Motion vs ZoneMinder Comments


- Motion is Free and Open Source
ZoneMinder is described as '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' and is a Video Streaming app in the video & movies category. There are more than 50 alternatives to ZoneMinder for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, iPhone, Linux and iPad apps. The best ZoneMinder alternative is Motion, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ZoneMinder are Shinobi, Blue Iris, motionEye and Frigate NVR.


Shinobi is an Open Source CCTV software written in Node.JS. Streams are img tags, but not MJPEG. Images are transferred through WebSocket. Files are saved in WebM videos, not JPEGs.




Video camera software suite that supports up to 64 cameras, livestreaming, and video/image capture.




motionEye is an online interface for the software motion, a video surveillance program with motion detection.




A complete and local NVR with AI object detection. Uses OpenCV and Tensorflow to perform realtime object detection locally for IP cameras. With a very good HomeAssistant integration.



Video management system with browser and mobile access, integration for over 14,000 devices, third-party app support, cloud or on-premises deployment, centralized surveillance, secure encryption, failover reliability, analytics, and 24/7 technical support.

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.




AtHome Video Streamer instantly turns your computer or smart devices into a video surveillance camera. Paired with the AtHome Camera app installed on other smartphones or Windows computers, you can access and control the security camera anywhere anytime.




The free version works great. More than 1 cam supported in the free version. Simple to setup. The smartphone app is also free and easy to use, including two-way audio.


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.




Nx Witness VMS is the next generation of IP video camera management software, allowing operators to instantly discover 99% of IP cameras and create and share an unlimited number of custom views combining live video, browser windows, and more!.




With UniFi Protect you can configure your Protect devices, watch live camera streams and recordings, download footage, create recording schedules, customize detection-specific notifications, and much more!.




Synology Surveillance Station is an NVR (network video recorder) system to safeguard security through IP camera monitoring.


Much lower resource usage and very flexible configuration