Exploring ID card software that is user friendly, fast, and efficient? Skeptical of options you’ve researched because not enough ID software integrates with other printer manufacturers? Luckily, we’ve found you a program that works for all printers. 

Upgrading to HID Asure ID 7 ensures you have an effective ID card production system and you can extend the investment in your current hardware.

How Do I Know if HID ASURE ID 7 Is Right For Me? 

Whether you’re a large corporation, a membership club, a National ID program, a healthcare facility or you’re working in education or government sectors, there’s an application that fits your style and organization needs. 

Between, HID Asure ID Solo, HID® Asure ID® Express, HID® Asure ID® Enterprise, and Asure ID® Exchange let’s evaluate what each have in common before we highlight their unique features: 

User Friendly Interface 

• With an intuitive user interface and simplified processes, HID Asure ID 7 makes ID card template design and data entry extremely easy.
• Asure ID 7 License has tools and capabilities to support the most sophisticated ID card applications. Whether you’re new to ID badging or a power user, Asure ID 7 helps you design and produce ID cards and other secure credentials with unprecedented ease and efficiency. 

Productivity 

• HID Asure ID 7 user interface is based on the latest version of Microsoft® Office or Windows® ribbon, including tab-driven navigation with convenient tools and fly-out control palettes. 
• Provides a dramatic speed boost to designing cards and entering cardholder data.
• Auto-enhance a record photo during the photo acquisition process. A data entry center
• Configurable on-screen layouts to set up an efficient data entry sequence 

Databases Demystified 

• Live Link plugin can print card data from external databases such as HR, security or ERP systems. 
• Live Link enables administrators to link photos directly from a local folder, and create a friendly naming convention enhancing the convenience and flexibility of HID Asure ID 7. 
• The Live Link Wizard sets up real-time data exchanges & advanced user configuration to  grants access to specified Asure ID modules and templates

Efficient Search

• Quick Filter search option provides fast wildcard searching on any field in the active database. 
• Quick Filter can be set by the administrator to automatically appear when an operator logs in to simplify the data entry experience. 

Data Entry & Management Streamlined

• HID Asure ID 7 provides a fast enrollment of thousands of cardholder records into the database. 
• Offering many standard views to create records — such as viewing in a table, carousel or as a single record — the configurable data entry center also lets you control how data is sequenced and entered
• DataView can be used to edit and manage data independently from a card design, enabling users to define and switch between different designs by record. 

Making Everyday Work Simple

• HID Asure ID 7 offers various functions, such as card void, print counter and reports, associating printer with template, loading last template at start-up, saving custom colors, and more.

How Do I Know Which HID ASURE ID 7 License Is Right For Me? 

We’ll start from entry level licenses and work our way up to the motherload of licenses: 

 HID Asure ID 7 Solo         

• Great for entry-level, small to medium size business looking for 50-200 membership or employee ID cards 
• Improved User Interface – Asure ID Solo makes it easy to design and program photo IDs, including those with encoded magnetic stripes
• Swift ID® Template Import – Import templates designed in HID Global’s Swift ID printer software with w/robust features and functionality such as the management of multiple card templates and storage of up to 200 records
• Simplified Printer Functions – Asure ID Solo allows you to design and print cards without having to open and configure complicated printer driver menus
• Low Maintenance – Asure ID Solo has built-in notifications about free software updates to ensure that the software is never outdated

Limitations: 

• Asure ID Solo license maxes out at 200 custom ID badges 
• Use of linear barcodes  limits overall functionality  

HID® Asure ID® Express

* Includes all features of Asure ID Solo ⇧

• HID Asure ID Express is the most popular for a single location
• Can facilitate ID prints between 100-1,000 people at one site 
• Includes customer data security features (customer data like membership clubs)
• Includes much more functionality with barcodes 
• Cards encryption can verify that person’s identity 
• Robust Reporting Suite – Asure ID Express enables you to filter, sort, and group data as needed to build custom reports that meet the needs of your business.

HID® Asure ID® Enterprise

*Includes all features of Asure ID Express plus:

• Advanced Card Design – features include compound data fields, batch printing, conditional design and print rules, and password protection.
• Facilities more than 1,000 people at one site 
• Leverage multiple licenses that all communicate and integrate with each other across campuses, office buildings, with 100s of employees across several locations 

HID Asure ID® Exchange

*The most robust of them all* 

Key Benefits

• Greatly suitable for hospitals, military bases, local government facilities, campuses
• Multiple licenses communicating across unlimited locations 
• Links to multiple SQL databases for thousands of employees
• The only license that offers Smart Card Encoding 
• Can read or write to the smart card with an HID printer 
• User-friendly interface – Design and manage the creation of sharp photo IDs with minimal training.
• Databases Demystified – comes with an internal database but utilize the configurable Live Link plug-in to easily print cards from a common database with real-time data exchange to Microsoft® SQL Server®.
• iDIRECTOR –  in combination with Asure ID Exchange, the iDIRECTOR module allows you to quickly and easily manage card memory, load multiple smart card applications, and graphically personalizes smart cards such as iCLASS® Seos® in one seamless process.
• iCLASS SE® Open Encoder Platform Support – includes support for HID Global’s iCLASS SE encoder platform, enabling your users to create, encode (read/write), and manage physical access control solution (PACS) credentials in a single step, streamlining ordering, inventory management, and issuance processes.
• Robust Reporting Suite – filter, sort, and group data as needed to build custom reports that meet the needs of your business.
• Compatible with FARGO® HDP8500LE Laser Engraver– print, encode, engrave and laminate your secure credentials within a single, unified card template, saving you critical production and delivery time.
• Physical Access Control Integration – tightly integrated with over 25 leading access control systems, making it exceptionally easy to register your physical access control system credentials directly from the software and reduce the number of applications utilized during the issuance processes.

Want a more detailed overview of the specs? Take a look here at our HID comparison chart for each type of license. 

Have any questions? IDSuperShop is here to help you determine which license is best for your unique workforce and facility needs.