Artificial Intelligence is disrupting every industry known to mankind, and the security industry has been one of its earliest adopters. From facial recognition to anomaly detection, AI is fundamentally changing how organizations think about safety and intelligence.
One of the most promising applications is video surveillance. Traditional video surveillance systems were designed to passively record events, leaving the heavy lifting to human operators to vigilantly monitor live footage and scrub through pre-existing footage. AI, however, unlocks advanced features, including real-time detection, behavioral analysis, and predictive insights, in which regular systems simply cannot deliver.
But adopting these capabilities often comes with a catch. The purchase of cameras and hardware is usually tied to the licensing of a particular Video Management System (VMS) vendor, also commonly known as proprietary cameras or throwing away prior investments.
Because of this, the power of AI-driven video intelligence has been constrained by high costs per channel. Many institutions end up deploying AI only on a select few feeds, rather than across their entire network, simply because scaling becomes prohibitively expensive.
Businesses that want to upgrade their surveillance and security infrastructure to leverage advances in AI need to think twice. The question always comes back to cost and ROI.
And at the heart of this decision lies their biggest concern—what is the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of a new purchase? Do they really have to toss current equipment aside, writing off years of sunk investment, just to take advantage of AI?
This is where NexaiQ by Soterix Systems comes in. NexaiQ is a next-generation security and business intelligence platform designed to extend the life of your current infrastructure. Instead of requiring costly proprietary hardware, it upgrades your existing cameras with cloud-powered AI video compute, delivering intelligence without waste.
Soterix Systems changes the game with its advanced AI NexaiQ platform - offering a scalable, cost-effective solution that allows institutions to deploy AI and advanced business intelligence across all their video channels—without the financial burden typical of legacy systems.
Our platform leverages cutting-edge cloud technology, reducing operational costs while delivering the highest quality AI capabilities. Institutions can now afford security coverage with proactive artificial intelligence, bringing safety and intelligence to new heights without the traditional cost barriers.
What makes NexaiQ especially powerful is its flexibility:
● Device Agnostic: Integrate with cameras and IoT devices to enhance investments and adopt AI solutions without costly upgrades.
● Cloud Agnostic: Flexibly integrate NexaiQ with any cloud environment, allowing you to avoid vendor lock-in and optimize cost savings.
● AI Pipeline Agnostic: Run on existing hardware like CPUs, lowering your total cost of ownership (TCO) by eliminating the need for expensive GPUs.
This means you don’t have to replace your current infrastructure to modernize. By leveraging what you already have, NexaiQ dramatically lowers the cost of upgrading to AI-powered security intelligence.
NexaiQ doesn’t just process video—it transforms vast amounts of video footage into actionable security and business insights. From real-time alerts to long-term pattern analysis, our platform helps organizations make faster, smarter decisions for a fraction of the cost.
Best-in-class AI capabilities include:
● Intrusion Detection & Attribute Tracking
● License Plate Capture & Search
● Aggression Detection
● Loitering and Dwelling Detection
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By pairing these advanced features with cost-efficiency, NexaiQ delivers a stronger ROI. More accurate analysis, faster response to incidents, and better evidence capture—all while saving time, resources, and money.
Video storage and transmission costs have long been a hidden burden of traditional surveillance. With most systems still running older codecs, institutions often overpay for storage arrays and network bandwidth.
NexaiQ solves this with full compatibility for H.264 and H.265, reducing usage by up to 40% without
compromising clarity. H.265 (also known as HEVC) offers superior compression efficiency, resulting in smaller video files and lower bandwidth requirements compared to H.264, which makes it ideal for streaming high-resolution video, reducing storage needs, and improving performance on limited-bandwidth networks.
A hospital monitoring hundreds of cameras across multiple wings can instantly cut down terabytes of daily storage, extending the life of its storage servers and lowering ongoing costs. That’s not just savings—it’s longer equipment cycles and more predictable expenses.
NexaiQ doesn’t stop at security. By integrating with IoT sensors, data feeds, maps, and even social media streams, it turns video into multi-dimensional business intelligence.
A retail chain can generate heatmaps to see which aisles draw the most traffic, track dwell times to measure promotional success, and optimize staffing at peak hours. A university can analyze student footfall to improve campus safety while also reallocating resources to overcrowded areas.
In both cases, operational efficiency drives down costs while improving the customer or student experience—two wins from the same system.
Traditional systems force you into a one-size-fits-all license model, where every camera is billed for the same set of features whether needed or not. NexaiQ flips that approach.
For example, your lobby cameras—which face constant public traffic—can be licensed with advanced features like People Aggression Detection, Fire & Smoke Detection, or Collapse Detection.
Meanwhile, a storage closet camera with minimal traffic only needs basic coverage. Both cameras run off the same channel box, but with tailored licenses that save money. The result is predictable pricing and smarter budgeting—you pay only for intelligence where you need it most.
Proprietary ecosystems are designed to make switching costly. NexaiQ rejects that model. Your cameras and infrastructure remain yours, no matter what. Say a logistics company adopts NexaiQ for its warehouses. Five years down the line, even if they decide to test another platform, their cameras and cabling remain intact. There’s no “rip and replace” penalty.
By preserving your hardware investment, NexaiQ significantly reduces your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and gives you control of your technology future.
Growth should never equal waste. With NexaiQ’s channel boxes, scalability is both seamless and cost-effective. Consider a school district: if a blind spot emerges on campus, administrators can simply add a new camera and connect it to the box with built-in AI.
Conversely, if an old building is demolished, channels can be reduced just as easily—without paying for unused licenses. This elasticity ensures you’re only paying for what you use.
Over time, every new channel compounds ROI because the system grows (or shrinks) precisely in line with your needs.
One of the most common pain points for operators is wasting time searching for footage for a specific event. Hours are lost scrubbing through video feeds, delaying response and driving up labor costs. NexaiQ eliminates this with browser-based remote access (with mobile app support coming soon).
A city surveillance team, for instance, can monitor live feeds from multiple districts on a
single dashboard, pinpoint incidents in minutes, and coordinate faster responses without being physically tied to a control room. This streamlined workflow saves staff time, reduces operational overhead, and directly improves ROI.
AI should get smarter, not remain static. NexaiQ’s proactive AI continuously refines itself based on your environment—learning behaviors, identifying recurring patterns, and improving accuracy over time. For example, a manufacturing facility using NexaiQ might see fewer false alarms as the AI learns the difference between routine machine activity and true anomalies.
With every refinement, security staff spend less time investigating false positives and more time addressing real threats. This reduces wasted effort, enhances accuracy, and compounds operational savings year after year—the intelligence that pays for itself.
For decades, physical security has been synonymous with heavy hardware investments and rigid vendor ecosystems. Organizations felt trapped and forced to either overspend or under-deploy.
NexaiQ redefines that equation. With its flexible design, scalable licensing, and ability to integrate seamlessly with existing infrastructure, NexaiQ enables organizations to lower their Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO) while increasing their Return on Investment (ROI). It’s not just a surveillance tool; it’s a platform for proactive, intelligent decision-making across security and operations.
Smarter system. Bigger return.
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