Real-time detection for self-storage
CriterFlow is a real-time detection layer that runs on the CCTV you already own. The moment someone tampers with a lock, tailgates the gate, or shows up after hours, the responsible person gets a text, while it's happening, not the next morning.
Person crouched at unit door for 2.5s during closed hours.
Person tracked on the drive aisle at 02:14 AM. Facility closed since 10 PM.
Person stationary in the corridor for over 6 minutes.
A second person entered on a single gate open, 7 seconds apart.
The problem
Nearly every facility advertises round-the-clock surveillance. In practice, the cameras record quietly while nobody watches, and the security system's real job becomes proving a loss after it happened.
Usually by an upset tenant, not by the security system. By the time anyone scrubs through footage, the incident is hours old and the damage is done.
Across a portfolio, there is no way to know which location has a problem right now. The first signal is a phone call after the fact.
Every claim filed adds up. Year over year, incidents that were never interrupted show up as higher insurance costs and write-offs.
A single public incident or bad review can scare off prospective renters for months, and undercut the "secure facility" promise on your own website.
How it works
No rip-and-replace, no new equipment on-site. CriterFlow is software that watches your existing feeds and turns them into an active security system.
CriterFlow works with the cameras already installed at your facility. There is no hardware to buy, no rewiring, and no install project. We handle the entire setup.
Computer vision tracks every person and vehicle in view, and behavioral rules evaluate what they're doing: where they are, when, for how long, and in what posture. Detection runs live on the feed, not as a review of yesterday's footage.
When an event fires, the responsible manager for that site gets a text with what happened, where, and when, with severity attached. Multi-site operators route each location's alerts to the right person.
What it detects
Each detection is built on tracked behavior: who is where, when, doing what. Not guesswork. All four run in real time on standard CCTV footage.
A person tracked inside the facility during the closed window: on the lot, in a corridor, or at the gate when nobody should be there.
A person at a unit door in a crouched or reaching posture, holding that position: the behavioral signature of someone working on a lock, caught before the door opens.
A person dwelling in a zone well beyond normal traffic, the early signal of trespassing, sleeping in corridors, or someone living out of a unit.
A second vehicle or person slipping through on a single gate entry: access your keypad logs will never show, caught at the moment of entry.
Every detection below runs on the same person-and-vehicle tracking with zone, line, time, and dwell rules, and is tuned to your site during the pilot.
A second car following one gate lift through the barrier, caught by line-crossing at the gate.
Any vehicle present or moving on the property during closed hours, not just people on foot.
A person entering over the fence line instead of through the gate, flagged the moment they cross.
A vehicle sitting in a drive aisle far beyond a normal load-in stop.
A person or vehicle stopping at the lot edge just long enough to leave something behind.
A feed that goes dark, blurred, or knocked askew raises its own alert instead of failing silently.
The alert
No dashboard to babysit, no feed to watch. The alert arrives as a text, and it carries everything needed to act on it immediately.
Person crouched at a unit door, sustained for 2.5 seconds during closed hours.
Outcomes
You find out while the person is still on camera, with time to respond, call it in, or watch it live, instead of reconstructing it from footage the next day.
No equipment purchase, no installers on site, no downtime. The cameras you already bought finally do more than record.
Know which location has a problem before a tenant reports it. Each site's alerts route to whoever is responsible for it. No one watching screens.
Fewer completed incidents means fewer claims, fewer bad reviews, and a "24/7 surveillance" promise that's finally true, not just printed on the fence.
Privacy & trust
A security tool has to be trustworthy itself. CriterFlow is built around a simple boundary: detect what is happening, never who someone is.
Detection is based on movement, posture, timing, and location. The system flags what is happening, not who someone is, and it never builds identity profiles.
Camera feeds remain under your control. Alerts carry event details like site, camera, and time, not video archives or biometric data.
Works with common CCTV and IP camera systems. If your cameras produce a video feed, there is usually nothing else to change.
Each site routes to the people you designate, and you can change recipients at any time. Nothing is broadcast, nothing is public.
The free pilot
Three steps, and most of the work is ours. Your total involvement is roughly one phone call.
Fifteen minutes. We pick the pilot site together, confirm its closed hours, and agree who should receive alerts.
15 MINUTESWe handle the entire setup and tune detection zones and rules to your site's layout and hours. No installers, no disruption to daily operations.
HANDLED BY USRun it for a few weeks on real activity. Keep it if it earns its place. Shut it off if it doesn't, owing nothing.
YOUR DECISIONFAQ
No. CriterFlow runs on the cameras already installed at your facility. There is nothing to buy, mount, or wire.
Nothing. The pilot runs on one site, free, with the entire setup handled by us. If you decide to keep CriterFlow afterwards, we agree on simple monthly pricing with no long-term contract. If not, it gets switched off and nothing is owed.
About one short call, plus access details for the camera feeds. We do the rest, including tuning the detection to your site's layout and hours.
No. Detection is based on behavior: where a person or vehicle is, when, for how long, and in what posture. It never attempts to identify individuals or build profiles.
Every site is tuned individually: detection zones, closed hours, and dwell thresholds are set to match how your facility actually operates. Adjusting that tuning against real activity is exactly what the pilot period is for, so by the time you rely on it, the alerts are worth waking up for.
Four today: after-hours intrusion, lock-tampering behavior at unit doors, loitering or living in units, and tailgating at the gate. The same engine is being extended to vehicle tailgating, after-hours vehicles, perimeter crossing, blocked aisles, illegal dumping, and camera-tampering detection.
Whoever you name. Each site routes its alerts to the person responsible for it, so multi-site operators can split coverage across managers.
Why we built this
Every storage facility already advertises 24/7 surveillance. Almost none of them actually have it. The cameras record, nobody watches, and the footage only matters after the loss has happened. CriterFlow exists to make the promise on the fence real: cameras that notice, and a text that arrives while there is still time to act.
The CriterFlow team
Free pilot
Pick one location and we'll run CriterFlow on it, end to end, at no cost. If it earns its keep, we'll talk. If it doesn't, you've lost nothing.