Alternative · free on one camera, for life

Looking for a Blue Iris alternative?

VISEC is Windows video surveillance software, made by the same team since 2002. It watches and records your IP cameras on a PC you already own, keeps the footage on your own drive, and reads number plates without a subscription. One camera is free for life — not a trial, no card, no email.

Download free for Windows Windows 10 & 11 · 64-bit · set up in about five minutes.

Why people switch

Try it for as long as you like.

Most surveillance software gives you a countdown. VISEC gives you a camera. Run it for a week, a month or a year on one camera before you decide whether to pay for more.

One camera, free for life

The complete program, not a cut-down edition. Live view, motion recording, playback, email alerts and remote viewing — all of it, on one camera, with no clock running.

Plate recognition included

Reads number plates at over 100 kph in more than 80% of the world's countries. Built into VISEC and included in every license, including the free one. No per-plate fee, no separate service to sign up to.

How plate recognition works

Nothing leaves your PC

Recordings are written to your own drive. No cloud account, no storage plan, no monthly fee, and nothing to cancel.

Cameras and formats

It will work with the cameras you have.

VISEC supports 99% of ONVIF compliant IP cameras. ONVIF is the open camera standard — if a camera is built to it, VISEC works with it, whoever made it. Older analog and USB cameras work too.

HikvisionDahuaUNVReolinkAmcrestLorexSwannTP-LinkAnnkeAxisHanwhaBoschVivotekTiandyActiGeovisionHoneywellMobotixPanasonicSony

H.264plus MPEG-4 and MJPEG compression

8 monitorsevery camera at once, at full resolution

3 PCseach paid license installs on up to three of your own machines

~100 MBto download · about 200 MB installed

The VISEC window on Windows showing four cameras at once: driveway, front door, back garden and workshop — The VISEC window · four cameras at once · example views

What comes in every license.

Live viewEvery camera at once, across up to 8 monitors, at full resolution.
Records on motionOnly when something happens, so you are not storing hours of an empty driveway.
Email alertsA snapshot the moment motion starts, or an HTTP post straight into your own software.
Plate recognition, QR and access controlAll three built in and included, even on the free license. Cameras can open gates, unlock doors and switch on lights.
Secret modeHide VISEC completely in two clicks. No window, no icon, nothing on screen — it just keeps watching and recording.
Pay onceNo subscription and no monthly fee. Move the license to a replacement PC whenever you need to.

Everything that is included

Try it on your own cameras tonight.

The complete software, free for life on one camera, with plate recognition included. Add more cameras later for a one-time price — see licenses.

Download free for Windows