Due to the discontinued BioStar 1, Suprema recommends migration to BioStar 2 for customers using BioStar 1.
BioStar 1.x support discontinuance notice
To migrate BioStar 2, we share the file that compares the available features in the server between BioStar 1 and the latest version of BioStar 2.
| Features | BioStar v1.93 | BioStar v2.8 | |
User | Max. Card per User | 1 | 8 |
| Max. Fingerprint per User Product | Dependent | 10 | |
| Max. Face Pose per User Product | 5 | 5 | |
| Auto User Sync to Device | No | Yes | |
| Custom Level Admin | Yes | Yes | |
| Template On Card (BioStar 1) Access on Card (BioStar 2) | Yes | Yes | |
| Longtime Inactivate User Status | No | Yes | |
| Custom Field | Yes | Yes | |
| Personal Message | Yes | No | |
| User ID Auto Incremental | Yes | Yes | |
| User ID Edit | Yes | No | |
| User ID Alphanumeric | No | Yes (Dependent per User Product) | |
Access Group | Max. of Access Level | N/A | 128 (1st generation devices) 2,048 (2nd generation devices) |
| Max. of Access Group | 32 | 128 (1st generation devices) 2,048 (2nd generation devices) | |
| Max. of Access Group per User | 4 | 16 | |
| Max. Door per Access Level | N/A | 128 | |
| Auto Sync to Device | No | Yes | |
| Access Group Report by Door/User/Elevator | No | Yes | |
Zone | Max. of Zone | 26 | 100 |
| Max. of Device per Zone | 64 | 1,000 (Global) 32 (Local) | |
| Anti-passback Zone | Yes | Yes | |
| Fire Alarm Zone | Yes | Yes | |
| Entrance Limit Zone | Yes | No | |
| Interlock Zone | Yes | Yes (with CoreStation) | |
| Muster Zone | Yes | Yes (Global zone only) | |
| Alarm Zone (BioStar 1) Intrusion Alarm Zone (BioStar 2) | Yes | Yes (Local zone only) | |
| Access Zone | Yes | Not Necessary | |
| Scheduled Lock/Unlock Zone | Door based | Zone based | |
AC Advanced | Dashboard | No | Yes |
| Audit Trail | Yes | Yes | |
| Device Embedded Server | BioStar Lite (Dependent per User Product) | No | |
| Server Matching | Yes (Card, Finger) | Yes (Card, Finger) | |
| Visual Map (BioStar 1) Graphic Map (BioStar 2) | Yes | Yes | |
| Video | Yes (Limited Support) | Yes (NVR) | |
| Badging | No | No | |
| Visitor Management | No | Yes | |
| Lift Management (BioStar 1) Elevator (BioStar 2) | Yes | Yes | |
| BioStar Videophone | Yes | Device's VoIP | |
| Cloud | No | Yes | |
| Local API Server | No | Yes | |
| BioStar 2 Mobile App (User, Door, Monitoring, Alarm) | No | Yes | |
| Suprema Mobile Access | No | Yes | |
| Active Directory | No | Yes | |