Envoy
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How to Replace EnvoyOverview
Features
42 features across 13 categories
Administration(2)
Create custom admin roles and automatically provision roles via SCIM
Manage multiple locations with global views, activity logs, and centralized sign-in flows
Analytics(3)
Real-time occupancy and visitor analytics to manage capacity
Anticipate busy days with a real-time invite log
View analytics to reveal visitor trends and patterns with customizable reporting
Compliance(2)
Support compliance with regulations like ITAR, EAR, OFAC, and C-TPAT
Have visitors sign legal documents digitally with automatic email and storage
Customization(4)
Create conditional questions and rules for customized sign-in flows
Customize visitor sign-in experience with branded content and messaging
Create global sign-in flow templates for standardized processes across locations
Choose from 31 languages for sign-in experience
Enterprise(1)
Fulfill a request for proposal (RFP)
Integration(4)
Integrate with access control providers to manage building entry
Build your own integrations with open API and webhooks
Automatically provision Wi-Fi credentials for visitors
SAML single sign-on and employee directory integrations with directory management
Notifications(5)
Coverage outside regular business hours for virtual front desk
Backup contact routing for virtual front desk calls
Comprehensive call log for Virtual Front Desk interactions
Call transcripts for Virtual Front Desk interactions
Notify hosts when their visitors arrive via email, SMS, Slack, Teams, or in-app
Reporting(1)
Schedule unlimited email exports of visitor data in CSV format
Safety(1)
Guide people to safety with evacuation maps in emergency situations
Safety & Communications(1)
Real-time alerts and accurate safety confirmations with multi-channel delivery
Security(4)
Check internal block lists and enable integration with third-party restricted parties lists
Validate emails sent to visitors with DKIM
Auto-sign in returning visitors via facial recognition
Verify visitor IDs with included scans per year plus add-ons for higher volume needs
Visitor Management(12)
Print name badges for each visitor with customizable design and expiring badge security
Allow guests to sign in with plus ones and create group registrations
Let visitors access multiple locations on your campus with one invitation
Enable multiple sign-in kiosks with iPad pairing
Guests can provide details before they arrive to speed up sign-in
Let visitors sign in by scanning a QR code without iPad required
Easy-to-reference list of expected visitors with employee registration capabilities
Allow employees and visitors to sign out via multiple methods including dashboard and mobile
Video intercom on Envoy Mobile app and iPad kiosk for remote visitor greeting
Simple, compliant, and secure visitor check-in process
Customize columns and layout to see expected visitors and previous visits
Capture visitor photos with iPad camera for identification and records
Workplace Management(2)
Limit onsite capacity to manage occupancy
Tools to plan, book, and navigate the workplace for hybrid work
Pricing
Basic
- ✓Unlimited visitors
- ✓Host notifications
- ✓Limited features
- ✓100 entries/month
- ✓Multiple sign-in kiosks
- ✓Multi-language support (31 languages)
- ✓Real-time invite log
- ✓Expected visitor list
- ✓Previous visitor history
- ✓Real-time visitor log
- ✓Sign out capabilities
- ✓Sort, filter, and export visitor data
- ✓Manual visitor sign-in
- ✓Analytics and visitor trends
- ✓Host approval for unexpected visitors
- ✓CSV email exports
- ✓Email host notifications
- ✓Envoy Mobile host notifications
- ✓Unattended visitor notifications
- ✓Export detailed visitor logs
- ✓Return security questionnaires
- ✓Check internal block lists
- ✓Import and export blocklist
- ✓1 location included
- ✓Add unlimited employees to directory
- ✓Manually add employees
- ✓Upload CSV of employee records
- ✓Cloud-based solution
- ✓Instant access to new features
- ✓Minimum maintenance
- ✓No proprietary on-prem hardware
Standard
- ✓Everything in Basic
- ✓Badge printing
- ✓Legal documents
- ✓Customized branding
- ✓Visitor photos
- ✓Visitor analytics
- ✓SSO and directory integrations
- ✓Virtual front desk
Premium
Popular- ✓Everything in Standard
- ✓Block list and ID scanning
- ✓Guest Wi-Fi integrations
- ✓Access control integrations
- ✓Auto-scheduled email reports of visitor data
- ✓Advanced security and control
- ✓Blocklist scanning
- ✓Access control integrations
- ✓Guest Wi-Fi integrations
- ✓ID Scanning via Veriff (500 scans/year included)
- ✓Auto-scheduled email reports
- ✓Customizable visitor analytics
- ✓Multi-channel emergency notifications
Enterprise
- ✓Everything in Premium
- ✓Custom pricing
- ✓Complex security, safety, and compliance needs
- ✓Advanced features and customization
- ✓Fulfill RFP requirements
- ✓Additional payment options (invoice, wire, ACH)
Emergency Notifications - Standard
- ✓Real-time alerts
- ✓Accurate safety confirmations
- ✓Up-to-date contacts
- ✓Targeted alerts
- ✓Evacuation maps
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Integrations
13 known integrations