Frigate

7.1easy start · #5 of 23
in AI Video Analytics Software

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you worknot on record

Runs on api, Linux, self-hosted, Web. Paid plans from $4.17/mo.

Frigate is ranked #5 of 23 in AI video analytics software on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.17/mo.

Frigate plans and pricing

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Frigate Free Open-source NVR; runs as a Docker container on a Docker host github.com · 29 Sept 2026

Frigate+ Subscription $50/yr annually Access to Frigate+ models · Up to 12 fine tuned models · AI suggested labels for uploads · Supports open source Frigate frigate.video · 29 Sept 2026

Compared on AI video analytics software

Free plan: Yes
Real-time alerts: Yes
Object detection: Yes
Behavior and event detection: Yes
Deployment model: edge
Industry templates: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Frigate is an open source NVR for IP cameras that performs real-time AI object detection locally on the user’s hardware.
Privacy: The maker says all processing is local and camera feeds never leave the home.
False positives: With a supported AI accelerator, Frigate uses object detection to distinguish objects such as people and cars from motion.
Detection speed: The site says Frigate can run 100+ object detections per second with a supported AI accelerator.
Zones: Frigate tracks objects in real time and lets users refine notifications based on precise locations.
Integrations: The maker lists Home Assistant, OpenHab, NodeRed and systems with MQTT support as integrations.
Installation: Frigate runs as a Docker container on Docker hosts, including as a Home Assistant App.
Recommended setup: The documentation recommends Docker Compose and says Frigate runs best with Docker on bare-metal Debian-based distributions.
Windows support: Windows is not officially supported, though the documentation says some users have run Frigate under WSL or VirtualBox.
Recording: Frigate records video with retention settings based on detected objects and supports 24/7 recording.
Home Assistant integration: The integration provides camera, image, sensor, switch and binary sensor entities, plus browsing for snapshots and recordings.
API: Frigate provides an HTTP API with endpoints covering areas including cameras, classification, events, media and recordings.
Authentication: Frigate stores user information in its database and hashes passwords with PBKDF2-SHA256 using 600,000 iterations.
Security limit: The documentation says Frigate does not implement OIDC, SAML or LDAP natively and can use upstream authentication proxies for those protocols.
Price from: $4.17/mo

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best AI Video Analytics Software in 2026#5 of 23

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Sources

frigate.video· checked 29 Sept 2026
docs.frigate.video/frigate/installation/· checked 29 Sept 2026
github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate· checked 29 Sept 2026
docs.frigate.video/integrations/home-assistant/· checked 29 Sept 2026
docs.frigate.video/integrations/api/frigate-http-api/· checked 29 Sept 2026
docs.frigate.video/configuration/authentication/· checked 29 Sept 2026
frigate.video/plus/· checked 29 Sept 2026