Avigilon (Motorola Solutions)

Overview

Avigilon, founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, and now a Motorola Solutions company, offers the Avigilon Security Suite comprising Avigilon Unity (on-premises) and Avigilon Alta (cloud-native) for both video surveillance and access control. Their camera portfolio spans up to 10K (61MP) resolution with built-in AI video analytics for appearance search, license plate recognition, and unusual motion detection, while the Avigilon Alta platform (incorporating the former Openpath access control brand) delivers cloud-managed, mobile-credential access control with no on-site servers required. Avigilon systems are NDAA-compliant, SOC 2 Type II certified, and SAFETY Act designated, making them a preferred choice for enterprise, government, and critical infrastructure customers. With Canadian origins and ongoing R&D in Vancouver, Avigilon maintains a strong domestic presence and is a point of Canadian pride in the global security industry.

Avigilon, founded in Vancouver in 2004, made its name on high-megapixel imaging and appliance-style simplicity before Motorola Solutions acquired it in 2018. Under Motorola the line has split into two tracks: Avigilon Unity for on-premise enterprise deployments and Avigilon Alta, the cloud-native platform built from the Openpath and Ava acquisitions, covering both video and access control.

The Motorola umbrella matters to buyers because Avigilon now ties into a wider safety portfolio spanning radios, command centre software, and licence plate recognition. Canadian roots persist in the Vancouver engineering presence, though corporate control is American. The classic trade-off remains: strong end-to-end integration and analytics inside the Motorola ecosystem, less openness than an Axis-plus-open-VMS design.