Coworking is booming. Since 2018, global membership has grown fivefold as companies and freelancers embrace shared spaces for flexible access to desks, meeting rooms, amenities, and community. But as these spaces scale, operators face persistent challenges that can quietly erode growth, profitability, and member satisfaction.
Coworking is booming. Since 2018, global membership has grown fivefold as companies and freelancers embrace shared spaces for flexible access to desks, meeting rooms, amenities, and community. But as these spaces scale, operators face persistent challenges that can quietly erode growth, profitability, and member satisfaction.
At Suprema, we help secure hundreds of coworking locations across Asia, Australia, and beyond. Through close collaboration with coworking operators, three common issues consistently emerge:
1. Free Riders: Unauthorized use of facilities, whether by walk-ins or overstaying guests, it can drain resources and directly impact revenue.
2. Adapting to Changing Layouts: As demand shifts toward more private offices and fewer hot desks, many operators struggle to adapt. Legacy access systems make layout changes costly and complex.
3. Siloed Operation: Traditional access control solutions require separate management at each site and system, so the management is complex, consuming staff time and frustrating members.
BioStar Air: Built for Modern Coworking
BioStar Air, Suprema’s cloud-based access control solution, is designed from the ground up to help coworking spaces stay secure, flexible, and scalable. Here’s how it addresses the top three challenges:
1. Managing Free Riders While Maintaining a Welcoming Environment
BioStar Air connects Suprema’s biometric readers and mobile credentials directly to the cloud. Members can use their face or phone as their key, eliminating the need for physical cards. Guest access is managed through dynamic QR codes or LinkPass, which opens doors right from a phone’s browser. Operators can apply time-based access rules for desks, offices, or pay-per-use rooms with just a few clicks—ensuring that only authorized users enter the space, without compromising the experience for members or legitimate visitors.
2. Built-In Scalability for Layout Changes
Coworking layouts need to evolve quickly. But most access control systems rely on centralized door controllers with hardware limits, making every expansion a technical project.
BioStar Air removes those constraints. Each reader operates independently on the network, with no need for traditional controllers. Adding a new access point is as simple as plugging in a reader and assigning permissions. Whether at one site or across 100 branches around the world, BioStar Air adapts to your pace. This flexibility minimizes downtime, lowers installation costs, and supports fast reconfiguration as business needs change.
3. Simple and Integrated Management, Anywhere
Operators can manage users, doors, and locations through a single, intuitive web interface—accessible from any device, anywhere in the world. You can open doors, assign or revoke access, and monitor activity remotely from your laptop or your phone, from anywhere in the world. And with BioStar Air’s open API and SDK, the platform integrates seamlessly with coworking management tools, CRMs, room booking platforms, and billing systems. This streamlines operations and ensure that access control works seamlessly with other business systems whether you’re running one space or managing a network across continents.
Foundation for the Future of Work
Leading coworking brands like FastFive and iCo Creative are already using BioStar Air to optimize operations and scale with confidence. Both integrated the platform into their existing systems using BioStar Air’s open cloud API—unlocking real-time access control, automated member onboarding, and unified credential management across multiple locations.
“We had the space finished and I didn’t have access control. So I couldn’t open the space. We looked at different systems, but they weren’t secure enough, or they required on-site servers. Suprema helped a lot because everything’s cloud based. Also, integrating CCTV with access control provided more visibility and accountability of who’s coming in and out of doors,” said Sergio De Caires, the owner of iCo Creative in Maitland, Australia
As coworking spaces continue to grow and evolve, flexible, cloud-based platforms like BioStar Air are no longer just a convenience—they’re a competitive advantage. For operators seeking better security, smarter scaling, and stronger ROI, BioStar Air is a powerful foundation for the future of work.
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