Coram, an AI physical security platform, and Eagle Eye Networks (now part of Brivo) both use a hybrid design for video: an appliance at each site connects your cameras to a cloud dashboard, and both work with third-party IP cameras. The difference is in the defaults and the scope. Coram records on site by default and streams video to the cloud only on demand, and it runs video security, access control, guest management and emergency management in one platform. Brivo Eagle Eye lets each site record to the cloud, on premise or both, and pairs video with Brivo's access control, visitor management and intrusion products.
If cloud recording and Brivo access control are what you want, Brivo Eagle Eye is built around that. If you want footage kept on site, emergency response in the same app as your cameras and doors, and hardware you own, Coram is the closer fit.
What happened to Eagle Eye Networks?
On December 29, 2025, Brivo and Eagle Eye Networks announced they would merge and operate under the Brivo name, with Eagle Eye founder Dean Drako as CEO and Brivo founder Steve Van Till as President (SDM). The combined product is the Brivo Security Suite, which the companies describe as bringing "AI, access control, video intelligence, visitor management and intrusion into a single solution."
Eagle Eye's Bridges and CMVRs are still sold, now under the Brivo Eagle Eye name. The companies also said the merged business would keep supporting other video and access control systems (Security Sales).
How each platform is built
Brivo Eagle Eye connects cameras through one of two on-site devices. A Bridge sends video to Eagle Eye's cloud and buffers it locally for a limited time during outages. A CMVR (Cloud Managed Video Recorder) can store video on premise, in the cloud or both, and Eagle Eye positions it for low-bandwidth sites or sites with an on-premise storage requirement (Eagle Eye Bridge vs. CMVR). Storage location is a choice you make per site.
Coram uses one model everywhere. Each site gets a Coram Point, an AI NVR appliance that records and stores footage on site and runs detection. Thumbnails, detections, metadata and alerts go to Coram's cloud, and video streams out only when someone views, searches, archives or shares it. Continuous cloud backup is an optional add-on. The Coram Point connects outbound only over HTTPS on port 443, with no inbound ports or VPN.
If you are weighing these two approaches across many locations, our guide to multi-site video surveillance covers the trade-offs in more detail.
Coram vs Brivo Eagle Eye at a glance
Where the differences matter
Where your footage lives
With Brivo Eagle Eye, the storage decision is made site by site. A Bridge site depends on its uplink to move recorded video into the cloud. A CMVR site can keep video local, which is how Eagle Eye positions it for low-bandwidth locations. That flexibility is useful, but it also means two sites on the same platform can behave differently during an outage or an investigation.
Coram keeps the same pattern at every site: full video stays on the Coram Point, and the cloud holds only what search and alerts need. During an internet outage, cameras keep recording locally, and remote viewing, cloud search and alerts resume when the connection returns. If your security or IT team needs footage to stay on premise by policy, that is Coram's default rather than a configuration choice.
How much of the security stack lives in one place
Both companies now sell access control and visitor management next to video, built by their own teams. The gap is emergency response. Coram Emergency Management runs in the same platform as the cameras and doors, so a panic-button activation, a lockdown and the relevant camera feeds are handled from one app. The merger announcement describes the Brivo Security Suite as AI, access control, video, visitor management and intrusion, and does not list emergency management. For organizations that want panic buttons and lockdowns in the same system as their cameras, that is the clearest point of difference.
What you own if you leave
With Coram, you own the Coram Point and your cameras. Camera RTSP streams stay live regardless of your Coram subscription, so the cameras keep working with another system if you switch. With Brivo Eagle Eye, ask your reseller which parts of the deployment you own outright, what the Bridge or CMVR does if the subscription ends, and how recorded footage is exported.
Questions to ask both vendors
- Does the on-site box store long-term video, or only bridge cameras to cloud storage? This changes your bandwidth needs and your retention costs.
- What keeps working at a site when its internet connection drops, and for how long?
- Which inbound ports, VPNs or firewall changes does each site need?
- Which of my existing camera models are supported, and do all AI features run on third-party cameras or only some?
- How are retention, resolution and AI features priced as I add sites and cameras over the next five years?
- How do door events, alerts and emergency activations connect to video, and does that happen in one app or several?
How to compare them on your own cameras
The fairest test is the same scenario on the cameras you plan to keep. Pick one recent incident, ask each vendor to find it, follow the person or vehicle across cameras and pull the clip, then compare the hardware, software and services each proposal needs to do it at every site.
Coram is SOC 2 Type II certified and HIPAA compliant, with security documentation in the Trust Hub, and it is rated 4.9/5 across 200+ reviews on G2 as of August 2026. If you are reviewing an Eagle Eye renewal or a new Brivo quote, book a demo and we will run that scenario on your cameras. For a wider look at the market, see our roundup of the best cloud-based VMS platforms.
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