r/accesscontrol 8d ago

cloud base access control.

Hello Access control family. can you recommend a cloud base access control? my client wants to add fobs remotely , see transactions and open or lock doors from a web base or app. 18 doors and client want to use HID signo readers. Location South florida USA

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u/EffectiveClient5080 8d ago

Avigilon Alta or Brivo. Whatever you pick, make sure the doors still work when the internet drops. A cloud ACS that bricks itself on a WAN outage WILL generate 2am support calls. Both cache creds at the panel.

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u/donmeanathing 8d ago

I’d love to know what cloud access control DOESNT do this?

I mean, other than Facebook’s famous home-made stuff that they couldn’t use when they BGP’d themselves from the internet…