Security guard software compared
including where the others win
Every vendor in this category, us included, will tell you it is the best choice. The pages below try to do something more useful: say what each alternative does well, sourced to its own public pages, say who should choose it instead of us, and give you the questions that separate one quote from another. Start with the framework, then open the comparison that matches your shortlist. CGuardPro is trusted by 600+ security companies worldwide.
Five questions that decide it
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1. Where does your month hurt?
Back office — payroll, benefits, invoices — or the field: patrols you cannot prove and clients asking what happened overnight. Products are built out from one side or the other, and that settles more than any feature grid.
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2. How many companies are really on your list?
Several well-known brands in this category now belong to one group. Collapse them before you compare, or you will evaluate one vendor three times.
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3. What does your billing unit count?
Per user, per guard, per site and per employee produce very different invoices from the same payroll. Price your real headcount and site list on every published page, and ask for one first-year figure in writing where there is none.
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4. What will your client see?
Guard companies sell proof to a third party. Ask what your client can open the next morning without you exporting and emailing a file.
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5. What happens in a basement with no signal?
Ask for airplane mode in the demo, not a slide, and ask what time each record ends up carrying once it syncs.
The long version, with the checklist and the migration costs, is in how to evaluate guard management software.
Alternatives, one page each
Belfry alternative
An all-in-one back office that reaches as far as payroll and benefits administration, priced per employee on request. The split is back office versus field.
Read the comparison →TrackTik alternative
One of four brands owned by Trackforce, which acquired it in 2022. How to evaluate a product line rather than a product.
Read the comparison →Trackforce alternative
One of the largest companies in the category, quote-based and multilingual. The case for scale against a product your supervisor administers.
Read the comparison →Silvertrac alternative
Acquired by Trackforce Valiant in 2020; its old address now redirects to Trackforce. What current customers should ask at renewal.
Read the comparison →GuardsPro alternative
Publishes low per-user prices and a 30-day trial, and wins on money. Our case is Spanish, push-to-talk and client-side SOS.
Read the comparison →OfficerReports alternative
Priced per site with unlimited officers, against our price per user. Where the break-even falls and who should take which.
Read the comparison →QR-Patrol alternative
A guard tour specialist with QR, NFC and beacon checkpoints and man-down alerts. When a specialist is enough, and when tours are one part of the shift.
Read the comparison →Connecteam alternative
A general employee-management app with a free plan for small teams and a strong HR hub. Built around the employee, not the post.
Read the comparison →Summaries restate facts sourced on each linked page, from the vendors' own public pages, read in September 2026. Confirm current details with each vendor before you decide. All product names are trademarks of their respective owners; CGuardPro is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any of them.
Pricing, head-to-heads and rankings
TrackTik vs Belfry
Two of the best-known names side by side, with CGuardPro as a third column for scale.
TrackTik pricing
What Trackforce publishes about how TrackTik is priced, and what you have to ask for in writing.
Belfry pricing
How Belfry bills per employee and packages its modules, next to a published per-user price.
Novagems alternative
Including the two published terms where Novagems beats us.
THERMS alternative
Published price bands by headcount — cheaper than us above about thirty users, and the page says so.
Deputy, When I Work and Sling for guards
Cheaper general schedulers, and the posts, tours and reports they were not built for.
Switching guard software
What to bring, how to run one site in parallel, and what the implementation covers.
Best guard tour software 2026
Phone apps and hardware wands compared on QR, NFC, offline behavior and price.
Best incident reporting software 2026
Field-first reporting tools ranked on five published criteria.
Best security guard app 2026
Ranked from the officer’s side: offline, language, one app for the whole shift.
TrackTik Alternatives: 8 Options Compared (2026)
Eight independent TrackTik alternatives with each vendor's published price and billing unit, October 2026.
Silvertrac Pricing: What It Costs Now (2026)
Silvertrac has no published price; its pricing link now leads to Trackforce's site-and-module quote page.
GuardsPro Pricing: Tiers and Add-Ons (2026)
GuardsPro's exact $5/$8/$10 tiers, annual rates and add-ons, with honest matched-feature arithmetic.
Novagems vs TrackTik (and CGuardPro), 2026
Per active user and no contract versus per site and modules, with CGuardPro as third column.
TEAM Software WinTeam Alternative (2026)
WinTeam is an ERP for 100+ employee contractors; when a guard operations platform fits better.
Celayix Alternative for Security Companies
Celayix leads on scheduling depth; CGuardPro covers post proof, tours, reports and SOS at $5 per user.
Guardso Alternative: Guardso Is Now GuardsPro
Guardso renamed to GuardsPro; current pricing and how CGuardPro's single plan compares.
Frequently asked questions
Which security guard software is best?+
The one built around the part of your business that costs you money. A firm whose pain is payroll and invoicing should weight the back office; a firm whose pain is unproven patrols and clients asking questions should weight the field. Price your real headcount on each published page, run one real client on a trial, and ask each vendor the same questions — including us.
Why publish comparisons that say where competitors win?+
Because a comparison you can refute in one click is worse than none. Every page linked here states what the other vendor does well, sourced to that vendor's own public pages with the month we checked them, and says who should choose them instead. Confirm current details with each vendor before you decide.
What does CGuardPro cost?+
$5 per user per month for every seat — admins, guards, supervisors and client users — with a 7-day free trial and an optional one-time $299.99 implementation package. It is on the pricing page, so you can build a first-year figure before speaking to anyone.
Compare on your own posts
Bring one client and its sites. We will configure them live, so you judge us on your shifts rather than on a table.