Please note that all submissions to the site are subject to the wiki's licence, CC 4.0 BY-SA, as found here
Axis
Axis, a video surveillance company, was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Lund, Sweden. It has around 4,000 employees in over 50 countries.[1]
Axis Companion Classic
Released in 2016[2], Axis Companion Classic (formerly just Axis Companion) was a freely provided software for Axis account owners to be able to setup, configure, and manage cameras on the network. It also allowed a remote viewing feature for an iOS or Android Companion app to be able to view camera feeds remotely.
Removal of Remote Access Support
Axis signaled that they would be removing remote access for any new sites created after 2023-03-31[2]. Their software was updated in version 3.74.000 (released on 2023-03-15) to notify customers. [3]
When version 3.75.000 was released on 2023-03-24[3], the only change was to prevent users from being able to enable remote access to camera feeds for new sites.
Release Notes:
Changes since 3.75.000 ========================
No Secure Remote Access on new sites created after 2023-03-31.
If a consumer never updated to this or later versions, all remote access would continue to work and consumers could continue to create new sites without restriction. [2]
Axis Companion
As part of their efforts to upgrade software while retaining legacy setups Axis created Axis Companion after renaming the previous Companion to Companion Classic.
Removal of 3rd-Party SD Card support
Starting June 27, 2024, Axis removed support for any new device configurations in Companion with 3rd-Party SD Cards. [4]
Axis SD Cards
Axis sells proprietary SD Cards. They claim that their cards are specially designed for reliability[5] and offer a 5 year warranty for them.[6][7] As of 2025, Axis' SD cards are roughly 5 times as expensive as a comparable 3rd Party SD Card[8] and is required for all new setups on their "free" platform Camera Station Edge[9].
- ↑ Axis website, https://www.axis.com/en-us/about-axis Archived link to Axis website, https://archive.ph/8oCS2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Companion software release notes, https://www.axis.com/ftp/pub_soft/cam_srv/cam_companion/latest/relnote.txt Archived, ___
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Axis Companion FTP download site, [1] Archived, [2]
- ↑ Policy update regarding 3rd Party SD Cards, https://www.axis.com/dam/public/11/2e/29/axis-surveillance-cards-now-required-en-US-443994.pdf Archived, https://archive.ph/uHiaB
- ↑ NetworkWebcams.co.uk article to explain pricing https://www.networkwebcams.co.uk/blog/why-use-axis-sd-surveillance-cards-in-ip-cameras/
- ↑ Axis 256GB SD Card Page (Archived), https://web.archive.org/web/20240120015558/https://www.axis.com/products/axis-surveillance-card-256-gb
- ↑ Technical Datasheet of Axis 256GB SD Card https://www.axis.com/dam/public/55/dd/19/datasheet-axis-surveillance-card-256-gb-en-US-417022.pdf
- ↑ Pricing 256GB Axis SD Card, https://archive.ph/nS3l4 Pricing 256GB Samsung SD Card, https://archive.ph/CM2z8
- ↑ FAQ for Axis Edge, https://faq.axis.com/s/article/third-party-sd-cards-as-recording-storage-in-my-vms-solution?language=en_US
