Product comparison chart
XProtect VMS includes the following products:
- XProtect Corporate
- XProtect Expert
- XProtect Professional+
- XProtect Express+
- XProtect Essential+
The complete feature list is available on the product overview page on the Milestone website (https://www.milestonesys.com/solutions/platform/product-index/).
Below is a list of the main differences between the products:
Name |
XProtect Essential+ |
XProtect Express+ |
XProtect Professional+ |
XProtect Expert |
XProtect Corporate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sites per SLC |
1 |
1 |
Multi-site |
Multi-site |
Multi-site |
Recording servers per SLC |
1 |
1 |
Unrestricted |
Unrestricted |
Unrestricted |
Hardware devices per recording server |
8 |
48 |
Unrestricted |
Unrestricted |
Unrestricted |
Milestone Interconnect™ |
- |
Remote site |
Remote site |
Remote site |
Central/remote site |
Milestone Federated Architecture™ |
- |
- |
- |
Remote site |
Central/remote site |
Recording server failover |
- |
- |
- |
Cold and hot standby |
Cold and hot standby |
Remote connect services |
- |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
Edge storage support |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Multi-stage video storage |
Live databases + |
Live databases + |
Live databases + |
Live databases + unrestricted archives |
Live databases + unrestricted archives |
SNMP notification |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Time controlled user access rights |
- |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
Reduce frame rate (grooming) |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Video data encryption (recording server) |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Database signing (recording server) |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
PTZ priority levels |
1 |
1 |
3 |
32000 |
32000 |
Extended PTZ (Reserve PTZ session and patrolling from XProtect Smart Client) |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Evidence lock |
- |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
Bookmark function |
- |
- |
Manual only |
Manual and rule-based |
Manual and rule-based |
Live multi-streaming or multicasting, also known as adaptive streaming |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Direct streaming | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
Overall security |
Client user rights |
Client user rights |
Client user rights |
Client user rights |
Client user rights/ administrator user rights |
XProtect Management Client profiles |
- |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
XProtect Smart Client profiles |
- |
- |
3 |
3 |
Unrestricted |
XProtect Smart Wall |
- |
- |
- |
optional |
✓ |
System Monitor |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Smart map |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Two-step verification |
- |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
DLNA support |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Privacy masking |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Device password management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |