AI · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Building a basic AI-powered security camera launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Relonch Camera▲126

   AI-powered "camera as a service"

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   UltraInstinct AI▲70

   First Smart Security Platform with real-time threat alerts

   2021 · ultrainstinct.ai · its alternatives →

3. 3
   aiwatch▲62

   Make your existing security cameras smart

   2019 · aiwatch.live · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Muse Gadgets▲185

   Meta's open-source kit for building your own AI gadgets

   21d ago · gadgets.muse.ai · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Lighthouse▲136

   Home security camera that uses AI to ID people and pets

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   PixelCrew▲142

   Production-ready design from a crew of AI agents

   Sep 2026 · pixelcrew.ai · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Visual One▲97

   We make your security cameras really smart

   2020 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   twoghost AI▲11

   Turn your computer into a free, invisible security camera

   2025 · twoghost.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Picky▲86

   Intelligent, AI-powered photo curator

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Click2Stream▲81

    Cameras are eyes. We give them brains.

    2014 · click2stream.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Teleport▲113

    A magical photo editor powered by neural networks

    2017 · teleport.vc · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Restb.ai▲76

    Custom computer vision as a service

    2016 · restb.ai · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Open-source Face Recognition on Raspberry Pi 3/4▲62

    Open-Source AI Camera Skills Platform, AI NVR & CCTV Surveillance. Local VLM video analysis with Qwen, DeepSeek, SmolVLM, LLaVA, YOLO26. LLM-powered agentic security camera agent — watches, understands, remembers & guards your home via Telegram, Discord or Slack. Pluggable AI skills. OpenAI, Google,

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Prism▲57

    Retail intelligence for stores using video cameras

    2014 · prism.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    DeepCamera – Turn Camera into AI-Powered with Embedded/Android/Pi etc.▲14

    Open-Source AI Camera Skills Platform, AI NVR & CCTV Surveillance. Local VLM video analysis with Qwen, DeepSeek, SmolVLM, LLaVA, YOLO26. LLM-powered agentic security camera agent — watches, understands, remembers & guards your home via Telegram, Discord or Slack. Pluggable AI skills. OpenAI, Google,

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Building a Deep Learning Bird Camera▲9

    Birding with Python, Machine Learning, YOLO, and the NVIDIA Jetson

    2018 · makeartwithpython.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    NeuralCam 7.0 with the AI Photo Coach▲15

    An LLM powered Photo Coach, Auto-Editing, Smart Capturing

    2024 · neural.cam · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Vision Kit- Google AIY Project▲6

    Build a camera that can recognize objects using TensorFlow

    2017 · aiyprojects.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Uncanny Vision▲6

    AI for Security Cameras

    2020 · uncannyvision.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Matroid▲6

    Intuitively build computer vision video detectors

    2017 · matroid.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    iBubble▲7

    THE FIRST AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER CAMERA

    2015 · ibubble.camera · its alternatives →

22. 22
    AI on ESP32 with night vision camera and motion detection▲6

    Battery-powered IoT camera with nightvision, motion detection and TensorFlow Lite support

    2023 · hackaday.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    I built an open-source AI system for drones▲5

    Hey HN! I just released a suite of AI models for deployment on UAV and other "overhead" devices to provide some understanding of the world below. The objective is to empower all sorts of open-source use cases around search and rescue, wildfire prevention, ground risk mitigation for flight over populated areas etc... The neural networks are trained for a bunch of different devices from big GPUs to tiny edge AI cameras like the Luxonis OAK, with some optimised ones for Nvidia TensorRT and other cool bits and pieces too. The main release package also includes some boilerplate code for running…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Custom Vision▲8

    Visual Intelligence Made Easy

    2017 · customvision.ai · its alternatives →

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