AXIS Site Designer is a beautiful tool — when the project is 100% Axis. The moment a tender requires Hikvision, Dahua, Bosch, Hanwha or Uniview cameras alongside the Axis ones, the design splits across two tools and the BOM goes out of sync. CCTVplanner runs every brand on the same canvas with the same FOV math (EN 62676-4), the same DORI overlay, and one consolidated BOM.
Free tier · No credit card · Browser-based
AXIS Site Designer's catalog is Axis hardware, and other brands go in as generic cameras. When a tender calls for Hikvision, Dahua, Bosch, Hanwha or Uniview next to Axis, those cameras are placeholders instead of real models with their own lens and sensor data.
Real sites often mix brands: existing cameras from one maker, new ones from another. CCTVplanner carries 66,489 models across 113 brands, Axis included, so the whole project stays on one canvas.
AXIS Site Designer takes floor plans as PNG, JPG or PDF files up to 10 MB. CCTVplanner imports the architect's DXF with its layers and blocks, so walls and doors arrive at the right scale.
AXIS Site Designer's export is aimed at configuring the VMS: AXIS Camera Station, Milestone XProtect or Genetec. CCTVplanner hands over a PDF report, DXF for CAD and a CSV bill of materials, the documents the client, the architect and the installer each need.
Drop an Axis P3265 next to a Hikvision DS-2CD2T87 next to a Dahua IPC-HFW3849 — same canvas, same FOV math (EN 62676-4), same DORI overlay. The BOM aggregates lens, mount, PoE class and cable length across all brands.
Stack up to 20 floors per project, place walls and obstacles, and the field of view clips in real time. Cable routes run between floors and roll up into one bill of materials.
Import the architect's DXF floor plan with full BLOCK/INSERT/SPLINE/HATCH coverage, calibrate scale with two clicks, and export DXF or branded PDF for the customer. Works with any VMS, no vendor lock.
Frontend on EU infrastructure, Supabase EU-West backend, Polish sole proprietorship (DEFENSAR Aleksander Kubiak, VAT PL5562789202). Site survey data, customer floor plans and BOMs are stored in the EU.
| CCTVplanner | AXIS Site Designer | |
|---|---|---|
| Camera catalog | 65,000+ models · 113 brands | Axis catalog, other brands as generic cameras |
| Multi-floor topology | Up to 20 floors, cabling between floors | One floor plan per tab |
| Obstacle-aware FOV | Walls, buildings, vehicles and real terrain cut the view | Blockers drawn on the plan |
| DXF import/export | Yes — BLOCK/INSERT/SPLINE/HATCH/DIMENSION | PNG, JPG or PDF floor plans |
| Cost | Free plan · Installer €5/mo | Free, Axis catalog |
Everything below is in the product today, on the free tier, and none of it needs an install. Open it in a browser and check it against Axis Site Designer on a job you already know.
No install and no workstation. Walk the site from any camera point of view, with DORI silhouettes standing at the Detect, Observe, Recognize and Identify distances so the customer sees what the camera sees. Sun and shadow study for the time of day that matters, and one-click 3D PDF export for the people who will never open a design tool.
Every cone is computed from the sensor, resolution and focal length at the mounting height (1 to 20 m) and tilt you set, then clipped by buildings, fences and real ground elevation on satellite imagery. On a flat indoor floor a 2D tool agrees with us. On a sloped yard or a sunken loading dock it does not, and that gap is exactly where the blind spots are.
Racking, containers, concrete blocks, scaffolding, solar panels, trees, and the machinery a live construction site actually parks in the shot: excavators, cranes, concrete mixers, bulldozers, vans and pickups. Each one carries real dimensions and a vertical range, and the field of view clips against it with the shadow drawn on the plan.
Stack ground floor, mezzanine, plant room and roof as separate levels. Draw walls, close rooms and read the floor area back in square metres. Cabling routes between levels, the topology graph carries across them, and each floor exports as its own DXF sheet and PDF page.
Predictive coverage for access points using ITU-R P.2040 wall transmission and a P.1238 margin, drawn as a heatmap over the same plan the cameras sit on. Point-to-point links are checked for line of sight against the buildings and terrain, so the wireless leg of the design fails on screen rather than on site.
51 specified cable types with PoE budget from loop resistance, DC voltage drop, fibre loss budget with splice and connector allowances, coax attenuation per format, speaker line loading and conduit fill. Route length is measured on the drawn route and carries straight into the bill of materials, the cable schedule and the customer offer.
The plan is validated while you draw it: DORI shortfall, blind spots, perimeter gaps, PoE budget and class escalation, cable length and category headroom, conduit bundling, fibre loss, thermal lens and pairing, EMC and environmental class, lightning protection zones, ONVIF profile mixing, NDAA compliance, bandwidth headroom and switch port capacity.
CAD-grade DXF (AutoCAD R2018 / AC1021) on named layers with BLOCK, INSERT, SPLINE, ELLIPSE, HATCH and DIMENSION preserved, inside an ISO 5457 sheet frame with an ISO 7200 title block. Multi-page PDF with bill of materials, cable schedule, equipment list, elevation views, coverage analysis, acceptance test protocol, maintenance schedule and the GDPR Article 35 DPIA worksheet.
Yes. CCTVplanner's catalog includes Axis fixed bullets, domes, PTZ, panoramic and thermal models, with sensor, lens, IR, IP and IK data from Axis datasheets. You design an Axis-only project the same way, and can add other brands at any point if the tender allows them.
CCTVplanner exports a PDF report, DXF for CAD and a CSV bill of materials with the Axis model numbers, which you bring into AXIS Camera Station, Genetec, Milestone or any quoting tool.
CCTVplanner computes coverage to EN 62676-4 with the IEC 62676-4:2025 OODPCVS levels. It models rectilinear and equidistant (fisheye) lenses, tilt-corrected ground footprints and DORI ranges at 25, 62.5, 125 and 250 px/m, from each model's own sensor and lens data.
AXIS Site Designer is free and built around the Axis catalog. When a tender accepts equivalent brands, as EU public procurement must, the other brands go in as generic cameras. CCTVplanner stays free for small projects (2 projects, 6 cameras) and unlocks unlimited projects and cameras at €5 a month or €50 a year, with every brand modelled from its own data.
Browser-based replacement for the Windows-only design tool.
Honest comparison with our closest browser-based competitor.
Lens-aware angular coverage for any sensor format.
EN 62676-4 DORI distances, with corridor mode and the OODPCVS update.
One canvas, every brand. Free tier covers 2 projects and 6 cameras, enough to evaluate. No credit card.
