Cyrano plugs into your existing DVR or NVR over HDMI and watches every camera in real time. The moment someone trespasses, loiters, or kicks in a door, your team gets a text in seconds, not a tenant complaint on Monday morning.
No camera replacement, no contracts, no IT team. Live before the end of the week. Talk to Soorya direct, not a sales bot.
Person climbing perimeter fence after hours. Crossed detection zone 3 seconds ago.
Sent to 3 on-call managers · 8.2 sec since detection
Plugs into the DVR you already have
What Cyrano catches
Cyrano was tuned on real multifamily, commercial, and construction footage, so it knows the difference between a maintenance tech at 8 AM and someone climbing the fence at 2 AM.
Strangers on the property after hours, in stairwells, on rooftops, around pools.
People hanging out near entries, mailrooms, or parking after 10 minutes.
Anyone on site outside leasing hours when the property should be quiet.
Doors kicked, pried, or held open longer than they should be.
People near mailrooms or doorsteps grabbing packages that aren't theirs.
Activity around parked cars in the lot at hours residents aren't out.
Two people on one fob, climbers, gate held open for unauthorized entry.
Pacing, casing, masked individuals, anything that doesn't fit normal traffic.
Every alert is tagged LOW THREAT or HIGH THREAT so your team only wakes up for the second one.
Anatomy of an alert
No dashboard to babysit. No new app to log into. Cyrano texts your on call manager the moment it sees something real, with everything they need to act in 10 seconds.
Person climbing perimeter fence after hours. Crossed detection zone 3 seconds ago.
Sent to 3 on-call managers · 8.2 sec since detection
90 second demo
HDMI cable in. Detection zone configured. Live alert fires when a person enters the property after hours, tagged HIGH THREAT, sent to the on call manager. All in under a minute.
Real customer
Repeat trespassing, package theft, and one attempted 1 AM break in. The existing CCTV recorded all of it, but the on site team only found out when residents complained the next morning.
We plugged a Cyrano unit into the DVR over HDMI. By day 30 they renewed.
Built for these operators
You don't have a security operations center. You have a regional manager, a leasing team, and a maintenance tech on call. Cyrano is designed for that reality.
Class B/C portfolios where overnight guards eat your NOI and tenant complaints land at 8 AM. Cyrano gives you eyes on every gate, lot, stairwell, and mailroom for a fraction of one guard shift.
Copper theft, equipment walk offs, weekend trespass on active builds. Cyrano plugs into your CCTV trailer and texts the super before the truck even leaves the lot.
Add real time AI monitoring to your existing book of business without ripping anything out. White label, recurring revenue, and we co sell to your portfolio.
The honest problem
The problem is that nobody watches them live, and by the time you review footage, the damage is done and the resident is already writing a Google review.
The honest comparison
We don't compete with Verkada on enterprise SOCs. We compete with the choice you actually face: do nothing, hire a guard, or rip and replace your cameras.
| What you get | Do nothing (existing DVR only) | On site guard | Verkada / Rhombus (rip and replace) | Cyrano |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real time alerts when something happens | noisy or none | depends if awake | yes | yes, under 10 seconds |
| Works with the cameras you already own | yes | n/a | no, requires replacement | yes, any HDMI DVR or NVR |
| Time to live | n/a | 1 to 4 weeks hiring | 30 to 90 days install | Under 2 minutes |
| Camera coverage per unit | all, but unwatched | one guard, one monitor | varies, per camera | Up to 25 feeds per unit |
| Plain English video search | no | no | limited | yes, "masked man near gate Saturday" |
| Threat tagging (LOW vs HIGH) | no | subjective | limited | yes, on every alert |
| Tenant privacy (no cloud upload) | yes, local DVR | n/a | no, cloud first | yes, inference on device |
| Contracts | n/a | 12 month staffing | 3 to 5 year SaaS | Month to month |
"Verkada replaces your cameras. We upgrade them." Comparison reflects publicly listed pricing and standard install timelines as of 2026.
How it works
No camera replacement. No IT team. No construction permits. No 90 day Verkada rollout.
We mail you the device. Your on site tech plugs one HDMI cable from your existing DVR or NVR into Cyrano. Under 2 minutes on site, no rewiring.
On a 20 minute call we set up detection zones for your gates, lot, stairwells, mailroom, and entry points based on what actually matters at your property.
Cyrano watches every feed 24 / 7. When something real happens, your on call manager gets a text with a clip and a threat tag. No more Monday morning surprises.
Insurance & compliance
More carriers are pricing risk on whether properties have real time security monitoring, not just recording. Cyrano qualifies as active monitoring, with timestamped incident logs you can hand to your broker on renewal.
Get the 2 page brief for your underwriter"We had cameras. We had a DVR. What we didn't have was anyone actually watching at 2 AM. Cyrano caught a break in attempt the first month, and our renewal underwriter actually noticed."
Multifamily premiums are up double digits in 2026 and underwriters are pricing risk on whether your property has real time monitoring, not just recording. We wrote a 2 page brief you can hand to your broker:
Useful even if you never buy Cyrano. We won’t call unless you reply asking us to.
FAQ
No. Cyrano plugs into your existing DVR or NVR over HDMI and analyzes whatever feeds are already on it. Any brand, any age, analog or IP. No camera replacement, no rewiring, no construction permits.
Those require ripping out your existing cameras and replacing the entire camera and NVR system, which is a major hardware and install project. Cyrano keeps the cameras you already own and adds AI on top by plugging into the DVR or NVR over HDMI. Verkada replaces your cameras. We upgrade them.
Trespassing, loitering, after hours presence on the property, tailgating at secured entries, package theft, suspicious activity near mailrooms, break in attempts, vehicle break ins, and unauthorized vehicle activity. Every alert is tagged LOW THREAT or HIGH THREAT so your team doesn't waste time on a resident walking their dog.
Under 2 minutes on site. One HDMI cable from your DVR or NVR into the Cyrano unit, plus network. We handle the alert zone configuration on a 20 minute call. No IT team or contractor required.
No. All AI runs locally on the Cyrano device at your property. Video never leaves your building. That means faster alerts (no upload latency), no bandwidth bill, and full compliance with tenant privacy expectations.
One Cyrano unit supports up to 25 camera feeds, which covers most Class B and C multifamily properties with one device. Larger portfolios get one device per property, all managed from a single dashboard.
You set up to 5 on call managers. Alerts fire as a text message with a 10 second clip in under 10 seconds from detection. If an alert is unread for X minutes you set, Cyrano escalates to the next contact.
Primarily multifamily properties (Class B and C, 50 to 200+ units) in Louisiana and Georgia, plus construction CCTV trailers and commercial operators. We are intentionally not chasing Texas right now to avoid overlap with another partner.
Yes. Month to month. Keep the hardware on a paid month, return it after cancellation, or hold it as a passive recorder. No multi year contract.
10 minutes on a call. We'll show you what Cyrano caught at a real 180 unit property last month and quote your portfolio. If it doesn't fit, we'll tell you.
We reply within one business day.