Honest comparison

Stop bolting biometric machines.
Start with a phone.

A side-by-side look at Attendify versus the fingerprint and face-recognition devices you've been quoted for. Written by people who used both.

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0 KWD

Hardware to buy

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Branches supported

Things to maintain

Feature by feature

The honest side-by-side

No marketing tricks. Where biometric devices win, we say so.

Feature	Attendify	Biometric Machines
Upfront hardware cost	0 KWD	~50–150 KWD per device
Installation	Download app, sign in, done	Mount, wire, network, IT visit
Multi-site / multi-branch	Unlimited, included	1 device per location
Workers on the move (sites, deliveries)	GPS check-in anywhere	Doesn't work. They have to come in.
Buddy punching prevention	GPS + device binding + Face ID	Fingerprint / face on device
Theft / damage / power loss	Nothing to steal or break	Replace device + lose data
Reports & payroll export	PDF / Excel, one click	Export from device, then merge
AI insights & deduction reports	Built-in	Not available
Leave & shift management	In the same app	Separate spreadsheet
Maintenance & support	Updates push automatically	Firmware visits, part replacement
Speed at peak (50 employees clocking in)	Everyone, in parallel	Queue at the device
Where biometric devices still win	No phone? Use a shared tablet at the door.	Workers without smartphones

Quick math

What does it actually cost?

Biometric machine setup

2 devices (head office + branch)~200 KWD
Installation & wiring~80 KWD
Software license (year 1)~200 KWD
Annual maintenance contract~120 KWD
Hidden: HR time exporting & merging~100 KWD

Year 1 total ~700 KWD

Then re-quote when you open another branch.

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Attendify (20 employees)

Hardware to buy0 KWD
Installation0 KWD
Basic plan, 20 × 1 KWD/mo × 12240 KWD
Annual maintenance0 KWD
HR time (auto reports)0 KWD

Year 1 total 240 KWD

+ unlimited branches, AI reports, leave & shift management included.

Why teams switch

The four reasons HR managers switch in their first month

Workers don't always come to the office

Construction, deliveries, sales reps, multi-branch retail. A device on a wall is the wrong tool.

Lower year-1 cost

No purchase, no install, no maintenance contract. Cancel anytime if you change your mind.

AI reports instead of spreadsheets

Auto-detected late patterns, calculated deductions, monthly workforce summaries. No machine does this.

Live in 5 minutes, not 3 weeks

Already have biometric machines?

Run both for a month. Then retire the device.

Most of our customers came from biometric devices. We recommend running Attendify in parallel for 30 days, comparing the data side-by-side, then quietly retiring the machine. We can help you migrate employee records and historical attendance.

Talk to us about migration

Common objections

"But what about…"

Use a single shared tablet at the door as a kiosk. Each worker logs in with their PIN or face. You get the same single-device experience as a biometric machine, without the wall-mounting and maintenance contract.

We detect mock-location apps and block them. Combined with device binding (one phone per employee) and optional Face ID at check-in, faking a check-in is significantly harder than fooling a fingerprint scanner.

Yes, the hardware is sunk. But the maintenance contract, IT visits, and per-branch quotes when you expand are not. Most teams recover the cost of switching within 4 months just by dropping the maintenance contract.

Cancel. No contract, no termination fees, no removal cost. Export your attendance history and walk away. The machine vendor's contract is rarely that flexible.

Stop bolting biometric machines. Start with a phone.