# Archie — Desk Booking & Hybrid Workplace

Archie by 9338-9666 Québec inc. holds a panel rating of 3/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 3/5), as of 2026-11-06. Provenance: Rest of world; sovereignty: 1 of 6 dimensions proven.

- Vendor: 9338-9666 Québec inc. (https://archieapp.co)
- Category: [Desk Booking & Hybrid Workplace](https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): Rest of world
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/archie
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/archie/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/archie/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-11-06 · evaluated 2026-11-06 · 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: 9338-9666 Québec inc.
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026
- Data hosting: Outside the EU by default [S11]
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026
- Starting price: “Starter Starting at $159/month” (vendor’s words) [S6]

## 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.

## 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 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Check-in, auto-release & booking rules | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Hybrid work coordination | 2/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 |
| Occupancy analytics & employee privacy | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 |
| Integrations, identity & administration | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Pricing transparency | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| **Weighted verdict** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** |

### 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: 1 of 6 dimensions proven.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Hosting location | Outside the EU | 0/4 | [S11] |
| 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**
- Access review frequency: quarterly · yes [S9]
- Background checks: yes [S9]
- Backup replication: yes [S9]
- Breach notification hours: 24 [S9]
- Canada adequacy: EU adequacy decision regarding Canada under Art. 45 [S9]
- Data processor role: data_processor · yes [S8]
- DPA: yes · yes [S3]
- DPA SLA: yes · yes · yes [S4]
- Dsr redirect days: 7 [S9]
- Encryption: SSL/TLS [S8]
- Encryption at rest: AES-256 · hashed and salted [S9]
- GDPR article28: GDPR Art. 28(3) mandatory clauses [S9]
- International transfers: data may be transferred outside EEA/UK · adequacy decisions · standard contractual clauses [S8]
- No data sale: No selling or sharing of data with third parties or other customers [S11]
- Penetration testing: applications and API · annual [S9]
- SOC 2: yes · yes · yes [S9]
- SOC 2 GDPR: yes · yes [S11]
- Special categories: no [S9]
- Tls: TLS 1.2 or above [S9]
- UK GDPR: yes [S9]
- Uptime: 99.95 [S9]

**Data**
- Backup frequency: yes · GCP · 6 [S11]
- Backup retention: 1 year · yes [S11]
- CSV export: CSV · yes [S2]
- Export CSV: CSV · yes [S3]
- Restore: yes [S10]
- Retention policy: retained only as long as necessary; upon termination data deleted or returned per agreement/DPA [S8]
- Return deletion days: 90 · yes [S9]
- User rights: access · correct · update · delete · restrict · object · portability · withdraw consent [S8]

**Hosting**
- Application region: Canada [S11]
- Custom cloud location: yes · custom [S6]
- Data importer country: data importer established in Canada [S9]
- Provider: Google Cloud Platform (GCP) [S11]

**Integrations**
- API webhooks: yes · add-on or custom depending on plan [S6]
- Aruba: IronWifi · yes [S5]
- Brivo: yes [S5]
- Cisco meraki: IronWifi · yes [S5]
- Count: 30 [S1]
- Count: 30 [S3]
- Count: 30 [S2]
- Custom door access: yes [S5]
- Custom payment gateway: yes [S5]
- Door access: yes [S3]
- Doorflow: yes [S5]
- Ezeep blue: printing · yes [S5]
- Gocardless: payments · yes [S5]
- Google analytics: GA4 · yes [S5]
- Google calendar: real-time two-way calendar syncing · yes [S5]
- Google calendar: yes [S3]
- Google calendar: yes [S2]
- Google tag manager: yes [S5]
- Google workspace: yes [S5]
- Hubspot: sales CRM · yes [S5]
- Ironwifi: wifi · yes [S5]
- Kisi: door access · yes [S5]
- Microsoft 365: yes [S5]
- Microsoft bookings: Microsoft Teams · Outlook [S16]
- Microsoft outlook: yes [S5]
- Microsoft slack: Microsoft · Slack [S4]
- Microsoft slack: Microsoft · Slack [S11]
- Microsoft teams: yes · yes [S1]
- Microsoft teams: See colleagues and book meeting rooms and desks directly from Teams · yes [S5]
- Microsoft teams: yes [S3]
- Microsoft teams: yes [S2]
- Open API: yes [S4]
- Open API: yes [S11]
- Open API: yes [S1]
- Open API: yes · yes [S5]
- Open API: yes [S3]
- Open API: yes [S2]
- Outlook: yes [S3]
- Outlook: yes [S2]
- Papercut hive: printing · yes [S5]
- Papercut mf: printing · yes [S5]
- Partners: Microsoft · Slack [S10]
- Payments: yes [S1]
- Quickbooks: accounting · yes [S5]
- Salto: yes [S5]
- SAML acs URL: https://archieapp.co/saml/acs · https://archieapp.co [S21]
- SAML attribute statements: FirstName · LastName · Email [S21]
- SCIM: yes [S5]
- SCIM: yes [S3]
- SCIM: yes [S2]
- SCIM auth mode: HTTP Header [S20]
- SCIM base URL: https://archieapp.co/scim/v2 [S20]
- SCIM okta supported: yes [S20]
- SCIM provisioning actions: Push New Users · Push Profile Updates · Push Groups [S20]
- SCIM push groups: yes [S20]
- SCIM SAML required: yes [S20]
- SCIM unique identifier: email [S20]
- SCIM user deactivation: yes [S20]
- Settings path: Settings > Integrations > App Marketplace [S21]

**Legal**
- Address: 4012 Wellington Street, Verdun, H4G 1V3, Québec, Canada [S8]
- Documents: yes · yes · yes · yes [S1]
- Documents: Terms of service · Privacy policy · SLA · DPA [S6]
- DPA available: yes · yes · yes [S11]
- Entity: 9338-9666 Québec inc., operating as Archie [S9]
- Entity: 9338-9666 Québec inc. · Archie [S8]
- Entity: 9338-9666 Québec inc. · Archie [S10]
- Footer links: Terms of service · Privacy policy · SLA · DPA [S16]
- Governing law: governed by the laws of Ireland, competent courts of Ireland [S9]
- Last updated: 2026-04-17 [S8]

**Pricing**
- Enterprise price: custom [S6]
- Free trial: yes · 14 · yes [S6]
- Pro price: starting_at · 249 · month [S6]
- Starter price: starting_at · 159 · month [S6]
- Trial: yes · 14 [S3]
- Trial: 14 · yes [S2]

**Product**
- Abandoned booking policies: yes [S15]
- Admin approvals: yes [S3]
- Advanced filtering: yes [S4]
- Age restriction: 18 [S8]
- Amenities: yes [S15]
- Analytics metrics: attendance, office capacity, real-time on-site presence, peak times [S16]
- Analytics sections: Conference rooms · Desks · Office Activity [S19]
- Analytics sections: Analytics sections: Conference rooms, Desks, Invoices & credit notes, Subscriptions, Payment & refunds, Deposits, Office Activity [S18]
- API access token: public product APIs accessed using an access token [S9]
- Assigned desks: yes [S2]
- Attendance by location: Attendance by team, employee, or location [S4]
- Attendance features: Office presence rate · Daily office attendance · Attendance rate by team · Attendance rate by employee · Real-time who's on site · Check-in & check-out tracking [S4]
- Attendance tracking: employee attendance tracking [S1]
- Automatic checkin: yes [S15]
- Availability proposals: yes [S13]
- Backup frequency: 6 [S10]
- Block multiple bookings: yes [S15]
- Bookable room types: conference rooms · phone booths · event spaces [S12]
- Bookable space types: meeting rooms, phone booths, private offices, parking spots [S3]
- Booking calendar view: yes [S12]
- Booking dependencies: yes [S3]
- Booking dependencies: yes [S2]
- Booking display modes: list_only · map_only · list_first_map_second · map_first_list_second [S15]
- Booking on behalf: yes · yes [S12]
- Booking on behalf: bookings can be made on behalf of another user and in multiple workspaces [S13]
- Booking policies: yes [S3]
- Booking reminder delay: configurable booking reminder delay in minutes before booking start, 0 disables [S15]
- Booking types: rooms · desks · offices · resources [S12]
- Booking visibility rules: booking visibility control, check-in windows, buffer times, admin approvals [S16]
- Bookings report date range: bookings report [S19]
- Building guide: Building guide allows customizable sections with site information [S17]
- Building guide attachments: 3 [S17]
- Building guide details: Building guide displays community manager account, business hours, and physical address [S17]
- Calendar view: yes [S13]
- Cancellation policies: yes [S3]
- Cancellation policies: yes [S2]
- Capacity planning: Capacity planning to track office fullness [S4]
- Cdn static content: yes [S11]
- Checkin options: Microsoft Teams · Slack · Archie app · QR code [S16]
- Checkin policies: yes [S15]
- Collaboration patterns: Booking pattern analysis for onsite collaboration [S4]
- Colleague lookup: yes [S2]
- Community perks: Admins can add community perks/benefits [S17]
- Coworking software: Archie Coworking · coworking management including payments and community building [S1]
- Credits payment: yes · yes [S12]
- Custom hris integration: yes · custom (enterprise) [S6]
- Customer count: 1000+ [S1]
- Customer count claim: 1000 [S2]
- Delegate reservations: yes [S3]
- Description: desk booking, room booking, coworking, and visitor management platform [S8]
- Desk amenities filters: yes [S2]
- Desk assignment modes: users can choose a desk or system auto-picks one [S12]
- Desk assignment recommendation: system picks · user chooses [S12]
- Desk booking: Archie Desks · desk booking [S1]
- Desk booking: desk groups bookable via Book a desk [S13]
- Desk hoteling and hot desking: Supports desk hoteling and hot desking [S6]
- Desk usage analytics: yes [S2]
- Door access integration: yes [S4]

**Subprocessors**
- Analytics cookies: Google Analytics · Google · analytics and marketing [S8]
- Hubspot: HubSpot · marketing, storing personally identifiable information [S8]
- Linkedin facebook cookies: LinkedIn · Facebook · marketing [S8]
- List URL: https://archieapp.co/agreements-and-terms/sub-processors [S9]
- Notice period business days: yes · 10 [S9]

**Support**
- Account access consent: Support may access account only with consent or in urgent cases [S11]
- Channels: business hours · email · chat [S10]
- Exclusions: improper use · use contrary to Documentation · third-party software/integrations/API services · custom development [S10]
- Help center: yes [S4]
- Help center: yes [S1]
- Hours: 9am to 5pm · EST · GMT [S19]
- Hours: 9am-5pm · EST · GMT [S12]
- Hours: 9am to 5pm (EST & GMT) [S20]
- Hours: 9am to 5pm · EST · GMT [S14]
- Hours: 9am to 5pm EST & GMT [S17]
- Hours: 9am to 5pm (EST & GMT) [S13]
- Hours: 9am to 5pm · EST · GMT [S21]
- Hours: 9am to 5pm (EST & GMT) [S18]
- Hours of operation: 9am to 5pm (EST & GMT) [S15]
- Paid sessions: yes [S10]
- Privacy contact: support@archieapp.co [S8]
- Remote: yes [S10]
- SLA: An SLA is referenced [S17]
- SLA: yes [S18]
- Status page: yes [S1]

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

## Questions

### 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](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/18435).

### 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)](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: [Archie alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/archie/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 3 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://archieapp.co/ (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S2] Features page (desk booking): https://archieapp.co/desk-booking-software (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S3] Features page (room booking): https://archieapp.co/meeting-room-booking-software (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S4] Features page (occupancy analytics): https://archieapp.co/solutions/occupancy-analytics (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S5] Integrations page: https://archieapp.co/integrations (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S6] Pricing page: https://archieapp.co/pricing (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S7] Terms of service (names the operating company): https://archieapp.co/agreements-and-terms/terms-and-conditions (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S8] Privacy policy: https://archieapp.co/agreements-and-terms/privacy-policy (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S9] Data processing agreement (dpa): https://archieapp.co/agreements-and-terms/data-processing-addendum (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S10] Service level agreement: https://archieapp.co/agreements-and-terms/service-level-agreement (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S11] Security / trust page: https://archieapp.co/security (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S12] Desk, room & parking booking — found from sitemap: https://help.archieapp.co/en/articles/8733460-creating-and-managing-room-desk-office-and-resource-bookings (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S13] Desk, room & parking booking — found from sitemap: https://help.archieapp.co/desk-and-rooms/en/articles/9222948-creating-and-managing-room-desk-office-and-resource-bookings (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S14] Check-in, auto-release & booking rules — found from sitemap: https://help.archieapp.co/desk-and-rooms/en/articles/9243203-installing-your-qr-codes (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S15] Check-in, auto-release & booking rules — found from sitemap: https://help.archieapp.co/desk-and-rooms/en/articles/9232503-setting-up-your-booking-policies (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S16] Hybrid work coordination — found from sitemap: https://archieapp.co/solutions/hybrid-office (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S17] Hybrid work coordination — found from sitemap: https://help.archieapp.co/en/articles/8738824-managing-your-community-events (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S18] Occupancy analytics & employee privacy — found from sitemap: https://help.archieapp.co/en/articles/8738990-understanding-the-reports-and-analytics (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S19] Occupancy analytics & employee privacy — found from sitemap: https://help.archieapp.co/desk-and-rooms/en/articles/9222971-understanding-the-reports-and-analytics (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S20] Integrations, identity & administration — found from sitemap: https://help.archieapp.co/desk-and-rooms/en/articles/10644326-scim-configuration-for-okta (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S21] Integrations, identity & administration — found from sitemap: https://help.archieapp.co/desk-and-rooms/en/articles/11608816-integrating-your-sso-okta-account-with-archie (checked 2026-11-05)

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