Free security tools
For installers, estates, business owners and home owners. No sign-up, nothing to download. The calculators use the same formulas as SecurityHub's design tool.
Security self-check
Twelve quick questions about your home or business. See where someone would get through first and what to fix, in plain words.
Start the checkCCTV storage calculator
How many terabytes do your cameras need for 30 days? See the disks and recorder to buy, for H.264 or H.265.
Open the calculatorPoE switch budget
Will the switch power every camera, PTZ and reader at night? Check the watts, the ports and the PoE standard.
Open the calculatorSolar and battery
Panels and battery for a camera pole or gate with no mains, or to ride through load-shedding, for your region.
Open the calculatorDORI camera calculator
Will this camera identify a face at the gate, or only detect a person? Enter the resolution and field of view; see each distance.
Open the calculatorLoad-shedding battery calculator
Size the backup battery for your alarm, cameras and recorder for 2, 2.5 and 4 hour outages, and check it recharges before the next one.
Open the calculatorOpen security tenders
Government tenders for CCTV, guarding, access control, alarms and fencing, from National Treasury's eTenders, updated daily.
See the tenders