# anny — Desk Booking & Hybrid Workplace

anny by anny GmbH holds a panel rating of 3/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 3/5), as of 2026-11-05. Provenance: EU-Made; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: anny GmbH (https://anny.co)
- Category: [Desk Booking & Hybrid Workplace](https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): EU-Made
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/anny
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/anny/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/anny/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-11-06 · evaluated 2026-11-05 · oldest source captured 2026-11-05

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: anny GmbH
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention Germany [S18]
- Free plan: Yes, per the vendor’s own page [S3]

## The panel's verdict

anny, from anny GmbH of Cologne, books desks, meeting rooms and parking on interactive 3D maps that administrators edit themselves. The bench scored it strongest on booking and floorplans and integration and administration: single sign-on via Entra ID, Okta or any SAML2/OIDC provider with SCIM sync, two-way Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace calendar sync, a documented Admin API with signed webhooks, and named door and display hardware drew consistent credit. It is weakest at hybrid coordination, with no public information on seeing which colleagues plan to be in, booking next to a colleague, or team days. Pricing transparency spans 6–7: per-resource prices of 5,00 €, 10,00 € and 15,00 € per month are public, but the terms add an unpublished monthly base rate, so a full annual cost is not computable from public pages. Sovereignty scored a flat 7 with hosting stated on servers in Germany; the only two-point spread, 5 to 7 on check-in and rules, tracks how judges weighed an auto-release statement that covers rooms only, and the bench recorded no notable disagreement.

**Speaks for it:**
- Desks, rooms and employee and visitor parking bookable on interactive 3D maps edited in a self-service Map Designer, with two-way sync into Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace calendars.
- Single sign-on via Entra ID, Okta, Keycloak or any SAML2/OIDC provider, with automatic SCIM sync of users and groups.
- Occupancy dashboards with heatmaps per site or across sites, a live check-in ratio, CSV and scheduled exports, and an anonymisation mode that removes the personal reference from booking data.
- Booking rules documented in depth — limits per day, week, month or year, scoped to resources, groups and user lists, with recurring bookings counted against the limit.
- Public per-resource prices with a free Starter tier for up to five resources, unlimited users and admins in every paid plan, and a 20% annual saving.

**Held against it:**
- Weakest scores in hybrid coordination, with no public information on a view of who plans to be in, booking next to a colleague, or team days.
- The terms describe a monthly base rate whose amount is not published, so a full annual cost is not computable from public pages, and above 50 resources an individual offer is required.
- Auto-release documented for unused rooms only, with no public information on release of unconfirmed desks, approvals for restricted areas, or fair allocation of scarce parking.
- The hosting provider behind the German servers is not named, the independently collected sovereignty fields mark data residency unconfirmed, and the SOC 2 report is expected only in Q1 2027.
- No public information on audit logs or administration delegated per site, and single sign-on sits in the custom-priced Enterprise tier.

**Best for:**
- You manage desks, meeting rooms and employee parking across several sites and want one planner on interactive 3D maps your own team edits.
- Your estate runs on Microsoft 365 and Entra ID and you need SCIM provisioning, two-way calendar sync and a documented API with signed webhooks.
- You answer to a works council and need a German contracting entity, an offered data processing agreement, named subprocessors, and configurable anonymisation and deletion periods.
- You want to start free: the Starter plan covers up to five resources at no cost, with no credit card required to begin.

**Avoid if:**
- Your core need is colleague-level hybrid coordination — seeing who plans to be in on a given day, booking next to a chosen colleague, or team days — the bench's weakest criterion at 4–5.
- You must compute your full annual cost from public pages before contacting sales: the monthly base rate is unpublished and above 50 resources pricing becomes an individual offer.
- You need occupancy measured by sensors, badge or Wi-Fi data: the documented analytics are built from bookings and check-ins.
- You need a SOC 2 report in hand now; it is described as in progress with the report expected in Q1 2027.

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price, or the judge found no public information on that criterion.

| Criterion | The Workplace Manager | The People Lead | The Microsoft 365 Administrator | The Works Council Member | The Office Manager | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Desk, room & parking booking | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Check-in, auto-release & booking rules | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Hybrid work coordination | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 |
| Occupancy analytics & employee privacy | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Integrations, identity & administration | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
| European sovereignty | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Pricing transparency | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 |
| **Weighted verdict** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3.5/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** |

### The judges

- **The Workplace Manager** (v1.0): Runs workplace and facilities for a 900-person insurer with offices in Cologne, Munich and Vienna and 0.6 desks per employee since the move to hybrid work. Tuesdays are full, Fridays are empty, and the Munich lease is up in eighteen months. Wants desks, rooms and parking on real floor plans, no-shows released automatically, neighbourhoods per team, and occupancy figures built from check-ins rather than bookings, good enough to take to the board.
- **The People Lead** (v1.0): Head of People at a 250-person software company in Hamburg that asks for two office days a week and gets complaints that nobody else is there on them. Wants everyone to see who is coming in before they commute, team and anchor days, desks next to the colleagues they plan with, all of it inside Microsoft Teams where people already are, and nudges rather than a control system the works council would never sign.
- **The Microsoft 365 Administrator** (v1.0): Runs Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Intune for a 1,200-person manufacturer with six sites and forty room mailboxes nobody keeps tidy. Will not create accounts by hand: wants single sign-on and SCIM provisioning from Entra ID, room bookings synced both ways with Exchange, a Teams app and an Outlook add-in deployed centrally, room displays that are not a closed box, an API, audit logs, and a subprocessor list the security team can review.
- **The Works Council Member** (v1.0): Sits on the works council of a 2,000-person utility and chairs its IT committee. Under § 87(1) no. 6 BetrVG a desk booking system is a technical device that can monitor employees, so nothing goes live without a works agreement. Wants to know who sees who sat where, how long booking and check-in records are kept, whether reports stay anonymous below a minimum group size, whether presence can be hidden, and where the data is hosted and by whom.
- **The Office Manager** (v1.0): Office manager at a 70-person design and marketing agency in Leipzig with 40 desks, three meeting rooms and twelve parking spaces, and does it next to reception, purchasing and onboarding. The parking spreadsheet causes an argument every Monday. Wants a floor plan set up in an afternoon, booking from Slack and the phone, a fair rule for the parking spaces, desks released when someone does not show, and a monthly price read off the website.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has seen "real-time occupancy" that counted bookings and never a person, an auto-release nobody switched on because check-in annoyed the board, and a per-user price that doubled once rooms, parking and SSO were added. Asks how a no-show is detected, what the occupancy figures are built from, which room displays and sensors work without the vendor's own hardware, where the booking history is stored — and how it would leave.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Hosting location | Not determined | — | — |
| Hosting options | Not determined | — | — |
| Open source | Not determined | — | — |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined | — | — |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- Certification files: ISO 27001 certificate PDF · ISO 27017 certificate PDF · anny GmbH [S13]
- Certifications: Germany · yes · yes [S2]
- Certifications: in progress, report expected Q1 2027 · yes [S14]
- DPA offered: yes [S12]
- GDPR: yes · yes [S3]
- GDPR: yes [S5]
- GDPR: yes [S7]
- GDPR: yes [S6]
- GDPR: GDPR [S13]
- GDPR: yes [S9]
- GDPR: yes [S15]
- GDPR: yes [S11]
- GDPR: yes [S18]
- GDPR: yes [S19]
- GDPR conform: yes [S10]
- GDPR hosting: Germany · Germany · yes [S21]
- Hosting DPA: yes [S12]
- ISO 27001: yes [S7]
- ISO 27001: ISO 27001:2022 · yes [S13]
- ISO 27001: yes [S9]
- ISO 27001: yes [S15]
- ISO 27001: yes [S11]
- ISO 27001: yes [S18]
- Iso27017: ISO 27017 · yes [S13]
- ISO 27001: yes [S3]

**Data**
- Account management: yes · account.anny.co [S11]
- Default retention: 10 [S21]
- Export: Buchungs- und Kundendaten · app.anny.co · CSV [S11]
- Import: yes [S14]
- Import resources bookings: yes [S9]
- Inactive account deletion: unwiderrufliche Deaktivierung und Löschung · 12 [S11]
- Newsletter storage: until unsubscribe; blacklisting possible without time limit [S12]
- Portability right: yes [S12]
- Retention default: until purpose ceases, subject to statutory retention periods [S12]
- Role: Auftragsdatenverarbeiter · Anbieter [S11]
- Third country transfer warning: yes [S12]

**Hosting**
- Data host region: Pairing failures may relate to Data Host Region selection for anny.eu or on-prem [S17]
- Data residency: yes · Germany, EU [S14]
- Germany: yes [S5]
- Germany: Germany [S10]
- Germany: Germany [S9]
- Germany: Germany [S19]
- Location: Deutschland [S11]
- Provider framer: Netherlands · yes · Framer B.V. · EU Standard Contractual Clauses or adequacy decision [S12]
- Region: Germany [S3]
- Region: Germany [S7]
- Region: Deutschland [S6]
- Region: Germany [S15]
- Region: Germany [S18]
- Uptime SLA: KI-Funktionen · 99.9 [S11]

**Integrations**
- Access control: Access control integration opens gate/barrier for booked spots; specific system clarified in a demo [S3]
- Admin API auth: OAuth2 Bearer token · admin dashboard · no [S8]
- Admin API authentication: long-lived API token generated in admin dashboard, sent as Bearer token in Authorization header [S23]
- Admin API guide coverage: yes · status changes · check-in · cancellations [S23]
- Admin API purpose: Admin API provides full programmatic access to an anny organization, built for server-side integrations [S23]
- Admin API sections: Booking Management · Availability Settings · Customer Management · Community Management · Resource Management · Service Configuration · Plans & Passes · Orders & Billing · Check-In & Queues · Integrations & Apps · Broadcasts · Data Exports… [S8]
- Admin vs customer API: required API token or OAuth2 · full read/write · immutable UUIDs and integer IDs · optional for many endpoints · public and customer-owned data only · slugs, booking numbers, order numbers [S23]
- API: Business · yes [S9]
- API auth: Bearer token with admin access · ?o={organization_id} [S22]
- API normalized json: yes · application/json [S22]
- Apps outlook teams: web · Outlook · Microsoft Teams · mobile app [S2]
- Arivo parking: yes [S6]
- Auth0: Auth0 · OpenID Connect single sign-on [S7]
- Auth0: yes [S6]
- Automatic exports: 5 · 1 · 12 · 3 [S9]
- Automation: yes · Make.com · n8n [S14]
- Base URL: https://b.anny.co/api/v1 [S8]
- Booking calendars: custom calendar events [S23]
- Broadcast campaigns: email · push · yes [S23]
- Calendar booking: Outlook · Microsoft Teams · Google Calendar [S14]
- Calendar sync: Real-time calendar synchronization [S2]
- Calendar sync: Outlook · Google [S9]
- Calendars: Outlook · Microsoft Teams · mobile app [S15]
- Chatgpt claude: ChatGPT · Claude · yes [S2]
- Classpass: yes [S6]

**Legal**
- Browser support: no [S11]
- Certified entity: anny GmbH [S13]
- Commercial register: Aachen · HRB 25775 [S10]
- Company name: anny GmbH [S11]
- Content responsible: Lucian David Holtwiesche [S10]
- Dispute resolution: no [S10]
- DPA: yes [S11]
- Entity: anny GmbH [S3]
- Entity: anny GmbH [S5]
- Entity: anny GmbH [S7]
- Entity: anny GmbH [S2]
- Entity: anny GmbH [S9]
- Entity: anny GmbH [S19]
- German entity: anny GmbH · Cäcilienstraße 30, 50667 Köln [S10]
- German version binding: yes [S12]
- Languages: Deutsch [S11]
- Permit 34c gewo: Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Amt für Ordnung und Straßenverkehr [S10]
- Platform role: platform/intermediary · yes [S11]
- Policy scope: app.anny.co · try.anny.co · other anny.co subdomains [S12]
- Policy version: 1.5 [S12]
- Suspension threshold: zwei monatliche Grundraten · 250 [S11]
- Termination notice: Textform · 30 · unbestimmte Zeit [S11]
- Terms audience: Anbieter mit Admin-Account [S11]
- Terms change notice: 15 · 15 [S11]

**Pricing**
- AI free tier: yes [S15]
- Annual discount: 20 [S9]
- Assistant phone cost: 0.24 [S9]
- Assistant webchat cost: 0.04 [S9]
- Booking rules min plan: Professional [S16]
- Business price: 15 [S9]
- Competitor comparison: 35 · annually · Skedda · 249 [S14]
- Enterprise custom: yes · yes · 50 [S9]
- Essential child resource price: 5 [S9]
- Essential price: 5 [S9]
- Free start no card: yes · no [S2]
- Free tier: yes · 5 [S3]
- Free tier: Free start and demo booking options offered [S2]
- Free tier: yes · Starter · yes [S14]
- Free tier: Start for free with anny [S18]
- Free trial: yes · no [S15]
- Invoices delivery: PDF · email · Nutzerkonto app.anny.co/organization/settings/billings [S11]
- Model: monatliche Grundrate + Nutzungsgebühr pro Ressource · monthly [S11]
- New resource proration: 45 [S11]
- Over 50 resources contact: More than 50 (child-)resources requires individual offer [S9]
- Packages count: 5 [S14]
- Payment processing fees: 5 · 0.4 [S9]
- Payment terms: bis 3. Werktag des Abrechnungszeitraums, im Voraus [S11]
- Plan change: Plan upgrade/downgrade anytime in account settings [S9]

**Product**
- 3d floor planner: yes [S9]
- 3d map: yes [S14]
- 3d map description: Immersive 3D maps based on individual floor plans, covering offices, parking and sports facilities [S5]
- Activation path: Account → Apps & Integrations → anny Apps → Deletion periods [S21]
- Activity based processing: customer's last activity · yes [S21]
- Addon checkin terminal: on request · per terminal [S9]
- Admin API use cases: full read/write access to your organization · backend developers and server-side integrations [S8]
- Advanced bookings: Advanced bookings with individual details and booking on behalf [S18]
- Advanced bookings: Define booking details individually or book on behalf of others [S19]
- AI agent: anny AI Agent: room changes, floor locking, closing days, utilization via one sentence; works with team [S2]
- AI agent: yes · ChatGPT · Claude [S15]
- AI agent: anny Agent · natürlichsprachige Abfragen und Auswertungen · Einstellungen ändern · Inhalte anlegen [S11]
- AI agent availability: yes [S3]
- AI agent no training: no [S11]
- AI agent pricing: yes · yes · no · yes [S11]
- AI agent setup: anny Agent creates garage setup from a one-sentence description and asks before changes [S3]
- AI assistant: chat · phone · yes · 24/7 [S14]
- AI assistant channels: website · whatsapp (beta) · phone · email [S2]
- AI channels: Website · WhatsApp · Phone · Email [S15]
- AI chat on booking page: AI chat on the booking page [S2]
- AI data retention: yes [S15]
- AI DSGVO EU: EU · yes [S2]
- AI features: anny AI · KI-Übersicht · anny Agent · Chat Assistant · Phone Assistant [S10]
- AI features: AI overview · anny Agent · Chat Assistant · Phone Assistant [S18]

**Subprocessors**
- AI fallback: KI-Inferenz Fallback · EU · Auftragsdatenverarbeitungsvertrag [S11]
- Bunny net: bunny.net (BUNNYWAY, informacijske storitve d.o.o.) · Slovenia · CDN with firewall [S12]
- Google tag manager: Google Tag Manager (Google Ireland Limited) · yes [S12]
- Linkedin insight tag: LinkedIn Insight Tag (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company) · yes [S12]
- Pipedrive: Pipedrive OÜ · Estonia · CRM [S12]
- Tiktok pixel: TikTok Pixel (TikTok Technology Limited) · yes [S12]

**Support**
- Application support: email · übliche Geschäftszeiten [S11]
- Channels: yes [S15]
- Channels: kostenlos · Chat-Support · email: support@anny.co [S11]
- Channels: Help Center · Roadmap · Status Page · Trust Center [S18]
- Channels by plan: 24/7 chat · Chat & Telefon · Chat · Priority · Chat [S9]
- Complaint statistics: https://docs.anny.co/de/articles/8010-p2b [S11]
- Customer API contact: support@anny.co [S8]
- Enterprise account manager: yes [S9]
- Free plans include: All plans include free live chat and help center [S9]
- Helpcenter: Helpcenter · Roadmap · Status Page · Trust Center [S3]
- Helpcenter: Helpcenter · Roadmap · Status Page · Trust Center [S5]
- Helpcenter: Helpcenter · Roadmap · Status Page · Trust Center [S10]
- Helpcenter: Helpcenter · Roadmap · Status Page · Trust Center [S2]
- Helpcenter: yes [S6]
- Helpcenter: yes [S19]
- Language: English [S14]
- Onboarding: yes · yes · yes [S14]
- Overview: Comprehensive support and regular updates [S2]
- Status page: yes [S6]
- Status page: yes [S19]
- Team location: Germany [S9]
- Trust center: yes [S7]
- Trust center: yes [S6]

321 more facts on the canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/anny

## Questions

### Is anny European?

Yes. whats-best.ai classifies anny as EU-Made.

### Where does anny store data?

The default storage location for customer data is not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026. The vendor’s pages mention Germany as hosting location, per [the vendor’s page captured 5 Nov 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/18509).

### Does anny have a free plan?

Yes. anny has a free plan, per [the vendor’s page captured 5 Nov 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/18380).

### What are the best alternatives to anny?

As of 6 Nov 2026, the panel rates [deskbird (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/deskbird), [Kadence (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/kadence) and [Mapiq (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/mapiq) highest among the other 15 Desk Booking & Hybrid Workplace products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [deskbird](https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/deskbird) (UK / wider Europe). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [anny alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/anny/alternatives).

## Head-to-head

- [anny vs Skedda](https://whats-best.ai/compare/anny-vs-skedda.md)

## What this page leaves out

- 36 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 12 integrations facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 7 pricing facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 6 compliance facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 4 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 4 subprocessors facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 3 hosting facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 3 support facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 3 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://anny.co/ (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S2] Features page (room and desk booking): https://anny.co/solutions/raumbuchung (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S3] Features page (parking management): https://anny.co/solutions/parkplatzmanagement (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S4] Features page (check-in): https://anny.co/features/check-in (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S5] Features page (3D floor map): https://anny.co/features/3d-map (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S6] Integrations page: https://anny.co/integrations (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S7] Integrations page (single sign-on): https://anny.co/integrations/categories/sso (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S8] API documentation: https://docs.anny.co/developers (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S9] Pricing page: https://anny.co/pricing (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S10] Legal notice: https://anny.co/imprint (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S11] Terms of service: https://anny.co/terms (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S12] Privacy policy: https://anny.co/privacy (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S13] Security / trust page: https://trust.anny.co/ (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S14] Desk, room & parking booking — found from sitemap: https://anny.co/en/solutions/desk-booking (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S15] Desk, room & parking booking — found from sitemap: https://anny.co/en/solutions/room-booking (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S16] Check-in, auto-release & booking rules — found from sitemap: https://docs.anny.co/en/booking-rules (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S17] Check-in, auto-release & booking rules — found from sitemap: https://docs.anny.co/en/check-in-setup (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S18] Hybrid work coordination — found from sitemap: https://anny.co/en/features/planner (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S19] Hybrid work coordination — found from sitemap: https://anny.co/features/planner (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S20] Occupancy analytics & employee privacy — found from sitemap: https://docs.anny.co/dashboards (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S21] Occupancy analytics & employee privacy — found from sitemap: https://docs.anny.co/en/data-privacy (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S22] Integrations, identity & administration — found from sitemap: https://docs.anny.co/developers/guides/admin/webhooks (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S23] Integrations, identity & administration — found from sitemap: https://docs.anny.co/developers/api-reference/admin (checked 2026-11-05)

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