Comparison · nine criteria · read 2026-09-04
Raptor VisitorSafe vs Visitu
Visitu’s site describes it as “A Pikmykid Brand” and CENTEGIX announced its acquisition of Pikmykid on 7 April 2026; CENTEGIX sells it as “CENTEGIX Visitu” and is transitioning Ident-A-Kid customers to it.123 Visitu’s terms of service are still titled for Pikmykid / Sachi Tech, Inc.; ask which entity you are contracting with.4
Every Raptor and Visitu cell below is either a quotation or close paraphrase from the vendor’s own public page or terms, with a footnote, or the words “not published”. We do not estimate prices. The EduQueue column is our own product and is not independently sourced; read it the way you would read any vendor’s.
| Criterion | Raptor VisitorSafe | Visitu (CENTEGIX (via Pikmykid)) | EduQueue (Asan Digital) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screening data source & coverage | “Registered sex offender databases in all 50 states” plus custom databases;5 checks are “performed through one or more third parties” and Raptor “does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or quality of such information”;6 third party not named; per-state coverage not published | “Automatically scan visitor information against offender database records”; CENTEGIX: “automatic screening against national sex offender databases and watchlists”, with capabilities to “be confirmed during implementation”;1 source and per-state coverage not published | Asan Digital’s own database of about 632,000 registrant records compiled from state registries across all 50 states, DC, U.S. territories and tribal jurisdictions; refreshed on a published schedule; per-state coverage documented, and completeness varies by state and is published rather than claimed |
| Kiosk hardware reuse | “Macs, PCs, iPads, and Android tablets”;7 store states “Only supplies and equipment purchased through Raptor Technologies is approved for use with the Raptor System”8 | “We only support the Apple iPad to run the Visitu Kiosk iOS Application”; recommends Bosstab stands; bring-your-own9 | Web and kiosk check-in in any modern browser with a camera, on the PC or tablet you own; no vendor kiosk; ID-scanner compatibility confirmed per model |
| SIS integration | “Syncing with the school’s Student Information System (SIS)”;7 PowerSchool partner listing for eSchoolPlus names tardies among use cases;10 RaptorLink priced per site in board records11 | PowerSchool and Blackbaud (official partner listings), Clever Secure Sync, FACTS, Veracross, ProgressBook12 | PowerSchool sync on a schedule; write-back to attendance: ask before assuming it |
| Badge printing | DYMO LabelWriter 550 Turbo sold in a $590 kiosk bundle that “requires an annual software subscription of $299.00”8 | “You will need to purchase the Brother QL-820 NWBC printer”; DK-2205 labels9 | DYMO and Brother label printers |
| Per-building pricing | Not published as a list; board records show a per-site annual fee of $550–$695 (2020–2026) with volunteer, SIS-link and kiosk lines priced separately11 | Not published | Per building, with a free single-building tier that does not expire; district and municipal deployments quoted; list price not yet published; no per-visitor fees |
| Contract term | Automatic one-year renewals; 60-day notice; in-term increase of the higher of CPI or 6%13 | Renews “at then prevailing license fees and for the same length of term as the expiring agreement” unless written notice at least 60 days before expiry;4 one year free with a 5-year CENTEGIX platform agreement3 | Per-building subscription; district and municipal terms quoted |
| Data export on exit | Customer may “request Raptor to delete” personal information on termination; export or return obligation not found in the public general terms13 | Pikmykid “does not claim ownership of your User Submissions” but takes a “perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide” licence to use them;4 export on termination not published | Full export on request; you keep the data |
| Municipal support | Marketed to K-12 (“Trusted by 60,000+ schools”);7 city-hall use not published | Solutions pages list K-12 only; CENTEGIX lists government as an industry without a Visitu claim; not published | Municipal profile in production (City of Union City, NJ): department routing, resident-origin reporting, daily emailed report |
| Emergency / mass notification | Emergency Management Suite: Drill Manager, Badge Alert (“silent, wearable alerting”), Reunification, alerts that “route directly to 911”, “multi-channel alerts”;14 priced separately in board records11 | CENTEGIX CrisisAlert offered alongside (“push of a button”); direct Visitu–CrisisAlert integration not published315 | Evacuation report per building; no panic-button or mass-notification product — not offered |
Vendors’ pages change. If we have misread yours, tell us and we will correct it and note the change here.
When Raptor is the right choice
- Your desks are Windows PCs or Android tablets; Visitu is iPad-only.
- You want one vendor for visitors, volunteers with background checks, drills and reunification.
- You want the contracting entity and the terms to be settled; Visitu’s are mid-transition.
When to pick Visitu
- You are an iPad school on Blackbaud, Clever or ProgressBook and CrisisAlert is already on the walls.
- The 5-year CENTEGIX platform agreement is signed anyway and the first year of visitor management is free.
Where EduQueue sits: runs on the iPads Visitu runs on and on the PCs it does not; supports DYMO as well as Brother; publishes per-state screening coverage; and puts the export commitment in writing.
Other comparisons
Raptor vs EduQueue · Raptor vs Ident-A-Kid · Raptor vs SchoolPass · Raptor vs Ruvna · Raptor vs CAASS
See also: what districts have paid, per module, where screening data comes from, and the RFP kit that turns these nine criteria into a requirements matrix.
Sources (all read 2026-09-04 unless dated)
- Visitu, home page (“Visitu: A Pikmykid Brand”), visitu.com; CENTEGIX, “Visitu Visitor Management”, centegix.com.
- CENTEGIX, “CENTEGIX Announces Acquisition of Pikmykid”, 7 April 2026, centegix.com.
- identakid.com returned HTTP 301 to centegix.com/visitor-management/identakid/, which itself redirects to centegix.com/visitu-visitor-management/ (verified 2026-09-04); CENTEGIX, “Transition to Visitu by CENTEGIX”, centegix.com.
- Visitu, “Terms of service” (page titled for Pikmykid / Sachi Tech, Inc.), visitu.com.
- Raptor, “What is a school visitor management system”, raptortech.com.
- Raptor Technologies, Service Specific Terms (no date printed; PDF metadata May 2026), raptortech.com PDF.
- Raptor, “Raptor VisitorSafe”, raptortech.com.
- Raptor store, “Return Visitor Check-In Kiosk – 2D Barcode Reader and LabelWriter 550 Turbo Bundle”, shop.raptortech.com.
- Visitu, “Hardware”, visitu.com.
- PowerSchool, partner page for Raptor Technologies, powerschool.com.
- Board and procurement records compiled on What districts have paid, each linked to its source.
- Visitu, “Integrations”, visitu.com.
- Raptor Technologies, Purchase and Subscription Services Agreement — General Terms and Conditions (footer “July 2026”), sections 3.4(f), 4.9, 5.2 and 7.2, raptortech.com PDF.
- Raptor, “Emergency Management Suite”, raptortech.com.
- CENTEGIX, “CrisisAlert”, centegix.com; “Alyssa’s Law”, centegix.com.