Bstsecurity

What Bstsecurity does

BSTsecurity is a privately held Canadian corporation founded in 2012 and headquartered in Saint-Laurent, Quebec. The company builds an AI-powered video security and surveillance platform that combines intelligent edge cameras (AI, IP, and thermal), a cloud-native Video Management System called VALTOR, and a generative video analytics layer called the IQP Platform. Specialized modules include IQP Filters (facial recognition, automatic license plate recognition, intrusion detection), IVAS for intelligent traffic surveillance, and the Multi-Board System for retail and digital-signage analytics. The technology stack leans on deep learning, computer vision, and edge inferencing to deliver real-time threat detection, forensic search, and operational analytics across distributed camera networks, with the company describing its analytics as generative in nature for natural-language queries over video.

The company serves a diversified set of verticals: industrial and critical infrastructure sites, government and municipal deployments, large residential compounds, retail and commercial properties, EV charging facilities, smart-city traffic management, and central monitoring stations. Documented deployments include an 800-camera city-wide rollout and a 180-camera installation across a 300-hectare property, evidencing ability to handle concentrated enterprise accounts.

BSTsecurity monetizes through three pillars: subscription-based monthly security services, recurring managed video-monitoring revenue shared with monitoring partners, and direct hardware sales of cameras, sensors, and edge devices. Go-to-market is consultative enterprise field sales, supported by case studies and white papers, with bilingual (English/French) customer engagement. The company describes a customer base that is local and international, though markets served are concentrated in Canada and North America. No external funding rounds, M&A activity, or investor relationships have been disclosed.

Name

Bstsecurity

Legal name

BSTsecurity

Website

https://bstsecurity.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BSTsecurity is a Canadian AI-powered video surveillance vendor (Saint-Laurent, Quebec) combining intelligent edge cameras, a cloud-native VMS (VALTOR), and a generative video analytics platform (IQP) serving industrial, government, residential, retail, EV charging, and smart-city end markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Video Surveillance Software

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621), Security Systems Services (56162)

SIC

Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829)

akta.pro primary industry

AI/Analytics Video Surveillance (Detection, LPR, People Counting) (HSAHACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Physical Security IoT & Smart Building Security Integration (Sensors, BMS tie-ins) (BPAKAGAL), Video Surveillance (CCTV/VMS) System Integration (BPAKAGAA), CCTV/Video Surveillance Monitoring & Management (Operations) (BPABAMAH), Video Surveillance (CCTV) Monitoring Services (HSAHAAAE)

Keywords

• AI video analytics
• Video surveillance systems
• Thermal imaging cameras
• Video management software
• Perimeter intrusion detection

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Laurent

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription-Based Security Services: Monthly fee-based security model providing AI-powered facial and license plate recognition, perimeter intrusion detection, and integrated software platform for unified security management. Clients include municipalities, residential compounds, and enterprise facilities that subscribe to cloud-native surveillance services.
2. Managed Video Monitoring Services: Remote video monitoring services enabled by Valtor VMS platform, allowing security providers to monetize existing camera infrastructure through recurring monthly revenue (RMR) from monitoring services.
3. Hardware Sales: Optional hardware upgrades including cameras, sensors, and edge devices to enhance security capabilities, offered alongside the subscription-based software solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

BSTsecurity sells an integrated AI-powered security and surveillance platform combining intelligent cameras (AI, Thermal, IP), a cloud-native Video Management System (VALTOR), and advanced video analytics (IQP Platform, IQP Filters, IVAS, Multi-Board). Offerings include facial recognition, license plate recognition, perimeter intrusion detection, traffic surveillance, thermal monitoring, and retail advertising analytics, sold as subscription-based services with optional hardware upgrades for municipalities, residential compounds, industrial facilities, and central monitoring stations.

Product overview

BSTsecurity offers an integrated AI-powered security and surveillance platform architecture combining hardware (thermal/IP cameras, edge devices) with software platforms. The core software stack comprises VALTOR (open-platform VMS for multi-site camera management), the IQP Platform (generative video analytics with automated queries), and specialized AI modules including IQP Filters (video AI with facial recognition, LPR, people counting, intrusion detection, crowd management), IVAS (intelligent video analytics for traffic surveillance), and the Multi-Board System (AI-driven retail advertising analytics). Supporting infrastructure includes Edge Client, Matching Server, and Statistical Server components. The company also provides vertical solutions for city-wide surveillance, perimeter security, EV charging thermal monitoring, and central video monitoring stations, along with planning tools (CCTV Lens Calculator, Storage Calculator). All products share a cloud-native, AI-driven foundation leveraging computer vision, deep learning, and thermal imaging technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VALTOR: Advanced open-platform security solution for multi-site video management, enabling organizations to centrally record, manage, and interact with thousands of cameras simultaneously.
• IVAS
• IQP Platform

Products and services

• VALTOR Video Management System Cloud-native Video Management System that enables organizations and central monitoring stations to centrally record, manage, and interact with thousands of cameras simultaneously across multiple sites, with intelligent event correlation claimed to reduce false alarms by 80% and plug-and-play edge connectivity.
• IQP Platform Generative video analytics platform that redefines interaction with visual data by enabling automated queries, advanced video search with appearance and image detection powered by machine learning, eliminating the need for traditional search-based video review.
• IQP Filters Video AI System Deep-learning-based Video AI System providing real-time analytics such as facial recognition, license plate recognition, line crossing and motion detection, people counting, queue analysis, area intrusion detection, and crowd detection and management for security, automation, and operational efficiency use cases.
• IVAS Intelligent Video Analytics System AI-powered Intelligent Video Analytics System for traffic surveillance and smart city applications, leveraging deep learning for real-time security monitoring, forensic investigations, behavioral analysis, threat detection, and recognition of over 90 object types including vehicles, people, and suspicious items.
• Multi-Board AI Advertising Analytics System AI-driven digital advertising analytics system that uses cameras at digital signage displays and registers to extract demographics (age, gender), emotional response (facial expressions), and correlate viewer engagement with purchasing behavior and conversion rates, operated via Edge Client, Matching Server, and Statistical Server for privacy-compliant data processing.
• Dual Thermal Imaging IP Cameras Dual Thermal Imaging IP Cameras for fire prevention, energy management, and power outage management in critical infrastructure, capable of contactless temperature measurement with temperature-data-based fire detection designed to minimize false alarms from field conditions.
• AI Edge Series Cameras Security cameras equipped with on-board SoCs that enable on-device, GDPR-compliant AI data processing for faster and cheaper analytics, supporting multiple AI-based applications per camera for retail, healthcare, and industrial environments.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BriefCam: Video analytics platform specializing in rapid video review, object detection, and facial recognition. Closely comparable to BSTsecurity's IQP and IVAS forensic-search and analytics capabilities, also commonly sold through VMS partnerships.
• Milestone Systems: Open-platform IP VMS vendor serving enterprise, municipal, and central monitoring customers. Directly comparable VMS competitor to VALTOR with similar multi-site, multi-camera positioning.
• Avigilon (Motorola Solutions): AI-powered video surveillance and VMS vendor owned by Motorola Solutions. Competes head-to-head with BSTsecurity in AI analytics (FR, LPR, appearance search) and enterprise/municipal deployments.
• Genetec: Montreal-headquartered VMS and unified security platform vendor. Most directly comparable peer given overlapping VMS (Security Center / Genetec Clearance vs. VALTOR), AI analytics, and enterprise/municipal customer base with similar Quebec origin.
• Ipsotek (Eviden): AI video analytics platform specializing in rule-based and behavioral analytics for transportation, retail, and critical infrastructure. Comparable to IVAS and BSTsecurity's intrusion/crowd/queue detection stack.

Broad incumbents

• Hikvision: Largest global video surveillance hardware and AI-software vendor. Competes broadly in city surveillance, perimeter, and AI analytics at significantly lower price points, posing margin pressure across BSTsecurity's verticals.
• Hanwha Vision: Network camera and video surveillance solutions provider with growing AI analytics. Comparable as an enterprise/municipal competitor offering integrated camera-plus-analytics solutions.
• Axis Communications: Global leader in network cameras and broader physical-security portfolio. While Axis does not directly compete as a VMS/analytics specialist, its camera + ARTPEC AI chip roadmap overlaps with BSTsecurity's edge-analytics strategy.

Emerging players

• IronYun: AI video analytics platform focused on VMS-agnostic search, FR/LPR, and security/retail use cases. Comparable product overlap with BSTsecurity's IQP Filters and analytics modules, often deployed in similar mid-market enterprise contexts.
• Corsight AI: Facial recognition specialist with focus on law enforcement, retail, and enterprise security. Comparable to BSTsecurity's FR/LPR capabilities within the IQP Filters product, though narrower in scope (analytics-only, not full VMS).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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