Frequently asked questions

Slinai is an agentic AI video analytics platform that runs on your existing CCTV. It turns camera feeds into footfall, conversion, queue, safety, loss-prevention, and productivity insights — plus verified WhatsApp, Slack, and Teams alerts with clip proof. No new cameras required.

AI video analytics uses computer vision to turn ordinary CCTV footage into business intelligence — counting people, measuring behaviour and productivity, checking safety and SOP compliance, and detecting theft or intrusion. Slinai does this on your existing cameras and delivers insights plus WhatsApp alerts.

Agentic AI video analytics goes beyond dashboards. You ask questions in plain language, set up monitoring once, and AI agents watch your cameras 24/7 and act — sending verified, clip-backed alerts to WhatsApp, Slack or Teams. Slinai is an agentic platform that turns existing CCTV into an always-on analyst you can simply talk to.

Yes. Slinai works with any existing IP or analog camera and NVR/DVR (Hikvision, CP Plus, Dahua, or any ONVIF device) over RTSP. There is no hardware overhaul — we turn the cameras you already have into intelligent sensors.

Most pilots go live in 1–2 weeks: RTSP connection, zone calibration, alert routing, and a short UAT on your footage. Multi-site rollouts scale site-by-site with a shared dashboard and SSO.

No. Slinai is designed for the CCTV you already own. Optional edge gateways are available for on-prem processing, offline sites, or data residency — but they are not a camera rip-and-replace.

Yes. Start with the Free tier (2 cameras, core analytics) or book a demo — we run your footage through Slinai and show accuracy, alert noise, and ROI on your actual sites.

Footfall analytics counts how many people enter a location; conversion analytics tracks how many take a desired action such as a purchase, service or checkout. Slinai measures both on your existing cameras and links them into a funnel — Visitors → Interested → Interacted → Billed — so you can see exactly where you lose people.

Footfall and heatmaps, conversion funnels, queue and wait times, dwell and zone engagement, demographics (privacy-safe, no identity capture), PPE and SOP compliance, intrusion and after-hours alerts, loss prevention and cashier fraud, productivity (pick/pack, line output, drive-thru), and natural-language video search.

Slinai benchmarks at 99.25% accuracy on priority detections (footfall, queue, SOP, loss) on customer footage — with vision-language verification that cuts false positives by roughly 25% versus rules-only stacks.

Verified, clip-backed alerts reach WhatsApp, Slack, or Teams in under 30 seconds after an event is confirmed — so ops teams act on signal, not noise.

Yes. Slinai's agentic layer lets you ask questions in English or Hindi — e.g. "Which store had the longest queue yesterday?" or "Show me after-hours intrusions at Warehouse B" — and get grounded answers with clips.

Yes. POS correlation, REST API, webhooks, scheduled KPI exports, and BI connectors let you tie video events to transactions, tickets, and workforce data. See the Data & integrations module for details.

Cloud VMS is multi-site live view, playback, clip search, and camera hierarchy on existing NVRs. Video AI adds detections — footfall, queues, compliance, loss prevention, and agentic monitoring. Most customers use both together.

Yes. Slinai supports edge (on-premise) processing for low latency, cloud for scale, and hybrid deployments — so you can meet data-residency and performance needs across many sites.

Indicative INR pricing per camera: Free ₹0 for 1 camera × 1 month (full Core), Core ₹1,499 / camera / month (all Core analytics included), Ops+ ₹2,999, Business ₹5,999 — typically about 50% less expensive than competitors. On-prem / Edge is custom — contact sales. No ₹50,000 platform minimum and no per-feature meter on Core.

Yes — typically about 50% less expensive. Some competitors set ₹50,000+/month floors or charge ~₹2,000 per camera per feature. Slinai Core is ₹1,499 per camera per month for all Core analytics, India-native INR pricing, and no mandate to buy proprietary cameras. See our Compare pages for side-by-side tables.

Per camera per month. You only pay for cameras you process. Multi-site and annual discounts apply on Business and larger rollouts. On-prem / Edge quotes are sized by camera count and gateway needs.

Core includes the full Core detection set on each paid camera — no à-la-carte feature tax. Ops+ and Business add richer behaviour alerts, longer retention, and controls. Retention, SSO, and API limits are spelled out in Business and Edge quotes — no surprise per-alert surcharges.

Yes. Annual prepay and multi-site rollouts qualify for volume pricing. Contact sales for a quote aligned to your camera count and deployment model (cloud, edge, or hybrid).

Yes. On-prem / Edge keeps processing on your LAN with optional hybrid event sync. Pricing is custom — contact sales for gateway sizing and support details.

Slinai is privacy-first. It analyses behavioural patterns and events without capturing personal identity data, video can remain on-premise, and all access is encrypted, role-based and audit-logged.

Slinai is designed with DPDP principles in mind: purpose limitation, data minimisation, consent workflows where required, role-based access, audit logs, and on-prem/edge options so sensitive footage stays in your environment.

You choose: cloud (India region options), fully on-prem via edge gateway, or hybrid with selective sync. Clips for alerts can be short-lived thumbnails with full video remaining on your NVR.

Role-based access control (RBAC), SSO on Enterprise, and per-site permissions. Every view, export, and alert acknowledgement is audit-logged.

No identity capture by default. Demographics are aggregate and privacy-safe (age/gender bands). We do not sell biometric identification unless explicitly scoped in a regulated enterprise engagement.

Slinai serves retail, consumer services, QSRs, dark stores, cloud kitchens, manufacturing, logistics and education — each with pre-built detections, dashboards and alerts tailored to that operation.

Footfall, conversion funnels, heatmaps, queue times, dwell, loss prevention, cashier fraud, and after-hours intrusion — with WhatsApp alerts and multi-store rollups.

Drive-thru and counter speed, kitchen hygiene and SOP compliance, queue length, order-accuracy forensics with POS/KOT timestamps, and peak-hour staffing signals.

Pick/pack productivity, dispatch SLA, rider flow, shelf hygiene and pest alerts, multi-brand KOT throughput, prep SLA, and shrinkage detection — built for high-velocity fulfilment.

Yes. Helmet, vest, mask, hairnet, and restricted-zone compliance; line productivity and downtime; intrusion and hazard detection with clip-backed escalation.

Attendance and access patterns, restricted-zone and intrusion alerts, crowd and safety monitoring — with privacy-conscious configuration and on-prem options.

Slinai offers agentic NL queries in English and Hindi, ~50% lower entry TCO, 99.25% accuracy on priority detections, ~25% fewer false positives, WhatsApp-native alerts, and works on existing CCTV without proprietary hardware. See Slinai vs Spot AI for the full table.

Verkada often requires proprietary cameras and US-centric pricing. Slinai runs on Hikvision, CP Plus, Dahua, and ONVIF devices you already own, with India-native support and edge/on-prem for data residency.

Rhombus is strong on cloud VMS but less focused on India retail/QSR workflows. Slinai combines VMS + Video AI + agentic monitoring with WhatsApp alerts and vertical playbooks for Indian operations.

Eagle Eye excels at cloud recording; Slinai adds agentic AI, conversion and queue analytics, and loss-prevention detections tuned for retail and logistics — at roughly half the entry TCO for comparable camera counts.

BriefCam is forensic search-heavy and enterprise-priced. Slinai delivers real-time ops alerts, agentic Q&A, and day-one ROI on footfall, queues, and SOP compliance — with faster time-to-value on existing CCTV.

In-house CV teams spend 12–18 months on data, models, and alert tuning. Slinai ships pre-built vertical detections, 99.25% benchmarked accuracy, and WhatsApp workflows out of the box — so ops sees value in weeks, not years.

Dedicated onboarding: RTSP discovery, zone calibration, alert routing, UAT on your footage, and training for store ops and IT. Enterprise includes a named CSM and quarterly business reviews.

Yes. Multi-site dashboards, SSO, API access, hierarchical permissions, and scheduled exports scale to national rollouts. Edge gateways reduce bandwidth for distributed sites.

English and Hindi for agentic queries, alerts, and documentation — with India-native support hours.

Book a demo or start the Free tier. We'll connect your cameras, run a benchmark on alert quality, and map detections to your KPIs. Visit Contact or Pricing for next steps.