat crosses the drive. Headlights sweep the hedge. Rain catches the infrared. The phone buzzes each time, so eventually you mute it, and the one alert that mattered arrives on silent.
scOS looks for suspicious behaviour, not objects, so rain, headlights and animals don't trigger alerts. Some false alerts are still possible. If you switch on training contributions for a camera, expect some extra alerts from it in the first few weeks while it learns.
Upgrade existing CCTV to AI
From your router to a response
A Hub goes next to your router
A compact Intelligence Hub plugs into your router and talks to your cameras over ethernet, the same wired network they use now.
Our models decide
A Hub links your existing cameras to our own models, which run in the cloud. They weigh what is happening, when it happens and how someone is moving.
Light and voice respond
Suspicious behaviour is met with sudden light and voice, in seconds, through compatible lights and speakers on your site.
You ask, scOS Director answers
Type "Did anyone come to the door today?" and get the answer with a ready-edited clip. No menus, no scrubbing through a timeline. How scOS Director works.
Make my CCTV cameras smart
Will my cameras work?
Four checks you can do in a few minutes, with the cameras you already own.
- Each camera has its own ethernet cable. Look for an RJ45 plug at the camera or on the recorder. Models sold as PoE or IP cameras usually take power and data down that one cable.
- They record at 1080p or above. The spec sheet or your recorder settings will show 1920×1080, 2MP or higher.
- The brand matters less than the cable. Brands such as Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Uniview and Reolink work, and you can mix them. See the full list of compatible brands, or find your brand's own comparison page.
- Nothing relies on Wi-Fi. scOS does not use Wi-Fi cameras, so battery and Wi-Fi-only models are out. Everything runs over ethernet.
Every home plan
What comes with every plan
Every feature, every plan
Every AI feature on every plan. No premium tiers.
Security briefings
Plain-English summaries through the day of what happened at home. How briefings work.
Away mode
Presence simulation through compatible smart lights and speakers you connect. It follows what is actually happening around the house, not a timer, and learns your household's rhythm.
App and desktop portal
The scOS app for iOS and Android, and a desktop portal for a larger screen.
A dedicated scOS Architect
Someone who knows your setup, plus UK-based support when you need it.
Privacy
Your cameras stay yours
Where the video goes, and for how long, is written down. Why we never sell data.
- scOS staff have no live-view access to your cameras. It's blocked in our infrastructure.
- Video frames go to our cloud for analysis and are discarded within a day. Recordings stay on your Hub, encrypted. Alert stills are kept for up to 30 days.
- Our primary cloud stores are in the UK and Ireland. Some named processors are in the US; the Data Ethics Zone lists them.
- We never sell data: no advertising partners, no data brokers.
Getting started
Setup for the cameras you have
The Hub and its setup
Hub and Hub setup included. We set it up for you, or, if you'd rather, post it to you with instructions to set it up yourself.
Your cameras, as they are
No installation charge for cameras you already have.
Where we work
We set up homes in England and Wales.
Home pricing
One monthly price per camera count
One camera is £10 a month and two are £25. The third camera is £5 a month more. Front door, drive and back garden is three cameras.
| Cameras | Price a month |
|---|---|
| 1 camera | £10 |
| Up to 2 cameras | £25 |
| Up to 3 cameras | £30 |
| Up to 4 cameras | £39 |
| Up to 6 cameras | £69 |
| Up to 8 cameras | £89 |
| Up to 12 cameras | £135 |
| Up to 16 cameras | £179 |
| Up to 24 cameras | £255 |
Pricing rounds up to the next tier. scOS is not VAT registered, so no VAT is charged and there is none to reclaim. No minimum term. Cancel anytime. No exit fee.
Mixed brands
Four brands, side by side
Our founder's own test setup runs Reolink, Hikvision, Axis and Ubiquiti cameras side by side on scOS, from 1080p to 4K.
- Reolink
- Hikvision
- Axis
- Ubiquiti
Named a Top 50 Resilience Solution in QBE AcceliCITY 2023 (650+ applicants, 80 countries).
Questions
Existing cameras: your questions
If they are wired over ethernet (PoE or IP) and record at 1080p or above, they should. Run through the four checks on this page, or read which cameras are compatible.
Need cameras? Contact us. With an scOS subscription, we arrange supply and fitting through our third-party installer and stay your point of contact. The installer contracts with and bills you directly for the cameras and fitting. Our installer currently covers Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
No. The cameras and the Hub all run over ethernet. Why scOS runs without Wi-Fi.
scOS staff have no live-view access to your cameras. It's blocked in our infrastructure. When supporting you, staff may see alert records and their stills (kept up to 30 days). If you ask us to set up privacy masking, we sign in to the camera itself to apply it and see that camera's own live view while we do. That is done on the camera, not through scOS. More in our Service Privacy Policy.
If your internet drops, detection, alerts and response pause until it's back, because our models run in the cloud. If your Hub has an external hard disk, its 24/7 recording carries on locally. More on internet outages.
No minimum term. Cancel anytime. No exit fee. In your first 14 days you can cancel for a refund (your statutory cooling-off right), less any service you asked us to start in that time. After that, your service runs to the end of the month you've paid for, and part months aren't refunded. Return the Hub within 14 days of your service ending. If it isn't returned, there's a £156 charge.
Ready for cameras
that respond, not just record?
No minimum term. Cancel anytime. No exit fee.
