Wireless Access Control VS Key Access Control

Over the past few decades, manufacturers across the security market have made great strides to incorporate more and more innovative technologies into electronic locks and access management systems. This results in solutions that are easier to use, more scalable, more affordable, and go beyond physical security to improve overall operations.

Wireless Access Control

With the proliferation of smartphones, mobile access control applications are also gaining popularity. In fact, any access control manufacturer must offer a mobile key app, an integration that serves the same purpose – or both.

Mobile keys have become popular across a variety of verticals, especially hospitality, education, co-working, and multifamily. Mobile keys are popular because users can be added or removed quickly and are more secure than mechanical keys, which cannot be duplicated. As part of an overall electronic lock solution, mobile keys can eliminate the hassle and huge costs associated with mechanical key loss and replacement.

Access control solutions have also moved to the cloud, which increases convenience and reduces infrastructure costs. Cloud access control solutions can be implemented without the additional cost of software installation or fully wired electronics. In some solutions, all that is required is an online device with an internet connection. Cloud access control solutions typically offer end users better functionality and performance, scalability, lower costs, and little maintenance.

Mechanical access control

Mechanical access control is an essential method of preventing free entry and exit through openings in commercial buildings. They include key locks and other products that provide affordable, reliable security. With these basic devices, security concerns focus on protecting against risks such as vandalism and theft, as well as providing physical barriers to intrusion. Mechanical locks are suitable where continuous monitoring or audit trails are not required. But not all enterprises have the funds to implement mobility solutions, and not all industries are suitable for implementing wireless access control management solutions.

For example, in many infrastructure construction industries, most of the construction equipment in the open air needs to be protected, and different personnel such as contractors and maintenance personnel often come and go. In a place like this, it would be inappropriate to implement a wireless access control solution. On top of a mechanical key and lock combination, Vanma Lock is an optimal solution for combining a key with access control. This kind of lock looks the same as the ordinary mechanical lock, but it is very different in essence. Its lock cylinder is a smart lock cylinder with an information recognition function and information storage function, and the key used with it is also the so-called smart key, the smart key records the user’s operation records, which can limit the access of unrelated personnel.

In Conclusion

In different industries, it may not be the best to choose the most popular access control system, but to choose the solution that suits the current situation of your enterprise.