Vigil

AI NIGHT WATCH

Go to sleep,
Vigil doesn't

An AI night guard for the cameras you already own — no new hardware, no cloud recording.

Your cameras watch. Vigil thinks. The moment someone steps inside after hours, their photo is on your phone with one tap to raise the alarm.

For homes, shops, restaurants, warehouses, car lots & holiday lets — anywhere that goes dark at night.

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  • < 4s to alert
  • 0 new hardware
  • from $15 / month
$2,000+a month for a human guard
Neverblinks, sleeps or calls in sick
Your camerasRTSP · HTTP · USB webcam
On-premno cloud — recordings stay on-site

HOW IT WORKS

A guard that never sleeps, in three steps.

01

Connect your cameras

Point Vigil at the RTSP, HTTP or USB feeds you already have. No rewiring, no new hardware, live on the wall in seconds.

02

Set your hours

It arms itself the minute you close and stands down when you open — overnight closes included. You never think about it.

03

Sleep — it worries

A person after hours triggers a photo alert on Telegram: wide shot, face close-up, plate if a vehicle's there, and an AI risk read.

THE PAYOFF

The 3am message you'll never miss.

A break-in isn't just missing stock. It's a smashed door, days closed, an insurance excess, and staff who don't feel safe. This is the message that stops it — not a motion ping, but a real photo of a real person, scored for risk, with the evidence already saved for a police report. One glance tells you whether to roll over or call it in.

  • ✓ One tap: All clear tells everyone paired it's handled.
  • ! One tap: Escalate pings every phone and preserves the evidence.
  • i Repeat visitor? Vigil remembers and raises the risk.

A CASE, END TO END

What Vigil sees — and what you decide.

The moment someone appears after hours, Vigil builds the case for you: the frame, why it's risky, and one tap to act — no morning-after guesswork.

Demonstration · a reconstruction, not a real customer incident.
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HIGH RISK

How much this should worry you — not detection confidence.

  • +50 Person confirmed after your closing time
  • +32 Repeat visitor — seen on this camera earlier this week

RECOMMENDED ACTION

Don't recognise them? Tap Escalate — every frame is already saved as evidence for a police report.

✅ All clear 🚨 Escalate

AI TIMELINE

  1. 02:14:02

    Motion after hours on the side gate — Vigil starts tracking, and only during your closed hours.

  2. 02:14:05

    A real person is confirmed across four frames at 94% — no single-frame ghosts, no wildlife.

  3. 02:14:06

    A photo alert lands on your phone via your own Telegram bot — boxed, timed, risk-scored, two buttons.

  4. 02:14:31

    A face close-up — and a licence plate if a vehicle's there — is captured and saved as evidence.

  5. 02:15:10

    You tap Escalate. Everyone paired is alerted and the full evidence package is ready for the police report.

INSIDE THE CONSOLE

One screen for the whole night.

Every camera, every after-hours alert and the week's pattern in a single command centre — cameras online, incidents tonight, risk-scored alerts, and one tap to arm or stand down.

The Vigil command centre: cameras online, tonight's incidents, a risk-scored alert feed and a 7-night trend.
Live command centre · sample site with demo incidents — no real people.

THE HEDGE

Everyone else makes you choose. Vigil doesn't.

The alternatives live-guard camera systems each ask you to give something up. Here's the honest readout.

The question at 3am The alternatives Vigil
New hardware to buy? $500–3,500 per camera, ripped & replaced None — your cameras, as they are
Where does your footage live? Continuously recorded to their cloud Never recorded to a cloud.
What does it cost? $80–280/mo, or per-camera licences From $15/site by size · never per camera
Locked into a contract? 1–3 year commitments None. Cancel any month.
Who decides when it matters? A call-centre stranger — or nobody You. One tap, in seconds.
How fast are you live? Installer visit, survey, quote Minutes — point it at your feeds

THE FOUNDER'S PROMISE

Proof, not promises.

Vigil is early, and we won't pretend otherwise. No borrowed logos, no invented testimonials — a founder who sets up your site personally and stakes it on getting it right, and real customer words added here the day a pilot owner says them.

“No sales team, no call centre. I set up your first pilot personally, and if Vigil doesn't earn its place on your phone, I'll help you switch it off — no contract to escape, and your footage was on your box the whole time.”

— the founder, Vigil · start your free pilot

FIRST REAL QUOTE · RESERVED

This space is held for the first owner Vigil protects at 3am — their words, their name, added the day it happens. Want it to be yours?

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PRICING

Priced by site, never by camera.

Pilot programme open — the first 5 pilot sites get Vigil free for the whole pilot.

from $15/mo

Home $15 (2 cameras) · Business $40 (5) · Large site $99 (34)

  • Instant Telegram photo alerts & AI risk scoring
  • Face & licence-plate close-ups
  • Evidence archive with timeline
  • Camera-offline & tamper warnings
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2 weeks free · no card · cancel anytime · your footage stays yours

Chains: $20/site for 10+ locations

STRAIGHT ANSWERS

The questions you're about to ask.

Won't it ping me for staff, cats and headlights?

No. Vigil only watches during the hours you're closed, confirms a real person across several frames before it alerts, and remembers faces so a returning figure raises the risk instead of spamming you. You get the ones that matter, not motion noise.

What if my internet drops?

Vigil runs on-site, so detection and evidence never stop. Alerts queue and send the moment the connection is back — nothing is lost, and a camera going dark is itself an alert.

Is it legal? What about privacy law?

Yes — it's person-detection on your own cameras, and there is no cloud recording — nothing is ever stored in a cloud. The alert photo is delivered to your phone through Telegram, and if you switch on AI scene descriptions, only that single best frame is sent to the AI provider — which you can leave off to keep everything on-box. You're responsible for the usual lawful CCTV signage; we help you get it right.

Will it work with my cameras?

If your cameras speak RTSP or HTTP — nearly all modern IP and CCTV systems do — or you have a USB webcam, you're covered. No rewiring, no new boxes. We check your feeds on the setup call.

Do I have to drop my alarm company?

No. Vigil sits alongside whatever you already have and gives you the one thing they don't: a real photo, scored for risk, in your hand — so you decide instead of waiting on a call centre.

What does it actually cost?

From $15 a month, priced by the size of your site, up to 34 cameras per site, no contract. Two weeks free, no card to start, and the first five pilot sites run free for the whole pilot.