AXIS Camera Station Secure Entry vs Frigate

AXIS Camera Station Secure Entry brings door access control and video management together. It accepts cards, PINs, static or dynamic QR codes, license plate recognition, and mobile credentials through QR code or Bluetooth. Operators can associate doors with cameras, compare cardholder photos with live or recorded video, and review door events. Security controls include end-to-end encrypted communication, lockdown, duress PINs, multi-factor authentication, a two-person rule, and measures against tailgating and anti-passback. The system supports up to 1,000 doors per server and 50,000 credentials; one interface can manage 64 servers and 1,000 doors. It provides roll call and mustering reports and supports attendance tracking. Open APIs can connect it with other systems, including time and attendance monitoring. Secure Entry is built into AXIS Camera Station Pro, preloaded on Axis recorders, and available under standalone licenses. The product page offers AXIS Camera Station Pro as a free full 90-day trial. Secure Entry is paid, with pricing on request.

Frigate is an open-source network video recorder for IP cameras that performs real-time AI object detection locally on the user’s hardware. Its maker says camera feeds do not leave the home. With a supported AI accelerator, detection can distinguish people and cars from motion; the site says Frigate can process 100+ object detections per second with such an accelerator. It tracks objects and lets users refine notifications by location. Recording supports both 24/7 capture and retention settings based on detected objects. Frigate runs in a Docker container on a Docker host, including as a Home Assistant App, and integrates with Home Assistant, OpenHab, NodeRed and MQTT-supporting systems. The free Frigate plan is an open-source NVR. Frigate+ Subscription costs $50 a year, billed annually, and includes model access, up to 12 fine-tuned models and AI-suggested labels for uploads. Windows is not officially supported. Frigate does not implement OIDC, SAML or LDAP natively, though upstream authentication proxies can provide those protocols.