Aipix VAS and Cloud Video Surveillance Software for Telecom

Why archive as a service is the core revenue source in cloud-based video surveillance?

Extending the video data retention increases the value of subscription plans, allowing providers to flexibly create bundles according to the storage capacity and subscribers needs.

How telecom provider can benefit from providing cloud archive as a part of VSaaS offering?

Archive recording modes for storage allocation

Customizable stream quality, schedules, and on analytics events capture. Balance storage efficiency and data availability — from SD-only event recording to backup HD/SD retention

Retention Pricing Flexibility

Offer archive packages where extended retention creates additional revenue

Recurring Subscription Revenue

Generate predictable monthly income through archive retention plans instead of one-time hardware sales

Scalable Revenue Model

Monetize existing cloud infrastructure with archive subscriptions

Lower Churn

Customers are less likely to switch providers because valuable footage remains in the operator's cloud

What advantages of cloud archive to offer to subscribers?

Secured video data storage in trusted providers cloud within country

Flexible choice of archive retention, quality, schedule, etc. - matching needs

Access to recordings anytime, anywhere via mobile app, web or desktop interface

Footage search by date, time, or AI-detected events instead of manual video reviews

Archive capabilities

Which Archive as a Service Features Stand Out the Most?

Asynchronous archive control in layouts

Analyzes of multiple camera feeds at once while adjusting the archive playback point by time and date for each camera separately

Event highlights on archive timelines

Simple archive review by highlighting key events on the timeline to instantly locate analytics-detected and system-generated incidents

Archive manager to edit recordings

Direct and efficient editing within the application, minimizing data processing time and enhancing overall video surveillance system workflow.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Archive as a Service for Telecom and ISPs

How to monetize archive storage as part of a video surveillance service?

Archive storage can become more than an infrastructure cost. It can be turned into a configurable service component that directly contributes to recurring revenue.

Instead of offering the same archive capacity to every subscriber, operators can build several service tiers around the amount of video stored, how long it is retained, and how it is recorded.

This creates several monetization mechanisms.

Retention-based upgrades. Customers can start with a short archive period and pay more when they need longer video availability. For example, a residential customer may require a relatively short archive, while a business customer may need footage available for several weeks or longer.
Storage-based packages. Operators can include a defined amount of archive capacity in each tariff and charge for additional storage when customers add cameras or increase recording requirements.
Camera-based pricing. Archive can be linked to the number of cameras. Additional cameras generate additional recurring charges while also increasing the customer's storage requirement.
Recording-mode upgrades.Continuous recording can be offered as a premium feature compared with scheduled or event-triggered recording. This creates an upgrade path without requiring the customer to purchase additional hardware.
Quality-based packages. Higher-resolution recording consumes more storage. Operators can therefore differentiate plans according to video quality and the corresponding archive capacity.
Business-specific packages. Different customer segments can receive different archive configurations. SMBs, enterprises, residential complexes, retail locations, warehouses, and public-sector customers often have different retention and recording requirements.

The important point is that archive consumption naturally grows with the scale of the surveillance service. As customers add cameras, increase retention, choose continuous recording, or require higher video quality, their storage requirements increase as well.

This creates a scalable recurring-revenue model:

More cameras → more video → more storage → higher-value service package

At the same time, operators do not have to give every customer maximum storage by default. Flexible archive policies allow them to control infrastructure costs while creating clear upgrade paths for customers.

Archive therefore becomes both a technical capability and a service monetization lever: customers pay for the retention, quality, recording mode, and capacity they actually need, while operators can align infrastructure consumption with recurring service revenue.

How to reduce storage costs while maintaining archive flexibility?

Operators can optimize video storage costs by making archive configuration part of the service design, rather than storing every camera stream continuously at the highest possible quality.

Different cameras and locations have different security requirements. A parking area, warehouse entrance, retail store, and residential building may not need the same recording mode or retention period. Giving customers control over these parameters helps providers use storage resources more efficiently while keeping the footage that matters available when it is needed.

A flexible archive strategy can combine several recording and retention options:

Continuous recording — for critical locations where a complete video history is required, such as entrances, cash desks, server rooms, or high-security areas.
Scheduled recording — for cameras that only need to record during specific hours, such as offices outside working hours or retail premises after closing.
Event-triggered recording — records footage when predefined events occur, such as motion, intrusion, line crossing, or other analytics detections. This can significantly reduce the amount of irrelevant footage stored.
Different retention periods — customers can choose how long footage should remain available, for example, a shorter period for standard cameras and longer retention for critical locations.
Quality-based storage policies — customers can use higher-quality recording where image detail is important and lower storage requirements for cameras where basic situational awareness is sufficient.

This approach also gives operators a way to match storage consumption to the customer's willingness to pay. A basic plan can include shorter retention and more storage-efficient recording, while premium plans can provide longer retention, higher video quality, and continuous recording.

The result is a better balance between storage efficiency, archive availability, and customer choice. Operators avoid unnecessarily storing large volumes of low-value footage while still providing the archive capabilities required for critical security scenarios.

This makes multi-tenancy especially valuable for providers that want to turn video surveillance from a project-based solution into a recurring digital service. They can then expand the service across customer segments and markets as the business grows.

What if customers do not want to migrate to our cloud because they are comfortable with public cloud storage?

The key is not to position an operator-managed cloud simply as another place to store video. Its value comes from combining video connectivity, management, storage, security, and support into one managed service.

Customers that already use public cloud storage may not see a reason to move their archive unless the operator can offer clear operational benefits. For these customers, the proposition can focus on simplifying the entire video surveillance environment, rather than competing with public cloud providers purely on storage price.

With an operator-managed video surveillance cloud, the provider can control the infrastructure supporting the service and manage the complete service chain:

Cameras → connectivity → video platform → archive → analytics → customer access

This creates several potential advantages:

End-to-end service management. Customers work with one provider instead of coordinating connectivity, video software, storage, and support across multiple vendors.
Predictable service performance. Operators can design storage and processing capacity around the requirements of their video service and monitor it as part of the overall network environment.
Centralized support. When a customer experiences an issue, the operator can troubleshoot the service across connectivity, cameras, platform components, and archive infrastructure.
Controlled retention policies. Operators can configure and manage archive periods according to the customer's requirements instead of leaving storage management entirely to a separate cloud provider.
Infrastructure and resource control. Storage capacity can be planned, expanded, and optimized according to actual service demand.
Data-localization options. Where local storage or specific data-residency requirements matter, an operator-controlled infrastructure can provide an architecture aligned with those requirements.
Integration with existing telecom services. Video surveillance can be delivered alongside connectivity, broadband, managed services, access control, and other B2B offerings.

There is also no need to make migration an all-or-nothing decision. Operators can support hybrid architectures where appropriate, keeping some workloads or archive data in existing environments while introducing operator-managed infrastructure for selected customers, sites, or service tiers.

This gives providers another way to approach customers already comfortable with public cloud: sell the managed video service and its operational value, not just the storage location.

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