Replace the paper visitor log: a 3-step switch

What a clipboard can’t do

Tell the host. Someone at the desk still has to call or walk over. When the desk is empty, the guest waits.

Read a name back to you. Half the entries are a scrawl, and the company column is often blank.

Hold up in an audit. Sign-out times are missing, pages go missing, and every visitor can read the names above theirs.

Give you a fire-drill list. By mid-afternoon, the sheet still lists people who left hours ago.

Replace it in three steps

Get a tablet and a stand. An inexpensive tablet (around $100) works, and so does an iPad or an old laptop you already have. Add a stand so it sits at eye level by the door.

Open the kiosk link. Create your frontkiosk account, add your location, and open its private kiosk link in the browser. Add it to the home screen. That’s the whole install.

Print a “Please sign in here” poster. Put it where the clipboard used to be. Our QR check-in poster maker makes one in a minute.

Keep the old binder for a week if it helps people adjust, then file it away with your records.

Paper log vs frontkiosk

What changes at the front desk on day one.

	frontkiosk	Paper visitor log
Host knows the guest arrived	Email alert the moment they sign in	Only if someone calls or walks over
Legible names	Typed, with company and host	Handwriting
Privacy	Visitors don’t see earlier entries	Every name on the page is visible
Sign-out	QR code on the badge, or from the on-site list	Often skipped
Fire drill	Live on-site list, printable roll call	Whatever the sheet says
Records	Searchable log with CSV export	Binders in a cupboard

What it costs

frontkiosk is a paid product: $29 per location per month, cancel any time. Or pay once: $250 lifetime for one location. Add the tablet and stand, and a badge printer if you want printed badges.

Still weighing paper against a paid kiosk? Free visitor management vs. a $250 lifetime kiosk covers when a clipboard is genuinely enough. Staying on paper for now? Use our printable sign-in sheet, which keeps earlier names private.

Replace the paper visitor log at your front desk

What a clipboard can’t do

Replace it in three steps

Paper log vs frontkiosk

What it costs

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