Verkada makes a polished all-in-one system — and its price of admission is replacing your camera fleet with theirs: $1,199 to $2,299 per current-line dome at MSRP, plus a mandatory $249-a-year license on every device. Nevtech VMS starts from the opposite premise: the ONVIF and RTSP cameras on your walls are fine. Connect them as they are, for $15 to $32 per camera per month, and spend the hardware budget on something else.
Credit where due: Verkada publishes its MSRP. These are their numbers, from their own pricing page and price book — current camera line (CD43/CD53/CD63), retrieved October 12, 2026, linked at the bottom of this page.
Hardware only — every camera listing on verkada.com/pricing carries the line "Additional license required." The 4K CD63 is $2,099; outdoor models run $200 more.
"Every Verkada device requires an accompanying software license." Multi-year terms land near $220 a year: $659 for 3 years, $1,099 for 5, $2,199 for 10.
Longer retention means buying more onboard storage: the CD43 climbs $1,199 → $1,899 → $2,599 → $3,299 → $5,499 from 30 to 365 days. Cloud backup past the included 30 days is quote-only.
Third-party ONVIF/RTSP cameras connect only through the CC300/500/700 ($4,499 / $6,999 / $9,999) — plus a full per-channel license each, with reduced features and no Verkada warranty on the camera.
One CD43 with 30-day retention over five years: $1,199 hardware + $1,099 five-year license = $2,298, about $38 per camera per month — before any extended cloud backup. The same 30 days of continuous recording on Nevtech Professional, using the camera you already own: $22 per month — $18.33 prepaid annually — and $0 in hardware. Across a 40-camera site, that difference is roughly $39,000 over the five years, and you didn't take a single working camera off the wall.
| Nevtech VMS | Verkada | |
|---|---|---|
| The cameras you already own | They're the whole pointAny ONVIF/RTSP camera connects natively — Axis, Hikvision, Dahua, Hanwha, the lot. On Axis cameras our on-camera app needs no appliance at all. | Through a $4,499+ applianceThe Command Connector bridges third-party cameras at a full license per channel — and their FAQ states non-Verkada cameras get reduced features and no warranty. The native path is replacing the fleet. |
| Cost per camera | $15–$32 / month, publishedBy retention tier on one public page — Essential (3 days continuous + 30 days motion), Professional (30 days), Enterprise (90 days). Annual prepayment is two months free. No per-user fees, no minimum. | Hardware + mandatory license$1,199–$2,299 per current-line dome, then $249/year (or ~$220/year on multi-year terms) per camera. MSRP is published; the sale runs through resellers. |
| Longer retention | Change your tier30 → 90 days is a plan change, $22 → $32. 180 days to 5 years is a custom tier on the same cameras — no hardware swap, ever. | Buy a bigger cameraRetention lives in onboard storage: the same CD43 is $1,199 at 30 days and $5,499 at 365. Extended cloud backup beyond the included 30 days is quote-only via sales. |
| If you stop paying | Export and goMonth to month; take your footage and audit history in open formats whenever you want. Your cameras keep working — they were never ours. | Their agreement says it plainlyWithout valid licensing, "the Hardware will not function as designed" and access to customer data is limited or lost (End User Agreement v4.1). Help docs: Command access ends 30 days after expiry; devices still record until then-retained footage ages out. |
| Beyond fixed video | Deep on videoBody cameras on $289.99 rugged handsets, live GPS ops, chain-of-custody evidence, LPR at $20 and gunshot detection at $12 — published add-on prices, same system. | Wide on buildingsCameras, access control, alarms, sensors and guest — a full building stack, each product on the same buy-the-hardware-plus-license model. |
| For integrators | White-label itRun the platform under your own brand, on your own cloud, at published licensing from $4 down to $1.75 per camera — your customers, your margin, your brand on the login page. | Sell their brandResellers sell Verkada as Verkada; the customer relationship and renewal economics anchor to the vendor. |
At published MSRP: a current-line Verkada indoor dome runs $1,199 (CD43, 5MP) to $2,099 (CD63, 4K) at 30-day retention — the same camera with 365-day onboard retention is $5,499 — plus a mandatory per-camera license at $249 per year (about $220/year on 3, 5 or 10-year terms). Over five years, one 30-day CD43 totals about $2,298, roughly $38 per camera per month. Sources are linked at the bottom of this page.
Only through Verkada's Command Connector appliance ($4,499–$9,999 MSRP), which bridges ONVIF/RTSP cameras into Command at a full per-channel license each — Verkada's own FAQ notes third-party cameras get reduced features and no Verkada warranty. If keeping your existing fleet is the goal, a camera-agnostic cloud VMS like Nevtech connects the same cameras natively at $15–$32 per camera per month with no appliance purchase and no camera replacement.
For organizations that want cloud video management without replacing working cameras, Nevtech VMS connects existing ONVIF/RTSP cameras as-is: published pricing at $15, $22 or $32 per camera per month by retention tier, monthly terms with no minimum, open-format export, and the same platform extends to body cameras and chain-of-custody evidence management. Integrators can white-label the entire platform under their own brand.
Pick two sites, connect the existing cameras, and compare the result against any quote on your desk. No hardware to buy means there's nothing to return if we're wrong.
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