WebCam Monitor Alternatives

WebCam Monitor is described as 'Keeps watch over your home, office, or any location. This webcam surveillance software detects motion or noise, and triggers alerts that can record video and audio of the incident, notify you by e-mail or text message, or sound an audible alarm' and is an app in the video & movies category. There are more than 25 alternatives to WebCam Monitor for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Linux, Mac and iPhone apps. The best WebCam Monitor alternative is ZoneMinder, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WebCam Monitor 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 WebCam Monitor.

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

    • ZoneMinder is Free and Open SourceWebCam Monitor 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 WebCam Monitor.

    • Yawcam is Free and ProprietaryWebCam Monitor 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 WebCam Monitor.

    • MotionEye is Free and Open SourceWebCam Monitor 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 WebCam Monitor.

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

    • Blue Iris is Paid and ProprietaryWebCam Monitor 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
     
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    Designed for Windows, Eyeline supports USB, IP cameras, enabling you to monitor over 100 sources simultaneously. Perfect for businesses and homes, it offers real-time viewing with remote login and versatile security solutions for various environments.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. 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
     
  9. Ivideon icon
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    Remote webcam/security monitoring free.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    • Ivideon is Paid and ProprietaryWebCam Monitor 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    • Sighthound Video is Freemium and ProprietaryWebCam Monitor is Paid and Proprietary
  11. Ambianic.ai icon
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    Ambianic's mission is to make our homes and workspaces a little cozier. Ambianic is an Open Source Ambient Intelligence platform that puts local control and privacy first.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. 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.

    46 Kerberos.IO alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspbian
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
     
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