Side-by-side feature, pricing and compliance comparison of two browser-based CCTV design platforms — sourced from public information on CCTV Design Tool's website on 2026-09-10.
CCTVplanner matches CCTV Design Tool on the core 2D design surface (multi-floor, FOV cones, DORI zones, PPM, cable routes, BoM, network topology), adds a 3D scene with a per-camera walkthrough that CCTV Design Tool does not offer, and goes further on the deliverables: full CAD-grade DXF export (AutoCAD R2018), ISO 7200 title block, EN 62676-4 DORI report, GDPR Art. 13 information-sign schedule, Art. 35 DPIA worksheet, BS EN 62676-3 maintenance schedule, acceptance test protocol, camera elevation views, coverage analysis with blind-spot detection, risk register, and 8 per-country regulatory variants (BS / NF / DIN VDE / UNE / PN / CEI / ANSI/SIA / EU baseline).
The Free plan covers 2 projects with 6 cameras each (watermarked PDF); paid plans start at €4.17/month billed annually — compared to CCTV Design Tool's Premium at $6/month billed annually.
Every CCTV Design Tool cell links to the official source page that backs the claim.
| Feature | CCTVplanner | CCTV Design Tool |
|---|---|---|
Free tier source | Free forever: 2 projects, 6 cameras each, BOM and quote, watermarked PDF | Free Starter: 3 cameras, 3 devices, basic 3-page report, no cloud save, no night vision |
Paid plan — billed monthly source | Installer €5/mo, unlimited projects | Premium $12/mo |
Paid plan — billed annually source | Installer €4.17/mo (€50/yr), unlimited projects | Premium $6/mo ($72/yr), unlimited cameras |
Higher tier source | Business €8.33/mo billed yearly (€100/yr), no watermark, full DXF export | no higher individual tier, only Enterprise from $50/seat/yr |
Browser-based (no install) source | ||
Works on iPad / mobile browser source | iPad confirmed | |
Two-factor authentication (2FA) source | ||
Multi-floor / multi-level projects source | ||
Live FOV cone visualization source | ||
DORI zones (EN 62676-4) overlay source | ||
Pixels-per-metre (PPM) simulation source | ||
Night vision range simulation source | via DORI | |
Cable route planner + auto length source | ||
3D visualization / walkthrough source | per-camera POV walkthrough + 3D PDF export | not advertised, 2D floor plan only |
Camera catalog size source | 66,489 models, 113 manufacturers, datasheet-verified flagships | 31,800+ cameras, 150+ brands, 29,000+ devices. Self-reported; the catalog has no public counter to check against. |
DXF export (CAD interchange) source | AC1021 / R2018, layered: BLOCK, INSERT, SPLINE, ELLIPSE, HATCH, DIMENSION, ISO 5457 sheet frame, ISO 7200 title block | Premium, advertised as an editable vector drawing for CAD handover; layer structure and entity types not published |
PDF report (multi-page, ISO 7200 title block) source | branded PDF | |
Auto Bill of Materials source | ||
Pricing module (line-item costs) source | via Offers | |
Network topology diagram in PDF source | ||
GDPR Art. 13 information-sign schedule | not advertised | |
DPIA worksheet (GDPR Art. 35) | not advertised | |
Acceptance Test Protocol (commissioning) | not advertised | |
Maintenance schedule (BS EN 62676-3) | not advertised | |
Camera elevation / section views | not advertised | |
Coverage analysis (% perimeter, blind spots) | not advertised | |
Risk register with severity grading | not advertised | |
Per-country regulatory variant (BS / NF / DIN VDE / UNE / PN / CEI / ANSI/SIA) | 8 regions | not advertised |
Public changelog with version history source | Every release documented in a public changelog, in 33 languages | public changelog with dated entries |
FAQ knowledge base source | 23 questions + 59-term glossary (DefinedTermSet schema) | 298 questions on /faq |
User manual / documentation source | Full docs at /docs | docs.cctvdesigntool.com subdomain only; /user-manual is placeholder |
Verified third-party reviews source | not published on G2 / Capterra / Trustpilot | 649 self-hosted testimonials. Independently: 5 reviews on Trustpilot (4.1, profile claimed Nov 2025), 0 on G2, 0 on AlternativeTo. |
Founder transparency source | Aleksander Kubiak, EU-based, named on About + LocalBusiness schema | TECHMAGIC UK LTD is named in the privacy policy and terms; no founder or team page |
How the figures in this table are sourced | Derived from the catalog at build time. A build gate fails the release if any published number is typed by hand instead of read from its source. | Self-reported on marketing pages. No public catalog or counter to check any of them against. |
Everything below is in the product today, on the free tier, and none of it needs an install. Open it in a browser and check it against CCTV Design Tool on a job you already know.
No install and no workstation. Walk the site from any camera point of view, with DORI silhouettes standing at the Detect, Observe, Recognize and Identify distances so the customer sees what the camera sees. Sun and shadow study for the time of day that matters, and one-click 3D PDF export for the people who will never open a design tool.
Every cone is computed from the sensor, resolution and focal length at the mounting height (1 to 20 m) and tilt you set, then clipped by buildings, fences and real ground elevation on satellite imagery. On a flat indoor floor a 2D tool agrees with us. On a sloped yard or a sunken loading dock it does not, and that gap is exactly where the blind spots are.
Racking, containers, concrete blocks, scaffolding, solar panels, trees, and the machinery a live construction site actually parks in the shot: excavators, cranes, concrete mixers, bulldozers, vans and pickups. Each one carries real dimensions and a vertical range, and the field of view clips against it with the shadow drawn on the plan.
Stack ground floor, mezzanine, plant room and roof as separate levels. Draw walls, close rooms and read the floor area back in square metres. Cabling routes between levels, the topology graph carries across them, and each floor exports as its own DXF sheet and PDF page.
Predictive coverage for access points using ITU-R P.2040 wall transmission and a P.1238 margin, drawn as a heatmap over the same plan the cameras sit on. Point-to-point links are checked for line of sight against the buildings and terrain, so the wireless leg of the design fails on screen rather than on site.
51 specified cable types with PoE budget from loop resistance, DC voltage drop, fibre loss budget with splice and connector allowances, coax attenuation per format, speaker line loading and conduit fill. Route length is measured on the drawn route and carries straight into the bill of materials, the cable schedule and the customer offer.
The plan is validated while you draw it: DORI shortfall, blind spots, perimeter gaps, PoE budget and class escalation, cable length and category headroom, conduit bundling, fibre loss, thermal lens and pairing, EMC and environmental class, lightning protection zones, ONVIF profile mixing, NDAA compliance, bandwidth headroom and switch port capacity.
CAD-grade DXF (AutoCAD R2018 / AC1021) on named layers with BLOCK, INSERT, SPLINE, ELLIPSE, HATCH and DIMENSION preserved, inside an ISO 5457 sheet frame with an ISO 7200 title block. Multi-page PDF with bill of materials, cable schedule, equipment list, elevation views, coverage analysis, acceptance test protocol, maintenance schedule and the GDPR Article 35 DPIA worksheet.
Yes. CCTV Design Tool offers a free Starter tier limited to 3 cameras and 3 infrastructure devices per project, with 3-page reports (verified 2026-09-10 on their pricing page). For unlimited use you need their Premium plan at $6/month billed annually ($72/year) or $12/month billed monthly. CCTVplanner is also free at the entry tier: 2 projects with 6 cameras each, bill of materials and quote included, watermark on PDF exports.
Yes, on Premium. Their features page (verified 2026-09-10) describes it as an editable vector drawing for CAD handover, and does not publish what the file contains. That is the question worth asking, because a DXF can be anything from a flat pile of lines on one layer to a structured drawing. CCTVplanner exports AutoCAD R2018 (AC1021) with camera positions, FOV cones, DORI zones, fences and cable routes on separate named layers, as BLOCK and INSERT entities with SPLINE, ELLIPSE, HATCH and DIMENSION preserved, inside an ISO 5457 sheet frame with an ISO 7200 title block. Open both files in AutoCAD and the difference is visible in the layer panel before you look at the drawing.
Compliance and documentation deliverables — ISO 7200 title block, EN 62676-4 DORI report, GDPR Art. 13 information-sign schedule, Art. 35 DPIA worksheet, BS EN 62676-3 maintenance schedule, acceptance test protocol, camera elevation and section views, coverage analysis with blind-spot detection, risk register with severity grading, plus 8 per-country regulatory variants (BS UK, NF FR, DIN VDE DE, UNE ES, PN PL, CEI IT, ANSI/SIA US, EU baseline). None of these are advertised on CCTV Design Tool's public features page (verified 2026-09-10).
CCTV Design Tool Premium is $6/month billed annually ($72/year). CCTVplanner Installer is €4.17/month billed annually (€50/year), and Business (no watermark, full export suite) is €8.33/month billed annually (€100/year). Both have a free entry tier: ours covers 2 projects with 6 cameras each and a watermarked PDF, theirs is limited to 3 cameras and 3 devices per project (verified 2026-09-10).
CCTV Design Tool's pricing page lists Premium at $6/month when paid yearly and $12/month when billed monthly (verified 2026-09-10). CCTVplanner Installer is €5/month on a true monthly plan with no yearly commitment, less than half of their monthly price.
No. Based on their public features page (verified 2026-09-10), CCTV Design Tool is a 2D floor-plan tool: FOV cones, DORI zones and coverage analysis are all shown as overlays on a flat plan. CCTVplanner adds a full 3D scene with a point-of-view walkthrough per camera and 3D PDF export, so you can check sightlines and blind spots the way an installer actually sees the site.
This is the difference that decides whether a plan survives contact with a real site. CCTV Design Tool publishes no terrain, elevation, ground-slope or mounting-height feature (verified 2026-09-10): the coverage is drawn on a flat plan, so a sloped car park, a loading bay below dock level and a level corridor are all treated the same way. CCTVplanner solves coverage in 3D from the camera sensor, resolution and focal length, at the mounting height and tilt you set, clipped by buildings, fences and real ground elevation. On flat indoor floors the two agree. On any site with a gradient they do not, and the difference is exactly where the blind spots are.
CCTV Design Tool sells an Enterprise plan from $50 per seat per year with multi-user accounts, permission groups and zero-knowledge end-to-end encryption (verified 2026-09-10). Two things to weigh. First, the price shape: at five seats that is $250 a year, against €100 a year for CCTVplanner Business with no per-seat multiplier. Second, what encryption does and does not settle. Encrypting project contents does not answer who the controller is, where account data and metadata are processed, or which sub-processors have access, and those are the questions a GDPR Article 30 record and a tender questionnaire actually ask. CCTVplanner is operated by DEFENSAR Aleksander Kubiak, a sole proprietorship registered in Poland (VAT PL5562789202), with the application and database inside the EU, so there is no third-country transfer to document in the first place.
The free plan has no time limit. Compare both tools side by side on a real project before paying for either.
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This is an independent comparison published by CCTVplanner. Information about CCTV Design Tool was sourced from the company's public website on 2026-09-10 — see the per-row source links in the comparison table above. Both product names are used here for honest comparative purposes only and remain trademarks of their respective owners. We make every effort to keep the data accurate; product features, prices and language support may have changed since the verification date. For the most current information about CCTV Design Tool, visit https://www.cctvdesigntool.com.
