XProtect VMS includes the following products:
The complete feature list is available on the product overview page on the Milestone website.
Below is a list of the main differences between the products:
Name  | 
XProtect Essential+  | 
XProtect Express+  | 
XProtect Professional+  | 
XProtect Expert  | 
XProtect Corporate  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sites per SLC  | 
1  | 
1  | 
Multi-site  | 
Multi-site  | 
Multi-site  | 
Recording servers per SLC  | 
1  | 
1  | 
Unrestricted  | 
Unrestricted  | 
Unrestricted  | 
Hardware devices per recording server  | 
8  | 
48  | 
Unrestricted  | 
Unrestricted  | 
Unrestricted  | 
Milestone Interconnect™  | 
-  | 
Remote site  | 
Remote site  | 
Remote site  | 
Central/remote site  | 
Milestone Federated Architecture™  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
Remote site  | 
Central/remote site  | 
Recording server failover  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
Cold and hot standby  | 
Cold and hot standby  | 
Remote connect services  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
Edge storage support  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
Migrating e-code servers  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
Multi-stage video storage  | 
Live databases +   | 
Live databases +   | 
Live databases +   | 
Live databases + unrestricted archives  | 
Live databases + unrestricted archives  | 
SNMP notification  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
Time controlled user access rights  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
Reduce frame rate (grooming)  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
Video data encryption (recording server)  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
Database signing (recording server)  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
PTZ priority levels  | 
1  | 
1  | 
3  | 
32000  | 
32000  | 
Extended PTZ (Reserve PTZ session and patrolling from XProtect Smart Client)  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
Evidence lock  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
Bookmark function  | 
-  | 
-  | 
Manual only  | 
Manual and rule-based  | 
Manual and rule-based  | 
Live multi-streaming/multicasting  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
Overall security  | 
Client user rights  | 
Client user rights  | 
Client user rights  | 
Client user rights  | 
Client user rights/ administrator user rights  | 
XProtect Management Client profiles  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
XProtect Smart Client profiles  | 
-  | 
-  | 
3  | 
3  | 
Unrestricted  | 
XProtect Smart Wall  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
optional  | 
✓  | 
System Monitor  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
Smart map  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
Two-step verification  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
DLNA support  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
Privacy masking  | 
-  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
✓  | 
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