The LobbyGuard alternative for schools, plants and offices
LobbyGuard is now part of Raptor Technologies, and Raptor's LobbyGuard page points customers to a different product. If a platform change is coming anyway, compare Visitly: ID scan and verification, watchlist and sex offender screening, and ITAR-aware citizenship gating, on iPads you already own. Switch Assist runs in parallel so your lobby never stops screening.
What's public about LobbyGuard, and what Visitly ships.
Owner
Raptor (since 2019)Kiosk hardware
SL, Versa, Defender, OptioProduct direction
Moving to VisitorSafeSupport hours listed
Mon–Fri, 7–7 ETPrice
Not published
Moving
Government ID scan + Smart ID verification
IncludedWatchlist + sex offender registry screening
IncludedITAR-aware citizenship gating
IncludedITAR / CMMC program evidence support
IncludedEvacuation rolls (on every plan)
IncludedRuns on iPads you already own
$0 hardware
Custom
Zero
Switch Assist is included with Business and Enterprise contracts. One or two pilot sites move to Visitly while the rest stay on LobbyGuard, so the lobby keeps screening throughout the move. A named Customer Success Manager stays with you after go-live.
LobbyGuard and Visitly, including where LobbyGuard is stronger.
Screening & compliance
Where LobbyGuard is stronger
Product & support
Screening & compliance
Where LobbyGuard is stronger
Before you replace LobbyGuard
Straight answers on ID checks, screening, ITAR, hardware, support and migration.
Yes. Business captures and screens a photo ID; Enterprise adds Smart ID verification with liveness, forgery and expiry checks at the kiosk.
Yes. Watchlist screening is on Business and up, and Enterprise adds US-state and national sex offender registry screening for schools and campuses.
Enterprise adds ITAR-aware citizenship gating by area, escort workflow and evidence exports, plus a NIST 800-171 Rev 2 control-mapping reference under NDA. These support the ITAR or CMMC program your team owns; Visitly does not certify compliance.
Visitly runs on iPads you already own with standard badge printers, so there is no dedicated kiosk to buy or maintain.
Uptime was 99.97% observed over the last 90 days (visitly.io/trust). Enterprise carries a 99.9% SLA and a named Customer Success Manager, and 24/7 phone and chat support is available on Enterprise contracts.
Switch Assist runs a parallel run: one or two pilot sites move to Visitly while the rest stay on LobbyGuard, then the remaining sites cut over at your renewal.
Move off LobbyGuard with a parallel run, not a gap.
Switch Assist is included with Business and Enterprise contracts. Pilot sites go first while the rest stay on LobbyGuard, and the full cutover lines up with your renewal.
Plan the move
Review your visitor flows, watchlists, badge printers, kiosks and every site you run.
Visitly stand-up
Tenant provisioned, SSO wired to your identity provider, sites imported, and the iPads you already own set up as kiosks.
Pilot & parallel run
One or two pilot sites move to Visitly first while the rest stay on LobbyGuard.
Site cutover
Remaining sites cut over in the order you choose, timed to your current contract's renewal.
Legal disclosure: LobbyGuard facts sourced from raptortech.com/lobbyguard, verified October 6, 2026, and Raptor's acquisition announcement of June 5, 2019. LobbyGuard and Raptor are trademarks of their respective owner. Visitly is not affiliated with Raptor Technologies or LobbyGuard.
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