Replacing your Anviz
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 Anviz 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 Anviz 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 Anviz 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 Anviz is
Anviz makes biometric terminals and access-control hardware, usually paired with its CrossChex management software. The range spans fingerprint, card and face recognition across time attendance and door access.
This guide covers:
Why teams move off Anviz
CrossChex is management software, not workforce software
It handles devices and raw records well. Turning those into schedules, leave balances and a payroll file is a different job that usually happens in a spreadsheet afterwards.
Access control and time attendance are different problems
Hardware bought primarily to open doors gets pressed into service for payroll. It records the events; it does not reason about pay periods or overtime.
Local server deployments
Many installations run the management server on-site, with the maintenance and remote-access limitations that brings.
What replaces what
| Your Anviz setup | With ClockIt |
|---|---|
| Anviz terminal with CrossChex | ZKTeco terminal pushing straight to the cloud |
| Raw event records | Calculated timesheets with overtime applied |
| Spreadsheet step before payroll | Direct payroll-format export |
| On-site management server | No server at all |
The terminal you need
Face Recognition Time Clock – U350
High-performance multi-biometric terminal with face, fingerprint, RFID, and PIN. Recognizes employees in under 1 second—even in low-light conditions.
$650
- 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.
Anviz migration questions
Anviz is biometric hardware. Why will it not work with ClockIt?
Being biometric is not the requirement — speaking ADMS is. ClockIt connects to devices implementing the ZKTeco ADMS push protocol, which covers ZKTeco and eSSL. Anviz uses its own protocol and its own management software, so the terminal has to be replaced.
We use Anviz for door access too. Do we lose that?
Keep the Anviz hardware on the doors and add a ClockIt terminal for time. The two jobs are genuinely different, and trying to make one device do both is what led to the spreadsheet step in the first place.
Can we export our CrossChex records?
Yes, export to CSV from CrossChex for your records. There is no direct import path, so treat it as an archive rather than a migration.
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 Anviz?
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.