A Video Management System (VMS) – also known as video management software or video surveillance management system – is an integral component of an organization's security infrastructure. It enables businesses to capture, record, store, retrieve, view, and analyze video collected from their surveillance cameras.

Video management system (VMS) orchestrates a surveillance workflow by integrating with cameras, encoders, recording systems, underlying storage infrastructure, client workstations, gateway systems and analytics software, mainly by providing a single interface for video surveillance infrastructure management.

A VMS provides all the functions and features of an NVR; but also offers a much greater array of benefits, flexibility and expandability