IP Camera Alternatives to Dahua, Hikvision, or Huawei?
Where’s my IP camera made?
Starting August 13th, 2019 the National Defense Authorization Act banned the US government from procuring cameras from Dahua, Hikvision, and Huawei.
The upside of this attention is it brought light to the fact that many security camera brands had popped up over the years with variable quality with poor to no ongoing firmware updates for discovered security issues. Mostly as a consumer it made searching for “network cameras” in Amazon or Newegg a terrible process as it was difficult to filter out quality brands from dead-end and potentially security-compromised ones. That many of these cameras were just re-labeled cameras produced by Dahua or Hikvision using SoCs by Huawei is a different matter.
However, if you’re looking for cameras not associated with Dahua, Hikvision, or Huawei, try the manufacturers/brands below. I learned about these researching into the brands I currently use like Hikvision, Reolink, TRENDnet, etc..
| Brand | Amazon Search | Made By or SoC Made By | NDAA Compliant? | Country of Origin |
| American Dynamics | Amazon | Made by Tyco Security Products now Johnson Controls | Yes (some cameras) | Ireland |
| Arecont Vision | Amazon | OEM | Yes | USA |
| Avigilon | Amazon | Made by Motorola | Yes | Canada |
| Axis Communications | Amazon | Soc is Axis-developed ARTPEC | Yes (though SMB cameras use Huawei HiSilicon) | Sweden |
| Hanwha (i.e. Samsung WiseNet) | Amazon | SoC is Hanwha-developed Wisenet chips, e.g. Wisenet 5 | Yes | South Korea |
| Honeywell (not Performance Series) | Amazon | Made by Vivotek | Yes |
Taiwain country of origin
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| Illustra | Amazon | Made By Tyco Security Products now Johnson Controls | Yes (some cameras) | Ireland |
| Pelco | Amazon | ? | Yes | USA |
| Ubiquiti | Amazon | Soc is Ambarella, USA | Yes | USA |
| Vivotek | Amazon | SoC made by VATICS, spun out of Vivotek in 2007 | Yes (some cameras) | Taiwan |
If you’re looking for a larger list of cameras and brands including those made by or with parts from Dahua, Hikvision, or Huawei, see this Google Sheets workbook here.
Dahua-made Cameras
Hikvision-made Cameras
