EZVIZ or HiDDNS ?

[Miguel Silva]

I'm trying to set up a CCTV system with 1 NVR and 4 cameras, all from Hikvision.
In order to access from outside the LAN, should I use EZVIZ or iVMS/HiDDNS?
What are the differences?
Thank you.

 

[Hendrik]

Hi. I have a 16ch NVR with 11 4mp ip cams. Everthing is setup to view the nvr through EZVIZ. I can only see 8 out of the 11 cams. Any ideas on what is wrong?

 

[Kieran]

You can use either EZVIZ / Hik-Connect or HiDDNS to view your system remotely, or both.

HiDDNS is a free DDNS service provided by Hikvision that will provide you with a permanent domain name to remotely access your cameras - useful if you're on a dynamic IP address.
EZVIZ provides a P2P cloud remote access solution, by having your cameras connect to Hikvision's EZVIZ servers, which you then connect to. You're not directly accessing your cameras, and so configuration options are far more limited than HiDDNS, but it's much easier to set up.