Envoy is one of the best-known names in visitor management, and for many offices it's a good fit. But teams often start looking for an Envoy alternative for the same few reasons: the price of the paid plan, features such as blocklists and ID scanning sitting in the Enterprise tier, or a need Envoy isn't built around — like export-control screening or Android kiosks.
This guide compares six Envoy alternatives on the things buyers ask about most: price, screening, ID scanning and hardware. A note on fairness: we make CoReceptionist, which is one of the options. Every competitor fact below comes from that company's own public pages as of November 2026 and is linked so you can check it — pricing and plans change, so confirm before you buy.
Why teams look for Envoy alternatives
According to Envoy's pricing page, Envoy Visitors has three plans:
- Basic: free, limited to 100 entries a month
- Premium: $362 per location per month, billed annually
- Enterprise: custom pricing — and the plan where internal blocklists, ID verification (500 scans a year included) and access-control integrations live
For a single small office, the free plan may be enough. For a mid-sized company that needs to screen visitors, the jump to Enterprise is where many start comparing.
What to compare
- Published pricing: can you see the price, or do you need a sales call?
- Screening: watchlists, and — for export-controlled sites — U.S. denied-party screening.
- ID scanning: whether the system reads and verifies IDs.
- Hardware: iPad only, or Android too.
- Trial: can you test it on your own tablet first?
The Envoy alternatives
1. CoReceptionist
Visitor management built around screening and compliance, priced for mid-sized teams.
- Price: published, $50 to $150 per location per month depending on the number of hosts, with every feature on every plan
- Screening: your own watchlist and U.S. Consolidated Screening List checks on every plan
- ID scanning: not yet available
- Hardware: iPad or Android tablet, or the visitor's own phone by QR code
- Trial: 14 days, no credit card
Best for: teams that need watchlist or denied-party screening without an enterprise contract, and sites that want Android kiosks. See our CoReceptionist vs Envoy comparison.
2. Sign In Solutions
An enterprise-focused visitor management provider that sells packages with hardware included.
- Price: quote-only (pricing page)
- Screening: watchlists and safelists; the pricing page doesn't name ITAR or the government lists screened
- ID scanning: listed
- Hardware: included in packages
- Trial: book a call for a quote
Best for: large organizations that want hardware, software and approval workflows in one enterprise contract. See CoReceptionist vs Sign In Solutions.
3. Verkada Guest
Visitor management from a physical-security company, designed to work with Verkada cameras and access control.
- Price: Workplace license of $3,600 a year per iPad (MSRP), which includes Guest, Mailroom and Incident Response (Verkada pricing)
- Screening: custom deny lists, and ID screening against criminal and sex-offender registries
- ID scanning: yes, plus facial recognition
- Hardware: licensed per iPad
- Trial: not published on the pricing page
Best for: sites already running Verkada cameras and access control, and K-12 schools that require registry checks. See CoReceptionist vs Verkada Guest.
4. Greetly
A visitor management system aimed at small and mid-sized offices, with two published plans (Greetly pricing).
- Price: Essential $99 a month, Pro $159 a month, billed yearly
- Screening: watchlist alerts on both plans
- ID scanning: U.S. driver's license scanning and ID verification on Pro
- Hardware: not specified on the pricing page
- Notable: notifications by email, text, Slack, Microsoft Teams and Google Chat; badge printing on Pro only
Best for: smaller offices that want simple published plans and ID scanning without an enterprise tier.
5. Sign In App
A visitor management and workplace app priced per site per year (Sign In App pricing). SwipedOn is now part of Sign In App, and both belong to the Sign In Solutions family.
- Price: Core £415, Enhanced £835, Pro £1,255 per site per year; Executive custom
- Screening: not described on the pricing page
- ID scanning: from the Enhanced plan
- Hardware: iPad or Android
- Trial: 15 days, no credit card
Best for: organizations, particularly in the UK, that want visitor sign-in bundled with desk booking and time and attendance.
6. Eptura Visitor (formerly Proxyclick)
Proxyclick now operates as Eptura Visitor, part of Eptura's workplace platform (Eptura).
- Price: quote-only
- Positioning: enterprise; Eptura says it serves more than 40% of Fortune 500 companies
- Screening, ID scanning and hardware: not described on the landing page; ask in a demo
Best for: large enterprises already using, or evaluating, Eptura's wider workplace suite.
How to choose an Envoy alternative
- You need screening on a mid-market budget: look for watchlist and denied-party screening included, not reserved for an enterprise tier.
- You need ID scanning today: Greetly Pro, Sign In App Enhanced, Verkada Guest and Sign In Solutions all list it; CoReceptionist doesn't yet.
- You run Android tablets: check hardware support carefully: Verkada Guest is licensed per iPad, and Android support varies by vendor.
- You want a price before a sales call: CoReceptionist, Greetly and Sign In App publish theirs; Sign In Solutions and Eptura are quote-only.
- You already own a security ecosystem: Verkada Guest makes most sense alongside Verkada hardware.
Whatever you shortlist, run a trial at your own front door for a week. Our visitor management system buyer's checklist lists the questions to ask each vendor.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free alternative to Envoy? Envoy's own Basic plan is free for up to 100 entries a month. Most alternatives offer a free trial rather than a free plan.
What's the cheapest Envoy alternative? Among the options with published pricing here, CoReceptionist starts at $50 per location per month and Greetly at $99 a month billed yearly. Compare what each plan includes, not just the headline price.
Which Envoy alternative is best for compliance? For export-controlled sites, look for U.S. Consolidated Screening List checks and a record of every screening result. For K-12 schools, look for sex-offender registry checks if your district requires them.
Competitor information is taken from each company's public website as of November 2026 and may have changed. CoReceptionist is our product.
