Active WebCam Alternatives

Active WebCam is described as 'Captures images up to 20 frames per second from any Video for Windows device including Video Cameras and USB cameras and broadcasts them either from your computer or through any FTP server. Viewers can watch real video, not still images like other software does' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Active WebCam for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Linux, Mac and Android Tablet apps. The best Active WebCam alternative is ZoneMinder, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Active WebCam are Yawcam, MotionEye, Blue Iris and Contacam.

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  1. ZoneMinder icon
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    ZoneMinder is a free video camera security application suite, designed for low cost DIY video security including commercial or home CCTV, theft prevention and child or family member monitoring including nanny cam applications.

    51 ZoneMinder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • ZoneMinder is the most popular Linux alternative to Active WebCam.

    • ZoneMinder is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Active WebCam.

    • ZoneMinder is Free and Open SourceActive WebCam is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Yawcam icon
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    Yawcam stands for Yet Another Webcam software & that's exactly what it is. More precisely Yawcam is a webcam software for windows written in Java. The main ideas for Yawcam are to keep it simple and easy to use, but to include all the usual features.

    67 Yawcam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Java
     
    • Yawcam is the most popular Windows alternative to Active WebCam.

    • Yawcam is Free and ProprietaryActive WebCam is Paid and Proprietary
  3. MotionEye icon
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    motionEye is a web frontend for the motion daemon, written in Python.

    45 MotionEye alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Raspberry Pi
     
    • MotionEye is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Active WebCam.

    • MotionEye is Free and Open SourceActive WebCam is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Blue Iris icon
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    Video camera software suite that supports up to 64 cameras, livestreaming, and video/image capture.

    47 Blue Iris alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
    • Blue Iris is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Active WebCam.

    • Blue Iris is the most popular commercial alternative to Active WebCam.

    • Blue Iris is Paid and ProprietaryActive WebCam is also Paid and Proprietary
  5. Contacam icon
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    This Free Video Surveillance and Live Webcam software for Windows is extremely easy on system resources, and does not contain unnecessary bloat. It is fast, light, and versatile enough to meet all your security needs while still being very user friendly and able to run on even...

    37 Contacam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. motionEyeOS icon
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    motionEyeOS is a Linux distribution that turns a single-board computer into a video surveillance system. The OS is based on BuildRoot and uses motion as a backend and motionEye for the frontend.

    57 motionEyeOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Banana Pi
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Orange Pi
    • Odroid
     
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    Motion detection and webcam monitoring. Video surveillance with multiple IP cameras and video capture devices. For each video frame, if motion is detected, the Alarm event occurs, that returns a global motion ratio, depending of the number of cells in which motion has been...

    32 Webcam Motion Detector alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Ivideon icon
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    Remote webcam/security monitoring free.

    28 Ivideon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
     
    • Ivideon is the most popular Web-based & Android Tablet alternative to Active WebCam.

    • Ivideon is Paid and ProprietaryActive WebCam is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Sighthound Video detects people and moving objects in video streams for security and monitoring purposes. It runs on a PC or Mac, and uses off-the-shelf USB webcams or network (IP) cameras.

    29 Sighthound Video alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • Sighthound Video is the most popular Mac & iPad alternative to Active WebCam.

    • Sighthound Video is Freemium and ProprietaryActive WebCam is Paid and Proprietary
  10. Kerberos.IO icon
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    Kerberos.io is a low-budget video surveillance solution, that uses computer vision algorithms to detect changes, and that can trigger other devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspbian
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
     
  11. webcamXP  icon
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    webcamXP is a powerful webcams and network cameras monitoring, recording and streaming software for private and professional use. it offers unique features and unequaled ease of use to let you manage multiple video sources on the same computer.

    44 webcamXP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Webcam Surveyor is optimal solution for you surveillance system. With intelligent motion detection algorithm you can easy monitoring your home or office. WebCam Surveyor even makes it possible to send out predefined E-mail with surveillance images attached or.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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