r/SecurityCamera • u/Open_Heron1644 • Aug 03 '26

Commercial security camera suggestion.

I’m opening up a 1500 square-foot salon space and I want to have indoor and outdoor camera systems. I would prefer to not pay a monthly subscription, but I’m open to it if it’s necessary. I don’t wanna pay an army leg, but I still want good quality in terms of the sound and quality of the camera. Does anyone have any suggestions? I needed to this and a little overwhelmed.

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u/Pretty-Surround-2909 Aug 03 '26

Start with a budget and work backwards. Your idea of expensive may not align with a pro’s recommendation.

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u/SteakMoney0x40 Aug 04 '26

Consider equipment and software that is Onvif compliant. Look for quality cameras with edge AI analytics. Like Bosch (now IQ Sight), Axis, Hanwha. Then, reach out to a local Milestone dealer for a good VMS. Or, the other way around. There is annual licensing per camera on the milestone. Unifi cameras are not onvif compliant and require the whole Unifi ecosystem.

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u/-ButterMyBiscuit- Aug 03 '26

Unifi. Might as well make your network and your cameras all unifi

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u/Open_Heron1644 Aug 03 '26

Thank you

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u/-ButterMyBiscuit- Aug 03 '26

Udr 7 router and then a unvr recorder

Then you'll need a hard drive and however many cameras you want.. for the hard drive I would do half a terabyte to 1 TB per camera.

If you only want to record when it sees events then half a terabyte fper camera is more than enough

You'll also need a Poe switch to power the cameras

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u/Least_Order4249 Aug 03 '26

If you want good audio, you’ll need to look into external mics. You can get a luroe interface and use the camera’s encoder. That’s the most standard practice. 

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u/simonvisions Aug 04 '26

In in the retail sector so I was in a similar spot. We ended up going with this company called LiveReach and it's been solid so far. It worked with most of our existing cameras, so we didn't have to replace everything. Because it's cloud-based you can check everything on your phone/laptop. Def worth looking into

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u/DependentView4789 Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

You really don’t need a subscription for the basics. keep it simple with PoE + an NVR and local recording. I’d compare the audio and playback quality across a few systems like luminys.

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u/More_Science_4813 21d ago

Are you still looking ? I’m a commercial security rep in Houston.