Every office lending keys settles on one of three. Here is what each one actually costs you, and what it does when a key does not come back.
Most offices are choosing between buying a system, writing it down, or running software over the keys they already have.
| ItemTrak | An instrumented cabinet | A book or spreadsheet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs to start | $39.95/mo, nothing upfront | Thousands per site, before any subscription | Nothing to buy, and nothing to rely on |
| Works with the cabinet or hook board you own | Yes — keep your hooks | No — you buy theirs, and mount it | No help with the keys themselves |
| Chases a late key without being asked | Yes — text and email, automatically | Rarely, and usually costs extra | No — somebody has to notice first |
| Tells you who has what, from anywhere | Yes — any phone or computer | At the cabinet, on site | Only if the last person wrote it down |
| A record that stands up months later | Every movement, searchable | Tied to that cabinet and its own log | As good as the handwriting |
| More than one office | All of them on one screen | A system to buy per site | A separate book per site |
| Time to be up and running | Minutes, on your own | Quote, order, install, train | Minutes — then nobody keeps it up |
| Try it before you commit | 14 days free, cancel any time | A sales call and a quote first | Nothing to try, nothing to prove |
| When you grow | Add an office to the same plan | Buy and fit another cabinet | Another book nobody reads |
Same hooks, same keys, same people — the difference is that the chasing happens whether anyone remembers to do it or not.
It costs nothing and it works, right up until the afternoon somebody is in a hurry. The entry that matters is the one nobody wrote, and you find that out weeks later when an owner asks who had the key. Nothing chases a late key, because nothing knows it is late - somebody has to notice first, and noticing is the part that fails.
Real money up front, per site, and a fitter to book. What you buy is physical control: the cabinet will not release a key to the wrong person, which is worth having if your keys must be locked away from your own staff. What you do not buy is the chasing - most of them will tell you a key is out, and leave you to do something about it.
The keys stay where they are. The register moves off paper, the chasing happens without anybody remembering, and the record is searchable months later when somebody asks. It costs a subscription rather than a purchase, and you can stop paying it.
If a key must be physically locked away from the people in your office, buy the cabinet - no software over open hooks will do that, and this one does not pretend to. If the problem is knowing who has what and getting it back, that is what ItemTrak is for, and the fourteen days are free precisely so you can find out on your own keys rather than take our word.
Every plan includes email reminders, full audit trail, overdue alerts and reporting. SMS reminders are pay-as-you-go — top up credits anytime. Cancel anytime.
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Start free trialPrices in AUD per month. Email reminders are included; SMS reminders use pay-as-you-go credits you top up as needed.
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