{"id":1247,"date":"2026-09-23T12:59:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2026-09-23T12:59:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:59:30","slug":"qudify-vs-envoy-vs-vizitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/2026\/09\/23\/qudify-vs-envoy-vs-vizitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Qudify vs Envoy vs Vizitor: Which Visitor Management System Fits Your Office? (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1247\" class=\"elementor elementor-1247\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cef4b1d e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-098764d \" data-id=\"cef4b1d\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"cef4b1d\">\n    \t\t\t<h1 data-interaction-id=\"b39bf61\" class=\"e-b39bf61-b44191d e-heading-base\"><strong>Qudify vs Envoy vs Vizitor: Which Visitor Management System Fits Your Office? (2026)<\/strong><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-570296d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"570296d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-7.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1249\" alt=\"Qudify comparison graphic featuring the Qudify logo, headline Qudify vs Envoy vs Vizitor: Which Visitor System Is Best?, and an illustration mapping a central Visitor System node branching to three comparative platform cards\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-7.png 1920w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-7-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-7-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-7-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-7-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-7980e23-cc867f3 e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"7980e23\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"5311e1a\" class=\"e-5311e1a-225b666 e-heading-base\"><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1833b0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1833b0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Envoy&#8217;s public page now lists only Basic (free), Premium at $362 per location, monthly billed annually, and custom Enterprise. Standard disappeared.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Envoy does offer QR check-in with no iPad. It sits behind Premium, so the hardware-free comparison is tier-dependent, not vendor-dependent.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vizitor publishes ISO 27001 certification. Envoy&#8217;s legal compliance page substantiates SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR and CPRA, but not ISO 27001.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vendor industry pages list frameworks the product helps you meet. Legal compliance pages list what the vendor actually holds. Read the second one.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every platform caps entries. Envoy Basic allows 100 monthly; Vizitor Starter 300; Vizitor Premium 1,000. Check caps before comparing headline prices.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WhatsApp host alerts are no longer a single-vendor feature. Vizitor notifies hosts by email, SMS, and WhatsApp alongside Qudify&#8217;s WhatsApp-first flow.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qudify publishes no pricing. Envoy and Vizitor both do. Budget-led shortlists will feel that gap before a demo call.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under India&#8217;s DPDP Act, your office is the Data Fiduciary, not the vendor. Board penalty powers begin November 2026.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3f5ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3f5ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nobody compares these three because they look identical. They compare them because the front desk turned into a purchasing decision with a real number attached, and the number moves by an order of magnitude depending on which box you tick.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is that spread, verified this week. Envoy&#8217;s public pricing page lists Premium at $362 per location per month, billed annually. Vizitor lists Premium at \u20b93,200 per location per month, billed annually. Qudify does not publish pricing at all. Same category, wildly different commercial models, and the feature you assumed was included is frequently two tiers up.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comparison works through what actually separates them in 2026: what each tier really includes, how much hardware you are committing to, what the entry caps do to your effective cost, how the compliance claims hold up when you read the legal page instead of the marketing page, and what India&#8217;s DPDP timeline now demands of the buyer. Two of the three changed materially in the last year, and one widely repeated claim about Envoy&#8217;s compliance turns out not to survive contact with Envoy&#8217;s own legal documentation.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written for whoever is building the shortlist: office and facilities managers, IT and security leads, and founders signing the invoice.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-2b567e7-3135bf3 e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"2b567e7\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"af7fb76\" class=\"e-af7fb76-7f8c5dd e-heading-base\"><strong>What a Visitor Management System Has to Do<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f91e23d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f91e23d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A visitor management system replaces the paper register with a structured check-in: it captures visitor details, notifies the host automatically, keeps a searchable and exportable log, and depending on the platform, issues a pass, captures an NDA signature, verifies an ID, or screens the visitor against a watchlist before they reach the lobby.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All three platforms here clear that baseline. Qudify&#8217;s guide to the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/2026\/06\/22\/types-of-visitor-management-systems\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">types of visitor management systems<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> maps the wider category if you are still deciding on a form factor. The differences that decide a purchase show up in five places:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tier gating.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Which of the features you assumed were standard are actually two tiers up.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Volume caps.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> How many check-ins your plan allows before it stops working.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Hardware dependency.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What you buy, mount, maintain and eventually replace.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Verifiable compliance.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What the vendor holds, as distinct from what its product helps you meet.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cost behaviour at scale.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What happens to the invoice at location two, five and ten.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everything below traces back to those five.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-528cddb-ee95c8c e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"528cddb\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"0437ea4\" class=\"e-0437ea4-e6738a6 e-heading-base\"><strong>The Three Platforms: Qudify vs Envoy vs Vizitor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-interaction-id=\"9b36e01\" class=\"e-9b36e01-caa6365 e-heading-base\"><strong>What is Qudify?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f064f43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f064f43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qudify is a QR-first workplace SaaS platform built by Qdesq Realtech Pvt Ltd in Gurugram, Haryana. Its design premise is that the only hardware a check-in needs is the smartphone the visitor already carries. Visitors scan a QR code at the entrance, complete a short form in their mobile browser with no app download, and the host is notified, commonly over WhatsApp. Check-out is another scan.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Verified capabilities:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> QR check-in and check-out, digital pass generation and verification, static and per-visit dynamic QR codes, pre-invites by email or WhatsApp, WhatsApp-based host approvals, KYC and Government-ID verification, custom branding, per-visitor-type forms, digital NDAs and policies, graphical analytics on a single monitoring screen, and office-wise admin permissions for multi-location and multi-tenant setups. It integrates with Google, Microsoft, Slack, and access-control systems, plus HROne (HRMS) and Sentinels (security). Alongside visitor management, it sells QR-based meeting room and desk booking, a variant built for commercial towers, and digital complaint management.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-interaction-id=\"98e3bea\" class=\"e-98e3bea-02250ee e-heading-base\"><strong>What is Envoy?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f208372 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f208372\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Envoy is the category&#8217;s enterprise incumbent, and its architecture assumes a staffed, equipped reception. The default is a dedicated iPad at the entrance; Envoy&#8217;s own hardware guidance recommends an iPad running iOS 10 or later, an iPad stand, and a badge printer if you intend to issue badges. Hosts are notified by email, the Envoy mobile app, and at paid tiers by SMS, Slack, and Microsoft Teams.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Envoy&#8217;s strength is depth and breadth. Badge printing with expiring and per-visitor-type badge designs, legal document workflows with pre-arrival signing, SAML single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, watchlist and ID scanning at Enterprise, access-control and guest Wi-Fi integrations, and a full workplace platform sold as separate modules: Reservations for desks, rooms and parking, Screens for digital signage, Deliveries, and Response for threat and emergency management. It also sells a dedicated multi-tenant visitor management product, which matters if you assumed multi-tenant was a gap in its lineup.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The structural catch is that Envoy&#8217;s module prices exclude a platform fee. Its pricing page states that every plan starts with the platform layer, and lists module prices with the note that they exclude that fee. Any Envoy quote should be read as modules plus platform, not modules alone.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-interaction-id=\"9d249ee\" class=\"e-9d249ee-4ff0b2d e-heading-base\"><strong>What is Vizitor?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b432a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79b432a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vizitor is built by AIVizitor Labs Pvt. Ltd. in India and has repositioned hard enough that any comparison relying on 2024-era write-ups will describe a product that no longer exists. It runs on any major Android tablet or iPad, advertises setup in roughly 30 minutes with no proprietary hardware, and charges no setup or installation fee.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verified capabilities across tiers: QR-code check-in, offline check-in, photo capture on entry, e-badges, custom forms and branding, pre-registration with invite links, automatic check-out, real-time visitor log, analytics and CSV export, and host notification by email, SMS and WhatsApp. Premium adds NDA and legal-document signing, physical badge printing, OTP verification, multi-location management and emergency evacuation. Enterprise adds blacklisting, overstay and outstay alerts, custom badge design, and the platform&#8217;s third-party integrations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vizitor also sells separate products for mailroom, space management, attendance, meeting room booking, queue management, ticketing and contractor management, which makes it the broadest module spread of the three on paper.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One correction worth making precisely, because the draft version of this article got it wrong and so do most competing comparisons: Vizitor&#8217;s integrations are not broadly available. Slack and Google directory appear on its pricing matrix at Enterprise only. A buyer on Starter or Premium should not assume directory sync.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-7884ac3-63a315a e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"7884ac3\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"392444a\" class=\"e-392444a-75e2729 e-heading-base\"><strong>Comparison Table<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85430d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85430d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verified against each vendor&#8217;s own pricing, billing and legal pages, 31 August 2026. &#8220;Native&#8221; means built into the product; &#8220;tier-gated&#8221; means available only from the stated tier up; &#8220;separate module&#8221; means licensed and billed on its own.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be2d51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8be2d51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><td>\u00a0<\/td><td><p><b>Qudify<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Envoy<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Vizitor<\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Vendor\/origin<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qdesq Realtech, Gurugram, India<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Envoy Inc., United States<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIVizitor Labs, India<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Built for<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian offices, multi-tenant towers, regulated sites wanting phone-based check-in<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Large, multi-site, compliance-driven enterprises<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cost-led SMEs and mid-market wanting one affordable workplace tool<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Published pricing<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None; quote-based<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, per location<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, per location, in INR\/USD\/EUR\/GBP<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Entry paid tier (annual)<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not published<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premium $362\/location\/month<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starter \u20b91,600\/location\/month (USD view lists $36)<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Free option<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not published<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic, genuinely free, 1 location<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free trial; pricing page shows no free tier despite marketing wording<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Monthly entry cap<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not published<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic 100; Premium and Enterprise unlimited<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starter 300; Premium 1,000; Enterprise unlimited<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Primary check-in<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QR on visitor&#8217;s own phone, no app<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iPad kiosk by default<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QR or tablet kiosk (iOS\/Android)<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>QR check-in without a kiosk<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Native, core flow<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-gated, Premium and up<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Native, all tiers<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Host alerts<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WhatsApp-first, plus standard channels<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email and mobile app at Basic; SMS, Slack, Teams tier-gated<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email, SMS and WhatsApp<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Physical badge printing<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not core; digital passes instead<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-gated, Premium and up<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-gated, Premium and up<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Digital NDA capture<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Native<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-gated, Premium and up<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-gated, Premium and up<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>ID verification<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KYC and Government-ID<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ID scanning tier-gated at Enterprise, 500 scans\/year included<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government-ID scan via tablet camera; OTP at Premium<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Watchlist\/blocklist<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not published<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-gated, Enterprise<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-gated, Enterprise<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Facial recognition<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not published<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Auto sign-in for returning visitors, Enterprise<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offered as a separate product page<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>SSO \/ directory sync<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google and Microsoft integrations<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAML SSO and directory, Premium and up; SCIM at Enterprise<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google directory, Enterprise only<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Access-control integration<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Native integration<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-gated, Enterprise<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not listed on pricing matrix<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Meeting-room booking<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Native, QR-based<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Separate module, Reservations, $5\/bookable resource\/month<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Separate product<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Other modules<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desk booking, complaint management, tower variant<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screens $12\/device; Deliveries $250\/location; Response $2\/user<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mailroom, attendance, queue, ticketing, contractor mgmt<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Vendor-held certifications<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not published<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SOC 2 Type 2; GDPR (as processor); CPRA<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISO 27001 (annual audit); GDPR; VAPT tested<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Encryption disclosed<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not published in detail<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not itemised on legal page<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2 in transit<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><b>Hardware needed for core flow<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None; display a QR code<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iPad, stand, badge printer typically per location<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tablet; QR flow reduces dependence<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37c765f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37c765f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prices shift often. Confirm on each vendor&#8217;s pricing page before deciding. Envoy module prices exclude its platform fee.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-b266c4f-6854635 e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"b266c4f\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"c13ca47\" class=\"e-c13ca47-526786a e-heading-base\"><strong>Pricing and What It Actually Costs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce51928 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce51928\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sticker price misleads in this category unless you add hardware, read the caps, and check which tier holds the feature you need.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-interaction-id=\"963605e\" class=\"e-963605e-cc4a02c e-heading-base\"><strong>Envoy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb5251 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2eb5251\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2-7.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1250\" alt=\"Envoy website homepage featuring the Envoy logo, top navigation menu, the main headline We protect the workplaces the world relies on most, subtext stating they unite people, spaces, and communications on one platform built for modern security and compliance, a Get a demo button, product graphics and badge awards for Top 50, Leader, Best Usability, and Highest User Adoption, and a footer listing trusted enterprise clients including HelloFresh, Impossible, Intuitive, Lucasfilm, Lucas Oil, Lyft, Marvell, NVIDIA, Panasonic, Parker, and PayPal.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2-7.png 1920w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2-7-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2-7-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2-7-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2-7-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-202073b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"202073b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Envoy&#8217;s public pricing page currently lists three Visitors tiers, and the middle one has quietly vanished.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32e18cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32e18cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Tier<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Price (billed annually)<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Entry cap<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Notable inclusions<\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 entries\/month<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Host notifications, real-time log, custom fields, 1 location, up to 50 employees<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premium<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$362\/location\/month<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlimited<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Badge printing, legal documents, visitor photos, branding, Virtual Front Desk, analytics, SAML SSO, SMS, QR check-in without an iPad, multi-location<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enterprise<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Custom<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlimited<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blocklist scanning, ID scanning (500\/year), access control, guest Wi-Fi, facial recognition, SCIM, multiple printers, emergency notifications to visitors<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbc665d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbc665d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Standard tier at roughly $109 per location per month still appears in Envoy&#8217;s billing documentation, which describes a 500-visitor monthly cap and badge printing on Standard. It is not on the public pricing page. Buyers should treat Standard as available on request rather than assume it, and should be aware that if it cannot be obtained, <\/span><b>Premium at $362 is the cheapest publicly listed tier that includes badge printing and NDA capture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three cost mechanics that catch people out. Envoy bills per location, and a location can be a separate entrance in the same building. All locations on an account must sit on the same plan and billing cycle. And module prices exclude the platform fee. At $362, three reception points cost $13,032 per location-year in aggregate before hardware or platform fees.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-interaction-id=\"5e6dce2\" class=\"e-5e6dce2-173b2c7 e-heading-base\"><strong>Vizitor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-999fefd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"999fefd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-7.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1251\" alt=\"Vizitor website homepage featuring the Vizitor logo, top navigation menu, the headline Stop Running Your Workplace From 8 Different Tools, subtext detailing that Vizitor unifies visitor check-in, space management, room booking, mailroom management, attendance, queue management, ticketing management, contractor management, and front-desk workflows across 500+ workplaces in 15+ countries, call-to-action buttons for Book a Demo and Try For Free, trust badges noting a 4.8\/5 rating and Y Combinator backing, client logos including Nestl\u00e9, Gameloft, Godrej, Samsung, and Snapdeal, product dashboard cards for Smart Check-In, Smart Queue System, Smart Room Booking, Package Tracking, and Floor Map &amp; Booking, and a statistics section highlighting an 80% reduction in lobby wait time, 30-second check-in, 100% digital audit trail completeness, and 500+ workplaces.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-7.png 1920w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-7-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-7-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-7-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-7-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24c5a75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24c5a75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vizitor&#8217;s pricing page defaults to INR and offers a currency toggle. The two views are not straight conversions, and Indian buyers should look at the rupee view specifically.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9507919 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9507919\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Tier<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>INR (billed annually)<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Entry cap<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Employees<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Locations<\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starter<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b91,600\/location\/month<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">300 check-ins<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up to 50<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premium<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b93,200\/location\/month<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,000 check-ins<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up to 200<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enterprise<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Custom<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlimited<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlimited<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlimited<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66c9117 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66c9117\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vizitor&#8217;s USD marketing lists the same tiers at $36 and $72. At $72 per location per month, Premium works out around $864 per location-year, roughly a fifth of Envoy Premium&#8217;s $4,344. Against the rupee price of \u20b938,400 per location-year, the gap is wider still.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One caveat to state plainly, because Vizitor&#8217;s own pages are inconsistent: its marketing landing page advertises a &#8220;Free Plan&#8221; with a QR e-pass, while the pricing page shows no free tier and the FAQ describes the free option as a trial with full access. Treat free as a trial until Vizitor confirms otherwise in writing.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-interaction-id=\"4a21424\" class=\"e-4a21424-5ffa136 e-heading-base\"><strong>Qudify<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-290d4e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"290d4e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4-6.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1252\" alt=\"Qudify website homepage featuring the Qudify logo, top navigation menu with products, register company, login, and Book a Demo buttons, headline Digitalising usage of future ready workspaces, subtext about enhancing workspace experience and efficiency via digitalization of manual meeting room scheduling and desk booking tasks, an upgrade call to action with a Book Demo button, and a central smartphone mockup displaying a QR code and the text Qudify.co and SCAN QR &amp; TRY IT YOURSELF.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4-6.png 1920w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4-6-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4-6-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4-6-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4-6-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ef7b73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ef7b73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qudify prices on subscription and quotes for the deployment. That is a genuine transparency gap against two competitors who publish, and a budget-led shortlist will notice it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is verifiable is the cost structure rather than the number. With no required iPad, stand or badge printer for the core QR and WhatsApp flow, hardware procurement, maintenance and the replacement cycle drop out of the calculation. Envoy&#8217;s own guidance is that each location typically needs its own iPad, stand and printer; industry cost guides put per-site hardware anywhere from a few hundred to over a thousand dollars, plus consumables. For a ten-site rollout, that is the difference between distributing ten QR codes and procuring ten hardware sets. Ask for a quote scoped to your location count and expected monthly volume, and ask what happens to price at location eleven.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-74abf30-c8a5165 e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"74abf30\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"5352a18\" class=\"e-5352a18-d486ef1 e-heading-base\"><strong>Check-In and Hardware: A Correction Most Comparisons Miss<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c4d17b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c4d17b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tidy story is that Envoy needs iPads and the Indian challengers do not. That story is now wrong, and it is worth being precise about why.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Envoy&#8217;s Premium tier explicitly includes signing in by scanning a QR code with no iPad required. So Envoy supports hardware-free check-in. What it does not do is offer that at the free tier, which means the hardware question is really a tier question: you can run Envoy without a kiosk if you are paying $362 per location per month.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vizitor sits in the middle. It runs a QR touchless flow on all tiers, but its own FAQ answers the hardware question with &#8220;just a tablet,&#8221; and its ID scanning uses the tablet camera. Vizitor reduces hardware dependence rather than eliminating it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qudify is the only one of the three where the core flow assumes no shared device at all: a printed QR code at the entrance, and every visitor uses their own phone.<\/span><\/p><p><b>What this means in practice.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For a high-traffic entrance, the number that matters is not whether a kiosk exists but how many visitors can check in at once. Phone-based flows scale with the number of visitors. Kiosk flows scale with the number of kiosks you bought. Envoy allows unlimited paired iPads per location to address exactly this, which works but multiplies hardware.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One caveat applies to every phone-first system, including Qudify&#8217;s. Not every visitor arrives with a charged phone, mobile data, or the confidence to work a QR flow unassisted. In government, healthcare, and elderly-heavy settings, a staffed desk is the kinder fallback. Ask any QR-first vendor how assisted check-in works at the desk, and if the answer is vague, that is your answer. Qudify&#8217;s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/2026\/06\/19\/how-qr-code-check-in-works-for-office-managers\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">walkthrough of QR check-in for office managers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> covers how static and per-visit dynamic codes differ in practice.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-2efa98f-44a533d e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"2efa98f\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"039909a\" class=\"e-039909a-d3e950c e-heading-base\"><strong>The India Layer: DPDP Is Now a Buying Criterion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4136491 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4136491\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Indian buyers, this section outranks every feature comparison above, and the timeline has tightened since most articles on this topic were written.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s Digital Personal Data Protection Rules were notified in November 2025, activating the DPDP Act 2023 on a staged schedule:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df4a002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df4a002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Phase<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>From<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>What changes<\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phase 1<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November 2025<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Protection Board of India constituted; definitions operative; complaints possible<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phase 2<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November 2026<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Board gains power to inquire and levy penalties; Consent Manager registration opens<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phase 3<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May 2027<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full compliance required: notice, consent, data-principal rights, retention, transfers, breach obligations<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73982fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73982fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two implications for anyone signing a VMS contract this quarter.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, <\/span><b>Phase 2 is roughly ten weeks away.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Board&#8217;s penalty powers arrive in November 2026, six months before the full-compliance date. A system procured now should already be capturing consent properly rather than being retrofitted in 2027.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second, and this is the part vendors rarely volunteer: <\/span><b>under the DPDP Act, your office is the Data Fiduciary. The software vendor is a processor.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Legal responsibility for lawful consent, retention limits, and deletion sits with you. The structure mirrors Envoy&#8217;s GDPR disclosure exactly, where Envoy identifies itself as processor and the customer as controller. Buying a compliant-sounding tool does not transfer the obligation.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practically, that means four things belong on your evaluation checklist regardless of which platform wins: consent captured at or before the point of collection, configurable retention with actual deletion, exportable audit trails, and breach-notification support, since the Act requires notification within 72 hours with no materiality threshold. Maximum penalties reach \u20b9250 crore per instance for failure to take reasonable security safeguards. If you run a school, note separately that data of anyone under 18 requires verifiable parental consent.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No &#8220;DPDP-certified&#8221; vendor label exists, whatever a marketing page implies. Qudify&#8217;s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/2026\/07\/01\/best-visitor-management-systems-in-india-2026-a-practical-fact-checked-comparison\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fact-checked comparison of visitor management systems in India<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> goes deeper on what readiness looks like in practice, and on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/2026\/08\/10\/contactless-visitor-management-in-india-why-its-no-longer-optional\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">why contactless check-in became close to a default<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Indian offices.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-82be8d2-7b254ce e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"82be8d2\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"f037ede\" class=\"e-f037ede-8009336 e-heading-base\"><strong>Analytics, Admin and Multi-Location Control<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e56b0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e56b0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The administrator&#8217;s question is what value you extract from visitor data after check-in.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qudify centres its admin experience on a single real-time screen with graphical analytics and live occupancy across connected locations, plus office-wise permissions. That design suits a facilities team overseeing several sites, and it is the specific reason multi-tenant towers adopt it: one system for fifteen tenants instead of fifteen systems.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Envoy goes furthest at scale, with global views across locations, the ability to copy settings to new locations, location grouping, globally managed sign-in flows, and an activity log of setting changes at Enterprise. Visitor data can also sit alongside Reservations and Deliveries data if you have bought those modules. Note that visitor analytics itself is tier-gated: Envoy Basic does not include it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visitor reporting is broad across its modules and export-ready, with per-location retention and check-in rules configurable independently, which is a real advantage for organisations operating across jurisdictions with different data laws.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whichever you pick, confirm the same four things: real-time visibility across all sites from one screen, exportable logs for audits and drills, host-response tracking so you know whether alerts get acted on, and historical trends for staffing and space planning.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-5b918e3-c28d19d e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"5b918e3\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"f678731\" class=\"e-f678731-fa68f16 e-heading-base\"><strong>How to Choose<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3927a31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3927a31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work through these before the demo. The answers usually point at one platform faster than a feature grid will.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1fdf4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1fdf4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Monthly visitor volume: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then check it against the cap, not the price. Envoy Basic stops at 100 entries; Vizitor Starter at 300. Exceeding a cap on Envoy Basic locks admins out of the dashboard until the month resets.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location count now, and in two years: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every platform here bills per location. A tool that is comfortable at one site can become the largest line item at ten.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Which features you actually need, and which tier holds them:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Badge printing, NDA capture, SSO, watchlist and ID scanning are gated differently by each vendor. Build your shortlist from the tier that contains your must-haves, not the entry price.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Hardware appetite:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Do you want to own, mount, maintain and replace kiosks and printers, or keep reception device-free? Budget consumables, not just capital.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Notification channel.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In India, WhatsApp alerts clear visitors faster than email that sits unread. Qudify and Vizitor both support it. Elsewhere, Teams or SMS may fit better.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The certificate your procurement process actually asks for.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> SOC 2 and ISO 27001 are not interchangeable. Find out which one your questionnaire names before you shortlist on &#8220;enterprise-grade.&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Data residency and retention.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ask where data is stored, whether it is encrypted at rest and in transit, and whether retention periods are configurable with real deletion.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>DPDP obligations.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Confirm consent capture, retention controls and audit export, and accept that your organisation carries the Data Fiduciary obligation.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Assisted check-in.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If your visitors skew older, less digitally confident, or arrive in groups, ask specifically how someone without a working phone gets in.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Integration depth.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Only matters if you will actually use it. If you are not running SSO today, do not pay for a tier that exists to provide it.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f0ee2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f0ee2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A short pilot at one location, run through a real morning rush, surfaces friction no sales demo will. It remains the single most useful step before committing.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-6a1efdf-d7301f2 e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"6a1efdf\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"9e222d9\" class=\"e-9e222d9-0d0a284 e-heading-base\"><strong>Which Platform Fits Which Business<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef53574 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef53574\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5-5.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1253\" alt=\"Qudify graphic titled Best Platform for Each Business, charting a red recommendation curve with three software options: Choose Envoy, best for large enterprises needing deep integrations, security, and advanced modules; Choose Vizitor, best for budget-conscious teams wanting predictable pricing and broad features; and Choose Qudify, best for app-free, WhatsApp and QR check-ins, KYC, and multi-site offices\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5-5.png 1920w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5-5-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5-5-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5-5-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/qudify.co\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5-5-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77a0f62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77a0f62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Choose Envoy if<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you are a large or multinational enterprise whose procurement process names SOC 2, your stack already runs on directory sync, SSO and e-signature tools, you need watchlist screening or ID scanning, and your budget absorbs per-location subscription plus hardware plus platform fee at scale. Nothing else here matches its integration depth or its module breadth across desks, rooms, parking, signage, deliveries and emergency response. It is built for that buyer and priced for them.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Choose Vizitor if<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> budget leads the decision and you want published, predictable per-location pricing. Its ISO 27001 certification, AES-256 encryption and VAPT testing are unusually well documented for its price point; its INR pricing is materially friendlier for Indian buyers than its dollar list, and its module spread across mailroom, attendance, queue, ticketing and contractor management is the broadest of the three. Watch the check-in caps and remember that integrations are Enterprise-only.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Choose Qudify if<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you want contactless, app-free check-in with no reception hardware in the core flow, your visitors are comfortable with WhatsApp and QR codes, you need KYC or Government-ID verification, and you are running a multi-tenant tower or several sites where per-location onboarding needs to stay simple. It is the only one of the three whose visitor flow assumes no shared device at all, and room booking sits in the same platform rather than a separately licensed module. Explore the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/visitor-management\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qudify visitor management platform<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/qudify.co\/meeting-room-and-desk-booking\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meeting room and desk booking<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> product to see both flows.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-b99349a-98cd171 e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"b99349a\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"c508b17\" class=\"e-c508b17-0e860d9 e-heading-base\"><strong>The Verdict<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7fbf97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7fbf97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no universal winner here, and any article claiming one is selling something.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Envoy earns its premium at the top of the market. Its module breadth, integration ecosystem, and SOC 2 Type 2 report are real, and for a regulated multinational those are decisive. The honest caveats are that the entry paid tier is now $362 per location per month with Standard off the public page, that module pricing excludes a platform fee, and that several frameworks its industry pages associate with the product are enablement rather than vendor certification.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vizitor is the value leader and deserves more credit than the category gives it. Published pricing, an ISO 27001 certificate, documented encryption and penetration testing, and a genuine QR flow on every tier make it a serious SME choice rather than a budget compromise. Its limits are the check-in caps and Enterprise-gated integrations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qudify&#8217;s ground is specific and defensible rather than universal: Indian and multi-tenant workplaces that want WhatsApp-native, contactless check-in with KYC and Government-ID verification, no reception hardware to own, and room booking in the same system, without paying for enterprise machinery they will not use. Its weaknesses are equally specific. It publishes neither pricing nor a formal security certification, and buyers for whom either is non-negotiable should press on both before shortlisting.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It sits closest to Vizitor in approach. The choice between them usually comes down to emphasis: Qudify&#8217;s phone-only flow, KYC verification and tower focus against Vizitor&#8217;s published pricing, ISO certification and wider module spread. Weigh both against how your front desk actually runs at 9:30 on a Monday.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-0c3a074-9a6c9fc e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"0c3a074\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-46b70ef-e3a45a4 e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"46b70ef\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"1238384\" class=\"e-1238384-77e5b45 e-heading-base\"><strong>Frequently Asked Questions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27214eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"27214eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-4100\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-4100\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><span class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Which is better, Qudify, Envoy or Vizitor?  <\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-4100\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dcb9e9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9dcb9e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1358aae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1358aae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It depends on constraints. Envoy suits large regulated enterprises needing SOC 2, deep integrations and watchlist screening, at $362 per location monthly. Vizitor suits budget-led SMEs wanting published pricing and ISO 27001. Qudify suits Indian offices and multi-tenant towers wanting phone-only QR and WhatsApp check-in with KYC verification and no reception hardware.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-4101\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-4101\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><span class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How much does Envoy visitor management cost?  <\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-4101\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d0462a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4d0462a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-277eb90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"277eb90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Envoy&#8217;s public pricing page lists Basic free with 100 entries per month, Premium at $362 per location per month billed annually, and custom Enterprise pricing. A Standard tier near $109 appears in Envoy&#8217;s billing documentation with a 500-visitor monthly cap but is not publicly listed. Module prices exclude Envoy&#8217;s platform fee, and hardware is additional.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-4102\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-4102\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><span class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Do visitor management systems require an iPad or kiosk?  <\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-4102\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ade8ae9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ade8ae9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df5c6f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df5c6f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not necessarily, but it varies by tier. Envoy&#8217;s default setup uses an iPad, stand, and badge printer, though its Premium tier includes QR sign-in with no iPad required. Vizitor runs QR check-in on every tier but describes a tablet as its hardware baseline. Qudify&#8217;s core flow runs entirely on the visitor&#8217;s own phone.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-4103\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-4103\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><span class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Is Vizitor really free? <\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-4103\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9284aed e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9284aed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4065517 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4065517\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vizitor&#8217;s marketing pages advertise a free plan, but its pricing page lists only Starter, Premium, and Enterprise, and its FAQ describes the free option as a trial with full access and no credit card required. Treat it as a trial and confirm the terms in writing before relying on a permanently free tier.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-4104\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-4104\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><span class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Which visitor management system has the best security certifications?  <\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-4104\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3917c1d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3917c1d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa882f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fa882f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They differ rather than rank. Envoy&#8217;s legal compliance page substantiates SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR as a data processor, and CPRA. Vizitor publishes ISO 27001 certification with annual independent audits, plus VAPT testing and AES-256 encryption. Neither claims the other&#8217;s certification, so match the certificate to what your procurement questionnaire actually names.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-4105\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"6\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-4105\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><span class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Who is responsible for DPDP compliance, the office or the software vendor?  <\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-4105\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac4900c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ac4900c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0c54e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0c54e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The office. Under India&#8217;s DPDP Act, the deploying organisation is the Data Fiduciary and the software vendor is a processor, so legal responsibility for consent, retention and deletion stays with you. Board penalty powers begin November 2026, and full compliance is required from May 2027. No &#8220;DPDP-certified&#8221; vendor label exists.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-4106\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"7\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-4106\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><span class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Which visitor management system is best for Indian offices? <\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-4106\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33faa54 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"33faa54\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f637ab7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f637ab7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prioritise WhatsApp host alerts, QR check-in without an app download, Government-ID or KYC verification, and configurable retention supporting your DPDP obligations. Qudify and Vizitor are both India-built and meet these criteria; Qudify leans into WhatsApp approvals and multi-tenant towers, while Vizitor offers published INR pricing that undercuts its own dollar rate.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-4107\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"8\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-4107\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><span class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Is a hardware-free visitor management system less secure than a kiosk?  <\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-4107\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db47c23 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db47c23\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d466dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d466dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not inherently. 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