Yes. Wasabi integrates with many leading video management systems (VMS), allowing you to extend your existing surveillance environment without replacing it. Organizations can connect their VMS through Wasabi Surveillance Cloud or, if supported by their VMS provider, use a direct integration with Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage. Wasabi supports integrations with popular platforms such as Milestone, Genetec, and Avigilon, along with many other VMS solutions listed in the Wasabi Academy, making it easy to securely store, protect, and scale surveillance video in the cloud.

The right choice depends on whether you need a purpose-built surveillance workflow or general-purpose object storage that you'll configure yourself.

Choose Wasabi Surveillance Cloud for a turnkey path to security camera cloud storage with minimal configuration. It bundles included software bridge and storage, enabling a hybrid cloud infrastructure without additional hardware or system downtime.

Choose Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage if you have a custom application, an in-house developed VMS, or a workflow that needs raw S3-compatible object storage without the surveillance-specific bridge software layer. Hot Cloud Storage offers the same underlying economics and durability, but requires your own integration to connect cameras or a VMS to the bucket.

The unpredictability in cloud-based security camera systems almost always stems from variable fees layered on top of the base storage rate, such as egress charges for retrieving footage, API charges for read/write operations, and tiering penalties when footage ages past a certain threshold. Wasabi's storage is reliable and fee-free to meet the demands of video surveillance deployments, even when footage is pulled unpredictably for investigations, audits, or insurance claims — exactly the kind of access pattern that triggers the largest surprise bills under egress-based pricing models.  

When evaluating any camera cloud storage vendor, ask for the all-in monthly cost at your expected access pattern, not just the advertised per-TB rate. A vendor's published storage price covers only part of the bill; the egress and API fee structure tells you the rest. For a deeper breakdown of how this applies specifically to surveillance retention requirements, see Video Surveillance: Navigating Compliance and Storage Challenges.

Yes, scale is one of the core design points of Wasabi Surveillance Cloud. Wasabi offers a highly scalable repository for video management systems that support high camera counts and frame rates, megapixel resolutions, and long retention periods.  

For organizations running surveillance camera deployments across multiple sites, the architecture is designed to avoid the capacity ceiling that on-premises NVRs eventually hit. The hybrid architecture is designed to provide high reliability and availability without the need for additional hardware or system downtime, backed by 11x9s data durability and redundant data centers. Independent industry analysis from IPVM, a leading physical security research firm, has tracked Wasabi's surveillance storage positioning relative to other cloud and VMS-integrated storage providers across multiple market reports.

Law enforcement and public sector agencies can securely store body-worn camera and dashcam footage by using cloud object storage that provides high data durability, encryption, access controls, and immutable storage to help protect evidence from unauthorized access, accidental deletion, and ransomware. Cloud storage also enables agencies to retain large volumes of video cost-effectively, simplify evidence management, support chain-of-custody requirements, and provide reliable access for investigations, compliance, and long-term archival. By integrating with existing digital evidence management systems or video management platforms, agencies can securely preserve critical footage while reducing the burden of managing on-premises storage infrastructure.