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The primary similarity between the RFID based attendance system and a biometric attendance system is that they both automatically keep track of when employees enter and leave an area. The main difference between a biometric attendance system and an RFID based attendance system is that the RFID based attendance system uses tags, which can be exchanged between employees, while a biometric attendance system uses organic matter that cannot be exchanged. This makes stealing time from a place of work much more difficult because it removes the chances that buddy punching will work. Normal systems use employee identification numbers or punch cards to record when an employee enters or leaves an area, RFID based attendance systems use tags which can be exchanged among employees, but fingerprints or retinas are not able to be shared.
Another difference is that the biometric attendance system requires the employee to actively scan his or her fingerprint in order for the system to register that he or she is there. With an RFID based attendance system, the tags will be scanned immediately when the person enters an area.
Biometric attendance systems are much more adept at keeping time theft to a minimum, and it is considered to be the superior attendance system.
At the same time, RFID devices can perform better compared to fingerprint devices, if you have a large workforce to manage. But, Face recognition devices offer similar performance and good accuracy when compared to RFID devices. Biometric devices with support for Face, Finger, and RFID are available, so, it’s probably wiser to use a device with multiple options.