Hotel Door Lock System Price Analysis

Are you going to build a new hotel and purchase a complete smart key card hotel door lock system?

Or are you going to replace the old magnetic card lock system with a smart RFID hotel room key card system?

If so, you must need to know what hardware the smart card hotel lock system includes and the prices of each product and service, choosing the right hotel door lock hardware to serve your hotel and better control costs.

This article will systematically introduce the smart card hotel door lock system prices’ various components, including necessary hardware, optional hardware, and software: customisation, installation, transportation, replacement, repair and other costs.

After understanding the price, we will give eight tips and suggestions for purchasing a smart card hotel lock system to help you better control costs and save the hotel lock system cost of 10,000 US dollars.

Note: the following hotel door lock system prices are retail prices of installation service providers worldwide and do not represent actual hotel lock manufacturers‘ prices.

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Hotel Door Lock System Price-Basic Hardware

The standard necessary hardware of a complete hotel door lock system includes hotel locks, card encoder, room RFID cards, management software, and data collectors.

Hotel Door Lock Price by Different types

The hotel lock is the core component of the hotel key card system, and its primary function is to lock the guest room door. And hotel door locks divided into RFID hotel door locks, Bluetooth apartment door locks, or Airbnb smart locks.

1, RFID Hotel Door Locks Price

Most hotels currently use RFID hotel door locks, and standard RFID smart card locks are divided into RFID Mifare hotel locks and RFID Temic hotel locks. The specific prices are as follows:

• MIFARE hotel locks: the price is generally $30-$100 per unit.
• Temic hotels lock $20-$80 per unit.

MIFARE hotel door locks’ price is slightly higher under normal circumstances than the TEMIC hotel door locks.

The difference is that the Temic hotel lock can only use the corresponding TEMIC card for simple operations such as opening the door and taking electricity.

In contrast, the Mifare card hotel lock can use the Mifare card to open the door, take electricity, and be used for hotel elevator control, restaurant dining, the gym is operated by waiting card.

2. Bluetooth Apartment Door lock Price

The Bluetooth apartment door locks are mainly used in some apartment hotels and Airbnb hotels. Because this type of lock often comes with Bluetooth and APP, it is particularly suitable for remote management of apartment hotels, Airbnb rooms, and house rentals.

Common types of smart apartment door locks include Bluetooth apartment locks and fingerprint apartment door locks.

The Bluetooth smart locks for apartments or hotel rooms need to be installed with an APP management system, and a gateway and WIFI are required to achieve networking.

The most significant advantage of a Bluetooth electronic apartment door lock with a mobile phone APP is that it can perform a series of remote management operations on the Bluetooth lock remotely.

Note that this type of apartment lock generally has a corresponding mobile phone APP, and the APP is usually free to use by default.

The price of an apartment Bluetooth lock is generally:

• Bluetooth apartment door lock: $60-$120 per unit.
• Fingerprint apartment door lock: $80-$200 per unit.

RFID Hotel Door Locks price by Different Materials

Different materials of RFID hotel door locks also affect their price, and the commonly used materials of RFID hotel locks are mainly stainless steel and zinc alloy.

1. Zinc Alloy Hotel Door Lock Price:

The texture of zinc alloy material is relatively soft and comfortable to forge and process. Zinc alloy hotel door locks are often used for high-end, luxurious, and fashionable hotel door locks.

However, compared with stainless steel, zinc alloy materials are slightly inferior in rust resistance and are easily damaged by severe external shocks and external forces.
Therefore, to avoid corrosion and rust, the zinc alloy hotel lock needs to be surface treated after casting.

Simultaneously, zinc alloy hotel locks are not suitable for hotels near the sea or under bad weather conditions.

The average price of a zinc alloy hotel lock is $40-$110 per unit.

2. Stainless Steel Hotel Lock Price:

Hotel locks with stainless steel panels are more sturdy than zinc alloys, and stainless steel has better corrosion resistance and violent resistance. Especially in modern hotels, the hotel locks with stainless steel panels have excellent anti-drilling, fireproofing, and electric saws.

Therefore, stainless steel hotel door locks are suitable for outdoor hotels, beach hotels, or hotel locks with harsh weather conditions.

The average price of stainless steel hotel locks is 60-130$ per unit.

In general, the price of stainless steel hotel locks is slightly higher than that of zinc alloy hotel locks.

Hotel Lock Price by Different Lock Mortise

Since the standard and thickness of hotel room doors in each country may be different, and doors of various thicknesses often use hotel locks with a varying lock mortise of the lock. There are two common types of lock mortise for hotel locks, the US lock mortise, and the European lock mortise.

Hotel locks with American lock mortises are mainly suitable for 38-65mm wooden doors and perforated iron doors.

Hotel locks with European lock mortise are mainly suitable for wooden doors with a door thickness of less than 38mm.

• The hotel locks’ price with US standard lock bodies is generally $40-$80 per unit.
• Hotel locks with European-style lock bodies are slightly more expensive, ranging from $45-$85 per unit.

Hotel Key Card Encoder Price

A hotel key card encoder’s primary function is that after it is connected to the hotel lock system management software through the USB interface, the corresponding room card must be placed on the key card encoder. A series of customer housing operations can be performed on the room card by the software, such as writing Enter the customer’s personal information, use room number, use time, and other information.

The hotel card reader/encoder can be divided into a desktop hotel key card encoder and a mobile handheld hotel card reader.

Desktop Hotel Key Card Encoder Price

Desktop hotel key card encoders are mainly used in traditional hotels that require card issuing operations at the hotel’s front desk. It is convenient to use hotel lock system management software after the front desk is connected to the computer.

According to the RFID card type, the main types of desktop hotel key card readers are the Mifare key card encoder and the Temic key card encoder.

The Mifare hotel door card reader is mainly used to read and write the room card using the Mifare card hotel lock system.

The corresponding Temic hotel key card encoder performs card reading and writing operations on the room card using the Temic hotel lock system.

• The price of a Mifare card issuer is generally between $90-$140 per unit.
• The price of TEMIC card issuers is generally between $80-$120 per unit.

Mobile Handheld Hotel Card Reader Price.

Mobile key card encoders are mainly used for apartment hotel locks and rental houses that do not have a front desk to facilitate the operation of the room card by the landlord. The price of mobile hand-held card issuers is much higher than that of desktop card issuers.

• The general price of a mobile hotel key card encoder $200-$300 per unit.

Hotel Key Cards Price

The hotel room key card’s primary function is to open the hotel room door after the corresponding card writing operation. It can also be used in some hotels to power the room after using the hotel elevator and inserting the room power switch.

According to different hotel lock systems, there are generally two types of room cards, TEMIC room hotel key card and MIFARE room hotel key card.

• The price of a MIFARE hotel key card is $2-$5 per piece.
• The price of the TEMIC hotel key card is $1-$3.

But in some cases, some high-end hotels need to customize the design of the room key card, such as printing the hotel design pattern, LOGO, and other information on the hotel key card. The corresponding room card customization service is required, and there will be additional designs. And printing costs.

The card customization price is different from different hotel lock manufacturers, and the price may be slightly different according to the card printing content. The card customization cost is under normal circumstances: each card +1 US dollars, MOQ is 500 cards.

The good news is SHIENACS will provide preferential customization services. When purchasing more than 200 room key cards, we will not charge customization fees, only a one-time printing fee of $60.

Hotel Lock Data Collector Price

The hotel lock data collector mainly collects the door’s opening and closing data for better maintenance and related maintenance work on the door.
Depending on the hotel door lock system used, the hotel lock data collector used is also different.

The hotel Mifare RFID-based door lock system uses a Mifare S70 card to collect data for the door opening and closing. The TEMIC hotel lock system uses a 125KHZ data collector for data collection.

• The price of the MIFARE S70 capture card is generally $5-$10 per piece.
• The price of a TEMIC data collector is generally $60-$90 per piece.

Hotel Door Lock System Management Software Price

The hotel lock system management software‘s primary function is to perform a series of operations and management of guest check-in at the hotel’s front desk, including reservation, registration, room arrangement, room exchange, room card arrangement, and critical card loss, and a series of functional activities.

Hotel lock management software can also perform various types of information query, report generation, and printing.

Under normal circumstances, the hotel lock suppliers will provide hotel lock system management software for customers to use for free, but some powerful brands may charge a certain fee.

• Namely hotel lock management software fee: $0

Simultaneously, some customers will request related customization services for the hotel lock system management software, adding additional functions, adding company information, and LOGO operations.

• The cost of customization hotel lock management software is generally between $1,000-$2,000 per set.

Note: the entire system cannot be used generally with the hotel lock system management software and the card issuer. At this time, you also need to ask the hotel door lock system supplier for the registration code of the software before the software has been registered before it can be used usually.

• The registration code is generally charged annually. The annual price is between $200-$500 per license.

However, ShineACS Locks will provide customers with a registration code that can be used for free forever, ensuring that we can use our hotel key card encoder and hotel lock management software as long as possible.

Besides, some large-scale or chain hotels require that the hotel locks they purchase can be used on their own PMS or APP. At this time, the hotel lock supplier needs to provide the SDK of its hotel lock system management software.

The SDK is also charged, and the systems supported by different manufacturers’ management software are different.

• WINDOWS SDK cost: $500-$700 per set.
• MOBILE SDK cost: $1000-$3000 per set.

Smart key card hotel door lock system price-Optional accessories:

Besides the necessary hotel lock system products, hotel lock systems generally include other optional products, such as hotel elevator control systems, hotel key card switches, hotel door closers, hotel electronic door plates, and hotel safes.

These optional products can bring more convenient services to the hotel and a more comprehensive living experience. Similarly, a better understanding of the hotel door lock system’s optional accessories prices can also help you make better choices and save money.

Hotel Elevator Control System Price

The hotel elevator control system is mainly used for the corresponding elevator use management for the hotel customers. Only the guests who have the hotel room card can use the elevator after swiping the card inside the elevator and perform the corresponding room floor.

Using the hotel elevator control system can ensure the guests’ safety as much as possible and avoid some dangerous and disturbing behaviors.

The hotel’s elevator control system is generally divided into three parts: power supply, card reader, and hotel elevator control panel. And most hotel lock system suppliers will provide a complete hotel elevator control system.

A complete hotel elevator control system’s price is generally between $200-$600 per set.

Note: To allow hotel guests to use the same room card as much as possible to use the hotel elevator, open the room door, and insert the card to obtain electricity. Please buy hotel door locks, hotel elevator control system, and key card hotel energy-saving switch from the same hotel lock system supplier as much as possible.

Because different hotel card lock suppliers have other system encryption methods, it is not recommended to buy the above parts from various suppliers. Otherwise, two or more cards will be used to use the elevator and open the door.

Hotel Key Card Hotel Energy Saving Switch Price

The key card hotel energy saving switch is an essential product of the modern smart card hotel lock system. Its primary function is to insert the room card to power the room after the guest enters the room. The room card must be removed to cut off the power when going out to ensure the hotel room’s safe.

At the same time, the hotel’s energy-saving switch saves more electricity for the hotel.

There are mainly the following key card power switches, 13.56 Mhz Mifare card power switch, 125Khz ID card power switch, and normal hotel card switch.

ShineACS Hotel Energy Saving Switch 

The 13.56 Mhz key card switch can only be used in hotel rooms that use the Mifare card hotel lock system, and it can only read the Mifare room card.

The 12Khz key card power switch can only be used in hotel rooms that use Temic or ID card hotel lock systems and can only read 125Khz room cards.

The normal hotel card switch can use any card that can be inserted to get electricity, and it can be used without being compatible with the room card.

• A 13.56 Mhz Mifare card power switch is generally $15-$35 per unit.
• The price of a 125Khz ID card power switch is generally $10-$25 per unit.
• The price of a standard hotel card switch is generally $5-$15 per unit.

Hotel Door Closer Price

The hotel door closer’s primary function is to automatically close the door under hydraulic pressure after the hotel guest opens it. While ensuring the hotel room key card system’s safety, the cushioning effect of the door closer can effectively protect the door frame and door body.

The main types of commonly used hotel door closers are exterior-mounted hotel door closers and built-in top door closers.

The width, weight, and type of the door are essential factors that affect door closers’ selection.

• Small door closer: suitable for wooden hotel doors with a door width of 700-900mm and a door weight of 25-45KG, the price is between $20-$35 per unit.
• Medium-duty door closer: Suitable for wooden hotel doors with door widths of 700-1000mm and door weights of 45-65KG, and the price is between $25-$40 per unit.
• Heavy-duty door closer: Suitable for hotel fire doors with door width 900-1300mm and door weight above 65KG, the price is between $30-$45 per unit.

Hotel Safes Price

The primary function of hotel safes is to protect the safety of some vital property of hotel guests.

Generally, hotel safes are not large and can only be placed in closets or drawers to protect customers’ small items such as cash, jewelry, accessories, etc. Valuable devices, such as high-value digital appliances.

Furthermore, most guests want their privacy to be respected and do not want to bother the hotel attendants and the front desk. This is why the hotel safe is safe and convenient.

The hotel safe can help improve hotel rooms’ security protection level and make guests feel more relaxed. Free! It also protects the interests and reputation of the hotel.

Hotel safes generally use a nine-digit numeric keyboard as password protection. Because the types of safes that hotels can use are limited, their prices are relatively uniform.

The price of hotel safes is $40-$80 per unit.

However, hotel safes are opened with smart cards in some more advanced hotel types: hotel safes that can only be opened with the corresponding room card.

The price of smart card hotel safes is $60-$100 per unit.

Hotel Electronic Door Plates Price

The hotel electronic door plates are an electronic display device installed next to the hotel room door. It is mainly used to display the room number. It also has functions such as do not disturb, clean the room, and doorbell.

The use of the hotel electronic door plates will significantly improve hotel guests’ convenience, especially when the hotel cleaning staff need to enter the room to clean up. They need to confirm whether guests in the room are resting on the door display to avoid disturbing the guests’ rest.

The electronic door plate is divided into an indoor display and an outdoor display. The indoor door display mainly has two functions: do not disturb and clean the room. The outdoor display functions include room number, doorbell, checked-in, and do not worry.

• The price of an outdoor door display is generally between $20-$50 per unit.
• The price of an interior door display is generally between $15-$45 per unit.

Hotel Door Lock Battery Price:

At present, most small and medium-sized hotels on the market use smart card hotel locks, and the power supply of hotel locks generally uses 3 AA batteries.

The battery life of a hotel lock is generally between 6-12 months, so the battery will be a component that has to be considered.

Hotel lock batteries can be bought everywhere. The price is generally $1-$2 per battery.

Hotel Door Lock Installation Price

If a new hotel needs to install hotel door locks, we generally do not recommend the hotel staff to install the hotel lock by themselves.

Because the installation and commissioning of hotel locks are slightly complicated work, the door’s measurement, the opening of the hole, the structure of the lock body, and the installation require professional installation work. If you install it by yourself, the door may not open and close normally. The occurrence of situations such as the lock not working.

Therefore, we suggest that it is best to find a suitable door lock installation service company locally and let them come to install hotel locks.

• The hotel door lock installation price of hotel locks is generally $150-$250 per hotel lock.

Of course, this price may be unbearable for some small hotels, but don’t worry. General hotel door lock system suppliers will provide complete hotel lock installation documents and video tutorials or install it yourself.

Hotel Door Lock Replacement Cost

In some cases, if your hotel is using an older magnetic card hotel lock or TEMIC hotel lock, now you want to use a more advanced Mifare keycard lock system, then in addition to considering the price of the new MIFARE hotel lock. You will also need to consider whether the new hotel lock can be installed generally in the original installation space.

If not, you were then digging holes again. Please make sure you can find a suitable hotel lock before replacing the door lock for your hotel.

Because there is no need for re-drilling and measuring, the only installation work is required, and the price of the replacement door lock for the hotel will be slightly lower than the hotel door lock installation cost.

The cost to replace door locks for a hotel is $100-$200 per lock.

Many factors are affecting the price of installation services. In addition to the size and brand effect of the installation service company, the installation service personnel’s proficiency, the time required to install the lock, the installation location, and the level of security needed must also be considered.

Therefore, it is recommended that the hotel install it again. Before, communicate with the installation service company in depth to obtain all the necessary information you need to know.

Hotel Door Lock Repair Price

If the hotel card locks in some hotel rooms cannot work, then the hotel locks need to be repaired after finding the related problems, such as replacing the corresponding hotel lock parts.

Hotel door lock repair costs are generally divided into hotel lock parts costs and labor costs. The accessories that may be damaged by hotel locks typically include hotel lock mortise, door lock handle, hotel lock panel, battery, etc.

• Hotel lock mortise cost: $10-$25.
• Door handle cost: $3-$8.
• Hotel lock panel cost: $5-$8.
• Labor cost: $50-$70.

Hotel Door Lock Shipping Price

In some cases, hotels may not be willing to purchase expensive hotel lock systems from the local area but prefer to import hotel RFID locks from other countries, such as from China, so that the cost of importing them will be much cheaper than buying them locally.

But one problem that has to be faced is that you have to ship back from other countries and pay a certain shipping cost. And because the single weight of the RFID hotel door locks is about 2.5-3.5KG, different shipping methods have a more significant impact on transportation costs.

The shipping methods imported from other countries generally include air shipping, sea shipping, and express shipping.

1. Hotel Door Lock Air Shipping Price

The air shipping method is more suitable for hotel lock systems with 50-200 sets of hotel card locks, characterized by a short transportation time, usually within 7-15 days. The hotel door lock air shipping price is generally $6-$10/kg.

2. Hotel Door Lock Sea Shipping Price

The sea shipping method is more suitable for the transportation of hotel locks of more than 200 sets. A low price characterizes it, but the transportation time is longer, generally 25-45 days. The shipping price is typical $3-$6/kg.

3. Hotel Door Lock Express Shipping Price

The express shipping method is more suitable for the transportation of hotel locks with less than 50 sets. The characteristic is that the transportation time is short, usually within 3-7 days, but the price is relatively high. The express price is generally $15-$25/kg.

1. Try to buy all hotel lock system products from the same supplier as much as possible.

Hotel locks, hotel key card encoder, hotel lock system management software, hotel room key cards, hotel elevator controls system, and hotel energy saving switches. These products should be purchased from the same supplier as much as possible.

In this way, the same hotel lock management system can be used to manage this hardware as much as possible so that that hotel customers can use all the above services with one card.

If you are buying these hotel door lock system products from different suppliers, you may need to use other management systems and several cards, which will cause inconvenience to customers.

Buying hotel key card system products from the same supplier facilitates the entire system, saves time in purchasing components, saves shipping costs in different places, and can get more support and better prices.

2. You’d better choose the Mifare RFID hotel door lock system.

Whether you are building a new hotel or changing hotel locks, we recommend using the Mifare RFID key card hotel lock system for your hotel.

The Mifare card can be used to open the door of a room and control hotel elevators, switch for electricity, restaurant meals, and use in gyms. A MIFARE room card can have all the above permissions, which significantly facilitates hotel guests’ use and experience.

The TEMIC hotel lock system becomes unable to accomplish this. And MIFARE is not much more expensive than TEMIC,

3. Pay attention to the cost of the hotel lock system management software.

When purchasing a hotel lock system, the first thing to confirm is whether the supplier provides software that can be used for hotel lock system management and elevator control system management at the same time.

If the supplier’s software can be used for both a hotel lock system and an elevator control system, reconfirm whether to offer a free software registration code.

If the software registration code is not free, how to charge it, whether it is paid annually or for one-time use, to avoid the possibility that the software cannot be used in the future.

4. Choose the appropriate hotel energy-saving switch.

In addition to protecting the hotel room’s safety, the hotel energy-saving switch can also save the hotel electricity and save money, and it is a large electricity expenditure.

So you should choose a one-to-one hotel key card switch as much as possible. You must use the room card belonging to this room to insert the key card switch to get power. In this way, you can better control and facilitate electricity for guests and save money for the hotel.

For example, if you use a normal hotel card switch, insert any cards. The hotel guest can insert any card to turn on the electricity, such as bank cards and ID cards. Even after the customer leaves, the room still has electricity, which causes a lack of electricity. Safe and wasteful.

5. Buy more hotel room key cards as spare.

Many times, hotel guests will lose their room card. At this time, the hotels have to provide guests with additional room cards for customers to use. of course, hotels generally charge a certain room card fee, usually 5-10 US dollars per piece.

If it is a customized card, the charge may be more expensive. The price is 10-20 US dollars per piece.

But the room key cards you buy from the hotel door lock system supplier is very cheap, about $1 each. At this time, the room card will bring additional revenue to the hotel.

Therefore, it is recommended to buy more room key cards and ensure that the necessary room cards can be provided to customers who have lost the room card. It can also obtain more benefits for the hotel.

If you have multiple hotels, you must customize the card, and the more customized cards you buy, the lower the corresponding cost.

6. Be sure to buy a suitable door closer for your hotel doors

In addition to automatically closing the room door after the customer opens the door, the door closer can also effectively protect the room door, door frame, and hotel lock.

After effectively protecting room doors, door frames, and hotel locks, avoiding damage to these components will significantly increase these components’ use time and save the hotel money.

7. Purchase stainless steel hotel locks for hotels with harsh natural environments

Especially in some open-air hotels, hotels in seaside, island or desert areas, due to the natural environment, if the hotel lock is exposed for a long time, it is easy to be eroded by rain, seawater, wind, and sand, causing the hotel to fail to work usually, thereby increasing the number of hotels Lock replacement and repair costs.

Therefore, it is recommended to buy hotel locks made of stainless steel in these environments, especially 304 stainless steel hotel locks.

Although 304 stainless steel hotel locks are slightly more expensive, they can also provide the hotel with longer-term use, saving hotel door lock replacement and repair costs.

So far, the above is a detailed explanation of each part of the hotel lock system’s price and some suggestions for purchasing the hotel lock system. I hope to help you better choose all the hotel lock system’s required products for your hotel.