How much does a biometric attendance machine cost in India?

Terminals are commodity-priced and vary mainly by whether they do fingerprint only or face as well, and by build quality for harsh environments. Your local dealer will quote current pricing — we do not sell hardware, so we have no interest in that number either way.

Why is your software price not published?

Because AionHRMS is sold with hardware through dealers, and a software-only list price would be misleading — you would still need a dealer for the device and the installation. Tell us your location and how many sites you have and we will connect you with one.

Is it cheaper than per-employee software?

For anything above a very small headcount, materially so, and the gap widens as you hire. For a ten-person office, per-employee pricing may well be cheaper — we will tell you that rather than pretend otherwise.

Are there setup or onboarding fees?

Ask your dealer for the full quote in writing including any one-time charges. We would rather you compare like for like than be surprised.

What happens to the price if we add a second branch?

It is priced per site, so a second location is a second site on your quote — with unlimited employees and terminals at that location.

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Biometric attendance system price in India

Nobody publishes a straight answer to this, so here is ours — including the parts of the cost most vendors leave out of the quote.

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The cost of a biometric attendance system in India has three parts: the terminal (a one-time hardware cost), installation and cabling (one-time, done by a local dealer), and the software (recurring, if you go beyond the free bundled tool). The terminal is usually the smallest and most predictable of the three. AionHRMS is priced per site with unlimited employees and unlimited terminals, sold through authorised biometric dealers so one quote covers device, installation and software together rather than three separate conversations.

Per site

not per employee — hiring does not increase your bill

Unlimited

employees and terminals at each site

One quote

device, installation and software from your dealer

Often ₹0

hardware cost, if your existing terminal is supported

The three costs, separated

Quotes usually blend these, which makes comparison hard. Separating them tells you where you are actually spending.

Terminal — one-time. Fingerprint units cost less than face units; both are commodity-priced across Indian dealers.
Installation — one-time. Mounting, power and network. Best done by a local dealer who can return if something fails.
Software — recurring. This is where the range is widest and where the real decision sits.
Often overlooked: the cost of re-enrolling everyone when a device is replaced and templates were only stored on it.

Why we do not price per employee

Per-employee pricing is the industry norm and it is backwards for this product. It penalises exactly the organisations biometric attendance suits best — factories, schools and warehouses with large, changing headcounts — and it makes your software bill move every time you hire.

Unlimited employees at a site, whether that is 20 or 2,000
Unlimited terminals at that site — a second door costs nothing extra
Seasonal hiring does not change your bill
Predictable annual cost you can actually budget

Can you avoid the hardware cost entirely?

Frequently, yes — and this is the single most common way organisations reduce the total. If you already own a supported terminal, the hardware line item disappears.

Most eSSL, ZKTeco and Realtime terminals can be repointed at our server
Repointing does not erase fingerprints already enrolled on the device
We confirm compatibility from your model and serial before anyone quotes you
If your terminal genuinely will not work, we say so rather than sell around it

What is included and what is not

Stated here rather than found later.

Included: unlimited employees and terminals, cloud enrolment, template sync, access control, shift-wise payroll, multi-site, per-site administrators
Not included: statutory filing (PF, ESI, TDS returns)
Not included: leave request and approval workflows
Not included: geofenced mobile marking — in development
Not included: student attendance for schools

Frequently asked questions

How much does a biometric attendance machine cost in India?: Terminals are commodity-priced and vary mainly by whether they do fingerprint only or face as well, and by build quality for harsh environments. Your local dealer will quote current pricing — we do not sell hardware, so we have no interest in that number either way.
Why is your software price not published?: Because AionHRMS is sold with hardware through dealers, and a software-only list price would be misleading — you would still need a dealer for the device and the installation. Tell us your location and how many sites you have and we will connect you with one.
Is it cheaper than per-employee software?: For anything above a very small headcount, materially so, and the gap widens as you hire. For a ten-person office, per-employee pricing may well be cheaper — we will tell you that rather than pretend otherwise.
Are there setup or onboarding fees?: Ask your dealer for the full quote in writing including any one-time charges. We would rather you compare like for like than be surprised.
What happens to the price if we add a second branch?: It is priced per site, so a second location is a second site on your quote — with unlimited employees and terminals at that location.

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Tell us how many locations you have and what terminals are already installed.