Replacing your Fingercheck
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 Fingercheck 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 Fingercheck 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 Fingercheck 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 Fingercheck is
Fingercheck is a US cloud platform bundling time tracking, biometric terminals, payroll, hiring and HR into one subscription, aimed at small and mid-size businesses that want a single vendor for the whole employee lifecycle.
This guide covers:
Why teams move off Fingercheck
You only wanted the time clock
Bundles are efficient when you use the bundle. If payroll and HR live elsewhere and you are not moving them, you are carrying an all-in-one price for one component.
Payroll and time are coupled
The integration is the selling point, but it also means the two decisions are joined. Teams happy with their payroll provider often want time tracking they can choose independently.
Pricing scales with the bundle, not the need
Per-employee pricing on an all-in-one platform is compared against per-employee pricing for time tracking alone, and the gap is wide when only one module is in use.
What replaces what
| Your Fingercheck setup | With ClockIt |
|---|---|
| All-in-one subscription | $2.99/user/month for time, scheduling and leave only |
| Bundled payroll | Payroll export to your existing provider |
| Vendor-supplied terminal | ZKTeco terminal you own outright, one-time cost |
| Coupled payroll and time decisions | Change one without touching the other |
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.
Fingercheck migration questions
Can I keep my Fingercheck terminal?
No. Terminals supplied with a platform are provisioned for that platform. ClockIt connects to ADMS-capable ZKTeco and eSSL devices, so you would move to one of those.
Does ClockIt run payroll?
No, and it does not try to. ClockIt calculates the hours and exports them in the format your payroll provider expects. If a single vendor for time and payroll is what you want, an all-in-one platform is the right shape and you should keep it.
What about our hiring and HR records?
Those stay with whatever you use for HR. ClockIt covers time, attendance, scheduling and leave — export anything you need from Fingercheck before closing the account.
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 Fingercheck?
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.