Desk Booking & Hybrid Workplace · head-to-head
anny vs Skedda
As of 6 Nov 2026, the panel rates anny 3/5 and Skedda 3/5 in Desk Booking & Hybrid Workplace. Weighted by what each judge cares about, 5 of the 6 judges pick anny and 0 pick Skedda, 1 calls it a tie. anny scores higher on 5 of 7 criteria (European sovereignty, Hybrid work coordination, Pricing transparency, plus 2 more). Skedda scores higher on 1 of 7 criteria (Check-in, auto-release & booking rules). Provenance — anny: EU-Made; Skedda: Rest of world, United States. Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made.
The short answer
On the computed table, anny leads booking and floorplans 7.2 to 6.7, hybrid coordination 4.5 to 3.8, integration and administration 7.3 to 7.0, pricing transparency 6.3 to 5.7, and sovereignty 7.0 to 4.0, where 6 judges lean anny and 0 lean Skedda. Skedda's clear lead is check-in and rules, 7.0 to 6.0, with 5 judges leaning Skedda and 1 tie. Occupancy analytics splits genuinely: identical 6.2 means, 1 lean each way, 4 ties. anny's verdict states hosting on servers in Germany; Skedda's attributes list US jurisdiction and non-EU data residency, its verdict citing Azure hosting in the USA and SOC 2 Type II. Weighted totals favor anny on five judges — 6.9 to 6.0 for the IT admin judge — and sit even at 6.3 to 6.3 for the workplace-manager judge. With the lean differing by criterion, this page declares no overall winner.
Choose anny if
- You need hosting stated on servers in Germany — anny's verdict records exactly that, and sovereignty reads 7.0 to 4.0 with 6 judges leaning anny, 0 Skedda, 0 tie.
- Your admins build floorplans and booking flows themselves — booking and floorplans leans anny 7.2 to 6.7, 3 judges to 0 with 3 ties, and the verdict credits administrator-edited 3D maps for desks, rooms and parking.
- You coordinate hybrid presence — hybrid coordination leans anny 4.5 to 3.8, 4 judges to 0 with 2 ties, though the verdict records no public information on seeing which colleagues plan to be in, booking next to a colleague, or team days.
- You want public per-resource rates before committing — anny publishes 5,00 €, 10,00 € and 15,00 € per month, its terms add an unpublished monthly base rate, and pricing transparency leans anny 6.3 to 5.7, 4 judges to 0 with 2 ties.
- Your login stack is Entra ID, Okta or another SAML2/OIDC provider with Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace calendars — integration and administration reads 7.3 to 7.0, 2 judges leaning anny and 4 tied.
Choose Skedda if
- Your office enforces no-show policies — check-in and rules leans Skedda 7.0 to 6.0, with 5 judges leaning Skedda and 1 tie.
- Your people check in via QR, email link, app, office Wi-Fi, Slack or Teams — the verdict documents those methods plus grace periods of 5, 10 or 15 minutes and no-shows logged or auto-released, the criterion where 5 judges lean Skedda.
- Your data can reside in the USA — Skedda's sovereignty attributes list US jurisdiction and non-EU data residency, and its verdict cites Azure hosting with a published data processing agreement and Standard Contractual Clauses for EEA, UK and Swiss transfers.
- Your procurement asks for SOC 2 Type II — the verdict cites SOC 2 Type II alongside those clauses, with hosting on Microsoft Azure in the USA.
Read this comparison as one judge. Each weighs the same scores by what they care about.
The bench's picks
Same scores, different priorities: each judge's weighting applied to both products. The split is the finding.
- The Workplace Manager anny Skedda tie
- The People Lead anny Skedda picks anny
- The Microsoft 365 Administrator anny Skedda picks anny
- The Works Council Member anny Skedda picks anny
- The Office Manager anny Skedda picks anny
- The Skeptic anny Skedda picks anny
Criterion by criterion
| Criterion | anny | Skedda |
|---|---|---|
| Desk, room & parking booking | 3.5 of 5 | 3.5 of 5 |
| Check-in, auto-release & booking rules | 3 of 5 | 3.5 of 5 |
| Hybrid work coordination | 2.5 of 5 | 2 of 5 |
| Occupancy analytics & employee privacy | 3 of 5 | 3 of 5 |
| Integrations, identity & administration | 3.5 of 5 | 3.5 of 5 |
| European sovereignty | 3.5 of 5 | 2 of 5 |
| Pricing transparency | 3 of 5 | 3 of 5 |
| Criterion | anny | Skedda | The bench leans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desk, room & parking booking | anny, 3 of 6 judges | ||
| Check-in, auto-release & booking rules | Skedda, 5 of 6 judges | ||
| Hybrid work coordination | anny, 4 of 6 judges | ||
| Occupancy analytics & employee privacy | split 1–1 | ||
| Integrations, identity & administration | anny, 2 of 6 judges | ||
| European sovereignty | anny, 6 of 6 judges | ||
| Pricing transparency | anny, 4 of 6 judges |
Stars show the bench average per criterion; the lean counts which product each judge scored higher. Open a judge's tab for their reasoning on both sides.
Sovereignty, side by side
| Dimension | anny | Skedda |
|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | Incorporated in US |
| Hosting location | Not determined | Outside the EU |
| Hosting options | Not determined | Not determined |
| Open source | Not determined | Not determined |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined | Not determined |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined | Not determined |
Facts, side by side
Only facts both products carry under the same definition — anything else would not be a fair row.
| Compliance · GDPR | yes1 | yes · GDPR Compliance Policy (EN) · GDPR Incident Response Plan (EN) · Designation of Appointment 2024 - 2025 · Designation of Appointment 2025 - 20262 |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance · Trust center | yes1 | yes3 |
| Data · Export | Buchungs- und Kundendaten · app.anny.co · CSV4 | Venue must export data before Termination Date; access/export after that may incur a fee5 |
| Hosting · Region | Germany6 | United States · United States and other countries7 |
| Integrations · API | Business · yes8 | Skedda API available for booking data9 |
| Integrations · Google workspace | two-way · yes10 | Google Workspace · DIRECT11 |
| Integrations · Jumpcloud | yes10 | Jumpcloud · DIRECT11 |
| Integrations · List | smart locks · HRIS · payments · SSO · calendars · Personio · Google Workspace · Microsoft 365 · Outlook · Zoom · MS Teams · Nuki12 | Collaboration platforms, SAML SSO, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 & Outlook13 |
| Integrations · Microsoft 365 | two-way · yes10 | Microsoft 365 · DIRECT11 |
| Integrations · Microsoft entra id | yes10 | Microsoft Entra ID · DIRECT11 |
| Integrations · Okta | SSO und Nutzerverwaltung · yes10 | Okta · DIRECT11 |
| Integrations · Onelogin | yes10 | OneLogin · DIRECT11 |
| Integrations · SCIM | yes10 | yes14 |
| Integrations · Stripe | Online-Zahlungsabwicklung · yes10 | Stripe · DIRECT11 |
| Integrations · Webhook payload format | normalized flat JSON, not JSON-API · application/json15 | JSON via POST16 |
| Integrations · Webhooks | Business · yes8 | yes11 |
| Legal · DPA | yes4 | yes9 |
| Legal · Entity | anny GmbH1 | Skedda, Inc.7 |
| Product · Booking rules | account-wide booking limits per period, narrowed to resources, services or users17 | approvals · quotas · priority windows · check-in rules · unused seat release18 |
| Product · Languages | 2819 | English · French · Spanish20 |
| Product · Mobile apps | iOS · Android21 | iOS · Android14 |
| Product · SSO | Enterprise · Microsoft · Google · SAML2 · OAuth28 | yes7 |
| Product · Visitor management | yes1 | yes14 |
| Support · Channels | Help Center · Roadmap · Status Page · Trust Center6 | in-product · email: info@skedda.com2 |
Questions about anny and Skedda
Which is better, anny or Skedda?
As of 6 Nov 2026, the panel rates both 3/5. Weighted by what each judge cares about, 5 of the 6 judges pick anny and 0 pick Skedda, 1 calls it a tie. Which one fits depends on the criteria that matter to you; the table on this page shows both side by side, and each judge’s reading has its own page. Both were scored by the same AI bench under the same rubric, from public evidence only, as the methodology describes.
Is anny or Skedda European?
anny is European (EU-Made). Skedda is not European by provenance (Rest of world, United States). Provenance is read from each company’s own legal pages: who builds it and who owns it.
Where do anny and Skedda store customer data?
Per the vendors’ own pages as captured — anny: Default not stated; pages mention Germany. Skedda: Outside the EU by default.
Do anny and Skedda have a free plan?
As of 6 Nov 2026, anny’s own pages state a free plan; Skedda’s pages as captured do not. Each product page links the pricing page it was read from.