Avigilon Access Control Manager (ACM) vs. Brivo

There are simpler systems out there for card access. The simpler systems are not as granular. There a lot of card access pieces to ACM. ACM also requires a server so if you want a cloud based solution, this is not an option. It's best if you have staff or a local company to support the hardware and software.

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We maintain a trash district for five buildings and we have recently undergone a trash audit with the city of Santa Cruz and an independent auditor to accurately bill the tenants of the district by type of business and usage. Brivo has been instrumental in providing access reports and video event capture to assist in tenant usage as well as identifying the type of refuge each tenant is disposing of. The system is easily set up to allow limited access to outside users for projects like this. The ability to run reports at any given time and by select dates has been a useful tool.

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• Integrate with burg systems
• Granular for time access
• Flexible with many types of badges

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• Tracking who is coming and going and at what time.
• Video monitoring capabilities.
• Intuitive software for trouble shooting or programming schedules.
• Generating usage reports.

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• How you set up integration with burg systems
• SSO
• Making door double taps easier to set up

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• Brivo is currently upgrading its UI and there have been some minor hiccups.

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It is very straightforward

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Some systems out there are not too granular. They also lacked integration with Google, which we need. With that being said ACM can sometimes make setup too complicated. Double-tap cards for instance take many steps to set up. In other systems it's a one-click setup. ACM is also compatible with Mercury boards. This is a big reason to choose ACM because the boards are not proprietary.

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At the time, Kisi did not allow for differing access based on elevator floors, but this may have changed.

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• card access can help to limit physical keys
• Less staff to unlock doors for events, because now they are scheduled by one person
• Licensing and installation costs are pricey

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• Saves so much time.
• Keeps us organized.
• Tenants are asking us to deploy to their spaces, helping us transition from physical keys.

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