OpenALPR

What OpenALPR does

OpenALPR is a wholly-owned solution suite of Rekor Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: REKR), originally launched in 2015 as an open-source automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) library written in C++. Following acquisition by Rekor, the brand has been repositioned as the commercial vehicle intelligence product line, headquartered in Columbia, Maryland. The company's core technology is AI and machine learning-based computer vision that performs real-time license plate recognition and vehicle attribute extraction (make, model, color, direction of travel) across nearly 70 countries and 500+ regions, with a disclosed 96.83% first-estimate plate accuracy benchmark versus 42.16% for the legacy open-source baseline. Underlying capabilities are delivered through the Rekor One roadway intelligence engine and exposed via Rekor Scout (live-video platform for IP, traffic, and security cameras), Rekor CarCheck (REST API for still-image recognition), and the Vehicle Recognition SDK for on-premise developer integration.

The product portfolio spans software and hardware. Software revenue is generated through tiered monthly subscriptions: Scout Basic at $12/month per camera and Scout Pro at $72/month per camera, plus CarCheck API tiers ranging from $40/month (2,500 recognitions) to $510/month (125,000 recognitions) with $0.10 overage fees. Hardware revenue comes from Rekor Edge Pro at $1,250 per unit for neighborhood/business deployments and custom-priced Rekor Edge Max systems for highway and primary-road public safety use. Distribution combines self-serve PLG signup with enterprise field sales, supplemented by partnerships with NVIDIA (GPU acceleration) and AWS (cloud infrastructure and Cloud Innovation Centers). Customer segments include U.S. law enforcement (City of Lauderhill FL, Nevada Highway Patrol, Albany NY, Lancaster PA, Hartford CT, Mt. Juliet TN), retail (Bunnings Warehouse), and commercial verticals such as parking operations, car wash, quick service restaurants, property security and automation, and software developers building vehicle recognition into their own applications.

OpenALPR competes in a market defined by accuracy, geographic coverage, and procurement compliance. The company highlights NDAA and TAA compliance for Rekor Edge hardware and SOC 2 Type 2 for its cloud platform as qualifications for U.S. federal and regulated-enterprise customers. International reach is supported by broad plate-format coverage, while enterprise-scale customers process 100+ million recognitions per year through CarCheck. The company is privately held as a subsidiary, with ultimate ownership via Rekor Systems' public shareholders.

Name

OpenALPR

Legal name

Rekor Recognition Systems, Inc.

Website

https://openalpr.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

OpenALPR, a wholly-owned product suite of Rekor Systems (Nasdaq: REKR), provides AI-driven automatic license plate and vehicle recognition software (Scout, CarCheck, SDK) and hardware (Edge Pro, Edge Max) serving U.S. law enforcement, municipalities, and commercial customers across parking, retail, and security verticals in nearly 70 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Software Subscriptions - Rekor Scout®: Monthly subscription plans for the Rekor Scout® vehicle recognition platform. Basic plan at $12/month per camera for individuals/homeowners; Pro plan at $72/month per camera for businesses. Includes 14-day free trial.
2. Software Subscriptions - Rekor CarCheck® API: Monthly subscription API access with tiered plans: Starter at $40/month (2,500 recognitions), Plus at $125/month (25,000 recognitions), Advanced at $510/month (125,000 recognitions). Includes 50 free recognitions per month on trial.
3. Hardware Sales - Rekor Edge Pro: One-time hardware purchase of Rekor Edge Pro at $1,250 per unit. Requires separate Rekor Scout® subscription for operation.
4. Hardware Sales - Rekor Edge Max™: Fixed ALPR system for primary roads and highways. Custom pricing based on deployment requirements. Includes cellular, Wi-Fi, Ethernet connectivity options.
5. Recognition Overage Fees: Usage-based overage charges of $0.10 per recognition above the included monthly plan quantity for CarCheck API customers
6. Extended Warranty: Extended warranty coverage available for purchase, commencing after initial 1-year warranty period, limited to 5 years total coverage

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

OpenALPR provides an AI-based automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) and vehicle recognition suite, offering cloud software (Rekor Scout®), a vehicle-data API (Rekor CarCheck®), a developer SDK, and dedicated ALPR cameras (Rekor Edge Pro / Edge Max™). The software identifies license plates and vehicle attributes (make, model, color) from images or live video feeds, and the suite is built for law enforcement, parking operators, security integrators, quick-service restaurants, car washes, and software developers.

Product overview

OpenALPR is a solution suite built by Rekor Systems that specializes in license plate and vehicle recognition technology. The portfolio consists of two main software products—Rekor Scout® (vehicle recognition platform for live video from IP cameras) and Rekor CarCheck® (REST API for analyzing still images)—plus the Vehicle Recognition SDK for developers. Hardware offerings include the Rekor Edge Pro (mountable camera for neighborhoods and businesses) and Rekor Edge Max™ (fixed roadside systems for highways). All products are powered by the Rekor One® roadway intelligence engine and integrate with Rekor Scout's web-based dashboard for unified vehicle data management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rekor Scout®: Vehicle Recognition Platform that enables automatic license plate and vehicle recognition on IP, traffic, and security cameras
• Rekor CarCheck®
• Rekor Edge Pro
• Rekor Edge Max™
• Rekor One®
• Vehicle Recognition SDK

Products and services

• Rekor Scout® Cloud-based vehicle recognition platform that identifies license plates and vehicle attributes (make, model, color) from live or recorded video, with tiered plans for individual, small business, and enterprise users.
• Rekor CarCheck® REST API that returns detailed vehicle information (year, make, model, body type, and plate data) for an image of a vehicle; sold via credit packs and used by developers and integrators.
• Vehicle Recognition SDK Developer toolkit for embedding OpenALPR's license plate and vehicle recognition capabilities directly into third-party applications and devices.
• Rekor Edge Pro Mountable license plate recognition hardware system that captures and recognizes plates on the move, supporting mobile and fixed-install use cases such as parking and law enforcement.
• Rekor Edge Max™ Fixed-location license plate recognition hardware system designed for high-accuracy, fixed installations at gates, drive-thrus, parking facilities, and roadways.
• Rekor One® Roadway intelligence engine that aggregates and powers vehicle recognition across the Rekor suite of products, providing the underlying data analytics capability for customers deploying ALPR at scale.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96.83% first estimate license plate accuracy
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for GPU acceleration capabilities. NVIDIA GPU Acceleration enables enhanced video processing performance for Rekor Scout, achieving up to 148.7 FPS on supported hardware configurations.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS Cloud Innovation Centers partnership providing cloud infrastructure for Rekor's products and solutions. AWS instances used for benchmark testing and deployment flexibility.
• Bunnings WarehouseminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCustomer using OpenALPR technology for retail operations and security applications in Australian market.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• BriefCam: BriefCam provides video analytics software with vehicle recognition capabilities overlapping Rekor Scout's make/model/color/direction detection, particularly in enterprise security and smart-city deployments.
• Verkada: Verkada is a cloud-managed physical security platform with growing vehicle recognition and analytics capabilities, competing for the same enterprise security budget as Rekor Scout with a tightly integrated camera-to-cloud stack.

Direct peers

• Genetec (AutoVu): AutoVu is Genetec's ALPR product line, the most direct head-to-head competitor to OpenALPR/Rekor Scout in license plate recognition for parking, law enforcement, and city surveillance, with similar accuracy and enterprise integration focus.
• Kapsch TrafficCom: Kapsch TrafficCom provides road tolling, congestion charging, and ANPR-based enforcement systems, overlapping with OpenALPR's roadway intelligence and ANPR tolling use cases, particularly for DOT and highway authority deployments.
• Motorola Solutions (Vigilant Solutions): Vigilant Solutions, owned by Motorola Solutions, is a leading ALPR provider for law enforcement agencies with national plate-readership networks, directly overlapping the OpenALPR law enforcement vertical and competing for the same municipal contracts.
• PlateSmart: PlateSmart offers ALPR software that works with existing IP cameras, similar to Rekor Scout's value proposition of upgrading security camera infrastructure without replacing hardware, targeting law enforcement and enterprise security.
• NDI Recognition Systems: NDI Recognition Systems (formerly ARI/NDI) provides ALPR hardware and software for law enforcement, tolling, and parking, competing in the same fixed and mobile ALPR camera market as Rekor Edge Max and Edge Pro.

Broad incumbents

• Avigilon (Motorola Solutions): Avigilon, owned by Motorola Solutions, provides video surveillance and analytics with vehicle recognition overlap to Rekor Scout in enterprise and government security, bundled with Motorola's broader public-safety portfolio.
• Axis Communications: Axis Communications is the leading IP camera manufacturer with an application-development partner program that includes ALPR capabilities from third parties including OpenALPR-style providers, giving Axis reach and incumbency that OpenALPR relies on for camera-side deployment.

Others

• NVIDIA: NVIDIA is an enabling technology partner providing GPU acceleration that powers Rekor Scout's high-FPS performance; comparable as adjacent enabling infrastructure provider whose Jetson edge-AI platform is also used by competing ALPR edge devices.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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