About Access Control Cost

What is on this site

One question, "access control system cost", answered with a quote form that works on the page with no account, 4 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.

• Access control system cost: the nine things that set the price: Access control is priced per door on a specification. Here is what installers actually price against, why quotes vary so widely, and how to compare two prices fairly.
• Fob, card, mobile or biometric: which access control credential: Fob, biometrics, card, PIN or mobile credential compared on cost per door, running cost, security and admin, so you can pick before an installer picks for you.
• School access control systems: what to specify and what it costs: Access control for schools and colleges: the doors that actually matter, visitor and contractor management, safeguarding, lockdown and what drives the installation price.
• Access control and the fire alarm: what has to happen on activation: Locked doors and escape routes have to be reconciled. What the fire interface does, who signs it off, and why this is the line item that gets missed in cheap quotes.

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Access Control Cost is a free introduction service operated by Ellul Solutions Ltd. We pass your details to access control installers covering your area, who quote you directly. We may receive a fee from providers; you pay nothing and are under no obligation. We are not installers, we are not fire safety or data protection advisers, and nothing here is fire safety, structural or legal advice. Anything affecting escape routes must be confirmed with your fire risk assessor for your specific building.