Best Visionify alternative
Upgrade your current CCTV with real-time safety AI hosted on a custom-sized, local server. Own 100% of the data, meet strict GDPR and EU AI Act standards, and partner directly with an Europe-based provider.
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Surveily is an EU-native, edge-first alternative to Visionify for industrial sites in Europe and the UK.Both are software-only on existing CCTV. They pick up the same families of risk, from PPE and vehicle-pedestrian conflicts to restricted zones, housekeeping, smoke and fire. Surveily is EU-domiciled, sizes each site on server-class hardware and has named deployments in European lime, cement, refining, steel and glass. Visionify is US-domiciled, runs on customer-supplied desktop-class hardware and hosts on US and Azure infrastructure by default.
Both leave the compute with you. What differs is what that server is asked to run, and which company sits on the contract as your Processor.
As a 100% software platform, Surveily works with ~95% of current digital cameras without requiring hardware overhauls. It runs on a standard GPU server, a one-off investment of roughly €600 per camera, which you keep even if you stop using the service.
Visionify processes at the edge too, with US and Azure hosting as its default. For European plants, this affects three key factors: Processor entity, governing jurisdiction, and security review timeline.
Only event videos are stored and always anonymized - raw footage never reaches any storage. The deployment can be fully air-gapped, with updates running on a pre-agreed schedule. Cameras in an old plants were hung for a different purpose, with backlight at one end and dust at the other, and a rule that works well on one view misfires on the next. We tune each rule per camera view.
Visionify also deploys at the edge and offers an on-premises option but trains a dedicated AI model per customer.
Surveily is EU-domiciled with data residency in the EU. Anonymization is the standard - nobody is identified by face and no worker can be scored. Surveily only triggers an alert, leaving the decision to halt the line or take any other action in your team's hands.
Visionify is US-domiciled, and default hosting on US and Azure brings Standard Contractual Clauses into the file. SCCs work, though they add weeks and a legal review to the deployment a European vendor doesn't trigger.
Everything below comes from each vendor's own published material and describes what both platforms do today, not what either has announced. Checked August 2026.
| Capability | Surveily | Visionify |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on your existing cameras | SurveilyYes - software only, on ~95% of digital camera infrastructure | VisionifyYes, software only on existing CCTV, with Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Bosch and “500+ more” listed |
| Hardware you have to buy | SurveilyNo Surveily camera or appliance line, and no lock to a camera brand. Detection runs on a GPU server you procure and own - roughly 600 EUR per camera as a one-time reference, scaling linearly with the cameras you licence | VisionifyDesktop-class hardware supplied by the customer; pre-configured Starter Kit of cameras and an edge server offered for pilots |
| Where detection runs | SurveilyOn your own servers, on site. On-premises is a standard deployment model, not an upgrade | VisionifyEdge-deployed, with an on-premises option |
| Video leaving your site | SurveilyOn-premises: nothing leaves. Hybrid: only anonymised event metadata and face-blurred clips. Non-event raw video is never stored, in any model | VisionifyOn-premises data residency stated; hosting defaults to US and Azure infrastructure |
| Is your footage used to train the models | SurveilyYes - anonymised material only, to improve the models running at your own sites. Transfer and retention terms are agreed per engagement and reviewed by your InfoSec | VisionifyYes, a dedicated model is trained per customer on that customer's own footage |
| Who labels your footage | SurveilySurveily's own annotation team, in-house in the EU. Training runs on Surveily's own EU GPU infrastructure - never outsourced, offshored or crowdsourced | VisionifyVendor-side, as part of the per-customer model training |
| Works without an internet connection | SurveilyYes - the on-premises deployment runs with no cloud dependency and no egress, and can be fully air-gapped. Updates are then delivered on an agreed schedule | VisionifyNot published |
| Data residency | SurveilyEU only, EU-domiciled vendor | VisionifyUS-domiciled vendor; US and Azure hosting by default |
| Anonymisation | SurveilyBy default, before anything is stored, displayed or used for model improvement - face, head or full-body | VisionifyFace, text and sign obfuscation |
| Facial recognition, biometric ID, emotion recognition, worker scoring | SurveilyNone, in any configuration, on any market | VisionifyNot offered as a product line; vendor states GDPR alignment |
| Automated action against a worker or machine | SurveilyNever - decision support only, human in the loop, response stays client-managed | Visionify“PLC Hard Stop” module shuts a machine down in under a second |
| Detection coverage | Surveily50+ rules in six families: PPE, area control, vehicles, behaviours, housekeeping, critical alerts (smoke, fire, man down) | Visionify50+ pre-built safety events |
| Rule tuning | SurveilyPer camera view, calibrated to your site | VisionifyPer-customer model training, with no custom training asked of the customer |
| Movement paths and heatmaps | SurveilyYes - path mapping, heatmaps and an interactive map on your site floor plan | VisionifyOccupancy metrics and per-scenario analytics |
| Multi-site management | SurveilySingle dashboard across all sites, comparable risk signal between them | VisionifyUnified dashboards across sites |
| Your EHS platform of record | SurveilyAdditive - feeds Intelex, Cority, Enablon, EcoOnline and VelocityEHS the leading-indicator data they cannot produce | VisionifyDashboards, alerts and API |
| Implementation | SurveilyOne-time setup fee per site, published on the rate card; reduced or waived on committed multi-year rollouts | VisionifyCharged separately as a one-time fee; site visits charged separately |
| Heavy-industry references in Europe | SurveilyLime and cement, refinery, heat and power, steel, glass - including two years continuous on-premises production in kiln conditions | VisionifyChemicals and UK construction; the largest published portfolio is in India and Asia |
| Integrations | SurveilyExisting CCTV and VMS, IoT/OT sensors and smart devices, open API | VisionifyExisting CCTV brands, Ring for Business cameras, PLC hard stop, API and a docs portal |
Compiled from each vendor's own published material. Competitor facts are point-in-time and re-verified before publication. Corrections welcome: [email protected]
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European sites in heavy industry, chemicals and building materials, all running Surveily on the cameras they already had. No new hardware went in.
Surveily AI solutions have significantly supported our safety efforts - particularly in preventing near-miss incidents involving forklifts, maintaining order on vehicle routes and pedestrian pathways, and eliminating the use of mobile phones in restricted areas. The system provides us with real-time insight into on-site activities and enables quick response to potential hazards. It’s a tangible improvement in both operational visibility and our safety culture, which we highly value.
Piotr ŁukszaEHS Manager, Saint-Gobain Innovative MaterialsEmployee safety is our top priority - especially in the demanding environment of chemical manufacturing. Implementing Surveily’s systems significantly enhanced our oversight in critical areas. Their cutting-edge technology enables faster threat detection and real-time data analysis, resulting in a measurable improvement in workplace safety. We value Surveily’s professionalism and are proud to partner with them in building a work environment that meets the highest industry standards.
Radosław StudzińskiHSE Coordinator, Reckitt BenckiserWe gained significantly better visibility and control over our expansive industrial site. Their innovative monitoring technology allowed us to effectively track vehicle movement and reduce hazardous driver behavior - particularly regarding the use of personal protective equipment and adherence to speed limits. As a result, we’ve enhanced safety for everyone working on-site. We firmly believe that partnering with Surveily is an investment that delivers tangible safety benefits.
Patrycja SzotHSE Manager, Trzuskawica S.A. | A CRH companyThe questions that come up before a demo, usually from IT, the DPO and finance, answered the way we'd answer them on a call.
Surveily and Visionify are both software-only on cameras a site already owns, and pick up the same risks, from missing PPE and vehicle-pedestrian interactions to restricted zones, housekeeping, smoke and fire.
Visionify is US-domiciled, with desktop-class hardware supplied by the customer. Surveily is EU-domiciled with EU data residency and puts a server-class box on each site. It can name customers in European lime, cement, refining, steel and glass.
Visionify is the cheapest option in this category and doesn't hide it. Surveily is priced as enterprise software and we publish a full rate card too.
What you get for it is server-class sizing rather than desktop-class, and a European entity as your Processor with agreed service levels and named support through the rollout and after it. If the lowest entry price is your criterion, say so on the call and we'll tell you whether this is a fit.
Detection runs on servers inside your own network, and raw video not attached to an event is never written to disk in any deployment model. On-premises, nothing leaves the site. In the hybrid models the only things crossing the boundary are anonymised event metadata and clips with faces already blurred.
The on-premises deployment can be fully air-gapped, with updates delivered on a schedule you agree. The material that keeps your models accurate, selected frames and short clips tied to your team's feedback, is anonymised before it moves, handled under terms your InfoSec agrees, and labelled by our own team inside the EU.
No, in any configuration and on any market. That means no facial recognition, no biometric identification, no emotion recognition, no worker scoring. De-identification is applied by default before anything is stored or displayed. A live feed naturally contains identifiable people before masking happens, which is why the masking sits in the architecture rather than in a policy document.
Surveily detects behaviours and conditions rather than identities, and never takes automated action against a worker, so a human stays in the loop for every response. You remain the Data Controller. Surveily is the Processor.
In the Netherlands and Germany that runs through the works council, the elected worker representatives who approve a system like this. The UK has no co-determination right, so sign-off usually sits with your DPO and, on a unionised site, employee representatives. The DPIA describes a system that keeps video inside your own network and retains no raw footage.
No, it feeds it. Those platforms record what somebody reports, so the data only exists once a person files something. Surveily adds continuous risk data from what the cameras already see, on top of Intelex, Cority, Enablon, EcoOnline and VelocityEHS.
Thirty minutes with an engineer. We show you the platform running on real de-identified footage from plants like yours, you tell us what your floor looks like, and you get a straight answer on what Surveily would pick up there. If deployment or the works council is the blocker, bring your IT and your DPO.
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You remain the Data Controller. Surveily is the Processor. No biometrics, in any configuration.
