Sites that mix brands
Many sites mix i-PRO with Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Bosch or Hanwha cameras. CCTVplanner puts every brand on one plan, with one EN 62676-4 calculation and one bill of materials.
Multi-vendor · EU-hosted
i-PRO System Design Tool alternative — multi-vendor and EU-hosted
i-PRO's System Design Tool simulates subject size as camera settings change, works out camera placement and overlap on an imported map and exports the device list and storage results as CSV. CCTVplanner designs with i-PRO too, and puts Hikvision, Axis, Bosch, Hanwha and the rest of its 113 manufacturers on the same plan, with EN 62676-4 DORI, DXF in and out, cable routes and one bill of materials, hosted in the EU.
Free tier · No credit card · Browser-based
Bigger than one brand
Two jobs a multi-brand plan handles
Drawings from the architect
Architects send DXF. CCTVplanner imports it with its layers, blocks and hatches, so walls, doors and gates come in at the right scale, and exports a DXF back for the contractor.
What CCTVplanner does instead
i-PRO plus everyone else
Put an i-PRO WV-S2236L next to a Hikvision DS-2CD2T87 and an Axis P3265 on the same plan. One EN 62676-4 calculation, one set of DORI rings and one bill of materials for every brand.
NDAA Section 889 filter and check
Switch the camera picker to NDAA Section 889 compliant brands only. In a US project the design check flags every camera from a covered brand, and the PDF compliance summary has an NDAA column for each camera.
Floors, cables and PoE in one design
Stack floors, draw cable routes and place switches and recorders. The design check compares the cameras' PoE draw with the switch budgets and flags copper runs over 90 m before the cable is pulled.
DXF in, DXF and PDF out
Import the architect's DXF with its layers, blocks and hatches, or an aerial image, and set the scale with two clicks. Export a DXF for the contractor and a client-ready PDF, white-labelled with your logo on Studio.
Side-by-side: CCTVplanner vs i-PRO SDT
| CCTVplanner | i-PRO SDT | |
|---|---|---|
| Site plan | Architect's DXF, satellite map or floor plan image | Map import |
| Coverage | EN 62676-4 DORI per camera, Johnson DRI for thermal | Subject size simulation and camera overlap |
| Deliverables | PDF report, DXF, CSV camera list and a priced bill of materials | CSV device list and storage calculation |
Shipping today
The engineering behind the drawing
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 i-PRO System Design Tool on a job you already know.
A full 3D site, in the browser
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.
Coverage solved in 3D, not drawn on a flat plan
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.
22 site objects that genuinely block the view
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.
Interiors: stacked floors, walls, rooms
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.
Wi-Fi and radio links designed with the cameras
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.
Cabling engineered, not estimated
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.
67 automatic design checks
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.
Deliverables a contractor can hand over
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.
66,489
camera models
113
manufacturers
33
interface languages
5,600+
automated tests
100% EU
hosted and operated
Frequently asked questions
Can I still design i-PRO-only systems on CCTVplanner?
Yes. The catalog lists 624 i-PRO models across the WV-S, WV-X, WV-U and WV-Q ranges, including multi-sensor cameras and former Panasonic models, with sensor, lens, IR and IP rating data from i-PRO datasheets. An i-PRO-only project works the same way, and other brands can join it at any point.
Does CCTVplanner export to i-PRO Surveillance Server or i-PRO Cloud?
CCTVplanner is where the system is designed, and the VMS runs it once it is installed. The design exports as PDF and DXF and the camera list as CSV, ready for the quote and for the commissioning team, so no project file has to pass between design and operation.
How does CCTVplanner calculate coverage?
From each camera's lens and sensor data, following EN 62676-4: rectilinear and fisheye projections, the ground footprint after tilt, and DORI ranges at 25, 62.5, 125 and 250 px/m. Walls and buildings clip the view, and thermal cameras get Johnson criteria ranges.
Why use CCTVplanner next to the i-PRO System Design Tool?
The i-PRO tool comes from a camera manufacturer. When a site mixes brands, a tender asks for one priced bill of materials across vendors or the architect sends DXF, CCTVplanner keeps it all on one plan. It is free for small projects (2 projects, 6 cameras) and unlocks unlimited projects and cameras at €5 a month or €50 a year.
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NDAA Section 889 reference →
Which camera brands Section 889 covers, brand by brand.
AXIS Site Designer Alternative →
Multi-vendor design when AXIS Site Designer is too narrow.
DORI Calculator →
Detect / Observe / Recognize / Identify per EN 62676-4.
Bandwidth Calculator →
Mbps per camera and total network load — codec aware.
EU-hosted, multi-vendor, free to start
65,000+ cameras, 113 brands, on one canvas. Free tier covers 2 projects and 6 cameras. No credit card.