Smart locks for your office and coworking space: how to choose the best one?

All over the world, we are seeing more and more smart locks, and it's no wonder. New technologies have done wonders for our security. With a smart lock, if we have that terrible feeling that we left without locking the house door, we don't have to go back to make sure. In general, we can do it remotely, through an app. It's no longer necessary to jump balconies or call the fire department when we forget the key. We use an app. Only one thing remains. Knowing how to choose the most suitable for our needs, in this specific case, businesses and coworking spaces.

Smart locks are secure and very practical. Since they can be opened remotely with ease and speed via an app, they give owners and business managers the power to decide who can or cannot access the premises. They allow assigning and changing permanent or temporary PIN codes, for specific periods or regular intervals; assigning a “virtual key” to a user who has the necessary app; opening and closing doors remotely via mobile phone; generating access activity reports; and receiving door opening or closing alerts.

All workspaces are different and complex. There is everything from small family environments to large business ecosystems. It is, therefore, essential, first of all, to determine the needs of the space in terms of access:

Who needs access.

How many people need access.

What is the turnover of people who need access.

If there are different levels of access for different people.

Who manages the facilities.

In the case of small businesses, such as an office, for example, smart locks save a lot of headaches. If someone forgets the key or if only one person opens the door for everyone else and arrives late, the smart lock is a way to ensure that no one is left out. There are many affordable solutions for small businesses, which work with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G technology and more. An example is the Raixer Mini (/product/raixer-mini), which allows remote opening or temporary access, via phone call, in addition to having an app that tells you who opened the door and when.

In the case of larger spaces, with more movement, for example, coworking spaces or a company, it is necessary to better coordinate access and, once again, smart locks are a great help. There are smart locks with PINs that can be very useful in these cases; simply, each user must have a specific app installed on their phone.

Nowadays, it almost makes no sense to have pockets or bags rattling with keys. We already have our payment methods on our mobile phones, so why not have the keys too? And with the popularization of work flexibility, offices are also becoming flexible spaces that employees “visit” occasionally. But these comings and goings without fixed schedules sow chaos in the logistics of any business. A chaos that smart locks have come to curb.

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