# Gable — Desk Booking & Hybrid Workplace

Gable by Gable Inc. holds a panel rating of 2.5/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 3/5), as of 2026-11-05. Provenance: Rest of world; sovereignty: 1 of 6 dimensions proven.

- Vendor: Gable Inc. (https://www.gable.to)
- 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/gable
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/gable/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/gable/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: Gable Inc.
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026
- Data hosting: Outside the EU by default [S10]
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026

## The panel's verdict

Gable is a desk, room and parking booking platform for distributed teams, priced per bookable resource. Judges score it strongest on integration and administration, 6-7, and check-in and rules, 6-7: SAML and OIDC single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, HR sync from BambooHR, Workday and Hibob, badge access via Brivo and Verkada, automatic Wi-Fi check-ins via Cisco Meraki, and automatic release of no-show bookings. Booking and floor plans follows at 5-7, with desks, rooms and parking on interactive maps and booking from Teams, Slack, Outlook and Google Workspace. Sovereignty is the weak point at 1-2: the contracting entity is Gable Inc., a Delaware company, storage is described only as AWS "secure, geographically distributed data centers", and we found no public information on a data processing agreement. Hybrid coordination, 4-5, and pricing transparency, 4-5, also sit low, since Essentials is published at $4 per bookable resource / month but Gable Pro is custom-priced. The widest spread is occupancy analytics at 4-6, where judges weighed the same dashboards against undocumented export, anonymisation and retention detail; the flagged split analysis flagged none.

**Speaks for it:**
- Scores 6-7 on integration and administration, with SAML and OIDC single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, HR sync from BambooHR, Workday and Hibob, badge access via Brivo and Verkada, and an open API.
- Touchless check-in is documented via badge systems, sensors and Cisco Meraki Wi-Fi, with automatic release of cancelled and no-show bookings, advance booking windows and approval workflows.
- Desks, rooms and parking are bookable on interactive maps from Microsoft Teams, Slack, Outlook, Google Workspace and iOS and Android apps, with two-way calendar sync for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.
- Gable Essentials is published at "$4 per bookable resource / month" with its inclusions listed, and visitor management at "$199 per location / month" on Essentials and "$249 per location / month" on Pro.
- SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and CCPA compliance are stated on the security page, with encryption in transit of TLS v1.2 or higher and at rest of AES-256.

**Held against it:**
- Sovereignty scores 1-2: the contracting entity is Gable Inc., a Delaware company, storage is described only as AWS "secure, geographically distributed data centers" with no named region, and subprocessors appear as unnamed categories with Stripe named for payments and AI features running via Google Cloud.
- Data residency is recorded as non-EU, transfers may occur globally under "approved legal mechanisms", and we found no public information on a data processing agreement or an EU hosting option.
- Hybrid coordination scores 4-5, and we found no public information on per-user visibility settings, favourite colleagues or fixed team office days.
- Occupancy analytics scores 4-6; retention is stated only "as long as necessary", and we found no public information on export formats or anonymised reports with minimum group sizes.
- Gable Pro is "Custom pricing per bookable resource / month" and the On-Demand network is "platform fee + usage", with setup fees, minimum users or spend, minimum term and VAT treatment not stated publicly.

**Best for:**
- You need desks, rooms and parking bookable inside the tools staff already use — Microsoft Teams, Slack, Outlook and Google Workspace — with automatic Wi-Fi check-ins via Cisco Meraki.
- Your IT estate already runs named SSO and HRIS systems such as Okta, Keycloak, BambooHR or Workday, and you want SCIM provisioning with automated deprovisioning.
- You want a readable entry price before contact — Essentials at "$4 per bookable resource / month", with visitor management at "$199 per location / month" on that tier.
- You need utilisation figures that track bookings against check-ins across locations to inform a real-estate decision.

**Avoid if:**
- You must keep who-sat-where records and presence plans within the EU under a works agreement — residency is recorded as non-EU, the contracting entity is a Delaware company, and transfers may occur globally under "approved legal mechanisms".
- Your procurement needs a complete annual cost before committing — Gable Pro is "Custom pricing per bookable resource / month" and the On-Demand network is "platform fee + usage" with no fee amount given.
- Your works council or data protection officer requires a defined retention period and anonymised reporting for occupancy data — retention is stated only "as long as necessary".
- Your hybrid model relies on employees planning around fixed team office days or hiding their presence from colleagues — hybrid coordination scored 4-5 and we found no public information on those controls.

## 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 | 3.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 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 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Occupancy analytics & employee privacy | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| Integrations, identity & administration | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 |
| European sovereignty | 0.5/5 | 0.5/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 0.5/5 |
| Pricing transparency | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 |
| **Weighted verdict** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2/5** | **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 | [S10] |
| 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**
- CCPA GDPR: yes · yes · yes [S10]
- Eea UK complaint: yes · yes [S9]
- Encryption: AES-256 · TLS v1.2 or higher [S10]
- Minors: no [S9]
- Privacy contact: privacy@gable.to [S9]
- Security: no [S9]
- SOC 2 type2: yes [S10]
- SSO SOC 2: yes · yes [S6]

**Data**
- Account collection: full name · date of birth · phone number · email address · yes [S9]
- Identity verification: social media account · driver's license · passport [S9]
- International transfer: approved legal mechanisms · yes [S9]
- Marketing optout: close account · email privacy@gable.to · yes [S9]
- No sale: no [S9]
- No sale no marketing use: yes · yes [S10]
- Processing purposes: providing services · communication · security and access control · fraud prevention · enforcing rights and contracts · legal compliance · internal R&D [S9]
- Public profile: name · workstyle · personal and professional interests [S9]
- Retention: no [S9]
- Sharing service providers: development · technology · support · fraud detection and prevention · data storage and analytics · payment services [S9]
- Third party login: Google · LinkedIn · Facebook · Apple · yes [S9]

**Hosting**
- Daily backups multiregion: yes · yes [S10]

**Integrations**
- Badge wifi API: yes · yes · yes · yes [S6]
- Booking tools: Microsoft Teams · Outlook · Google Workspace · Slack [S2]
- Brivo: Brivo · Badge & Access Control [S5]
- Calendar google: Google Calendar · Calendar · yes [S5]
- Calendar integration: Microsoft Teams · Slack · Microsoft Outlook · Google Calendar [S2]
- Calendar outlook: Microsoft Outlook · Calendar [S5]
- Categories: Gable API · Calendar · User management · Single Sign On (SSO) · Badge & Access control · Workplace communication [S5]
- Custom oidc: Custom OIDC · SSO [S5]
- Custom SAML: Custom SAML · SSO [S5]
- Custom SCIM: Custom SCIM · User Management [S5]
- Enterprise systems: HRIS · SSO · Brivo · Verkada · Slack · Outlook · Google Calendar · Microsoft Teams [S11]
- Gable API: fetch company information via API [S5]
- HR access control: Integrations across HR, chat, email, access control [S4]
- HR sync purpose: employee data sync from HRIS [S5]
- Microsoft teams: Microsoft Teams · Workplace Communication [S5]
- Mobile apps: yes · yes [S14]
- Named: Microsoft Teams · Slack · Microsoft Outlook · Google Calendar [S1]
- No custom engineering: Pre-built connectors claim no custom engineering required [S5]
- Payment processor: Stripe [S8]
- Platform integrations: HRIS · SSO · Brivo · Verkada · Slack · Outlook · Google Calendar · Microsoft Teams [S3]
- Slack: booking approvals, check-in, book spaces within Slack [S5]
- Slack teams: yes · yes [S6]
- SSO providers: PingOne · VMware · SimpleSAMLphp · Shibboleth · NetIQ · miniOrange · Oracle · Keycloak · LastPass · Jumpcloud · Cloudflare · Duo · ClassLink · CAS · AuthO · ADP · Salesforce [S5]
- Supported tools: Microsoft Teams, Slack, Outlook, Google Calendar [S4]
- User management providers: JumpCloud · SFTP · PingFederate · OneLogin · Hibob · CyberArk · Fourth · Cezanne HR · BambooHR · Access People HR · Breath HR · OKTA · Microsoft Azure · Google Workspace · Workday · Rippling [S5]
- Verkada: Verkada · Badge & Access Control [S5]
- Wifi cisco meraki: automatic check-ins [S5]

**Legal**
- Controlling language: English [S9]
- Copyright holder: 2026 · Gable [S7]
- Entity name: Gable Inc. [S9]
- Privacy policy updated: 2026-06-15 [S9]
- Terms modification: 30 [S8]
- Terms of use links: https://www.gable.to/host-terms-of-use · https://www.gable.to/terms-of-use [S9]

**Pricing**
- Credit model: Membership plans include credits for bookings without additional charges; credits and benefits can change at Gable's discretion [S8]
- Essentials on demand: platform fee + usage [S6]
- Essentials price: Gable Essentials · 4 [S6]
- Essentials visitor management: 199 [S6]
- Monthly membership: yes · monthly · yes [S8]
- Pro custom pricing: Gable Pro · yes [S6]
- Pro visitor management: 249 [S6]
- Single pass: Pay-per-use without subscription; rates shown on Platform, charged automatically at purchase [S8]
- Success fee: Host [S8]

**Product**
- Advanced booking: yes [S3]
- Advanced booking: Advanced booking days or weeks ahead [S11]
- Age requirement: 18 [S8]
- AI: AI insights; listed as Gable AI in platform footer [S1]
- AI powered features: yes · yes [S10]
- All in one claim: positioned as all-in-one, eliminating multiple vendors [S7]
- Amenities filter: Filter desks by monitors, phone booths, or other features [S2]
- Analytics: booking · space · budget · utilization [S1]
- Analytics: Real-time analytics on desk usage, space management, employee satisfaction [S2]
- Analytics dashboards: yes [S3]
- Analytics dashboards: Analytics dashboards for utilization, occupancy, meeting patterns [S11]
- App availability: Mobile app available on App Store and Play Store [S12]
- App integrations: Microsoft Teams · Outlook · Google Workspace · Slack [S3]
- Apps: yes · yes [S6]
- Auto release: yes [S2]
- Auto release: yes [S3]
- Auto release: Auto-release of cancelled/no-show bookings [S11]
- Beta features: yes · yes · yes [S8]
- Booking features: desk booking & seat assignment, room scheduling, interactive maps & neighborhoods, mobile app [S6]
- Cancellation refund policy: yes · Exhibit B – Cancellation and Refund Policy [S8]
- Capabilities: Product modules: On Demand, Office Management, Space Planning, Visitor Management, Event Orchestration [S12]
- Check in tracking: Check-in flows and occupancy reporting [S4]
- Checkin reminder: yes [S3]
- Checkin reminder: Check-in reminder notifications [S11]
- Claimed roi: 25 · 30 [S2]
- Collaboration: teammate visibility · invitations · team and company events [S1]
- Controls: spending limits · permissions · geo-fencing · budget controls · approval workflows · notifications [S1]
- Copyright dmca: yes · yes [S8]
- Core description: Gable helps you source, book, and manage workspaces for your distributed teams [S15]
- Cowork plans: Employees can see coworkers' weekly office plans [S2]
- Credit cost tracking: Customized booking controls and real-time cost tracking (customer testimonial) [S4]
- Customer fivetran: 9 · Fivetran [S1]
- Customer new relic: New Relic · 18 [S1]
- Customer outcome upwork: Upwork · 56 [S1]
- Description: Gable helps source, book, and manage workspaces for distributed teams [S12]
- Desk booking: Desk booking: reserve desks, assign permanent desks, hot desking [S2]
- Desk hoteling: Reserve a desk by the hour, day, or week per admin-set rules and permissions [S2]
- Essentials features: Desk & room booking, analytics, Slack/Teams/HRIS integrations, mobile app, SSO & SOC 2, email & chat support [S6]
- Event orchestration: space sourcing · invitations · spend tracking [S1]
- Flexible booking policies: Advance booking windows, auto-release rules, parking limits [S4]
- Gable description: Gable helps you source, book, and manage workspaces for distributed teams [S14]
- Gated content: yes [S12]
- Gated content: yes [S14]
- Guest account requirement: yes · yes · no [S8]
- Host merchant of record: Host [S8]
- Hot desking policy template: Hot desking policy template resource covering policy purpose, definitions, workspace hygiene, formal requests [S12]
- Hq management: desk booking · meeting room booking · office utilization insights [S1]
- Hybrid policy template: Hybrid work policy template covering purpose, definitions, eligibility, formal requests [S13]
- Identity verification: Identity verification via ID (driver's license or passport) may be required to create a Guest Account; background checks may be conducted [S8]
- Interactive floor plans: Parking spot management via floor plans or list view [S4]
- Interactive floorplan: yes [S2]
- Marketing claims: Boost collaboration by 30% · Cut unused space by 25% · Get actionable workspace data [S3]
- Mobile app: yes [S2]
- Mobile app: yes [S3]
- Mobile app: Mobile app for booking, modifying, check-in [S11]
- Mobile app stores: App Store · Play Store [S11]
- Mobile apps: yes · yes [S13]
- Mobile apps: yes · yes [S15]
- Mobile apps: yes · yes [S7]
- Mobile apps: yes · yes [S1]
- Mobile apps: yes · yes [S8]
- Mobile apps stores: yes · yes [S3]
- Mobile desktop booking: Booking, editing, canceling from any device [S4]
- Modules: On Demand · Office Management · Space Planning · Visitor Management · Event Orchestration [S13]
- Modules: On Demand · Office Management · Space Planning · Visitor Management · Event Orchestration [S14]
- Modules: On Demand · Office Management · Space Planning · Visitor Management · Event Orchestration [S15]
- Modules: On Demand · Office Management · Space Planning · Visitor Management · Event Orchestration [S7]
- Modules: On Demand · Office Management · Space Planning · Visitor Management · Event Orchestration [S10]
- On demand features: real-time availability, budget controls & approvals, booking/budget reporting, events venue marketplace [S6]
- On demand network: 900+ · 60+ · 20,000+ · yes [S1]
- On demand network: 900+ · 17,000+ [S6]
- On demand standalone: yes · yes [S6]
- Parking analytics: Parking demand, peak days, utilization analytics [S4]
- Parking reservations: Parking reservations within office booking workflows [S4]
- Platform capabilities: Workplace Analytics · Gable AI · Integration [S7]
- Platform capabilities: Workplace Analytics · Gable AI · Integration [S10]
- Platform features: Workplace Analytics · Gable AI · Integration [S13]
- Platform features: Platform features: Workplace Analytics, Gable AI, Integration [S12]
- Platform features: Workplace Analytics · Gable AI · Integration [S14]
- Platform features: Workplace Analytics · Gable AI · Integration [S15]
- Platform features: Workplace Analytics · Gable AI · Integration [S9]
- Platform model: Online marketplace where Guests book co-working Listings directly from independent Hosts; Company is not an agent of Host or Guest [S8]

**Support**
- Help center: yes [S14]

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

## Questions

### Is Gable European?

No. whats-best.ai classifies Gable as Rest of world.

### Where does Gable store data?

Gable stores customer data outside the EU by default, per [the vendor’s page captured 5 Nov 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/18649).

### Does Gable have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to Gable?

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: [Gable alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/gable/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 28 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.
- 6 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.
- 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 data 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 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.
- 2 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 subprocessors 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.
- 1 sovereignty dimension could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and is shown as unknown.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://www.gable.to/ (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S2] Features page (desk booking): https://www.gable.to/desk-booking-software (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S3] Features page (room scheduling): https://www.gable.to/room-scheduling-software (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S4] Features page (parking): https://www.gable.to/parking-solutions (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S5] Integrations page: https://www.gable.to/integration (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S6] Pricing page: https://www.gable.to/pricing (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S7] About page: https://www.gable.to/about-us (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S8] Terms of service (names the operating company): https://www.gable.to/terms-of-use (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S9] Privacy policy: https://www.gable.to/privacy-policy (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S10] Security / trust page: https://www.gable.to/security (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S11] Desk, room & parking booking — found from sitemap: https://www.gable.to/room-scheduling (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S12] Check-in, auto-release & booking rules — found from sitemap: https://www.gable.to/guides-and-reports/hot-desking-policy-template (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S13] Check-in, auto-release & booking rules — found from sitemap: https://www.gable.to/guides-and-reports/hybrid-work-policy-template (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S14] Occupancy analytics & employee privacy — found from sitemap: https://www.gable.to/guides-and-reports/workplace-utilization-audit (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S15] Occupancy analytics & employee privacy — found from sitemap: https://www.gable.to/guides-and-reports/24-metrics-for-workplace-people-experts-to-track-in-a-hybrid-workplace (checked 2026-11-05)

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