Replacing your Suprema
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 Suprema 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 Suprema 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 Suprema 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 Suprema is
Suprema is a Korean manufacturer of high-end biometric readers — the BioStation and BioEntry lines — managed through BioStar 2. The hardware is excellent and the primary market is physical access control, with time attendance as a secondary capability.
This guide covers:
Why teams move off Suprema
Access control first, time attendance second
BioStar 2 is built to decide who may open which door. Its attendance features are real but secondary, and it is not trying to produce a payroll file.
Sized and priced for security projects
Suprema deployments are usually specified by a security integrator. That is right for a building; it is heavy for a business that wants to know who worked what hours.
Server-based management
BioStar 2 typically runs on a server you maintain, with the upgrade and access considerations that follow.
What replaces what
| Your Suprema setup | With ClockIt |
|---|---|
| BioStation terminal for attendance | ZKTeco terminal purpose-built for time |
| BioStar 2 server | Cloud, no server |
| Access events exported for payroll | Timesheets with overtime already applied |
| Integrator-led configuration | Self-serve setup |
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.
Suprema migration questions
Can ClockIt read a BioStation 2 or BioStation 3?
No. Suprema devices use their own SDK and BioStar 2, not the ADMS push protocol. There is no supported path from a BioStation into ClockIt.
Should we rip out Suprema entirely?
Almost certainly not. If Suprema is running your doors it is doing a job ClockIt does not do at all. Leave access control where it is and add a time terminal alongside it.
Our integrator says BioStar 2 can do time attendance. Are they wrong?
No, it can, and for simple needs it may be enough. The question is whether it produces the payroll output you need without a manual step in between. If you are exporting to a spreadsheet every pay period to make the numbers work, that is your answer.
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 Suprema?
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.