Biometric scanners and matcher SDK

FBI-certified fingerprint scanners trusted by governments and institutions worldwide for superior image quality, accuracy, and reliability in every enrolment and verification process.

  • Biometric devices
  • Border control
  • Public Security

Thales enables public and private institutions to securely identify citizens, customers, travelers and even criminals, helping them comply with identity and immigration regulations. Our solutions ensure safety, efficiency and regulatory compliance across all sectors.

Best-selling biometric scanners

  1. Superior image quality

    Thales fingerprint scanners deliver fast, reliable and high-quality image capture. Advanced optical technology rejects ambient light and enables easy acquisition of clear fingerprints, even from stained, marked or dark fingers, ensuring top performance.

  2. Complete capture capability

    Thales scanners come in multiple versions capable of capturing flat fingerprints, slap fingerprints and full palm prints, making them suitable for a wide range of biometric identification uses.

  3. Comprehensive biometric SDK

    The SDK delivers one of the industry’s richest feature sets, integrating proven biometric technologies for capture, verification, compression, and identification, ensuring effortless compatibility with any biometric ecosystem.

A comprehensive biometric scanners portfolio

Our solutions enable institutions to enrol and verify identities using biometric data securely stored in databases or ID documents, ensuring reliable and efficient identification. 

The durable, lightweight, and ergonomic design offers portability without compromising image quality, while advanced machine learning-based Liveness Detection technology meets the highest anti-spoofing standards

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Our solutions deliver high-quality and accurate imaging that meets FBI standards, enabling institutions to rapidly capture and transfer high-resolution biometric data. Advanced liveness detection technology safeguards against fake fingerprints, ensuring secure and reliable authentication even in the most critical scenarios.

Thales identity & biometrics solutions partner program

Facilitating collaboration between entities that operate within the identity verification and biometric ecosystem.

Join Thales partner program

We offer a localized and accessible experience to our diverse customers. Our program enables our partners to create a sustainable and profitable business, by enriching their offer portfolio and providing them with the skills and expertise needed to resell and/or distribute Thales's products, taking advantage of the ongoing growth in the Identity verification market.

Explore our vision on reducing the environmental impact of document reader and biometric scanners

Advancing sustainable document authentication and biometric scanners

This position paper "A low-carbon future for document readers and biometric scanners" explores different steps to reduce carbon emissions and address environmental risks without compromising other priorities.

Uncover the risks fake fingerprints pose to biometric security systems

This white paper 'The Power of Machine Leaning in Presentation Attack Detection' examines spoofed fingerprint attacks and the need for reliable detection to prevent fraud and unauthorized access.

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