Hikvision Software

HikCentral is the platform that turns a set of Hikvision recorders into one system: live view, playback and search across sites from a single client, with users and permissions managed centrally.

Licensing is modular, and that is what this range holds. Base packages open the platform; per-channel add-ons extend video; access control, entrance-and-exit, ANPR, facial recognition, heat mapping and thermal reporting are each licensed separately, and remote site management adds branches to a central server. Both perpetual and time-limited licences are stocked, all as electronic licences — check each product page for what it requires, because most add-ons need a base package already in place.

Licences are bought against the hardware they run — see Network Video Recorders and Hikvision Cameras. For the analytics cameras these licences unlock, see Speciality Cameras.