GateStride vs Verkada
A Verkada access control alternative that keeps your hardware.
Verkada is a capable cloud security suite, but it runs on Verkada’s own hardware and licensing, and moving to it means replacing your access control. If your doors already work, GateStride gives you the two features people actually ask for — hands-free phone entry and knowing who left — as a layer on top of what you own.
Where they differ
- Deployment: Verkada replaces your controllers and readers; GateStride keeps them and adds a small node per door.
- One login, not per-seat: GateStride connects to your access system as a single integration user and manages all your people itself — so you stop paying the underlying vendor per user or per mobile credential.
- Monthly cost: a new suite adds licensing; GateStride can lower your bill.
- Exit tracking & muster: live who’s-inside and one-tap fire roll call, built in.
- Privacy: device credentials and non-biometric person detection by default — facial recognition is optional, off by default, and offered only where legally compliant.
When to pick which
Consolidating cameras and access onto one new cloud vendor? Verkada is worth a look. Want to keep your certified access control and simply add no-card entry, exit tracking and lower fees? That’s GateStride. See the full comparison.