AI Gate Guard
Guardina answers your intercom on the first ring.
Gate security for gated communities, HOA neighborhoods and high-rise buildings. It picks up around the clock and speaks the visitor’s language, for a fraction of what a traditional guard costs. Anything it cannot settle goes to a person.
- Answers within one ring
- Speaks the visitor’s language
- A human guard on every refusal
99.9%
Uptime
< 2s
Response time
10+
Languages
24/7
Coverage
Guardina is a Max Security USA product, quoted per site. It has a site of its own, and that is where the technical detail lives. This page is the short version for a board.
Visit guardina.aiHow it works
From the button press to the gate arm.
The whole exchange takes seconds. Here is what happens in them.
Step 1: Visitor Arrives
A visitor pulls up to the gate and presses the intercom button. Guardina picks up within one ring.
Step 2: Guardina Responds
It greets the visitor in their own language, asks who they are here to see, and finds the resident on the list in seconds.
Step 3: Access Resolved
An approved visitor gets the gate opened. Otherwise it rings the resident, or hands the call to a human guard along with everything it has learned so far.
Features
What it does at the gate.
24/7 Coverage
It does not sleep or call in sick. A press at 3am is answered the same way as one at 3pm, and a person is reachable behind it at either hour.
Multilingual
It works out which language the visitor is speaking and replies in it: English, Spanish, French, Mandarin and others.
< 2s Response Time
It picks up within one ring. Nobody sits at the barrier listening to a phone ring out, and anything it cannot settle on its own goes to a person.
Smart Pre-Authorization
A guest the resident has already approved gets the gate opened right away, even when the name on the list is spelled wrong.
Human Backup for Denied Entry
Turning somebody away is never a decision the AI makes on its own. A call that is heading toward a refusal goes to a live human guard, with the whole conversation and the video attached.
Camera Monitoring Add-On
Live and recorded camera monitoring can be added, so the view covers the whole site and not only the callbox.
The comparison
Us versus a callbox that rings a phone.
The right-hand column is the arrangement a gate is likely to have today, a callbox wired to somebody’s phone. We have not audited another vendor’s product, so we do not compare against one.
| At the gate | Guardina | A callbox that rings a phone |
|---|---|---|
| When the intercom rings | Answered within one ring | A phone rings out while somebody sits at the barrier |
| At three in the morning | Answered at 3am the same way as at 3pm | Whoever happens to be awake |
| A visitor with no English | Hears the language and answers in it | A guard and a visitor talking past each other through a callbox |
| A name spelled wrong on the list | Still matches the approved guest and opens the gate | The name is not found |
| When it is not sure | Hands the call to a human guard with the context already gathered | Refused by a machine, or waved through by one |
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For security companies
Guardina under your own name.
If you already run a security operation, Guardina can answer your clients’ gates under your name. They get an AI guard on the intercom and you get recurring revenue from it.
Your Name in the Greeting
It answers with your company’s name or the community’s, so the visitor hears ‘Welcome to [Community Name]’.
Guard Booth Failover
A call it hands off goes straight to the guard booth number you already have. The visitor does not notice the switch.
Command Center Backup
The odd case that does not fit goes up to our command center, staffed 24/7, with the call so far whispered to the guard who takes it.
It does not replace your guard
It answers the intercom, which is the repetitive, interruptible part of a guard’s night. A community that wants a person at the barrier still needs one there. What changes is that the person is no longer tied to a phone while somebody waits at the gate.
The platform is free with or without it
Guardina is a separate Max Security USA service and is quoted per site. The visitor management platform is free for any community whether or not you ever use Guardina, and a pass issued in the app is recognized at the gate either way.
FAQ
What boards ask about Guardina.
Does a real person ever get involved?
Yes, on the calls that matter. Guardina takes the routine ones, such as an expected guest, a delivery or a resident lookup, and passes anything it cannot settle to a live guard with the full conversation and the video attached. Turning somebody away is never the AI’s decision to make on its own.
What happens if a visitor does not speak English?
It hears which language the visitor is speaking and answers in it. That matters most at gates where the working language is Spanish, Portuguese, Russian or Creole, and where today a guard and a visitor talk past each other through a callbox.
Does it replace our guard?
No. It answers the intercom, which is the repetitive, interruptible part of a guard’s night. A community that wants a person at the barrier still needs one there. What changes is that the person is no longer tied to a phone while somebody waits at the gate.
What does it do when it is not sure?
It transfers the call rather than guess. A name it cannot make out goes to a human guard with the context already gathered. So does a visitor who is on nobody’s list, and so does anything that sounds wrong. None of it is refused by a machine or waved through by one.
Do we need new hardware at the gate?
Not if the callbox already has a standard telephone or IP intercom, which is what it works with. Whether the unit you have qualifies is settled on the site survey Max Security USA does before quoting anything, not on this page.
How does this relate to the free visitor platform?
Guardina is a separate Max Security USA service and is quoted per site. The visitor management platform is free for any community whether or not you ever use Guardina, and a pass issued in the app is recognized at the gate either way.
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Hear Guardina answer a gate.
Schedule a demo and we will run a call from the button press to the gate arm, then show you where a person steps in.