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Attendance tracking · mobile app, time clocks, or both

Your presence counts, wherever you work.

With Idenua your team clocks in from their phone —Face ID, selfie and location— or at a fingerprint and face time clock. You see everything in one panel, with reports and Excel export. And if you use Odoo, punches land there on their own.

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App $150 per 100 employees · Time clocks from $199 · VAT not included · No contract

NEWNo time clocks? Your team can clock in with the app alone
Mobile appFace ID · selfie · GPS
ZKTeco clocksfingerprint · face
Reports and Excelin your panel
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Idenua app: employee working from home inside her geofence, with Lunch break and Clock out buttons
NEW · Idenua

And whoever works from home clocks in with Idenua

The app asks for Face ID, takes a selfie and records the location on every punch. You decide which zones each employee can clock in from, and the record reaches your panel instantly.

  • Face ID before every punch
  • Selfie as evidence
  • GPS with a geofence per employee
  • Lunch and clock-out based on their schedule

JRJorge RamírezClock-in 07:56 · inside his zone

See how the app works Get started from $150/month
Two ways to clock in

Pick the one that fits. Or use both.

Not everyone works the same way: some walk into a plant, others work from home or on the road. Idenua covers both with the same panel, the same report and the same payroll.

Idenua app icon

With the Idenua app

$150 + VAT per month for every 100 employees

  • No hardware to buy. Install it on the employee's phone and you are done.
  • Face ID or the phone's fingerprint before every punch, plus a selfie as evidence.
  • Location and geofences: you set the valid zones for each person.
  • Check-in, lunch and check-out, based on their schedule.
  • Works offline: the punch is stored and sent later.
See how the app works
ZKTeco time clock

With time clocks

$199 + VAT per month, up to 3 clocks

  • Fingerprint, face or card at your plant, office or branch.
  • Works with the ZKTeco readers you already own, over ADMS.
  • A fingerprint is enrolled once and replicated to every clock on the site.
  • If the internet drops, the clock stores punches and sends them on reconnect.
  • Extra clock: $49 + VAT per month.
See how the clocks work

Using Odoo? Punches land there on their own

We are an Odoo Gold Partner. Idenua writes every punch straight into your Odoo through its API, with no module to install and no files to upload.

See supported versions
  • Clock-in, lunch and clock-out show up in Odoo's Attendances app the moment they happen.
  • Employees sync by themselves: create them once in Odoo and they can clock in.
  • The selfie is attached to the record and, on Odoo 17 or newer, the GPS location too.
  • From version 10 to 20, Community or Enterprise, self-hosted or on Odoo.sh.

Both? They add up in the same panel: an employee can use the clock at the office and the app when working from home.

Attendance tracking for Odoo

ZKTeco biometric time clock integrated with Odoo, in the cloud

Idenua connects your ZKTeco time clocks to Odoo so you can track your employees' attendance without manual data entry or Excel sheets.

You create the employee in Odoo and they show up on the readers on their own. The employee enrolls their fingerprint or face once, and every check-in and check-out reaches Odoo as an attendance the moment they clock in, ready for overtime, late arrivals and payroll.

The reader connects straight to our platform over the ADMS protocol, the same one ZKTeco uses for its cloud devices. That's why you don't need BioTime, ZKBioAccess or a local server.

Using another ERP and want to clock in with ZKTeco? Get in touch with us: we have solutions for you.

ZKTeco time clock with fingerprint and facial recognition sending clock-ins to Odoo over the ADMS protocol
New · Phone time clock for remote work

Remote workers clock in too. And you know it was really them.

Not all your employees walk past a ZKTeco clock. With the Idenua app, people working from home or in the field record their check-in, lunch and check-out from their phone. Every clock-in confirms identity with Face ID or the phone's fingerprint, takes a selfie and stores the GPS location. It reaches the same platform and Odoo, alongside the clock-ins from your readers.

  • Face ID or phone fingerprint
  • A selfie with every punch
  • GPS location and geofences
Idenua home screen: employee working since 08:02, inside her home office zone, with Lunch break and Check out buttons
Knows where they are in the dayCheck-in, lunch and check-out based on the employee schedule
Idenua showing the employee on lunch since 15:05, 38 minutes elapsed, with a map of her geofence
Geofence on the mapSee their zone and whether they're inside before clocking in
Clock-in history in Idenua with one clock-in flagged out of zone at 393 meters
Transparent historyEvery clock-in with its address, flagged if it was outside the zone

Verified identity

Before every clock-in the app asks for Face ID, Touch ID or the phone's fingerprint. The phone is linked to the employee with a QR code generated by HR, and there can only be one active phone per person.

Mandatory selfie

The front camera takes a photo on every clock-in. It's stored in your dashboard as proof and, if you use Odoo, attached to the attendance too. Nobody can clock in for someone else.

Geofences per employee

HR marks the home office address and the allowed radius on a map. If someone clocks in outside it, the clock-in is recorded flagged with the distance, in the dashboard and in Odoo.

Detects fake GPS

The app recognizes when the location comes from a GPS spoofing app and flags the clock-in for HR to review.

Lunch and employee schedule

The buttons change on their own: check-in, lunch break, back from lunch and check-out, based on the schedule assigned to them —the one in your Odoo if you use it—. It warns them if they went over their lunch time.

Works offline

With no internet, the clock-in is saved on the phone with its real time and sent automatically as soon as the connection is back.

HR sees everything in one dashboard

Clock-ins from the app show up with selfie, address, GPS accuracy and geofence result, next to the ones from your ZKTeco clocks. From there you activate phones, deactivate them when someone leaves the company and draw geofences. On Odoo 17 or later, the attendance also stores the location in its native fields with the selfie attached.

Idenua dashboard with app clock-ins: selfie, employee, time, clock-in type, address, inside or outside the geofence and Odoo sync
Today's clock-ins from the app: lunch breaks and returns, and one check-in outside the zone at 409 m.
Geofence editor in Idenua: map with an employee's home office address and a 150-meter radius
The geofence is drawn on the map: search the address or use the location of the last clock-in.
What Odoo 20 doesn't include: Odoo lets people clock in from the browser or its app, but it doesn't confirm who is clocking in, doesn't ask for a selfie and has no geofences; for that you have to buy third-party modules. And in BioTime the mobile app is a license bought separately. With Idenua, ZKTeco clocks and the app live on the same platform and work with Odoo 10 to 20. See the comparison.
Native Odoo 20 (BioTime PRO) vs Idenua

Does Odoo 20 already connect to ZKTeco? Yes, but through BioTime

Odoo 20 ships the Attendances ZKTeco BioTime module. Its own documentation makes it clear: the integration connects to the BioTime software, not to ZKTeco readers. To use it you need to buy BioTime, install it on a server and run Odoo 20 Enterprise. Here's how the two options compare:

Source: official Odoo documentation, “BioTime integration” and “Attendances”, and ZKTeco distributor prices in Mexico, September 2026.
What to compare Idenua
And nothing else		 Native Odoo 20
requires BioTime PRO + a server + setup
How it connects ✓Straight to the ZKTeco reader over ADMS Odoo queries the BioTime server; BioTime talks to the readers
Extra license ✓None ✗Separate BioTimePro license: the smallest one (5 devices, 500 employees) ~$10,500 to $13,600 MXN, perpetual and tied to one server
Server ✓Not needed: runs in the Exdoo cloud ✗Your own server running BioTimePro, always on and reachable from Odoo
Odoo versions ✓10 to 20 Odoo 20 only
Odoo edition ✓Community and Enterprise Enterprise
When clock-ins arrive ✓In real time Every 12 hours, or when you press “Fetch”
Adding employees ✓Created in Odoo and pushed to the readers automatically Added in BioTime, then the “ZKTeco employee ID” is entered on each Odoo employee
Fingerprints and faces ✓Enrolled once and replicated to every reader at the site Managed in BioTime, outside Odoo
From clock-in to attendance ✓Automatic, hands-off They arrive as “transactions” to be processed; failed ones are fixed and reprocessed by hand
Clock in from a phone (home office) ✓iPhone and Android app with Face ID, selfie and GPS ✗BioTime's mobile app is a separate license; Odoo allows browser clock-ins without verifying who clocks in
Geofences and fake GPS ✓Geofence per employee and spoofed-location detection ✗Not included; requires third-party modules
Monthly fee From $199 MXN + VAT (3 readers) No monthly fee for the connector (included in Enterprise)
To be fair: if your company is already on Odoo 20 Enterprise, has already paid for BioTime, has its server running and is fine seeing clock-ins twice a day, the official integration will do. For every other case —Odoo 10 to 19, Community, no BioTime, several branches or anyone who needs attendance right away— Idenua is faster to get running and cheaper. As an Odoo Gold Partner, we help you choose the right option.
Real cost

What it takes to get clock-ins into Odoo

Example: a company with 3 ZKTeco time clocks currently running any Odoo version from 10 to 19.

The native Odoo 20 route

Official Odoo integration

  • BioTimePro Starter license (5 devices, 500 employees) $10,500–$13,600
  • Server running BioTimePro and its upkeep Extra
  • BioTime mobile app license, if you want it Extra
  • Upgrading your database to Odoo 20 Extra
  • Odoo Enterprise subscription Required
  • Installing BioTime and entering employee IDs Extra
Before your first clock-infrom ~$10,500 MXNthe smallest license, 5 devices and 500 employees, plus the server and the migration to Odoo 20

Idenua

Straight from the reader to Odoo

  • Monthly fee with 3 readers $199 + VAT
  • BioTime license $0
  • Server $0
  • Version upgrade Not needed
  • Odoo Community or Enterprise Both
First year$2,388 MXN + VATWhat BioTime costs pays for more than 6 years

Reference prices from ZKTeco distributors in Mexico (September 2026), VAT included in the license. They may vary by distributor and edition. Still want to upgrade your Odoo? Check out our Odoo migration service.

Supported versions

On Odoo 10 to 19? You don't need to upgrade to use ZKTeco

The official integration only exists in Odoo 20. With Idenua you connect your time clock today, on the version you already run, and when you decide to upgrade your Odoo the connection comes with you.

IdenuaCommunity and Enterpriseall 11 versions
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Odoo's own integrationEnterprise only, with BioTimeversion 20 only
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Idenua works across all 11 versions, so you connect your clocks today without migrating. The integration shipped with Odoo exists only in 20 Enterprise and needs BioTime.

How it works

From the box to clock-ins in Odoo in 3 steps

1

Set up your sites

Add every location from a single dashboard: head office, plant or branches. Each site can have several ZKTeco time clocks.

2

Connect your readers

In the ZKTeco reader's menu, enter the Idenua address in the cloud server (ADMS) option. Nothing to install on any computer.

3

See attendance in your dashboard

Every punch shows up instantly in the Idenua dashboard, ready for your hours report. And if you use Odoo, the check-in or check-out is created in Attendances too, with no manual work.

Smart replication

Enroll a fingerprint once. It lands on every reader at the site.

When an employee enrolls their fingerprint, photo or face on any reader, the template replicates automatically to the other readers at the same site. Everything is managed from the Idenua dashboard, without opening the manufacturer's software.

If you add a new reader tomorrow, it automatically receives every fingerprint, photo and face of the employees already enrolled. Zero manual re-enrollment.

The platform keeps track of which reader already has each template, so nothing gets left behind or duplicated.

Idenua Odoo ERP optional Reader A Reader B Reader C Auto-replication
Standout features

Everything modern time and attendance needs

Direct connection to your readers

ZKTeco readers talk to Idenua over the ADMS protocol and punches reach your dashboard instantly. Using Odoo? Employees sync by themselves with real-time webhooks, from version 10 to 20, Community and Enterprise.

Multiple branches in one dashboard

Manage multiple locations from one place. Each site has its own readers, and templates replicate only between readers at the same site.

Fingerprint, face and photo

Fingerprints with enrollment and download, synced employee photos and facial recognition with up to 12 templates per employee. Removals and re-enrollment without duplicates.

Native ADMS protocol

Direct HTTP communication with your ZKTeco readers. No middleware like BioTime or ZKBioAccess. Works with readers with and without standard headers.

Monthly payment, no contract

Automatic card billing through Stripe on the 1st of every month, with payment history in the dashboard. No minimum term: cancel anytime.

End-to-end security

JWT authentication, separate admin roles and secure Odoo webhooks, with no arbitrary code execution. Full change auditing.

Pricing

No BioTime license. No per-employee fees. No servers.

Idenua Plan

$ 199 MXN / month

Base plan with up to 3 time clocks across the sites you need. VAT not included.

Idenua app $150 + VAT per month

for every 100 employees clocking in from their phone. It can be purchased on its own, with no time clocks at all: from $150 + VAT per month.

Odoo 10 to 20 (Community and Enterprise)
Unlimited sites
Fingerprints, photos and faces in sync
Automatic replication between readers
Real-time Odoo webhooks
Admin dashboard
No BioTime license or server
WhatsApp support
Extra reader from the 4th reader on
+ $49 MXN / reader / month
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Prices in Mexican pesos · 16% VAT not included · No minimum term · Cancel anytime

FAQ

ZKTeco time clocks and Odoo: common questions

How much does Idenua cost?
The app costs $150 MXN per month plus VAT for every 100 employees clocking in from their phone, and it can be purchased on its own. If you use time clocks, the base plan is $199 MXN per month plus VAT and includes up to 3 clocks; each extra clock is $49 MXN per month. No minimum-term contract.
Can I use Idenua without buying time clocks?
Yes. Many companies use the app only: employees clock in from their phone with Face ID, a selfie and their location, and you see everything in the panel. There is no hardware to buy or install.
Do I need Odoo to use Idenua?
No. Idenua works on its own: you add employees, review attendance, generate the worked-hours report and export it to Excel. If you also use Odoo, the integration is automatic.
Does Odoo 20 already connect to ZKTeco time clocks?
Yes, through the Attendances ZKTeco BioTime module. That module is configured with the address and credentials of a BioTime server: it connects to the BioTime software, not to ZKTeco readers, so you need a BioTime license, the server or cloud to install it on and Odoo 20 Enterprise. Clock-ins are imported every 12 hours. Idenua connects straight to the readers over ADMS, in real time and without BioTime. See the full comparison.
Do I need BioTime or ZKBioAccess to use Idenua?
No. ZKTeco readers connect straight to Idenua over the ADMS protocol: punches reach your dashboard —and your Odoo if you use it— with no middleware or local server.
Do I have to upgrade to Odoo 20 to connect my ZKTeco time clock?
No. Idenua works with every Odoo version from 10 to 20, Community and Enterprise. The official Odoo integration only exists from Odoo 20 on. If you want to upgrade anyway, we can help with your Odoo migration.
How much does a BioTime license cost?
Odoo's module connects to BioTimePro, which is installed on a server and paid as a perpetual license, in tiers of devices and employees. The smallest is the Starter (5 devices and 500 employees), sold in Mexican stores for ~$10,500 to ~$13,600 MXN; the editions for more devices and employees go past $50,000. The license is activated on a single server and is not transferable, BioTime's mobile app is bought separately, and on top of all that comes the server it runs on. With Idenua you need no BioTime license at all: the clocks connect directly.
Does it work with Odoo Community and Enterprise?
Yes. Clock-ins are recorded in Odoo's Attendances app, available in both Community and Enterprise.
Which ZKTeco time clocks are compatible?
ZKTeco readers with ADMS support, which shows up in the device menu as the cloud server setting (Cloud Server). This includes fingerprint, face and card readers. If you're unsure about your model, send it to us on WhatsApp and we'll check it.
What happens if the reader loses internet?
The reader stores clock-ins in its memory and sends them once the connection is back, so no records are lost.
Can home office employees clock in from their phone?
Yes. With the Idenua app for iPhone and Android, employees record their check-in, lunch break, return and check-out from their phone. Punches reach the same dashboard as the ones from your ZKTeco clocks, and your Odoo if you use it. See how the app works.
How do I know the employee is the one who clocked in from the app, and from where?
Every clock-in asks for Face ID or the phone's fingerprint, takes a mandatory selfie and stores the GPS location. The phone is linked to the employee with a code generated by HR, and there can only be one active phone per person. The app also detects spoofed locations.
What is a geofence, and what happens if an employee clocks in outside it?
It's the area where clocking in is allowed: HR marks each employee's home office address on a map along with a radius in meters. If someone clocks in outside it, the clock-in is recorded flagged as out of zone with the distance, both in the dashboard and in the Odoo attendance.
Does Odoo 20 have geofences or selfies for mobile clock-ins?
Not natively. Odoo lets people clock in from the browser or its app, but it doesn't verify who is clocking in, doesn't ask for a selfie and has no geofences; those features require third-party modules. Idenua includes them and works with Odoo 10 to 20.
Start today

Your ZKTeco time clock in Odoo, today, on the version you already have

No BioTime, no server and no upgrade. Plus an app for people working from home. We'll help you set up your first site.

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