Vizitor vs iLobby vs SwipedOn:
Which Visitor Management System Is Right for You?
All three platforms offer a visitor management system. Different price points, different hardware requirements, different ideal customers. This page shows you exactly where each platform fits and where it doesn't.
Last updated: 8 June 2026
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Not Every Office Needs the Same Tool.
Here Is How to Tell the Difference.
Choose Vizitor if you need
- Visitor check-in that works on any Android or iOS tablet you already own
- Pricing starting at $36/month with annual billing, monthly plans also available
- QR check-in, OTP verification, NDA signing, visitor photos, badge printing, and host alerts all included from day one
- Self-serve setup with no IT involvement, most teams are live in under an hour
- 4.8/5 rated on Capterra, used by 500+ businesses across 15+ countries
- A free starting trial to test before you commit
Enterprise compliance for regulated industries
- Purpose-built compliance for regulated industries
- ContractorOS: credential tracking, training expiries, and qualification verification for third-party personnel before they access your facility
- SecurityOS: temporary physical access cards issued and deactivated directly from the visitor kiosk
- EmergencyOS: real-time mustering, digital roll call, and audit-ready evacuation reporting across all on-site personnel
- You have a dedicated IT team and a compliance budget to match, pricing starts at $199/month
Visitor and contractor management in one plan
- Visitor and employee sign-in in one subscription
- Contractor management with custom induction flows, compliance tracking, and CT-PAT support verified in manufacturing
- Android and iOS supported, use any tablet you already own, no device restrictions
- Emergency evacuation mode included at every plan, no add-on required
- Core plan starts from $630/year
What You Get with Vizitor
One Platform. Every Workplace Module.
All six modules share a live data layer; visitor arrivals, desk bookings, and room reservations update together in real time from one admin dashboard.
Visitor Management
QR & touchless check-in, OTP verification, NDA signing, visitor photos, badge printing, host alerts, watchlist screening, all from a single kiosk on any Android or iOS tablet.
Pricing
What Each Platform Actually Costs
iLobby
FacilityOS
Billing terms via sales · G2 / Capterra 4.6 ★
Key details:
- Free trial: Demo only
- Hardware: iPad included (managed, no BYOD)
- Built for regulated industries, manufacturing, government, ITAR-compliant facilities
- Most powerful compliance modules, also the most expensive
Vizitor
Cloud-based · SMB to mid-market
Monthly or annual · Capterra 4.8 ★
Key details:
- Free trial: Available
- Hardware: Bring your own (Android or iOS)
- Lowest entry price in the category
- Suitable for each type of industry
- Monthly billing flexibility, no contract lock-in
SwipedOn
Now part of Sign In App
Annual only ($630/yr) · G2 rating 4.8 ★
Key details:
- Free trial: Yes, 14 days
- Hardware: Bring your own (Android or iOS)
- Simple, polished UX
- Locked into annual contracts with a 60-day cancellation policy
Which Platform Is Suitable
Right Platform by Situation
Select the scenario that describes your organisation
You have a small team, a front desk that needs to look professional, and no appetite for a six-month IT project. You want visitors to check in cleanly, hosts to get notified instantly, and badges to print automatically without someone manually managing a paper log. Vizitor gets you there on the tablet you already own, without a sales call and without a long-term contract.
Start Free TrialiLobby is built for high-security industrial environments with dedicated compliance teams. If that is not your world, the complexity and cost are hard to justify for a straightforward front desk requirement.
If you also need your own staff to sign in and out alongside visitors and want both in one place, SwipedOn handles that well at a reasonable entry price. Just check what is included in the base plan versus what costs extra before committing.
Your office is scaling. You have added locations, your team is hybrid, and you are tired of managing visitor check-in, desk booking, and room scheduling across separate tools that never talk to each other. Vizitor brings all of that into one dashboard, add a new location instantly.
Explore VizitorIf your growth is happening inside a manufacturing plant, pharmaceutical facility, or secure industrial site and physical access control and contractor compliance are genuine day-to-day requirements, iLobby starts to make sense at this scale. If you are a standard office that happens to be growing, the depth of iLobby's platform is more than you need.
For businesses in construction, logistics, or manufacturing where contractors rotate frequently and need to be inducted and tracked every visit, SwipedOn's contractor management module is genuinely strong. It handles the visitor-plus-contractor combination better than most platforms at this scale.
Most organisations that call themselves regulated actually need solid GDPR compliance, a clean visitor audit trail, watchlist screening, and role-based access for their admin team. Vizitor covers all of that across unlimited locations from one dashboard without pulling you into an enterprise sales cycle.
Talk to an ExpertIf your organisation operates under US export control law, pharmaceutical manufacturing standards, or government facility requirements and your compliance team needs documented, audited workflows rather than just general data privacy, iLobby is in a different category. Its ContractorOS, SecurityOS, and EmergencyOS modules exist precisely for this environment. Neither Vizitor nor SwipedOn replicates what iLobby offers here.
SwipedOn sits in a useful middle ground, more compliance depth than a basic visitor management tool, without the cost and complexity of iLobby. For regulated mid-market businesses in manufacturing or logistics where CT-PAT compliance matters but a full FacilityOS deployment would be overkill, SwipedOn is worth a proper look.
Whether you are running a clinic, a school, or a campus with multiple entry points, Vizitor handles the basics very well; touchless check-in, consent form capture, instant host notification, and a live dashboard of who is on site. It is used across hospitals, schools, and healthcare networks of all sizes. If you need a signed HIPAA Business Associate Agreement, check with Vizitor's team directly before purchasing.
Talk to Us About Your RequirementsFor a large hospital group or pharmaceutical plant where contractor credential management and strict access control are part of daily operations, iLobby's compliance modules are relevant. For a smaller clinic or school, the setup involved and the cost base make it a harder case to justify.
SwipedOn has purpose-built offerings for aged care, schools, and healthcare settings. Its contact tracing, emergency evacuation mode, and contractor induction features are practical for environments where visitor and staff safety are both priorities. The free plan also makes it accessible for non-profits and small educational organisations with tight budgets.
The full comparison
Feature-by-feature breakdown
All data pulled from each vendor's official pricing and features pages.
| Feature | Vizitor | iLobby | SwipedOn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $36/mo per location | $199/mo per location | $52.50/mo per site ($630/yr) |
| Billing flexibility | Monthly or annual | Annual only, via sales | Annual only, no monthly option |
| Free trial | Available | Demo only | Yes, 14 days |
| Contract lock-in | No | Yes, annual | Yes, 60-day cancellation policy |
| Feature | Vizitor | iLobby | SwipedOn |
|---|---|---|---|
| QR & touchless check-in | All plans | All plans | All plans |
| OTP verification | Included | Not listed | Available |
| Badge printing | Included | Included | Available |
| Digital NDA / legal documents | Included | Included | Available |
| Host notifications (SMS + email) | Included | Included | Included |
| Watchlist screening | Included | Included | Verify with SwipedOn |
| Employee sign-in | Via attendance module | Included | Included in base plan |
| Contractor management | Verify with Vizitor | ContractorOS module | Available, CT-PAT support |
| Feature | Vizitor | iLobby | SwipedOn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desk & space booking | Native module | Not available | Not available |
| Meeting room booking | Native module | Not available | Not available |
| Queue management | Native module | Not available | Not available |
| Attendance tracking | Native module | Verify with iLobby | Available |
| Delivery management | Native module | LogisticsOS add-on ($99/mo) | Add-on, priced separately |
| Feature | Vizitor | iLobby | SwipedOn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android support | Yes (Android 10+) | No, iPad only (managed) | Yes |
| iOS support | Yes (iOS 11+) | Yes, iPad included | Yes |
| Use existing device | Yes | No, managed hardware supplied | Yes |
| Feature | Vizitor | iLobby | SwipedOn |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPR compliance | Available | Available | Available |
| Certification | ISO 27001 certified | ITAR, SOC 2 Type II | CT-PAT, verify others |
| Emergency evacuation | Included | EmergencyOS module | Included at all plans |
| Access control integration | Verify with Vizitor | SecurityOS: physical access cards | Verify with SwipedOn |
| ITAR / regulated industry | Not applicable | Yes, purpose-built | Not applicable |
| Feature | Vizitor | iLobby | SwipedOn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-serve setup | Yes, live in under an hour | No, requires iLobby team | Yes, under 5 minutes |
| IT team required | No | Yes, for compliance workflows | No |
| Multi-language support | Available | Available | Available |
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Frequently Asked Questions
SwipedOn and Vizitor are both self-serve; no sales call, no implementation project, no IT involvement for a standard setup. SwipedOn's own page claims you can be running in under five minutes; Vizitor's average is under half an hour including customising the kiosk. iLobby is different, the hardware ships pre-configured, which removes device setup, but the software setup for compliance workflows, access control integrations, and role-based permissions involves iLobby's team. For a team that wants to be live today, Vizitor or SwipedOn.
For Vizitor and SwipedOn, no new hardware is required. Both run on any Android 10+ or iOS 11+ tablet you already own. For iLobby, you cannot use your own devices. iLobby operates exclusively on managed iPad hardware that it supplies and maintains. This is a deliberate design choice for high-security regulated environments where device standardisation matters but it means an upfront hardware cost before your first visitor checks in.
VisitorOS Corporate starts at $199/month per location billed annually. The Enhanced tier, the most popular, is $275/month per location. Each additional module is priced separately: EmergencyOS at $249/month, LogisticsOS (delivery management) at $99/month, and SecurityOS (physical access control) at $199/month. Hardware is managed by iLobby, you cannot use your own tablets or any Android devices. Annual billing is required across all plans.
Following its acquisition by Sign In Solutions, SwipedOn now uses three plans, Core at $630/site/year ($52.50/month effective), Enhanced at $1,260/site/year ($105/month), and Pro at $1,890/site/year ($157.50/month). Add-ons including Visitor Preboarding, Deliveries, and SMS are priced separately. All paid plans are billed annually, no monthly option. This represents a significant increase from SwipedOn's earlier pricing.