AXIS Companion

AXIS Companion is a cross-platform software solution for professional video surveillance. This application is capable of connecting with Axis and other types of cameras via IP, based on the ONVIF protocol (Open Network Video Interface Forum, a protocol that enables various surveillance and security devices to connect).

AXIS Companion is available for both desktop and mobile use. Once you create a website domain account, you could synchronize your data onto your mobile device and access the real-time security camera streams on your smartphone as well.

Theoretically, the AXIS Companion desktop application is compatible with Axis cameras (that run on Linux-based operating systems), but it could allow connectivity with other ONVIF-compatible devices as well.

This desktop application runs in both online and offline modes. When online, you can see in real-time the video from the connected cameras (it allows connecting up to 16 cameras, on 16 different channels). When offline, you can perform other tasks like replaying recordings or exporting video.

The application looks modern and has super-intuitive commands. At the same time, it supports high-resolution videos, all frame rates, and has H264/H265 video compression. The video player allows you to increase the playback speed up to 8 times, and, based on custom configuration, you can enable event-triggered sequences based on video motion detection.

All things considered, you can use AXIS Companion as part of your security and surveillance system. The desktop application runs seamlessly, looks good, and has super-intuivite commands.