Replacing your Allied Time
What happens to your punch history, which terminal replaces yours, and what it costs. Written for people who already own the hardware — not a sales comparison.
Most teams replacing a Allied Time are around 20 people and set themselves up in under an hour. Past 100, book a call — the terminal count and site layout are worth working through first.
Your Allied Time will not connect to ClockIt
We would rather lead with that than waste your time. ClockIt reads terminals that speak the ADMS push protocol — that means ZKTeco and eSSL devices. A Allied Time does not, and no amount of configuration changes it.
So this is a hardware replacement, not an integration. The rest of this page is about what that actually involves and what it costs, including the parts people usually discover too late.
What a Allied Time is
Allied Time is a US reseller of time clocks and workforce hardware rather than a manufacturer — it supplies terminals from Lathem, Amano, Icon Time, Pyramid and others, plus its own branded units and consumables.
This guide covers:
Why teams move off Allied Time
You have a mixed estate
Buying through a reseller over years tends to leave several different clocks from different makers on different walls, each with its own software and its own export.
Consumables keep coming
Cards, ribbons and badges are a recurring purchase that biometric terminals eliminate outright.
Support is split across manufacturers
When a clock fails, whether you call the reseller or the manufacturer depends on the unit and its age. One cloud account with one supported terminal type is simpler.
What replaces what
| Your Allied Time setup | With ClockIt |
|---|---|
| Mixed estate from several manufacturers | One terminal type, one account, one export |
| Cards, ribbons and badges | No consumables |
| Support split across vendors | One supplier for hardware and software |
| Per-clock software | $2.99/user/month across every site |
The terminal you need
Time Clock X990 FP+RFID Ethernet
The X990 is the industry-standard biometric workhorse, now upgraded for the cloud era. Designed for high-traffic environments like factories, warehouses, and large offices, it combines a rugged hardware build with lightning-fast fingerprint verification (<0.5s).
$450
- Free worldwide shipping
- Arrives pre-configured for your ClockIt account
- Yours outright — no lease, no per-clock licence
How the migration actually goes
- 1
Export your history before you unplug anything
Pull your punch history out of the existing software as CSV while the system is still running. This is the step people skip and regret — once a terminal is decommissioned or a licence lapses, historical punches stored on-device or in a local database can become very hard to reach. Keep the export regardless of whether you import it; payroll audits reach back years.
- 2
Create your ClockIt account
Free to start, no card. Add your employees, set your pay period, and configure overtime rules to match what your old system was doing. Most teams have this done in well under an hour.
- 3
Plug in the new terminal
Your ClockIt device arrives pre-configured for your account. It connects over WiFi or Ethernet and pushes punches to the cloud using built-in ADMS — no local server, no static IP, no port forwarding, no software to install on a PC in the back office.
- 4
Enrol employees and run both in parallel
Enrol fingerprints or faces on the new terminal — a few seconds per person. Run the old clock alongside the new one for one full pay period so you can reconcile the two before you retire the old hardware. Nobody should cut over blind on payday.
- 5
Retire the old terminal
Once a pay period reconciles cleanly, decommission the old clock. Keep the CSV export from step one in your records.
The integration capabilities of this mobile time clock app are outstanding. It seamlessly connects with our existing HR and payroll systems, creating a streamlined workflow that has significantly reduced errors and improved our overall efficiency.
Allied Time migration questions
I bought my clock from Allied Time. Which brand page applies?
Whichever manufacturer made it — check the badge on the unit. The Lathem, Amano, Icon Time and Pyramid guides each cover their own migration, and they are all linked below.
Can any of the clocks Allied Time sells work with ClockIt?
Only ZKTeco or eSSL units with ADMS support. Lathem, Amano, Icon Time, Pyramid and uPunch terminals do not speak the protocol.
We have five different clocks across three sites. Where do we start?
Book a call. A mixed estate is worth mapping before you buy anything, because the terminal count you actually need is usually lower than the number of clocks you currently have.
Does ClockIt integrate with my existing terminal?
Almost certainly not, and we would rather say so plainly than waste your time. ClockIt connects to terminals that support the ADMS push protocol — that means ZKTeco and eSSL devices. Hand-geometry readers, proximity-card clocks and most access-control terminals do not speak it. If your device is not a ZKTeco or eSSL, the honest answer is that you need new hardware, which is why we sell it pre-configured rather than pretending a connector exists.
How much does the hardware cost?
Terminals in our shop run $450–$650 with free worldwide shipping, and they arrive already configured for your ClockIt account. That is a one-time purchase, not a lease, and there is no per-clock software licence on top of it.
What does the software cost after that?
ClockIt is $2.99 per user per month. There is a free plan to start on and no setup fee, no per-terminal licence, and no annual contract required.
We have 100+ employees. Can we talk to someone first?
Yes — book a call. Once you are past roughly 100 people the questions get specific to your setup: how many terminals across how many sites, how shifts and overtime rules are structured, and how punches need to reach payroll. That is a conversation, not a signup form.
Replacing something else?
Ready to retire the Allied Time?
Start free and set your account up today — the terminal can follow once you know it fits. Under 100 employees, most teams do this without talking to anyone.