Digifort license price per camera for Explorer, Standard, Professional and Enterprise

A Digifort license is bought once per recording server, as a base license that includes a few cameras plus camera packs on top. At US dollar list prices published by the distributor EPCOM, an Explorer base with 4 cameras is $265.09, a Standard base with 4 cameras $706.45, a Professional base with 8 cameras $2,235 and an Enterprise base with 8 cameras $2,836. Enterprise camera packs run from $641.99 for 2 cameras to $4,616.34 for 32, and there is no annual subscription fee.

Digifort is a Brazilian video management system sold in the United States through distributors and installers rather than from its own store, so nobody publishes one official price. The figures here are EPCOM's USD list prices before tax, read from each product page, and the edition rules come from OptiView USA's Digifort FAQ and Digifort's own release notes. We sell person and vehicle alerts for cameras that already record, so the last sections say where a Digifort license is the right buy and where it is not.

The four Digifort editions

Every Digifort server runs one edition, and the edition sets how many cameras that server can ever hold. You pick it by counting cameras per server, not cameras in the whole company: ten Standard servers with 32 cameras each still behave as one 320 camera system in the client.

The client connection limits are counted per server, so a guard station that connects to ten servers uses one connection on each. Enterprise is required in three cases: more than 64 cameras on one server, more than 16 people watching at once, or a feature that only Enterprise carries. Editions can be upgraded later, Explorer to Enterprise included, but never downgraded.

The Digifort price list in US dollars

These are the version 7 part numbers EPCOM lists with a USD price. Camera packs are sold in sizes of 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 and need the matching edition base license on the same server.

Two things stand out. Larger packs are much cheaper per camera, so a Standard server that will grow past 12 cameras is better served by the 16 pack than by two 8 packs. And Enterprise costs two to three times as much per camera as Standard, which is why installers keep most small and mid sized sites on Standard or Professional and split cameras across servers rather than jump editions. Your installer's quote will differ from list price, often by a distributor discount, but list price is the honest starting point for a budget.

What fifteen cameras cost

Fifteen cameras is a common size for a warehouse, a car dealership or a mid sized office. On one server, the cheapest legal combinations at EPCOM's list prices look like this. Explorer is out because the Explorer camera packs carry no published USD price, and the Professional 8 pack has none either.

Standard is the clear choice for fifteen cameras unless you need a Professional or Enterprise feature. Add the Windows server, its drives and the installer's labor, which a Digifort quote normally bundles, and keep in mind that the license only pays for recording and management. Video analytics are licensed separately, per channel.

Licensing rules that change the budget

The license belongs to one server. Each Digifort server has a machine key, generated either from the server's hardware identifiers or from a USB hardware key, and the license file is tied to that key. Replacing the server or moving to a virtual machine means a license transfer through your reseller, who manages it on Digifort's license portal. Keep the dongle safe if you have one.

Updates within a major version are free, the next major version is not. A version 6 license received every 6.x release at no charge, and moving to version 7 was a paid upgrade. Current releases are 7.4.x. There is no yearly maintenance fee to keep a license valid, which is a real saving next to platforms that charge a yearly care or SSA fee per camera, such as the exacqVision SSA.

Test before you buy. The Administration Client can request a 30 day demo license that runs every feature, once per server. Resellers also use a 4 hour demo that resets on reboot for quick tests. Use the 30 days to confirm every camera model connects with the features you expect, because a camera that only half works is the most common post sale complaint with any open VMS.

Digifort analytics and the 7.4.1 license change

Digifort sells video analytics as a separate Analytics Base license per server plus advanced analytics per channel, where one channel license covers several rules on one camera: trip wire, loitering, counting and so on. License plate recognition is another separate base license with its own engine. Analytics can run on the recording server or on a separate one.

Version 7.4.1 changed several analytics part numbers. Digifort's release notes say the new server analytics license is requested as Digifort Analytics Professional, and that integrations which used to borrow Edge Analytics licenses (the IPX analytics engine, SAFR face recognition, BriefCam real time alarms, radar) now need their own integration licenses. Edge Analytics licenses from 7.4.0.4 and earlier stop activating those integrations after the update. If your system uses any of them, ask your reseller about the exchange before you upgrade, not after.

EPCOM does not publish a USD price for the new analytics licenses, so expect a quote. That matters for the next section.

If you are buying it for better alerts

Many Digifort quotes start with a complaint about alerts, not recording. The existing recorder fires on headlights, rain and shadows, someone suggests a new VMS with analytics, and the quote arrives with a new server, base licenses, camera packs and per channel analytics on top.

If the cameras already record to an NVR or VMS that works, that is a lot of money to fix a classification problem. A detection layer reads the RTSP sub stream of each camera, which most cameras allow alongside the recorder, labels each motion event as a person, vehicle, animal or package and sends only the classes you asked for. MotionDetection's Operate tier does this for fifteen cameras across up to three sites for $888 a year, with five users and Slack, email or webhook alerts, and no server to buy. Over five years that is $4,440, more than a Standard license and less than Enterprise, and it does not record video at all.

So the honest split is this. If you are replacing the recorder anyway, a Digifort Standard license at about $1,923 for twenty cameras is good value and the analytics are an add-on worth pricing. If the recorder stays, start with person detection on the cameras you already own and keep the license budget. The video management software comparison lines Digifort's model up against other licensed VMS platforms, and the GeoVision VMS license post covers a similar per channel model from another installer brand. If your installer has gone quiet and you need a second quote, an AI sourcing agent that shortlists suppliers can find other authorized security distributors faster than cold calls.

Questions buyers ask

How much does a Digifort license cost?

A Digifort license is a one time purchase per server. At EPCOM's USD list prices, the Explorer base with 4 cameras is $265.09, Standard with 4 cameras $706.45, Professional with 8 cameras $2,235 and Enterprise with 8 cameras $2,836. Camera packs come in 2 to 64 cameras, and a 15 camera Standard server is about $1,923.

Does Digifort have an annual fee?

No. Digifort licenses are perpetual and there is no yearly subscription or maintenance fee to keep them working. Updates within a major version are free. Moving to the next major version, as from version 6 to version 7, has been a paid upgrade, so budget for it when a new major release arrives.

Which Digifort edition do I need?

Count cameras per server. Explorer holds up to 16, Standard up to 32, Professional up to 64, and Enterprise has no fixed limit. Enterprise is also needed for more than 16 simultaneous client connections or for Enterprise only features. Most sites of 10 to 30 cameras fit Standard.

Can I upgrade a Digifort edition later?

Yes. Digifort sells upgrade licenses from one edition to a higher one, Explorer to Enterprise included. EPCOM lists an 8 channel Professional to Enterprise upgrade at $948.43. Editions cannot be downgraded, so start on the edition the server will need in a few years, not the cheapest one today.

Can I move a Digifort license to a new server?

Yes, through your reseller. The license is tied to the server's machine key, from either its hardware identifiers or a USB key, and resellers transfer and reissue licenses on Digifort's license portal. With a USB key, moving the key moves the license, which is why losing it is a problem.

Is there a Digifort free trial?

Yes. The Administration Client can request a 30 day demo license with every feature enabled, once per server. Analytics and license plate recognition have their own 30 day demos. Use the trial to confirm each camera model works with the features you need before buying packs.

Do I need Digifort analytics to stop false motion alerts?

Not necessarily. If the cameras already record, a detection layer can read the existing RTSP stream and alert only on people or vehicles. MotionDetection does this from $49 a month for four cameras, or $888 a year for fifteen, without a new server, a new VMS or a per channel analytics license.