Nano AI People Counting Sensor
#1 People Counting Sensor in the World
Nano AI is bringing you two decades of experience in people counting. Nano AI is used by 500+ industry leading brands in 100+ countries around the world.
Nano AI Features
99+% Accurate People Counting
Our 3D stereo vision technology, combined with our over decade experience of AI tracking algorithms, enables Nano AI to achieve up to 99% accuracy in people counting.
We believe in the unmatched quality of Nano AI, which is why every device comes with a lifetime hardware warranty included in your VIP subscription option. No other company in the industry offers a lifetime hardware warranty — only V-Count does.
V-Count offers the world’s highest accuracy in gender recognition technology with AI on CHIP. This technology operates without recording, transferring, or uploading images to servers, providing a 100% GDPR-compliant solution.
People Counting with Nano AI enables you to exclude the staff to help you get the most accurate traffic data in your store. With Nano’s optional Staff Exclusion Solution, you will know the exact number of customers in your store and receive the purest conversion data while measuring customer to staff ratio.
V-Count provides the world’s most accurate age recognition technology with AI on CHIP, ensuring precision without capturing, storing, or transferring any images—making it fully GDPR-compliant.
Nano AI not only provides top-tier people counting, but it also offers advanced street traffic measurement, along with staff exclusion and gender recognition, making it the only device capable of doing all three. This feature allows businesses to accurately track how many people pass through their stores street, all without recording or transferring images, ensuring 100% GDPR compliance.
Nano AI is a Plug & Play people counter sensor. It’s quick and simple to set up. Just plug in, connect and configure remotely. Install under 5 minutes. We have installation services all around the globe but most of our customers do self-install cause it’s pretty easy. Don’t worry about calibration, we’ll take care of it remotely if necessary.
Nano AI’s Queue Measurement & Management solution can monitor self service desk or cashier queues. Using data derived from BoostBI, you can effectively manage long queues by opening additional cash registers or enhancing your team capacity through optimized staff allocation. This approach not only enhances customer satisfaction by reducing instances of cart abandonment, but also ensures that no sales opportunities are missed.
With its recessed mounting option, Nano AI is fully invisible in the ceiling. It is also one of the tiniest people counting sensors in the global market.
Nano AI provides an ultra wide coverage with a very high effective counting range and field of view, thus decreasing the number of counters needed and decreasing costs and improving the eco-footprint.
Families, friends, or couples, people often visit stores in groups. Counting them as separate individuals can negatively impact your conversion rates and KPIs. Nano AI people counting sensors can recognize the crowds moving together and count them as one customer.
Nano AI is designed to be fully compliant with GDPR. Our technology, which processes 3D depth data to ensure complete anonymity by never capturing personal details. With our patented AI on CHIP technology, data is processed on-device, transmitting only non-identifiable insights.
Powered by active Infrared lighting and ultra low sensitivity sensors enables Nano AI to be able to count in total darkness. Nano AI is the only solution that can deliver this in the global market.
Monitor your business’s venue capacity and occupancy in real-time with V-Count’s mobile BoostBI app (IOS / Android). This solution enables you to precisely track the current number of people in your space instantly. Nano AI sensor provides accurate data on your venue’s occupancy status, allowing you to manage daily operations more effectively, lower energy costs and make strategic decisions based on real-time information.
Nano AI with its built-in powerful antenna, provides robust Wi-Fi connectivity up to 40 meters, first time in the industry, allowing cost effective access to real-time people counting data anytime, anywhere.
Unlike other people counters that require a battery, Nano AI offers a battery-free solution. Thus, it prevents problems such as replacing the battery after it runs out and data interruption .Instead of manually obtaining the data like in battery solutions, our solution automatically sends the data.
Nano AI is designed to work for a decade withstanding temperatures between 0°-45°C. It is water-leakage proof and features a splash-proof casing to protect against ceiling leakages.
Nano AI includes a USB-C port for easy, eco friendly charging. It operates at 5V, improving sustainability for a greener planet. Nano AI is the only USB-C powered, true sustainable people counting sensor on the global market. External PoE Adapter Option: In addition to USB-C, Nano AI can also be used with the PoE splitter option.
Boost your productivity with our Rest API integrations across your existing apps. Easily connect point-of-sale (POS) systems, shopify or PowerBI and more integrations to streamline your workflow. Build powerful connections between our products and your apps now to optimize workflows and increase efficiency.
BoostBI – Dashboard & Mobile App
Easy Access Your Data. Anywhere, Anytime.
If you travel frequently and are unable to remain at your computer, but still need to monitor your stores’ status, BoostBI offers a solution. It frees you from your desk, allowing you to track foot traffic, monitor performance, and utilize advanced analytics, all from your mobile device. IOS and Android available.
Real-Time Footfall Data At Your Fingertips
- Accurate Insights: Depend on precise, real-time footfall data to understand customer behaviors.
- User-Friendly Interface: Engage with an app that’s as intuitive as it is powerful.
- Remote Management: Stay updated on multiple locations without being confined to one spot.
Key Benefits
- Comprehensive Dashboards: Monitor key metrics at a glance.
- Accurate People Counting: Get highly precise data for better decision making.
- Flexible Management: Manage your retail business from any location, at any time.
- Streamlined Operations: Use actionable insights to streamline operations and enhance efficiency.
Frequently asked questions
Last updated: May 2026
How accurate is V-Count in retail?
V-Count Nano AI delivers 99.9% accuracy in retail, independently benchmarked against manual counts across thousands of live deployments. Nano Prime reaches 98%. Accuracy holds up under direct sunlight, shadows, reflective surfaces, group flow, strollers and wheelchairs, and peak surges. Customers in retail typically validate accuracy during a 2- to 4-week pilot before full rollout.
What does V-Count cost for retail?
Pricing is per sensor plus a BoostBI analytics subscription. There is no per-report or per-dashboard upcharge. A retail deployment typically starts at a few hundred euros in hardware plus a monthly BoostBI seat. Multi-site customers get volume pricing and BoostBI Enterprise. Get a precise quote by booking a discovery call at https://v-count.com/demo-request/.
How does V-Count protect privacy for visitors in retail?
V-Count uses 3D Active Stereo Vision and depth sensing â not cameras in the traditional sense. No facial images, no personally identifiable information, no biometric identifiers are captured. The sensor only outputs counts, directions, dwell times, and anonymised shapes. GDPR, CCPA, KVKK, LGPD, PDPA compliant; PCI-DSS friendly (no card-flow involvement). A Data Processing Agreement is available on request. Many retail operators deploy V-Count in jurisdictions where traditional CCTV analytics would be prohibited.
What metrics does V-Count track for retail?
The core metric set for retail includes footfall, conversion rate, and capture rate. Beyond that, BoostBI computes derived KPIs like conversion rate (when transactional or ticketing systems are connected), capture rate (visitors who entered vs those who walked past), dwell time by zone, peak-hour loading, and year-over-year comparisons. Everything is available via the BoostBI dashboard, scheduled email report, or REST API.
How do I install V-Count in retail?
Installation takes about 20 minutes per sensor. Ceiling mount at 2.5 to 6 meters; PoE or 12V DC; 20 minutes per sensor. Calibration is automatic via BoostBI. V-Count certifies installation partners in more than 60 countries and offers remote commissioning for self-install teams.
Does V-Count work in inside stores, at entrances, and across full shopping journeys?
Yes. V-Count is deployed in inside stores, at entrances, and across full shopping journeys across retail operators and store managers in more than 130 countries. The sensor range, field of view, and mounting options cover typical retail geometries. For unusually high ceilings, wide entrances, or outdoor areas, ask about Nano AI wide-angle, sensor arrays, or the Nano Outdoor model.
How does V-Count integrate with the systems used in retail?
BoostBI exposes a REST API with OAuth authentication, plus webhooks, CSV export, and scheduled email reports. Common integrations for retail are listed in the Integrations section below â these are the retail-specific systems that V-Count customers most often connect, not a generic SaaS list. Custom connectors can be built in days.
What is the difference between V-Count and competitors like FootfallCam, SensMax, Axis, Brickstream, Dilax, HELLA, RetailNext, Xovis, or ShopperTrak?
V-Count differentiates on five things. First, 99.9% accuracy with on-device AI that handles occlusion, groups, and bad lighting. Second, privacy-first by design â no facial recognition, no PII, compliant out of the box. Third, a true cloud analytics layer in BoostBI with APIs, heatmaps, and benchmarking, not just raw counts. Fourth, a global install base of 600+ companies across 130+ countries with local installation partners. Fifth, transparent pricing and contracts. Most retail operators who switch from legacy systems report more accurate counts, faster time to insight, and lower total cost of ownership.
What is the ROI for retail?
Staffing: match labor to peak-hour flow and cut over-staffing 5 to 15%. Merchandising: lift conversion 2 to 8% via capture-rate + dwell data. Capacity compliance: avoid fines from over-capacity events.. Most customers recover the investment in under 12 months; multi-site operators often see payback in one quarter.
Can V-Count compare multiple retail side by side?
Yes. BoostBI Enterprise is built for chains and portfolios. You can benchmark locations by footfall, conversion rate, and capture rate, rank them, flag outliers, and send location-specific reports to managers. Each site gets its own dashboard while HQ sees the full estate. Retail operators and store managers can also run A/B tests across sites.
How long does a V-Count deployment take in retail?
A single site goes live in under a day, from sensor mounting to dashboard. A multi-site rollout of 10 to 50 stores typically completes in 4 to 8 weeks, including network readiness, installer scheduling, BoostBI setup, and training. 500+ site programmes run as phased rollouts with certified partners.
Does V-Count offer historical data and benchmarking for retail?
Yes. Data is retained indefinitely by default and is exportable at any time. Year-over-year and season-over-season comparisons are native to BoostBI. For cross-customer benchmarking, ask about the BoostBI Industry Index, which anonymises retail data across the V-Count customer base to show how your sites trend against the industry average.
What kind of hardware does V-Count use in retail?
The default is the Nano AI 3D Active Stereo Vision sensor, which runs deep-learning inference on the device. For outdoor deployments in retail, Nano Outdoor is IP65-rated and handles minus 30 to plus 60 Celsius. For entry-level single-door locations, Nano Prime offers 98% accuracy at a lower price point. For events and short-term deployments, Ultima AI is available on a rental basis. All hardware is PoE or 12V DC powered, with a 5-year warranty.
Is V-Count compliant for retail?
Yes. V-Count does not capture, process, or store personal data. Counts, directions, and dwell metrics are anonymised by design. GDPR, CCPA, KVKK, LGPD, PDPA compliant; PCI-DSS friendly (no card-flow involvement). The company signs Data Processing Agreements, supports EU and US data residency, and has completed ISO 27001 certification.
Can retail operators and store managers get real-time alerts for retail?
Yes. BoostBI supports real-time alerts via email, SMS, or webhook when thresholds are crossed. Typical alerts for retail include capacity breach, queue length over target, unusually low traffic, and sensor offline. Alerts can route to individuals, Slack channels, or ticketing systems.