LightNVR Open NVR

Pricing

Simple, flexible pricing. No per-camera fees.

Pay only for what you need — scale up or down any time. Three starter tiers cover the common deployments; if you would rather size by resource, the calculator below is the same one we use to provision your instance.

Start a 14-day free trial

No credit card required · Provision in under a minute · Cancel any time.

Pick a starting configuration

Three common starting configs — drag the calculator to fit your camera count, retention, and resolution. No per-camera fees. Bigger deployments are a conversation, not a quote form.

Starter

A small allocation to try the workflow end-to-end.

$25 /mo run rate
Resources
0.5 vCPU · 512 MB RAM · 20 GB recording
Typical capacity
Roughly 2–4 cameras at 720p
Adjust with calculator
Adjust the slider for more cameras, retention, or 1080p
Support response
48-hour email response

Everything included

  • Encrypted WireGuard tunnel
  • WebRTC live streaming
  • Isolated tenant instance
  • Automated backups
  • Status page access
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Standard

The most common starting point for a small site.

$44 /mo run rate
Resources
1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · 50 GB recording
Typical capacity
Roughly 4–8 cameras at 1080p
Adjust with calculator
Slide up for longer retention or extra concurrent viewers
Support response
24-hour priority email

Everything included

  • Encrypted WireGuard tunnel
  • WebRTC live streaming
  • Isolated tenant instance
  • Automated backups
  • Status page access
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Professional

A larger allocation for full-site or 4K deployments.

$79 /mo run rate
Resources
2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 100 GB recording
Typical capacity
Roughly 8–16+ cameras or 4K
Adjust with calculator
Push the sliders further for heavy multi-camera 4K
Support response
Same-day response, business hours

Everything included

  • Encrypted WireGuard tunnel
  • WebRTC live streaming
  • Isolated tenant instance
  • Automated backups
  • Status page access
Choose Professional →
Custom

Enterprise

More than 50 cameras, multi-site rollouts, or compliance requirements that need a contract.

Let’s talk

Sized in conversation · volume pricing available

Cameras
50+ cameras, no fixed ceiling
Retention
Custom retention windows
Multi-site
Multi-site rollout support
Support
Direct line to engineering

Plus everything in Pro

  • Data Processing Agreement (DPA)
  • Region of your choice
  • Volume pricing
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Multi-site rollout, compliance contract, or pushing past 4 vCPU? Talk to us — bigger deployments are sized in a conversation.

Does long retention make cloud storage the wrong fit?

We also scope, implement, and support LightNVR on your infrastructure.

Explore on-premises deployments →

Or build your own configuration.

Slide CPU, memory, and storage to match your camera count and retention window — the price updates live.

Simple, Flexible Pricing

Pay only for what you need — scale up or down any time.

1 vCPU
0.5 vCPU4 vCPU
1 GB
256 MB4 GB
50 GB
10 GB1 TB
Base Platform$9.00/mo
CPU Processing Power (1 vCPU)$16.00/mo
Memory (1 GB)$4.00/mo
Cloud Storage (50 GB)$15.00/mo
Total$44.00/mo
Unlimited cameras — no per-camera fees
Secure private connection for your cameras: $2/tunnel (add anytime)
Live browser streaming included
🚀 Start Free — $44.00/mo run rate after trial

14-day trial. No credit card to start; add a payment method before it ends and pay for measured allocation-time.

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*No artificial camera limits. Actual capacity depends on resolution, frame rate, and encoding settings.
Resources above Starter (500m CPU, 512Mi RAM, 20GB storage) require billing setup after signup.

Included at every size, no upsells

The capabilities below are not reserved for large allocations. A small instance gets the same security and isolation guarantees as a larger one.

  • Encrypted WireGuard tunnel

    Cameras connect over a modern, audited VPN — no port forwarding, no exposed RTSP.

  • WebRTC live streaming

    Sub-second latency in your browser. No plugins, no app installs, no Flash relics.

  • Isolated tenant instance

    Your own Kubernetes namespace and dedicated volume — recordings are never co-mingled with another customer.

  • Automated backups

    Configuration snapshots run on a schedule so a bad change is a one-click revert, not a midnight panic.

  • Status page access

    Real-time visibility into the same uptime, incident, and maintenance feed our on-call team watches.

  • Browser dashboard for live + recordings

    One UI for live streams, recorded clips, and configuration. Nothing to install on viewing devices.

Cancellation

The boring-but-important policy details you need before handing over a card.

Change or stop resources anytime.

LightNVR Cloud is billed from allocated resource-time. Resize or suspend from the dashboard whenever your needs change; terminate the instance to release its storage after exporting anything you need. The final invoice includes the usage accrued before those resources were released.

The 14-day free trial requires no card. Before it ends, authorize a payment method for monthly metered invoices. If you do not, the instance suspends and can be restored during the grace period.

Pricing questions, answered

Tier mechanics, billing edges, and what the trial actually looks like.

What if I outgrow my starting configuration?
The three cards above are common starting points; the actual run rate is computed from the CPU, RAM, storage, and networking you allocate. Need more cameras, longer retention, or higher resolution? Adjust each resource independently. Demetered tracks each allocation interval. When the workload grows past a single instance, we can scope a multi-site cloud contract or on-premises deployment.
Can I resize my instance later?
Yes. CPU and memory can move up or down, and recording storage can expand from the dashboard (persistent volumes cannot shrink in place). Suspend to stop compute and memory time, or terminate to release storage. Demetered closes the old allocation and starts the new one at each change; there is no new checkout.
What happens if I cancel?
Suspend the instance to stop compute and memory allocation-time, export recordings you want to keep, then terminate it to release the remaining storage. Termination permanently deletes the encrypted volume and recordings. The final invoice contains only usage accrued before those resources were released.
Do you charge per camera?
No. The price is for the compute and storage you allocate — CPU, RAM, recording GB. A larger camera count just means more storage and a bit more CPU, both of which are sliders. Adding a camera to an instance that already has the headroom does not bump the invoice. This is the central trade vs. Verkada and Rhombus, who charge $12–150 per camera per month.
Is the 14-day trial really free?
Yes. Provision a real instance and connect real cameras with no card on file. Your dashboard shows the exact trial deadline, current run rate, and measured allocation-time. If you want to continue, authorize a payment method before the trial ends. Usage after the trial is invoiced monthly; resizing does not require another checkout.

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