DoorTally

Counting who is inside a building

DoorTally measures occupancy as it changes, so a venue always knows how many people are present. The company calls it a smart occupancy insights platform and says it was designed to be industry agnostic. Business offices, schools, retailers, fitness centers, restaurants and other venues have adopted it, and the stated purposes include delivering safer customer experiences and keeping to occupancy limits and social distancing guidelines.

A phone app for staff at the door

The first way to count is the mobile app for iOS and Android. Employees record each entrance and exit, and the figures sync in real time across several devices, so everyone works from the same total. The recorded data can then show the busiest locations, help calculate staffing levels and reveal how space is used.

A sensor that counts automatically

For businesses that prefer not to staff a counter, DoorTally offers an Internet of Things device mounted above a pathway. It runs from a standard outlet or Power over Ethernet, and an onboard sensor uses machine learning to capture entrance and exit events accurately.

Sharing the live count and raising alerts

A venue can embed its current occupancy on its website with a single line of code, or share a unique link to a location's live count. Alerts can be sent to chosen team members, and each location can have its own notification thresholds.

Running many locations

DoorTally uses the word location for any place where occupancy matters, such as separate stores, classrooms or offices. Users get access to specific locations at different permission levels, and administrators can deploy tracking across a whole organization, as for a group of shopping centers or stores. Data can be exported in a range of formats or streamed to other business systems for reports on traffic. The company says there are no long-term commitments.