- Sine by Honeywell is quote-only, hardware-heavy, and reviewers cite printers, support, and peak-time lag
- Gable adds visitor check-in to desks, rooms, and analytics from $99 per location per month
- Envoy Visitors wins on security depth; Sign In App and Greetly win on lobby simplicity
- Match the tool to visitor volume, compliance load, and whether you’ll have a receptionist
- Run a two-week parallel pilot before you cancel
The best Sine alternatives in 2026 are Gable, Envoy Visitors, Sign In App, and Greetly. Each is a digital visitor management system covering pre-registration, host notifications, badge printing, and document signing, and three of the four publish their prices, which Sine doesn’t. Offices are busier than they were: global utilization reached 53% in 2026, up from 38% two years earlier, per CBRE, and the front desk handles that traffic plus every contractor and courier behind it.
What makes teams move away from Sine
Sine began in Australia and now sells as Sine by Honeywell, with Small, Medium, and Large plans sized by check-in volume, an Enterprise package for 20 or more buildings, and a Workflows add-on for contractor inductions. It holds a 4.5 across 70 G2 reviews and a 4.4 across 595 on Capterra, so most customers are satisfied. The ones searching for Sine alternatives tend to cite one of five problems:
Sine also has no desk or room booking, so visitor data and occupancy data live in two systems.
The visitor management capabilities to prioritize when replacing Sine
Keep Sine visitor management’s strengths (roll calls, geofenced check-in, contractor workflows) on your list and add the checks below. Write the rules the tool will enforce into a workplace visitor policy first, so you’re evaluating against requirements rather than demos.
A feature-by-feature checklist for evaluating any visitor management system before you commit.
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The 4 best Sine alternatives in 2026
Gable is our product, so it sits first; we list its gaps in the same detail as everyone else’s. Pricing and G2 figures were checked in October 2026.
| # | Tool | Best for | Starting price | G2 rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gable | Visitors plus desks, rooms, and analytics in one platform | $99/location/mo | 4.4 (370) |
| 2 | Envoy Visitors | Security-heavy lobbies | Free (100 entries/mo); $362/location/mo | 4.7 (437) |
| 3 | Sign In App | Multi-site lobbies on a flat per-site fee | From ~$630/site/yr | 4.8 (432) |
| 4 | Greetly | Unstaffed lobbies | $99/mo | 4.8 (21) |
G2 ratings are out of 5 with review counts in parentheses.
1. Gable
Gable’s visitor management sits inside the same platform that runs desk booking, meeting rooms, and utilization analytics, so the lobby stops being a data silo. Hosts pre-register guests, visitors sign in at an iPad kiosk, from their own phone, or by scanning a static QR code, and arrival alerts go to Slack or email. Custom sign-in forms per visitor type, NDA and waiver signing, badge printing, and bulk invites for events are included. The gaps: watchlist screening is lighter than Envoy’s, and emergency notifications are still on the roadmap, so high-security sites should check both.
- Pre-registration, QR check-in, and host alerts on the base plan
- Visitor, desk, and room data in one occupancy report
- Priced per location, so a 300-person office pays the same as a 30-person one
Pricing: Visitor Management from $99 per location per month, as part of Gable Offices.
G2 rating: 4.4/5 (370 reviews).
Best for: Offices that want the front desk and the floor plan on one invoice.
2. Envoy Visitors
Envoy Visitors has the deepest security feature set here: blocklist screening, ID scanning, access control integrations, and emergency notifications with visitor roll call, which is the closest match to Sine’s roll call. Reviewers on G2 mention the cost of reaching those features (the free tier caps at 100 entries a month and 50 directory employees), Bluetooth printer connectivity problems, and repeated re-authentication after app updates.
- Watchlist and ID screening with access control hooks
- Deliveries and employee sign-in on the same kiosk
- Premium pricing that climbs per location
Pricing: Free Basic tier; Premium at $362 per location per month billed annually; Enterprise custom.
G2 rating: 4.7/5 (437 reviews).
Best for: Regulated or high-traffic lobbies where screening is the priority.
Visitor check-in, desk booking, room scheduling, and utilization analytics on one platform, priced per location.
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3. Sign In App
Sign In App is the renamed The Receptionist for iPad, and SwipedOn’s pricing page now redirects there, so it absorbs two of the tools Sine buyers used to shortlist. Button-based check-in flows, photo and signature capture, badge printing, and unlimited iPads per site come on the entry plan, with Teams and Slack alerts. Pricing is flat per site per year, which is simple for a handful of offices and adds up across dozens; reviewers on G2 ask which features sit on which tier.
- Flat per-site pricing with unlimited employees and sign-ins
- Contactless check-in from the visitor’s phone
- Evacuation roll call and safety alerts on the base plan
Pricing: Core from about $630 per site per year (listed at £415 in the UK); Enhanced and Pro add ID scanning, SSO, and account management; 15-day free trial.
G2 rating: 4.8/5 (432 reviews).
Best for: Companies with a few sites that want predictable flat fees and no per-user math.
4. Greetly
Greetly is the digital receptionist for lobbies with nobody at the desk. Check-in flows are customizable per visitor type, and it absorbs the traffic that stalls an unstaffed entrance: couriers, food orders, facility tours. G2 reviewers score its setup at 9.9 out of 10, though the rating rests on 21 reviews, mostly from companies under 50 employees, and integrations beyond notifications run through Zapier rather than native access control connectors.
- Essential plan includes unlimited check-ins, host alerts, document signing, and a watchlist
- Pro adds badge printing, government ID scanning, and a digital mailroom
- No desk or room booking, so pair it with your office tool
Pricing: Essential $99 per month and Pro $159 per month, billed annually.
G2 rating: 4.8/5 (21 reviews).
Best for: Small offices replacing a receptionist with an iPad.
How visitor management requirements vary by industry and office type
The right Sine replacement depends on three variables: how many people walk in, what you’re required to record about them, and who’s standing at the desk. Hybrid workers now spend about 2.3 days a week on site, according to Gallup, so the front desk sees employees, guests, and contractors in uneven waves rather than a steady stream.
Corporate offices under 50 visitors a day
A kiosk, pre-registration, and host alerts cover it. Pick on price and on whether you want visitor data joined to desk data; Gable and Greetly are the cheapest entries, and Gable is the one that joins the two.
Regulated industries
Financial services, healthcare, and government contractors need watchlist screening, ID verification, audit trails, and a defined retention period. Envoy Visitors leads on screening depth. Whichever tool you choose, write the retention rule down; the ICO’s storage limitation guidance notes that GDPR sets no fixed time limits and expects organizations to document their own.
Manufacturing, labs, and multi-site estates
Contractor inductions, safety briefings, and evacuation roll calls matter more than badge design. Sign In App and Envoy both run roll calls, and our guide to enterprise visitor management systems covers eight tools built for large estates. Facilities budgets are tight everywhere: 84% of FM leaders name cost as their top concern, per JLL, so per-site fees that hold across 20 buildings beat per-feature add-ons.
How to evaluate a Sine alternative before committing
Run the shortlist through six checks, in the lobby rather than in a slide deck:
- Print a badge on your printer. Printer pairing and WiFi drop-offs are the two most common complaints across this category, including Sine’s. Test with the hardware you own.
- Check in a guest with no phone. Sine reviewers hit this wall; confirm the alternative has a path.
- Pre-register and arrive. Time the flow from invite to badge. Under a minute is the bar.
- Pull a visitor report for last month. Confirm it exports, filters by site, and can be purged on your retention schedule.
- Ask for the year-two price in writing. Include hardware, SMS, access control, and any workflow add-on.
- Run both systems for two weeks. Keep Sine live while the new kiosk takes real traffic; that’s long enough to catch the edge cases.
Choosing your Sine replacement
Choose by what pushed you to look. If it was pricing or hardware upkeep, Greetly and Sign In App publish flat fees and run on any iPad. If it was screening depth, Envoy Visitors is the standard. If it was the second system you keep beside Sine for desks and rooms, Gable removes it, with visitor, desk, and occupancy data in one report. A visitor management software roundup covers a wider field if none of these four fit.
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