Verdantix names viAct an innovator in workplace safety

Verdantix has identified viAct as an innovator in video analytics for workplace safety, placing it alongside vendors including Intenseye and Protex AI.

The firm examined suppliers of video analytics systems used in safety management, including behavioural monitoring, personal protective equipment detection, unsafe condition identification, area controls, system integration and analytics. Its research points to a market in which companies are trying to connect separate safety tools into more unified systems.

Many industrial operators have deployed video analytics for specific tasks, but often through separate systems that run independently. As a result, alerts, dashboards and incident data can be spread across multiple platforms, making it harder for safety teams to respond through a single workflow.

Gary Ng, co-founder and chief executive officer of viAct, said fragmented deployments have become a central issue for users of the technology.

"What we're seeing across sites today isn't a lack of technology - it's fragmentation. Detection here, dashboards there, and very little connecting it all," Ng said.

He added that the market focus has shifted beyond basic detection to how systems fit into day-to-day operations.

"The challenge is no longer just detection, but how systems connect into workflows and generate insights teams can act on. That's also where the report places increasing emphasis - on capabilities like integration, configurability, and the ability to operate across real-world environments," he said.

Market shift

The findings reflect broader demand for platforms that can manage multiple safety scenarios in one operating environment rather than treating each use case separately. In practice, that means combining monitoring of worker behaviour, site conditions, restricted areas and equipment within a single management layer.

viAct said its system is built around an Enterprise Centralised Management Platform, or ECMP, which brings together alerts, incidents and safety data in one interface across sites. It sells the technology to sectors including construction, manufacturing and oil and gas, where operators often rely on existing camera networks for site monitoring.

The wider backdrop is growing interest in artificial intelligence tools for environmental, health and safety risk management. Businesses have invested in computer vision systems to identify missing protective equipment, unsafe movement and site hazards, but integration with operational processes has remained uneven.

Verdantix's assessment suggests customers are now placing more weight on whether video analytics products can work across varied industrial settings and feed information into usable decision-making processes. That marks a shift from earlier deployments, which often focused on proving that individual detections were technically possible.

Agentic AI

viAct also pointed to the next phase of market development, where suppliers are trying to link visual detection with software that can interpret context and support response actions. It said it is expanding its platform with agentic functions and plans to introduce more than 300 AI agents aimed at heavy industry use cases.

Those agents are intended to assign software models to specific safety scenarios in complex environments, with the goal of making video outputs easier to use in operating workflows. viAct argues that this could help bridge gaps between detection, data handling and frontline decision-making.

Ng said practical deployment remains the test for such systems.

"The focus has to be on systems that are usable on the ground - configurable, scalable, and able to work across real-world environments - because ultimately, it's not just about detecting risk, but how effectively you can operationalize it in the field," he said.

Verdantix, which researches digital technology markets in areas including environment, health and safety, and sustainability, has become a reference point for buyers comparing specialist software vendors. Inclusion in one of its sector reports can raise the profile of smaller providers competing with more established names in industrial software.

For viAct, the recognition comes as video analytics suppliers seek to show their systems can move beyond standalone camera alerts and become part of routine site management. The next step for the sector will depend on whether these tools can turn safety observations into actions teams can use on the ground.