Sighthound Video
Smart Video Camera DVR Software for PC and Mac - With Over 800,000 Downloads.
Enable almost any standards-based security camera to see people, vehicles, animals, and other objects just like the human brain. Record 24/7 video from all your cameras. Create rules to get smart alerts. Easily search through days or years of video. All this - and it’s very inexpensive.
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Forget Motion Detection.
Get Smart People, Vehicle and Animal Detection.
Sighthound Video is trained to detect people, vehicles and animals in the same way that a human brain works. Receive email or mobile alerts only when the things you want detected occur.
Empowering your surveillance cameras
Easy Set Up
Software that finds your cameras automatically. You can go from install to running in under two minutes. Learn More
Smarter by Design
Computer vision in the software determines what’s happening so you don’t get hundreds of false alerts.
Rule Editor
With the Rule Editor, customize the video source, what gets analyzed, zones, and the types of alerts you'll receive. Learn More
IFTTT
Sighthound has partnered with IFTTT, a service that lets you create powerful connections. Learn More
ONVIF
ONVIF support for easy detection and configuration of compatible cameras. Learn More
Remote Viewing
iPhone and Android apps to monitor a live view of your home, show you clips of events, and provide you with alerts.
Alerts
Set rules that trigger mobile alerts, e-mails or custom scripts. Click the alert to see what happened. Learn More
HD to 4K Video
Record video at any resolution your camera supports.
Multi-Cam Support
Sighthound supports almost every brand of IP camera and webcam out there. Don’t get locked into one brand.
Video Search
Search through weeks of footage in seconds. Find only the moments that matter. Learn More
Custom Zones
Draw boxes around doorways to capture people entering a room, create thresholds on driveways to trigger people who cross, and mask areas of the scene to ignore.
Custom Schedules
Have upstairs cameras go off at night, yard cameras off on weekends and delay recording until you’ve left the house.
No Monthly Fees
Avoid cloud storage fees. Automatically upload only clips you care about to the free storage available at Google Drive, Dropbox or your preferred cloud service.

Your home security.
Use the power of Sighthound Video to make the video surveillance system in your home smarter. It’s affordable home security monitoring software that works with most cameras and outperforms the alternatives. With HD live streaming support, custom zones, and remote access, you can finally have peace of mind while you're away. More uses for home video surveillance

Intelligent Video Monitoring for your Business
The video monitoring software that's used by some of the world's top security forces is now available for your business. Whether it’s for keeping an eye on if people are where they say they are, or checking that no-one is taking something they shouldn’t, you need a video monitoring app that is hassle-free and cost-efficient. Sighthound Video offers extremely powerful software that’s easy to use and set up. More uses for business video surveillance
Smart Security, Flexible Pricing.
Pay once, with optional annual support fees after your first year.
- Starter
Free
forever, no strings attachedOne low-res camera
No remote access
Includes a free 14 day trial of Pro
- Download
- Basic
$60
support is $12/yr after the first year2 full-res cameras
Web, iOS, & Android remote access
IFTTT & webhook integrations
- Get Started
- Home
$120
support is $24/yr after the first year6 full-res cameras
Web, iOS, & Android remote access
IFTTT & webhook integrations
- Get Started
- Pro
$250
support is $50/yr after the first yearUnlimited full-res cameras
Web, iOS, & Android remote access
IFTTT & webhook integrations
- Get Started
Product Updates
Sighthound Video 7.0.12 - June 18, 2021
Changed – Minor performance improvement in DiskCleaner.
Fixed – Disabled VideoToolbox acceleration on MacOS due to a crash in core Apple libraries.
Fixed – Video playback windows sometimes remaining visible when switching from one view to another (Windows only).
Fixed – Push notifications being delayed up to 60 seconds.
Fixed – Some USB webcams causing a crash on MacOS.
Fixed – “Check for Updates” button not working.
Fixed – 16x clip playback failing for some cameras when an audio stream is present
Sighthound Video 7.0.10 - March 18, 2021
Fixed - A failure to start on Windows with localized UIs (Russian specifically)
Fixed - A failure to stream clips with altered quality remotely on systems with available hardware acceleration
Fixed - Incorrect aspect ratio for recording on free version