Blue Iris VS Frigate NVR

Blue Iris Reviews

1. Mike Johnson    

   over 1 year ago
   Terrible Experience

   I have tried this software and it was the worst experience I have had. First, I had so much trouble connecting up my IP Cameras. I would error messages multiple times and the application kept crashing. Once I finally got everything up and running, I would periodically loose connection to my cameras. I had contacted customer support regarding my issues and they would never respond. There are many other better products than Blue Iris.

Frigate NVR Reviews

Blue Iris mentions (55)

• Security cams

  Frigate https://frigate.video/ and ZoneMinder https://zoneminder.com/ come to mind. Blue Iris https://blueirissoftware.com/ is not open source but is what I prefer to use for my PoE systems ($80/yr). Source: 5 months ago

• unable to activate-- blueirissoftware.com down?

  I've had BI running for years-- something went haywire with my setup this morning and now I need to re-activate my license. However, I'm unable to do so within BI, and it appears that blueirissoftware.com is down. Anyone else having issues or know what's going on? Source: 10 months ago

• Trying to get a Blue Iris license - no response from IPcam-central

  Blue Iris' official site is blueirissoftware.com and the company is Perspective Software. Source: 11 months ago

• Looking for an alternative

  Could look into a diy solution like https://blueirissoftware.com/ See what cameras are compatible. Might be some Ethernet based or wifi based cameras out there that would do what you need. Keeps it all local no clouds. Source: about 1 year ago

• Alternative "Reolink cameras" clients

  Blue Iris is said to work well. https://blueirissoftware.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

Frigate NVR mentions (72)

• Old Android as Security Camera

  However, I have had success using IP Camera app with Frigate. Https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam Https://frigate.video/. Source: 5 months ago

• Security cams

  Frigate https://frigate.video/ and ZoneMinder https://zoneminder.com/ come to mind. Blue Iris https://blueirissoftware.com/ is not open source but is what I prefer to use for my PoE systems ($80/yr). Source: 5 months ago

• Ask HN: How have you engineered the shit out of your home's front entrance?

  Engineering implies working within constraints. Most people in this realm only have to deal with the spouse acceptance factor as a limiter. Went from openhab -> homeassistant -> Node-RED. Then sprinkle in MySensors, Frigate, and Double-Take, but not on just the entrance, go for the perimeter then defense in depth. https://www.mysensors.org/ https://frigate.video/ - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Proper way to stream JSMPEG files in React Native

  The project I'm working on is a fully open sourced app for the Frigate NVR application. The repo for the project can be found here, and that's the branch where I'm trying to figure this out. Source: 7 months ago

• Frigate Website down?

  I'm doing a rebuild of Home Assistant and would like to give Frigate another try. However the site frigate.video with all the documentation on it seems to be down. Today and yesterday. Does anyone else have this issue? Source: 7 months ago