AITX’s October 30, 2026 RAIA announcement includes an estimate of rental charges up to 70% below competing Security as a Service offerings. Before putting that percentage into a project budget, identify exactly which line of the bill it describes.
Keep the comparison attached to rental charges
The company’s disclosure says the comparison concerns rental charges, rather than equivalent savings in total deployment or operating costs. It says actual savings depend on the equipment and services compared, contract duration, location and other terms and charges. The maximum is not a saving promised to every customer.
A useful comparison sheet therefore needs both scope and period. Write down what each quote includes and the period it covers before comparing amounts. Where a charge is unknown, leave it unresolved instead of treating the blank as zero.
Work through a fictional bill
Imagine two entirely invented proposals for the same period. Proposal A has a rental line of 100 units and other charges of 40 units, for a total of 140. Proposal B has a rental line of 30 units and other charges of 40, for a total of 70. These numbers are a teaching example, not RAIA prices, competitor quotes or a prediction of anyone’s costs.
The rental reduction is 70 divided by 100, or 70%. The total reduction is also 70 units, but the starting total is 140, making the total reduction 50%. Changing the denominator changes the result even though the rental arithmetic is correct.
Now imagine that Proposal B’s other charges have not been supplied. Its total is unknown. Reusing the 40-unit figure from Proposal A would introduce an assumption. Keep that assumption visible if you use it for a scenario; do not present the scenario as a completed quotation.
Check timing separately from a cost scenario
The announcement identifies November 9, 2026 as the planned formal unveiling and explicitly distinguishes that date from the start of shipments. Final specifications, pricing and shipping schedules remain subject to change. A budget scenario alone therefore cannot confirm delivery for a project date.
Ask for a comparable proposal
- Use the same service period and scope in both columns.
- Separate quoted amounts, your assumptions and unresolved charges.
- Ask the supplier to identify what the proposal includes and excludes.
- Keep delivery confirmation separate from the savings calculation.
These are general comparison steps, not a verified RAIA fee schedule. No device, rental contract, supplier quotation, deployment or security outcome was independently tested for this article.
Primary source
- AITX announcement and comparison disclosures, October 30, 2026: https://aitx.ai/press-releases/rad-targets-1-49-billion-mobile-surveillance-tower-market-with-raia
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