Hosted Cloud Video vs Lumana
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hosted Cloud Video
This app offers AI-powered cloud video surveillance for businesses. It provides hardware-free setup, secure off-site storage, and advanced object detection capabilities with support for a wide range of IP cameras.
- AI-powered object detection
- Hardware-free video surveillance
- Secure off-site cloud storage
- Advanced camera health checks
- Live video monitoring
- Supports wide range of IP cameras
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Hosted Cloud Video provides AI-powered cloud video surveillance for multi-location enterprises, restaurants, retailers, schools and many other industries. The service offers hardware free video surveillance that requires no specialized on-premise equipment and includes secure off-site cloud storage, advanced camera health checks and alerts, recording schedules, live video monitoring and more. The Cloud AI module allows customers to enable sophisticated people, vehicle, animal and other object detection with any camera supported by the platform. The service is an open platform that supports a wide variety of IP cameras from manufacturers such as Axis Communications, Amcrest, Hanwha Vision, Hikvision, VIVOTEK and many others. Download the app and login with the account provided to you by your authorized Hosted Cloud Video reseller.
Lumana
Access and manage your security cameras remotely. View live footage, receive real-time alerts for important events, and gain visibility into any environment. This application uses AI technology to streamline security tasks for organizations.
- Remote camera access
- Live footage viewing
- Event-based alerts
- Location management
- AI-powered insights
- Streamlined security tasks
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Experience the future of physical security with Lumana VMS+. Access your cameras, view footage, manage locations, and receive real-time alerts when events need your attention. Designed for organizations of all sizes, Lumana delivers the latest video security and AI technology to provide unmatched visibility into any environment. Eliminate manual and repetitive security-related tasks and empower your team with Lumana VMS+. This app works exclusively with the Lumana Platform. Unlock the power of your visual data and discover smarter security at www.lumana.ai.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lumana at every 3 weeks against Hosted Cloud Video's every 3 months. Lumana also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Hosted Cloud Video's advantage is ratings volume (488 vs 9) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lumana holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hosted Cloud Video has 488 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hosted Cloud Video ships an update every 3 months, Lumana every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hosted Cloud Video | Lumana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (488 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 488 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 178 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Camcloud Inc. | Lumana Inc. |
Customer experience
Hosted Cloud Video
Lumana
In-app purchases
Hosted Cloud Video
No in-app purchases
Lumana
No in-app purchases
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