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Doors that
know who's who.

Replace keys you can't track with electronic access you can. UniFi Access for SMB, Verkada for enterprise. Card, fob, or phone unlock. Time schedules, lockdown, audit trail, and clean integration with the rest of your IT.

What's included

Everything you need, none of the upsell.

Real deliverables, with the boundaries written down. So you know what you're paying for and what counts as extra.

UniFi Access

All-in for UniFi shops.

Best value when you already run a UniFi network. One pane of glass, no monthly per-door fees, fast install.

Audit Trail

Every unlock logged.

Who opened which door when. Searchable, exportable, retained per your policy. So insurance and HR have answers.

Schedules

Time-of-day rules.

Staff hours, cleaner hours, after-hours pin. Visitor passes that expire automatically. Granular without being painful.

Lockdown

One button, all doors.

Emergency lockdown trigger from mobile or panel. Tied into camera and alarm. Tested during install.

How it works

The order we work in.

A clear sequence so you can budget time, money, and risk against the work.

Step 01

Plan.

Door audit, hardware selection, cabling routes. Bill of materials and fixed quote.

Step 02

Install.

Reader, strike, REX, request-to-exit, fire interface. Coordinated with electrical and fire if needed.

Step 03

Provision.

User database loaded, schedules built, cards or phone credentials issued. Trained handoff.

Step 04

Support.

Ongoing firmware updates, new-hire onboarding, leaver off-boarding, and audit log retention.

FAQ

Common questions.

What does an access control system actually replace?

Keys, and the fact that you cannot audit or revoke them. A lost key means rekeying; a lost card means a click. For any site with staff turnover or areas that should be restricted, that difference is the whole business case.

Cards, fobs or phones?

Phone-based credentials are increasingly the default and remove the cost of issuing and replacing physical media. Cards still make sense where staff cannot carry phones on the floor, and most modern systems support both together.

Does access control need to be on the network?

Modern systems generally are, which brings them into scope for security. They belong on a segmented network rather than alongside general office traffic, for the same reason cameras do.

Can it integrate with our other systems?

Commonly with video, so an access event has footage attached, and sometimes with HR systems so a departure revokes access automatically. That last integration is the one that prevents the most common failure, which is credentials outliving employment.

Get a quote on access control.

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