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Robert
Security and Investigations, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
Modern Access Control
We spend less time managing the Brivo system than products from our past and more time reaping the benefits of a cutting edge access control platform.
PROSBrivo has documented processes and documentation on how they are constantly analizing threats and updating system to prevent a data breach. The user interface is very intuitive, even to a first-time-user.
CONSFeature requests can take a little longer than we like but this is due to the scrutiny and testing involved in launching new features; I suppose this is actually a positive thing. The Brivo team is constantly developing the product and expanding capability in ways that keep it on to of the industry. There is a reason they are the number 1 target for their competition, they absolutely dominate market share in the cloud access space because they are the best product, not because they have the most aggressive marketing strategy.
Spencer
Information Technology and Services, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2022
Good product, but two requests
The system has allowed us to standardize access to buildings and centrally manage our users' keys. We can limit their access when necessary or lock out building access in emergencies. All of this and more has been very helpful to our organization.
PROSThe web interface is easy to use and effective/stable. Changes seem to propagate to the panels quickly. I really like that the events stream in real-time and that the reports can be scheduled and emailed on the schedule.
CONSMy main complaint is that card numbers do not sync from Active Directory. This means that, every time we assign/reassign a proximity card, I have to log into the interface to change it, even though we already store that in AD. I have requested this before but the company said they wouldn't allow that. An alternative would be API access so that I could integrate it with my existing change process. But you have to PAY for API access?! I've never heard of that before - this is the only service we have with that requirement. Other than that, the system works very well.
James
Construction, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed March 2022
Almost Done
Brivo - Does not get back or follow through with its promises as a company. I can list things we as dealers have been promised and have not one after another. I have to hound them to get any response. It is also very frustrating to see costs going up for fewer services. I do not have an issue with cost increases as long as values are created.
PROSAs a contractor that installs and runs only Brivo as their go-to, I like that I can train any HR person in 1 - 2 hours. turn over is high. so training is imperative to keep the system up.
CONSIt is not close to being done. We are still waiting on things to be finished but they keep adding on to it. So it is good enough to sell but not complete. We have been pushing this for 3 years now. Also, the labelling in the program side is very inconsistent and if you did not use the system much you would not realize just what an issue this is.
Reasons for switching to Brivo Access
We wanted a fully cloud SaaS
Jenny
Commercial Real Estate, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2022
Workplace Manager review
Great! No issues that I am aware of from an admin perspective, users find it easy enough to install/use on a daily basis. Overall, brivo is reliable.
PROSBrivo is relatively easy for an non-IT person to manager. Our low voltage vendor installed the physical hardware and helped created doors/etc on the dashboard. Once everything was installed, I was able to create a group for our employees. Management of users (onboarding/offboard/troubleshooting) is relatively easy...I am not our IT support, so when issues scale above my knowledge base I will call brivo support. Luckily I haven't had any issues...so I haven't called support yet. For what it's worth, I have a pretty good base-understanding of access control systems (as in, I can create a group, user, pull some reporting, etc).
CONStoo many apps, why is there a badge app/admin app? would be great to funnel all services/functions under 1 app. I'm actually pretty sure there are three apps.
Reason for choosing Brivo Access
reliability
Cam
Computer Software, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed March 2022
Notification Rules are Now Broken
The old UI was superior and more simple.
PROSEverything is great about Brivo really. I just have the one complaint.
CONSEver since moving to access the notification rules are more cumbersome and time consuming to deal with. Previously, we were able to select from a list that was completely viewable and check off the ones that we wanted. Now we have to scroll through a list and individually select each rule, and then re-open the list again to select another. There is no way to do this quickly anymore, and now instead of taking me 30 seconds to create rules it takes literally ten minutes... why was this changed? It made the whole process much worse. Additionally, new rules have been added that weren't before - with no description of what they do. I have no idea if I should/shouldn't be adding these extra rules. Something needs to be changed, or allow us to use onair classic for changing notification rules. We tried tech support but they had no idea what we meant.
Carolina
Information Technology and Services, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2021
Good cloud bases System
It is fairly easy to use. It was very easy to add and remove employees. The app provided a great solution for the end of physical keycards.
CONSDidn’t like the UI. A few times I tried to access the door my iPhone would open the Apple wallet.
Reasons for switching to Brivo Access
Problems in the systems and difficult remote support .
Jamie
Higher Education, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
Brivo Review
We have had a positive experience overall with Brivo. Then one con I listed could be something that I just haven't figured out yet. We have also had to have some assistance from Brivo support and that expereince was very positive.
PROSThe automatic door schedule removes the risk of someone forgetting to physically lock an entrance door at night. Badge access is also great because it is easier to control than using a physical key. Handing out physical keys allows someone access to a building 24/7. With badge access we can control building access.
CONSI have not figured out how to add multiple schedules to a door. We have one building that I would like to allow to lock around 4pm every Tuesday and Thursday and then unlock again from 6-9pm, but I cannot figure out how to the second time frame. We just end up leaving the door unlocked the entire time.
Hillel
Insurance, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
Long time Brivo customer
Brivo is very intuitive and easy to deploy and to use. We are able to centrally manage all access control from a single interface regardless of which office locations the person needs access to.
CONSI find that the new version of the portal is more difficult to use than the old version. The reporting interface also needs to be redone as it's not very user-friendly.
Reasons for switching to Brivo Access
Cloud version offers centralized control and mopbile app capability.
Joshua
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
Love Brivo Access
It's really good.
PROSEase of use and ability to do an audit to see who comes in and out of the building
CONSThe occasional outage. We use the mobile app primarily instead of a pin or physical badge. The app outage is the difference between someone having a "good experience" or "bad experience" at our business. The only other thing that bothers me is the ability to not transfer mobile passes when a user gets a new phone. I understand it's a security concern from an IT perspective. The blame gets shifted on the staff when it does. If there was a way to manage the issues that cause outages I would wear a brivo shirt to work everyday. (redundancy in the servers that manage the database)
Elizabeth
Real Estate, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed March 2022
Platform needs more adjustments.
The app allows you to open a door remotely.
CONSBrivo Classic onair was much more user friendly than the new version. The reporting features are not conducive for large databases. The databases should be able to be sorted more efficiently. When searching for a user name, you have to turn 30 pages of users if the name starts with a commonly used letter.
Joanne
Recreational Facilities and Services, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed March 2022
Granville's Brivo Review
I was exztremely happy with Brivo until the new system.
PROSThe ability to create badges within the system.
CONSLook up selection for users in the new system is only by last name, this does not work for Granville at all. Our staff spend too much time trying to find users and sometimes can't if we do not have a correct name. This is not helpful.
Reason for choosing Brivo Access
Brivo's capabilities and flexibility with the old system.
Reasons for switching to Brivo Access
Brivo's capabilities and flexibility with the old system.
Jung
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed March 2022
Overview of Brivo Access
My overall experience with brivo as managing and creating users is nice so far.
PROS-Able to use your (nfc enabled) phone as key card -Able to expire certain cards -Able to suspend some one's access / profile
CONS-There aren't any apps for admins. -Mobile website is hard to navigate. -Phone as key is a premium feature
Johnny
Education Management, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2022
Brivo - a simple easy to use product
I like how the software is straight forward and easy to use. It doesn't over complicate the process.
CONSOccasionally we do have problems with the Brivo system recognizing recent changes. I believe this issue is related to the hardware because restarting the hardware always resolves this issue.
Kris
Real Estate, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
Brivo Assessment
Overall brivo has provided the facility management we needed
PROSHaving the ability to remotely unlock doors has been invaluable
CONSWhen the platform was upgraded I had difficulty moving to the new platform with the new administrators code and password it took some time with customer service to figure it out
Robert
Security and Investigations, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
2
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed March 2022
Worked Good For the first year but not now
If it could stay working, it's fine but now the customer hates the product
PROSAt first it was easy to operate but now it's a lot more difficult. Not happy
CONSConstant failure on the Boards, Tech Support is Horrible and Product Fails too much
Reason for choosing Brivo Access
Supposed Easy of Operation and Cloud Based
Mary
Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2022
Solid
Positive but one of our current partners has been disappointing.
PROSWe utilize the scheduling and group scheduling to help control access to our buildings.
CONSSome of the features are a bit clunky, but that comes with any software. There are always workarounds.
Jeffrey
Biotechnology, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY