AWS Panorama Discontinuedsince 2020
[Ended May 31, 2026] Service that added edge video analytics to existing IP cameras. Devices no longer work; AWS recommends SageMaker with Jetson-based hardware and Greengrass instead
What It Does
[Discontinued] AWS Panorama reached end of support on May 31, 2026, and Panorama Appliances, which depended on the cloud service, no longer function. The following describes the service as it worked at the time. AWS Panorama is a computer vision service that analyzes video from existing IP cameras in real time on an edge device (Panorama Appliance). It runs ML models for object detection, people counting, safety equipment compliance checks, and more at the edge, processing video locally without sending it to the cloud.
Use Cases
Used for counting visitors in retail stores, factory safety monitoring (helmet compliance checks), warehouse inventory management, and parking lot availability detection.
Everyday Analogy
Think of it as adding AI eyes to surveillance cameras. Traditional surveillance cameras (IP cameras) just record footage, but adding Panorama enables them to automatically determine 'how many people are present' and 'whether safety equipment is being worn.'
End of Support and Migration Paths
AWS Panorama reached its end of support on May 31, 2026, and had stopped accepting new customers on May 20, 2025. Because the Panorama Appliance and its applications depended on connectivity to the Panorama cloud service, the devices themselves no longer function after the shutdown. AWS officially points to two alternatives: adopt an off-the-shelf solution from AWS Partners, or build your own with Amazon SageMaker (including the computer vision algorithms in SageMaker JumpStart), run it on off-the-shelf NVIDIA Jetson-based devices or edge servers, and manage the edge fleet with AWS IoT Greengrass, AWS Systems Manager, or Amazon EKS / ECS Anywhere. This page remains available as a historical reference and migration guide.
What Is Panorama?
AWS Panorama is a service that enables computer vision at the edge. Connect the Panorama Appliance (edge device) to your existing IP camera network and deploy ML models built with SageMaker. Since video is processed at the edge, it saves bandwidth and protects privacy. Only analysis results are sent to the cloud.
Applications and Models
A Panorama application is a pipeline that receives video streams from cameras, runs inference with ML models, and outputs results. You can use custom models trained with SageMaker or pre-built models from AWS Marketplace. A single Appliance can process multiple camera streams simultaneously.
Replacement Architecture After the Shutdown
To rebuild the "existing IP cameras + edge inference" setup that Panorama provided, replace the hardware with an off-the-shelf NVIDIA Jetson-based device or an edge server, and run computer vision models built and trained with SageMaker on it. Ingest camera streams with RTSP-capable libraries such as OpenCV or PyAV, and distribute and update the application as AWS IoT Greengrass components, which is the architecture shown in the official AWS documentation. For sites that process many cameras in one location, an edge server managed with EKS / ECS Anywhere is a better fit than a single Jetson device.
Things to Watch Out For
- Support ended on May 31, 2026. Because the Panorama Appliance depended on the cloud service, the device itself no longer functions after the shutdown (owning the hardware does not help)
- New customer sign-ups closed on May 20, 2025. Alternatives are AWS Partner solutions, or a self-built stack such as SageMaker with NVIDIA Jetson-based devices and IoT Greengrass
References (Official AWS Resources)
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