For churches and community buildings
A building used by everyone, watched by nobody.
Community buildings are open, lightly staffed and run on a budget that does not stretch to a monthly bill. One PC and the cameras you can afford covers the entrances and the car park, with no subscription attached.
Download free for Windows
One camera license, free forever. No card, no email.
The situation
The building is empty most of the week and busy in bursts, used by groups who are not staff. Damage, theft of lead or cable, and disputes about a hired hall are the recurring problems — and the budget for solving them is whatever was raised for it.
What VISEC does about it.
- Entrances and the car parkThe doors and the vehicles, recorded with a time.
- The areas that get damagedMotion zones on the roof access, the bin area or the memorial garden, rather than everywhere.
- No monthly costOne camera is free for life and paid licenses are a one-time purchase, which is a form most committees can actually approve.
- Reuse what is thereExisting analog cameras can be brought in through a video server rather than replaced — how that works.
What you need
The kit, plainly.
Cameras on the entrances and the car park, and a PC that stays on in a locked room. What a licence, a landlord or an insurer requires of a camera system is set locally and changes — check what applies to you rather than taking a software website's word for it.
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, with 8 GB of memory. The installer is about 30 MB and roughly 200 MB once installed. For the AI features a graphics card with 4 GB and DirectX 12 is recommended, preferably Nvidia; without one VISEC uses the processor. Everything included
Questions
Before you set it up.
Is it really free for one camera?
Yes, for life, and it is the complete program rather than a trial. More cameras are a one-time purchase.
Can volunteers be given limited access?
Yes. Give each person their own account with the access they need rather than sharing one login.
Do we need a fast internet connection?
Not for recording or local viewing. Email alerts and watching from elsewhere need a connection.
Other sites
Set up somewhere else?
Gated communities and hoas
Car washes and detailing sites
Or read how number plate recognition works
Try it on one camera first.
The free license is the complete program, including plate recognition, QR reading and access control. It does not expire.
Running several sites, or not sure which license covers your camera count? Ask us and we will tell you straight