Desk Booking & Hybrid Workplace
Archie
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Archie at a glance
- Vendor
- 9338-9666 Québec inc.
- Headquarters
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026
- Data hosting
- Outside the EU by default source, captured 5 Nov 2026
- Free plan
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026
- Starting price
- “Starter Starting at $159/month” (vendor’s words) source, captured 5 Nov 2026
- Panel verdict
- The AI panel rates Archie 3/5, the mean of 6 judges. Archie — 9338-9666 Québec inc. how scores are made
- As of
- Vendor pages captured 5 Nov 2026; evaluated by the panel 6 Nov 2026. all sources
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The panel's verdict
Archie — 9338-9666 Québec inc. operating as Archie — is a desk and meeting-room booking platform with hybrid-work coordination and occupancy analytics. Its highest scores come on booking and floor plans, check-in and rules and integration and administration: interactive floor plans carry desks, meeting rooms, private offices, phone booths and parking; check-in runs by QR code, app, Slack, Teams and Wi-Fi; and SAML single sign-on, SCIM provisioning and an open API with webhooks are documented. Sovereignty is the flat low at 4 — application servers and databases sit in Canada on Google Cloud under a Québec contracting entity, with 'Custom data residency' on Enterprise and no public information on EU hosting otherwise. Pricing transparency follows at 3-4: Starter 'Starting at $159/month' and Pro 'Starting at $249/month' state no scaling basis, and the 14-day trial opens after a demo. Hybrid coordination spreads 4-6, the widest range here, as judges crediting the workweek schedules and colleague lookup scored above those citing no public information on favourite-colleague or book-next-to-colleague features; occupancy analytics sits at 5-6.
Speaks for it
- Desks, meeting rooms, private offices, phone booths and parking all book on interactive floor plans, with recurring and on-behalf bookings.
- Check-in runs through QR codes, the app, Teams, Slack and Wi-Fi via IronWifi, and abandonment policies release bookings that are never checked in.
- SAML single sign-on and SCIM provisioning come with step-by-step Okta configuration guides, and an open API with webhooks is offered as an add-on.
- Occupancy figures draw on geo-verified check-ins, check-out tracking and door-access presence logs rather than booking counts alone.
- A data processing addendum with GDPR Article 28(3) clauses governed by Irish law is published, alongside a disclosed sub-processor list with a ten-business-day objection right.
Held against it
- Application servers sit in Canada with databases on Google Cloud under contracting entity 9338-9666 Québec inc., with 'Custom data residency' on Enterprise and no public information on EU hosting or a European entity otherwise.
- Starter 'Starting at $159/month' and Pro 'Starting at $249/month' are published with nothing stating what drives the price up.
- The wayfinding kiosk, the API with webhooks and the custom HRIS integration are named add-ons or 'Custom' without figures.
- We found no public information on anonymised reports with minimum group sizes or role-based access to who-sat-where data, while reports include attendance by employee and individual presence logs.
- We found no public information on CAD floor-plan import, room-display or NFC check-in, or fair allocation of scarce parking by lottery or rotation.
Best for
- You run a hybrid office that lives in Microsoft Teams, Slack, Outlook and Google Calendar and wants booking reachable from those tools.
- You need utilisation figures built from geo-verified check-ins and presence logs rather than booking counts alone, with CSV export and schedulable email reports.
- Your identity provider is Okta and you want SAML single sign-on and SCIM provisioning with documented step-by-step setup.
- You manage several locations and want tiered plans that add multiple locations, SSO and SCIM at the Pro level.
Avoid if
- You must keep employee presence data on EU infrastructure — application servers and databases sit in Canada, with 'Custom data residency' negotiable on the Enterprise plan and no public information on EU hosting otherwise.
- You need to read an annual cost from published prices — ask the vendor: the public pages we read do not show it
- Your works agreement requires anonymised aggregates — the documented reports include attendance by employee and individual presence logs, and no reporting with minimum group sizes is described.
- You need support outside 9am to 5pm (EST & GMT), the stated hours for email and chat support.
The scores
| Criterion | Panel median |
|---|---|
| Desk, room & parking booking | 3 of 5 |
| Check-in, auto-release & booking rules | 3 of 5 |
| Hybrid work coordination | 2.5 of 5 |
| Occupancy analytics & employee privacy | 2.5 of 5 |
| Integrations, identity & administration | 3.5 of 5 |
| European sovereignty | 2 of 5 |
| Pricing transparency | 2 of 5 |
Desk, room & parking booking
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What can be booked and how easily: desks, meeting rooms, parking spaces and other resources (lockers, equipment, EV chargers), interactive floor plans per site and floor, desk attributes (monitor, standing desk, accessibility), neighbourhoods and zones, hot and assigned desks, recurring and multi-day bookings, booking for colleagues and guests, room booking synced both ways with Microsoft 365 or Google calendars, room displays, booking from the web, mobile apps, Outlook, Microsoft Teams and Slack, and several languages.
0 — Books nothing for an organisation's own staff; a customer appointment tool or a facility system without self-service booking.
3 — Desks can be booked from a list or a simple plan in a web app; rooms, parking, mobile apps and calendar integration are basic or not described.
5 — Desks, rooms and parking on interactive floor plans for several sites and floors, desk attributes and assigned desks, recurring bookings, booking on behalf of colleagues, mobile apps, room bookings synced with Microsoft 365 or Google calendars, and booking from Microsoft Teams or Slack.
8 — Neighbourhoods and zones per team, an Outlook add-in that books a room and a desk together, room displays with check-in, guest and visitor bookings linked to the host's desk, resources such as lockers and EV chargers, floor plans imported from CAD or drawn in an editor, accessibility of the apps stated, and the product in German and other languages.
10 — Booking that runs a multi-country estate: every resource type above on one plan, wayfinding to the booked desk, booking from every channel with parity documented, catering and equipment with the room, and the accessibility of web and apps documented to WCAG 2.1 AA.
The Workplace Manager
Desks, rooms, private offices, phone booths and parking all book on interactive floor plans with list or map views, recurring and on-behalf bookings, colleague lookup, neighbourhoods grouped by team and wayfinding, reachable from web, mobile, Teams, Slack, Outlook and a kiosk. I found no public information on CAD import or a plan editor, on lockers or EV chargers as bookable resources, or on accessibility and language support — the last two I would need for Germany and Austria. 2 3 5 13 15 16
The People Lead
Desks, meeting rooms, phone booths, private offices and parking sit on interactive floor plans with neighbourhoods per team, assigned and hot desks, recurring and long-term assignments, and booking on behalf of colleagues from web, mobile, Outlook, Teams and Slack with calendar sync; room displays, a kiosk and wayfinding are described too. We found no public information on CAD imports or a plan editor, guest bookings tied to a host's desk, lockers or EV chargers, app accessibility, or languages beyond the English pages we read, which caps the level. 2 3 5 13 15 16
The Microsoft 365 Administrator
Desks, meeting rooms, phone booths, private offices, parking and other resources book on interactive floor plans, with recurring bookings, booking on behalf of colleagues, assigned and hot desks, neighbourhoods grouped by team, and channels across web, mobile apps, kiosk, Teams, Outlook and Slack. We found no public information on CAD import, room-display check-in, guest bookings tied to a host's desk, lockers or EV chargers, or accessibility and language statements. 2 3 5 13 16
The Works Council Member
Desks, meeting rooms, phone booths, private offices, parking and generic resources are bookable on interactive floor plans, with recurring bookings, booking on behalf of colleagues, assigned, part-time and hot desks, calendar syncing both ways with Google, and booking from Teams, Outlook and Slack. Neighbourhoods grouped by team and booking from displays, kiosks and a wayfinding map go further still. We found no public information on importing plans from CAD, on languages beyond the captured English pages, or on accessibility of the apps — three things our IT committee checks. 2 3 5 6 13 16
The Office Manager
Desks, meeting rooms, phone booths, private offices and assignable parking spaces — even for guests — are all bookable on interactive floor plans, with amenity filters, hot and assigned desks with start and end dates, recurring bookings, booking on behalf of colleagues, mobile apps, a kiosk and a room display, plus two-way Google Calendar and Outlook sync and booking from Teams and Slack, which is exactly how my people would use it. I found no public information on importing plans from CAD or a plan editor, on lockers or EV chargers, on a German interface, or on the accessibility of the apps. 2 3 5 13 16
The Skeptic
Desks, meeting rooms, parking spots, private offices, phone booths and generic resources are all bookable on interactive floor plans with map-and-list display modes, long-term desk assignment with start and end dates, recurring bookings and booking on behalf of others; Google calendars sync two ways in real time, rooms book from Outlook and Teams, and neighbourhoods group desks by team. We found no public information on CAD floor-plan import, languages beyond the English pages we read, or stated accessibility of the apps. 2 3 5 6 12 13 16
Check-in, auto-release & booking rules
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How the booking is kept honest and fair: check-in by app, QR code, NFC, room display, Wi-Fi or sensor, auto-release of desks and rooms nobody checked in to, booking rules per site, area or group (how far ahead, how many days a week, maximum duration), approvals for restricted areas, assigned and permanent desks with release when the owner is away, fair allocation of scarce parking (lottery, rotation, priority for disabled or EV drivers), capacity limits per floor, and notifications and reminders.
0 — No rules at all; any booking stands whether or not anyone arrives.
3 — A booking can be cancelled by the user; check-in, auto-release and booking rules are basic or not described.
5 — Check-in by app or QR code, automatic release of unconfirmed desk and room bookings after a set time, booking windows and limits per site or group, restricted areas for named groups, assigned desks that their owner can release, and reminders before the booking.
8 — Check-in by room display, NFC, Wi-Fi or occupancy sensor, rules per area and user group with approvals, fair parking allocation by lottery or rotation with priority spaces, capacity limits per floor, permanent desks released automatically during absence synced from the HR system, and the no-show logic documented.
10 — Rules that run themselves across an estate: every check-in method above, automatic desk assignment from team and attendance plans, policy changes rolled out per country with an audit trail, and no-show and release rates reported per site with the method stated.
The Workplace Manager
Check-in runs through the app, QR codes, Teams and Slack with geo-verification, Wi-Fi check-in via IronWifi and check-out logged from the door system, while abandonment policies and no-show protection free up what nobody claims, with approvals, buffer times and configurable reminders on top. The pages give no information on fair parking allocation by lottery or rotation, capacity limits per floor, or assigned desks released automatically from an HR absence feed — the piece my Tuesday crush really needs. 2 3 4 5 15
The People Lead
Check-in runs through QR codes, the app, Teams and Slack, Wi-Fi check-ins via the access integrations, geo-verified scans and door-access logs, with documented abandonment policies that free unchecked-in bookings, check-in windows, buffers, admin approvals and group rules on how far ahead people can book. Fair parking allocation by lottery or rotation, per-floor capacity caps and automatic release of permanent desks synced from an HR system are things we found no public information on. 2 3 5 15 16
The Microsoft 365 Administrator
Check-in runs through the app, QR codes, Teams and Slack, with Wi-Fi check-in via IronWifi-supported networks, and abandonment policies auto-release unchecked-in bookings with configurable check-in windows, admin approvals, priority groups, buffers and reminders documented in the help centre. We found no public information on fair parking allocation, per-floor capacity limits, or permanent desks released automatically from HR-synced absence. 3 4 5 15
The Works Council Member
Check-in by app, QR code, Teams or Slack, geo-verified check-ins, Wi-Fi check-ins through a partner integration, configurable abandoned-booking policies that free space nobody checked into, booking windows, priority groups, admin approvals, buffer times and reminders are all documented in the help centre. We found no public information on check-in by room display, NFC or occupancy sensors, on capacity limits per floor, or on any fair-allocation mechanism for scarce parking — for 2,000 employees that parking question decides whether a works agreement is reachable. Owners can free their permanent desks when working from home, but we found no public information on automatic release driven by HR absence data. 2 3 4 5 15 16
The Office Manager
Check-in works by QR code, the app, Slack or Teams (with automatic or physical-only options), abandonment policies manage bookings not checked in on time, no-show protection frees rooms, and booking policies cover who books what, how far ahead, priority groups, admin approvals and buffer times, with reminders whose lead time I set in minutes. Permanent part-time desks can be freed when someone works from home, and Wi-Fi partners automate check-ins. I found no public information on a fair allocation scheme for scarce parking — lottery, rotation or priority spaces — which is precisely the rule my twelve spaces need every Monday. 15 3 16 2 5
The Skeptic
Check-in runs by QR code, app, Slack, Teams and Wi-Fi through IronWifi (Aruba, Meraki, Ubiquiti), and door-access systems log check-ins and check-outs automatically; abandonment policies manage bookings not checked in on time, the no-show and check-in policy logic is documented in the help centre, and admin approvals, priority groups, buffer times and configurable reminders are all described. We found no public information on room-display or NFC check-in, fair parking allocation by lottery or rotation, or automatic release of permanent desks synced from an HR system. 2 3 4 5 15
Hybrid work coordination
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How people plan office days together: a weekly view of who will be in the office, home office and absence, favourite colleagues and teams, team days and anchor days, booking next to colleagues, office events, attendance planning and office policies (for example two office days a week) with nudges rather than enforcement, the planner inside Microsoft Teams, Outlook or Slack, sync with absence and HR systems, and visibility settings so employees decide who sees their plans.
0 — No view of colleagues or office days; booking only.
3 — A list of who has booked a desk on a day; team planning, policies and visibility settings are basic or not described.
5 — A weekly planner of office, home and absence days, favourite colleagues and teams, booking a desk next to a colleague, team days, the planner in Microsoft Teams or Slack, notifications when colleagues plan to come in, and a visibility setting per user.
8 — Anchor days and office policies per team with nudges, office events and invitations, sync with absence and HR systems, recommendations of the best office day for a team, delegation for assistants, and visibility and privacy options documented for employees and admins.
10 — Coordination that changes behaviour and is measured: team plans that book desks and rooms automatically, policy adherence shown only in aggregate, works council-ready configuration documented, and the effect on office attendance reported with the method stated.
The Workplace Manager
A workweek schedule with work-from statuses, colleague lookup on the map, team schedules and attendance measured against hybrid policies give people a shared view of who is in, plus community events and a newsfeed. I found no public information on favourite colleagues, on booking a desk next to a specific person, on alerts when a colleague plans to come in, or on per-user privacy settings for these plans. 2 4 16 17
The People Lead
This is close to what my crowd needs: a workweek schedule, 'work from' statuses, colleague lookup showing who is in and where they sit, neighbourhoods so teams sit together, office events, hybrid-policy adherence views and booking inside Teams and Slack, with private bookings to hide who reserved a desk. We found no public information on favourite colleagues, anchor-day nudges, alerts when colleagues plan to come in or an explicit book-next-to-colleague flow, and the HR link is a custom enterprise integration. 2 4 6 16 17
The Microsoft 365 Administrator
Employee schedules and work-from statuses, colleague lookup on the office map, team schedules, neighbourhoods so departments sit together, community events, attendance measured against hybrid policies, and the planner inside Teams and Slack. We found no public information on favourite colleagues, anchor-day nudges, notifications when colleagues plan to come in, or HR-system sync. 2 4 5 16 17
The Works Council Member
Employee schedules, per-user work-from statuses, colleague lookup on the office map, team schedules, community events and a check of whether office visits match hybrid policies are documented, with the planner usable from Teams. We found no public information on favourite colleagues, booking a desk next to a named colleague, anchor days, or notifications when colleagues plan to come in. The identity of the person reserving a desk can be hidden, which is a start for our purposes, but we found no public information on an employee-side setting deciding who sees their plans. 2 4 5 6 16 17
The Office Manager
People set a work-from status (office, home, vacation), teams keep a workweek schedule, colleague lookup shows where everyone sits on the map, desks group into neighbourhoods by team, community events exist, and the planner sits in Teams and Slack where my crew already lives; reports even show whether team visits match our hybrid policy. I found no public information on favourite colleagues, notifications when a colleague plans to come in, or per-user control over who sees your plans, so it sits mid-band for me. 16 2 4 5
The Skeptic
A workweek schedule plus per-user statuses for office, home and vacation, colleague lookup showing who is in and where they sit, team schedules, neighbourhoods and community events with tickets and visibility give people a real shared planner, reachable from Teams and Slack, and attendance is shown against hybrid policies. We found no public information on favourite colleagues, booking directly next to a colleague, or notifications when colleagues plan an office day. 2 4 6 16 17
Occupancy analytics & employee privacy
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What the data is worth for a real estate decision and how it treats the people it measures: utilisation per desk, room, zone, floor and site, booked against checked-in or measured use, peak days and times, no-show rates, room size against meeting size, occupancy sensors, badge, Wi-Fi or people counting data, scenario planning for consolidation, scheduled reports and export to Excel or BI tools, and on the other side aggregation, anonymisation and minimum group sizes, configurable retention and deletion of booking records, role-based access to personal data, and documentation a works council or data protection officer can work with.
0 — No reports of any kind; only the current bookings are shown.
3 — Booking counts or a utilisation chart per site; check-in data, export, retention and anonymisation are basic or not described.
5 — Utilisation per desk, room, floor and site over time, booked against checked-in use, no-show rates, peak days, CSV or Excel export, a retention period for booking data stated or configurable, and reports that can be limited to aggregates.
8 — Occupancy sensors or badge and Wi-Fi data combined with bookings, room size against attendance, scenario or consolidation planning, a BI connector or analytics API, anonymised reports with minimum group sizes, role-based access to personal booking data, deletion periods per data type, and material for a works council agreement published.
10 — Evidence a portfolio decision can rest on: measured and booked occupancy reconciled with the method stated, data quality and sensor accuracy documented, raw data exportable in an open format, privacy by design documented down to field level, and a sample works council agreement or DPIA published.
The Workplace Manager
Attendance is built from geo-verified check-ins with check-in and check-out tracking, no-show rates and peak days, and usage is reported per desk, room, floor and location with CSV export and scheduled email reports — figures I could defend to a board. I found no public information on occupancy sensors, scenario planning for consolidation, anonymised reports with minimum group sizes or works-council material, though retention, 90-day deletion and least-privilege access reviews are documented in the data protection addendum. 4 9 11 19
The People Lead
Utilisation by desk, room and floor, peak days and hours, no-show rates, real-time who's-on-site and check-in-versus-booking views are there, with geo-verified check-ins behind the numbers, CSV export, schedulable email reports and column selection. A GDPR data processing addendum exists, but we found no public information on anonymised reports with minimum group sizes, deletion periods per data type, role-based access to personal booking data, occupancy sensors or consolidation planning — the things my works council would ask about first. 2 4 9 18 19
The Microsoft 365 Administrator
Utilisation across desks, rooms, floors and sites with check-in and no-show tracking, peak times, real-time on-site presence, geo-verified check-ins, scheduled reports and CSV export with column selection; retention is stated and data is deleted within ninety days of contract end. We found no public information on anonymised reports with minimum group sizes, occupancy sensors, BI connectors, scenario planning, or works-council and DPIA material. 2 4 8 18 19
The Works Council Member
Utilisation across desks, rooms and floors, peak times, no-shows, check-in and check-out tracking, real-time who-is-on-site and scheduled CSV reports with selectable columns would give a real-estate team plenty to work with. What I need for a works agreement is not documented: we found no public information on anonymised reporting with a minimum group size, on a retention period specific to booking and check-in records beyond a general statement that data is kept only as long as necessary, or on role-based access to who-sat-where data — while reports named attendance by employee and presence logs are individual-level. 3 4 8 9 16 19
The Office Manager
I can see desk usage over time, meeting room occupancy and under- or over-booked spaces, peak days and hours, no-shows, real-time who's on site with geo-verified check-ins, usage across desks, rooms and floors per location, and I can filter reports by category, user or period and export CSV with chosen columns on an email schedule — enough to judge whether our 40 desks are still right. I found no public information on occupancy sensors, scenario planning, a BI connector, anonymised reports with minimum group sizes, or works council material, and data retention is stated only in general terms. 2 3 4 18 19 8
The Skeptic
Utilisation for desks, rooms, floors and locations, no-show rates, peak days and a real-time who's-on-site view are backed by check-in and check-out tracking, geo-verified check-ins and door-access presence logs, so the figures are built from more than booking counts, with scheduled CSV exports and selectable columns, entities and report sections. We found no public information on occupancy sensors, anonymised reports with minimum group sizes, or works-council material, and retention appears only as 'as long as necessary' with one-year backups. 2 4 11 18 19
Integrations, identity & administration
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How the tool fits the company's systems and is run: Microsoft 365 and Exchange room mailboxes, Google Workspace, Microsoft Teams and Slack apps, single sign-on with Entra ID, Okta or Google (SAML or OIDC), SCIM user provisioning, HR system sync (Personio, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday), access control and badge systems, room displays and sensor hardware, a documented REST API and webhooks, several sites, countries and companies in one account, roles and delegated administration per site, audit logs, bulk import of users and resources, and implementation and support.
0 — No integrations, one admin login, users and desks entered only by hand.
3 — A calendar connection and a few admin roles; single sign-on, provisioning, API and multi-site administration are basic or not described.
5 — Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace calendar sync, Teams or Slack app, single sign-on with Entra ID, Okta or Google, user import or SCIM provisioning, a documented REST API, several sites with administrators per site, and bulk import of users and resources.
8 — SCIM provisioning with groups, HR system sync, access control or badge integration, webhooks, SAML and OIDC, granular roles and delegated administration per site and country, audit logs, room display and sensor hardware supported by named models, several companies or tenants in one account, and an implementation plan published.
10 — Administration that scales across a multinational estate: every setting reachable by API with parity stated, multi-tenant administration with separate data per company, audit logs exportable to a SIEM, an open hardware policy with documented device APIs, and a named support SLA per plan.
The Workplace Manager
Calendar sync with Microsoft 365 and Google, Teams and Slack apps, SAML single sign-on and SCIM provisioning with full Okta setup guides, webhooks, and an unusually broad access-control catalogue from Kisi and Salto to Brivo and DoorFlow — plus Wi-Fi and printing integrations — cover most of my estate's plumbing. The captured pages give no information on audit logs, OIDC, bulk import, named room-display hardware, multi-company administration or a published implementation plan, and the API and webhooks appear as an add-on. 5 6 10 20 21
The People Lead
Microsoft 365 and Google calendars, Teams and Slack apps, SAML single sign-on with a step-by-step Okta guide, SCIM with group push, named door-access vendors (Kisi, Salto, Brivo, Tapkey) and Wi-Fi partners, an open API with webhooks as a paid add-on, plus multi-location management with custom groups and roles. We found no public information on audit logs, delegated administrators per site, multi-company tenancy or sensor hardware, and the HRIS sync is a custom enterprise item. 5 6 20 21
The Microsoft 365 Administrator
Published SAML 2.0 single sign-on and SCIM provisioning configuration for Okta with group push and deactivation, an Open API with webhooks as an add-on, Teams and Outlook booking, Slack, two-way Google Calendar sync, door-access and Wi-Fi integrations, custom HRIS at Enterprise, custom groups and roles, multi-site management, and an SLA with a stated uptime commitment. We found no public information on audit logs, bulk import, OIDC, named room-display or sensor hardware, or multi-company tenant administration. 3 5 6 10 20 21
The Works Council Member
SAML single sign-on and SCIM provisioning with group push are documented in step-by-step guides for Okta, an open API with webhooks exists as a paid add-on, and Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Teams and Slack plus a long list of named door-access and Wi-Fi systems are listed. Multi-site management, custom groups and roles, and an SLA with uptime figures and support hours are published. We found no public information on audit logs, OIDC, bulk import, or room-display and sensor hardware named by model. 2 5 6 10 20 21
The Office Manager
Calendars sync two ways with Google and Microsoft 365, there are Teams, Slack and Zapier apps, SAML single sign-on has a documented Okta walkthrough, SCIM pushes users, profiles and groups with deactivation, the API uses access tokens with webhooks, and door-access vendors like Kisi, Salto, Brivo and Tapkey plus Wi-Fi partners are named — though SSO and SCIM arrive only on Pro and the API is an add-on. Multi-site management with custom groups and roles and an SLA with email and chat support (9am–5pm EST & GMT, so my Leipzig mornings are uncovered) round it out. I found no public information on audit logs, OIDC, bulk import, or running several companies in one account. 5 20 21 6 10 2
The Skeptic
SAML SSO is documented step by step for Okta, SCIM pushes new users, profile updates and groups, an open API with webhooks is sold as an add-on, a custom HRIS integration arrives with Enterprise, and named door-access vendors (Salto, Kisi, Brivo, Tapkey, UniFi, Welcomr) plus Wi-Fi, printing, payment and Zapier integrations are listed; multi-site management, custom groups and roles and a published SLA with support hours are stated. We found no public information on audit logs, OIDC, bulk import, per-site delegated administrators, named display hardware models, or a published implementation plan. 5 6 10 14 20 21
European sovereignty
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Who the contracting entity and the parent company are, where employee profiles, bookings (who sat where on which day), presence and absence plans, parking licence plates and sensor data are stored and processed, and who the subprocessors are (hosting, email and push notifications, maps, analytics, support and payment tools, hardware and sensor clouds). Independently sourced by the sovereignty pipeline. A calendar integration with Microsoft 365 or Google that the customer already runs is part of the customer's chain; the vendor's own hosting and subprocessors are what is judged.
0 — Non-EU vendor and contracting entity, hosting unstated, subprocessors unnamed, and no data processing agreement offered.
3 — A privacy policy and a data processing agreement exist, but hosting location is unstated or non-EU and the subprocessors are not listed.
5 — EU hosting available and an EU contracting entity or EU representative, but parts of the chain (email and push notifications, analytics, support, payment, sensor clouds) run through non-EU providers without a stated safeguard.
8 — EU hosting on named infrastructure, EU contracting entity, subprocessors listed with their locations, a data processing agreement published, and security certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2) stated — or an on-premise edition documented that keeps every record on the customer's own servers.
10 — Sovereign end to end and evidenced: European ownership, entity, hosting and every subprocessor, or an on-premise edition with no call home, data export and deletion documented, and certifications published with their scope rather than implied.
The Workplace Manager
The contracting entity is a Québec corporation running application servers in Canada on Google Cloud, with a GDPR-style data processing addendum, a published sub-processor list, adequacy or standard-contractual-clause safeguards, and SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 statements; Enterprise mentions custom data residency as negotiable. For an insurer holding employee presence data with an office in Vienna, Canadian hosting on the standard plans is a genuine obstacle regardless of the paperwork. 6 8 9 10 11
The People Lead
The contracting entity is a Québec-incorporated company; application servers and backups sit in Canada on Google Cloud with static content on a global CDN, while the Enterprise plan advertises 'Custom data residency' and a 'Custom cloud hosting location' for negotiators. A GDPR Article 28 addendum governed by Irish law is published, Canada's adequacy decision is invoked, subprocessors are disclosed with ten business days' notice and an objection right, and SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 are claimed — still a Canadian chain rather than a European one. 6 9 10 11
The Microsoft 365 Administrator
The contracting entity is 9338-9666 Québec inc. operating as Archie with application servers in Canada on Google Cloud Platform; a data processing agreement with the mandatory Article 28 clauses is published, transfers rest on the Canada adequacy decision and standard contractual clauses, a sub-processor list is disclosed on the website, and SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 are stated. Custom data residency is negotiable on the Enterprise plan, but we found no EU hosting option or EU entity, and sub-processor locations are not shown on the captured pages. 6 8 9 10 11
The Works Council Member
The contracting entity is a company incorporated in Québec, and application servers and databases sit in Canada on Google Cloud Platform, with static content delivered through a global CDN — for us that means who-sat-where records leave the EU. To its credit, a data processing agreement with the Article 28(3) clauses is published, transfers rest on the Canada adequacy decision or standard contractual clauses, a sub-processor list is published with a ten-business-day objection right, and SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 are stated. We found no public information on an EU hosting option; the Enterprise plan offers a negotiable custom data residency, which is not the same as a documented European location. 6 8 9 10 11
The Office Manager
The contracting entity is 9338-9666 Québec inc. in Canada and application servers and databases run in Canada on Google Cloud, so my colleagues' bookings, presence plans and licence plates would sit outside the EU by default, with only 'Custom data residency' on the Enterprise plan suggesting another location is negotiable. There is real mitigation — a published DPA with the GDPR Article 28(3) clauses governed by Irish law, reliance on the Canada adequacy decision, a published sub-processor list, and SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 stated — but nothing shows EU hosting or a European entity, which caps it for a Leipzig office. 10 11 9 6 8
The Skeptic
The contracting entity is 9338-9666 Québec inc., with databases on Google Cloud and application servers in Canada, so profiles, bookings and presence are processed outside the EU by a Canadian data importer; a data processing agreement with GDPR Article 28(3) clauses, Canada adequacy and standard contractual clauses is published, the sub-processor list is disclosed with a ten-business-day objection right, and Enterprise plans offer custom data residency and hosting location. Beyond that custom option we found no public information on EU hosting or an EU contracting entity. 6 8 9 10 11
Pricing transparency
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How this is scored
Whether a buyer can compute the real annual cost from public pages alone: price per tier by user, desk, bookable resource, site or device, what rooms, parking and analytics cost on top, which features (SSO, SCIM, HR sync, sensors, room displays, visitor management, API) need a higher tier or an add-on, hardware prices and their licences, platform or setup fees, minimum users or minimum spend, the free tier and its limits, minimum term and VAT.
0 — No public prices at all; every customer is a sales call.
3 — A starting price or a free tier exists, but how cost scales with users, desks, rooms, sites or devices is unclear.
5 — Tiers are public with their price unit (per user, desk, resource or site) and main inclusions, but at least one commonly needed piece (room or parking booking, SSO, analytics, displays or sensors, setup) is unpriced or "on request".
8 — Every tier priced publicly with its scaling rule, add-ons and hardware licences priced, setup and platform fees stated, minimum users or spend stated, minimum term and VAT treatment stated.
10 — Complete price computability: annual cost derivable for a given number of users, desks, rooms, parking spaces and sites, with every add-on, hardware, support and implementation fee and the cancellation and data-return terms published.
The Workplace Manager
The tiers are public — Starter "Starting at $159/month", Pro "Starting at $249/month", Enterprise "Custom" — with a 14-day trial after a demo, but nothing states how the price scales with locations, users or resources beyond Starter covering one location. The wayfinding kiosk, API and webhooks and HR integration appear only as add-on or custom without figures, and I found no public information on setup fees, minimum term, minimum spend or VAT. 3 6
The People Lead
Three tiers are public — Starter 'Starting at $159/month', Pro 'Starting at $249/month', Enterprise 'Custom' — with a 14-day trial after a demo and clear tier inclusions such as single sign-on arriving with Pro. The 'starting at' figures do not say what drives the price up, the wayfinding kiosk and the API/webhook add-ons carry no figures, and we found no public information on minimum users, minimum term, setup fees or VAT treatment. 3 6
The Microsoft 365 Administrator
Starter at "Starting at $159/month" and Pro at "Starting at $249/month" are public with their main inclusions, and a 14-day trial follows a demo; Enterprise, API access with webhooks, the wayfinding kiosk and custom HRIS integration are custom or unpriced add-ons. The scaling unit behind the starting prices is not stated on the captured pages, and we found no public information on setup or platform fees, minimum users or spend, minimum term, or VAT treatment. 6
The Works Council Member
Three tiers are published — Starter 'Starting at $159/month', Pro 'Starting at $249/month' and Enterprise 'Custom' — with the main inclusions per tier and a 14-day trial that only opens after a demo. API access with webhooks, the wayfinding kiosk and a custom HRIS integration are marked as add-ons or 'Custom' without prices. We found no public information on setup or platform fees, minimum users or spend, minimum term or VAT, so an annual cost cannot be computed from the public pages. 3 6
The Office Manager
Starter starts at $159/month with one location and Pro at $249/month with multiple locations, Teams/Outlook/Slack booking, SSO and SCIM, Enterprise is custom, and a 14-day trial follows a demo — but those 'starting at' figures don't tell me what drives the price up for my 70 people or 40 desks, while the wayfinding kiosk is an unpriced add-on, API and webhooks are 'Add-on Custom', and HRIS integration is custom. I found no public information on minimum term or VAT treatment, so I cannot read my annual cost off the website. 6 3
The Skeptic
Starter and Pro publish 'Starting at $159/month' and 'Starting at $249/month' with clear tier inclusions and a 14-day trial after a demo, and the wayfinding kiosk and API-plus-webhooks are named add-ons. What the starting price scales with is not stated, Enterprise and the add-ons carry no figures, and we found no public information on setup fees, minimum users or spend, minimum term or VAT treatment. 3 6
European sovereignty — proven facts
1 of 6 dimensions provenBuilt only from facts shown on the vendor's own pages. A dimension we could not prove is left open, not scored as zero.
| Legal entity | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting location | Outside the EU ⚠ unverified | 0/4 pts | 11 Report an error |
| Hosting options | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Open source | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
Questions about Archie
Is Archie European?
No. whats-best.ai classifies Archie as Rest of world.
Where does Archie store data?
Archie stores customer data outside the EU by default, per the vendor’s page captured 5 Nov 2026.
Does Archie have a free plan?
Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Archie?
As of 6 Nov 2026, the panel rates deskbird (3.5/5), Kadence (3.5/5) and Mapiq (3.5/5) 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 (UK / wider Europe). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made. The full list, with European products first: Archie alternatives.
Where this could be wrong
- Evidence ages. The oldest capture behind this page is from 5 Nov 2026. Vendors change pricing and policies without notice; every fact reflects its source as of the capture date shown in the registry.
- Weak sourcing — Hosting location. Enterprise plans list 'Custom data residency' and a 'Custom cloud hosting location', so other locations may be negotiable, and static content is additionally delivered through a global CDN.
- Weak sourcing — Hosting options, Legal entity, Data processing agreement. Not confirmed on the vendor’s own pages as captured.
- AI can misread a source. Extraction and judgement are automated; a citation guarantees traceability, not infallibility. If something here is wrong, say so — no account needed, every report is decided within 5 business days, and accepted corrections are published.
What we left out
A claim that does not survive our checks costs us the claim, not the page. This is what was taken off this one.
- 5 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. Know more? Tell us
- 4 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. Know more? Tell us
- 3 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. Know more? Tell us
- 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. Know more? Tell us
- 1 data fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 3 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown. Know more? Tell us
Sources (21)
The pages every claim on this page was read from — each one checked, dated, and kept verifiable.
- 1 Vendor homepage archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 2 Features page (desk booking) archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 3 Features page (room booking) archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 4 Features page (occupancy analytics) archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 5 Integrations page archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 6 Pricing page archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 7 Terms of service (names the operating company) archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 8 Privacy policy archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 9 Data processing agreement (dpa) archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 10 Service level agreement archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 11 Security / trust page archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 12 Desk, room & parking booking — found from sitemap help.archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 13 Desk, room & parking booking — found from sitemap help.archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 14 Check-in, auto-release & booking rules — found from sitemap help.archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 15 Check-in, auto-release & booking rules — found from sitemap help.archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 16 Hybrid work coordination — found from sitemap archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 17 Hybrid work coordination — found from sitemap help.archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 18 Occupancy analytics & employee privacy — found from sitemap help.archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 19 Occupancy analytics & employee privacy — found from sitemap help.archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 20 Integrations, identity & administration — found from sitemap help.archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 21 Integrations, identity & administration — found from sitemap help.archieapp.co Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →