Since November. I´ve written and asked if they can at least offer some additional functionality in return for the 60% price increase (more plate lists, more plates per list, that kind of thing). I suspect part of the problem is that Rekor loses money and their share price has fallen off a cliff since April 2021 despite their increased business levels and prices, so the question may well be whether they can survive.
What must be especially galling to Rekor is how Flock Safety keeps procuring huge amounts of investment capital doing exactly the same thing they should be doing, i.e. selling and leasing LPR systems. Both Rekor and Flock Safety were founded in 2017, but the difference has been night and day for them.
OpenALPR is a great product, yet Rekor almost seems to ignore it in favor of their nebulous traffic analytic services. Flock Safety, on the other hand, has LPR cameras everywhere, and a steadily growing customer base along with other anti-crime analytic
tools now being offered.
Rekor may not survive, but OpenALPR undoubtedly will. The IP is too valuable. If Rekor does fold, the question is whether OpenALPR winds up in the hands of a company that is willing to offer licenses to smaller customers.