i-PRO SDT is well-built for pure-i-PRO projects in the JP/APAC market. The moment a European tender requires multi-vendor parity (i-PRO + Hikvision + Axis on the same building), EU data residency, DXF interchange with the architect, or a workflow built around European installers, i-PRO SDT becomes a partial solution. CCTVplanner runs all 23 025 cameras across 79 brands — i-PRO included — on one canvas, hosted in the EU.
Free tier · No credit card · Browser-based
i-PRO System Design Tool renders only i-PRO and former-Panasonic hardware. EU and EMEA tenders frequently mix i-PRO with Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Bosch and Hanwha cameras. The i-PRO tool cannot draw what is not in its catalog.
i-PRO SDT is optimised for Japan and Panasonic Asia-Pacific deployments. Documentation, regional defaults and product availability skew JP/APAC. EU and EMEA installers find half the workflow assumes a Tokyo-based partner channel that is irrelevant outside Asia.
The i-PRO catalog is large within i-PRO. CCTVplanner ships every i-PRO model alongside 78 other brands — Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Bosch, Hanwha, Uniview, Pelco, Vivotek, FLIR — so a multi-brand spec stays on one canvas.
i-PRO SDT runs on i-PRO infrastructure, primarily Japan-based with global CDN. Customer floor plans, perimeter coordinates and BOMs follow that path. CCTVplanner is Polish frontend + Supabase EU-West — your customer's data never leaves the EU. Cleaner GDPR posture for European public-sector tenders.
Drop an i-PRO WV-S2236L next to a Hikvision DS-2CD2T87 next to an Axis P3265 — same canvas, same EN 62676-4 lens math, same DORI rings. The BOM consolidates i-PRO SKUs alongside non-i-PRO SKUs cleanly for procurement.
Per-camera NDAA Section 889 flag. i-PRO is generally NDAA-clean for federal procurement; CCTVplanner highlights this status and helps you build NDAA-clean BOMs by pairing i-PRO cameras with other compliant brands (Axis, Bosch, Hanwha) where i-PRO does not have a matching SKU.
Stack unlimited floors, route cabling between them, and the topology graph computes PoE budget, switch placement, NVR sizing and full BOM for the entire building. Hospital wings, multi-storey office towers, industrial sites with mezzanines all fit in one project.
Import architect's DXF, calibrate scale with two clicks, export DXF for the trenching crew, branded PDF for the customer, CSV BOM for the procurement team. Works with any VMS — i-PRO Surveillance Server, Genetec, Milestone, Hanwha WAVE, Avigilon — design once, deploy anywhere.
| CCTVplanner | i-PRO SDT | |
|---|---|---|
| Camera catalog | 23 025 models · 79 brands incl. i-PRO | i-PRO / Panasonic only |
| Primary market | EU-first, global (20 languages) | JP/APAC-first |
| Multi-floor topology | Yes — unlimited floors with cabling | Single scene at a time |
| DXF import/export | Yes — full BLOCK/INSERT/SPLINE/HATCH | Not advertised |
| Languages | 20 (incl. Arabic RTL, Hindi, Vietnamese) | JP + EN-primary |
| Hosting | EU (Poland frontend, EU-West backend) | i-PRO infrastructure (Japan + global) |
| Cost | Free tier · Standard €5/mo | Free (but i-PRO-locked) |
Yes. CCTVplanner ships the i-PRO catalog including the WV, X-Series, S-Series multi-sensor, AI-on-camera and former-Panasonic legacy models. Sensor active widths, lens ranges, IR distances and IP/IK ratings come from i-PRO datasheets. A pure-i-PRO project on CCTVplanner is identical in coverage to i-PRO SDT, with the option to mix in non-i-PRO cameras when a tender requires it.
We export branded PDF, DXF and CSV BOM — accepted by every i-PRO Surveillance Server / i-PRO Cloud workflow. The CSV BOM lists i-PRO SKUs + accessories which you paste into i-PRO partner quote tooling. Direct import into i-PRO project files is on the roadmap; for the design phase you do not need i-PRO software at all.
CCTVplanner uses EN 62676-4:2015 with the IEC 62676-4:2025 OODPCVS refresh — the international standard i-PRO SDT also references. We model rectilinear and equidistant projections (so fisheye geometry is correct), tilt-corrected ground footprints, and DORI ranges at 25/62.5/125/250 px/m. The FOV cone you see in CCTVplanner matches the i-PRO one within the standard's published tolerance.
i-PRO SDT is free because it sells i-PRO cameras. The moment your tender requires multi-vendor parity, EU data residency, DXF interchange with the architect, or a workflow built around European installers rather than the Japan partner channel, i-PRO SDT cannot do the job alone. CCTVplanner stays free for small projects (1 project, 4 cameras) and unlocks unlimited at €5/mo.
i-PRO is generally NDAA-clean — full list and audit-ready BOM.
Multi-vendor design when AXIS Site Designer is too narrow.
Detect / Observe / Recognize / Identify per EN 62676-4.
Mbps per camera and total network load — codec aware.
23 025 cameras, 79 brands, on one canvas. Free tier covers 1 project and 4 cameras. No credit card.
