ZKAccess Company Profile and Higher Margin Guarantee Examined

Author: Brian Rhodes, Published on Aug 30, 2016

A budget access manufacturer has entered the North American market, but it is not Hikvision or Dahua.

This player, ZKAccess, has recently set up shop as an a locally managed subsidiary in the USA, but touts the low prices and volumes from overseas hardware manufacturing and potentially can cost hundreds less per door than traditional manufacturers.

The low-price promise is so pronounced, they openly guarantee higher margins for installers:

In this note, we examine ZKAccess, their competitive position, and how they stack up against other access control manufacturers.

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Lacking **********, ***** ********

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Comments (10)

Amos Wipf

09/03/16 01:41pm

**** ******. *** ****** ******** ***** ********* *** ** ***** systems? *** ** *** ******** ******** ** ******* ** ***** ZK.

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Brian Rhodes

IPVMU Certified | 09/15/16 05:51pm

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10/11/16 02:07am

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IPVM | In reply to Baudouin Genouville | 10/11/16 11:26am

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IPVM | In reply to Baudouin Genouville | 10/12/16 11:23pm

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Baudouin Genouville

10/12/16 02:50am

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Baudouin Genouville | 10/12/16 09:56am

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Baudouin Genouville

10/12/16 10:52am

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***: ***** ** **** **** ********* ****** ?

:)

Undisclosed Integrator #1

10/12/16 11:45am

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Raymond Shadman

IPVMU Certified | 05/20/17 03:06pm

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