# Skedda — Desk Booking & Hybrid Workplace

Skedda by Skedda, 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: 2 of 6 dimensions proven.

- Vendor: Skedda, Inc. (https://www.skedda.com)
- 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/skedda
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/skedda/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/desk-booking/skedda/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: Skedda, Inc.
- Headquarters: Incorporated in United States [S9]
- Data hosting: Outside the EU by default [S12]
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026

## The panel's verdict

Skedda, Inc., a Delaware corporation, sells desk, room and parking booking on interactive floor plans, and the bench scored it strongest on check-in and rules and integration and administration, both a flat 7. Judges credited documented check-in (QR, email link, app, office Wi-Fi, Slack, Teams; grace periods of 5, 10 or 15 minutes; no-shows logged or auto-released) plus SAML 2.0 single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, signed webhooks and a booking API. Weakest is sovereignty, a flat 4: hosting runs on Microsoft Azure in the USA, with a published data processing agreement, Standard Contractual Clauses for EEA, UK and Swiss transfers and SOC 2 Type II, though we found no public information on EU hosting or an EU contracting entity. Hybrid coordination scored 3-4 — a who's-in list rather than a planner — and pricing transparency 5-6: Plus is public 'STARTING AT $249/mo' (35 spaces included) and Premier 'STARTING AT $349/mo' (45 spaces included), while we found no public price for extra spaces, the Enterprise tier or hardware. Spreads stay within a point, the flagged splits list is empty, and weighted totals run 5.4 to 6.3.

**Speaks for it:**
- Desks, rooms and parking book on interactive maps the vendor builds at no extra cost from a CAD, PDF or hand-drawn layout, with two-way Outlook and Google sync and booking inside Teams (booking and floorplans: 6-7)
- Check-in is documented across QR, email link, app, office Wi-Fi, Slack and Teams, with grace periods of 5, 10 or 15 minutes and no-shows either logged or released — check-in and rules scored a flat 7
- Integration and administration also scored a flat 7: SAML 2.0 single sign-on with Okta, Entra ID, Google, JumpCloud and OneLogin, SCIM provisioning, signed webhooks and a booking-data API
- Occupancy analytics scored 6-7: Wi-Fi presence detection marks bookings 'Seen on-site' against booked figures, with retention configurable per data type and occupancy defaulting to one month
- A published trust chain — data processing agreement, Standard Contractual Clauses for EEA, UK and Swiss transfers, and SOC 2 Type II — accompanies the documented setup

**Held against it:**
- Sovereignty scored a flat 4: the contracting entity is Skedda, Inc., a Delaware corporation, hosting on Microsoft Azure in the USA, and we found no public information on EU hosting or a European contracting entity
- Hybrid coordination scored 3-4 — a who's-in view surfaced in Slack and Teams — and we found no public information on a weekly office/home planner, favourite colleagues, booking next to a colleague or per-user visibility settings
- Both tiers are public, priced per space and billed annually, but we found no public price for spaces beyond the 35 (Plus) or 45 (Premier) included, for the Enterprise tier or for display hardware
- Occupancy tracking exports label each booking holder 'Seen on-site' or 'Not seen on-site', and we found no public information on minimum group sizes or anonymised reporting
- The documented languages are English, French and Spanish, and we found no public information on a German interface

**Best for:**
- You need desks, meeting rooms and parking booked from one interactive map across several sites, with enforced no-show rules
- Your workplace runs on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace and expects SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning and two-way calendar sync
- You need measured occupancy — Wi-Fi presence matched against bookings, with configurable retention — rather than booked-only figures
- US-hosted processing under a Delaware entity, with Standard Contractual Clauses and SOC 2 Type II published, passes your compliance review

**Avoid if:**
- You need a hybrid-work planner — a weekly office/home planner, favourite colleagues, booking next to a colleague, per-user visibility — rather than booking plus a who's-in list
- Your works agreement or policy requires EU hosting or an EU contracting entity
- You must compute your full annual cost from public prices before talking to sales, since the rate beyond the included spaces and the Enterprise tier are not priced publicly
- Your works council has not agreed to per-person presence labelling in exported reports

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

### The judges

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

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: 2 of 6 dimensions proven.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Incorporated in US | 0/2 | [S9] |
| Hosting location | Outside the EU | 0/4 | [S12] |
| 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 control: yes · yes [S11]
- Backups: yes · yes · yes [S11]
- Breach notification: yes [S10]
- Children age: 16 · 13 [S10]
- Cookie consent: yes [S10]
- Cookie policy URL: https://support.skedda.com/en/articles/1802467-skedda-cookie-policy [S10]
- DPA: yes [S5]
- DPA: yes [S8]
- DPA: https://www.skedda.com/data-processing-addendum · yes [S10]
- DPA: https://www.skedda.com/data-processing-addendum · yes [S9]
- DPA available: Skedda DPA document available [S18]
- DPA available: yes [S7]
- Encryption: TLS 1.2+ in transit [S4]
- Encryption tls: 1.2 · yes [S11]
- GDPR: yes · GDPR Compliance Policy (EN) · GDPR Incident Response Plan (EN) · Designation of Appointment 2024 - 2025 · Designation of Appointment 2025 - 2026 [S12]
- Gpc optout: no · yes [S10]
- Hipaaw: no [S9]
- HR it policies: Code of Conduct (EN) · Human Resource Security Policy (EN) · Asset Management Policy (EN) · Physical Security Policy (EN) [S12]
- Misc documents: yes · Skedda Architectural Diagram · Skedda Cyber Insurance Policy 2025-2026 · Skedda Consolidated Insurance Policies 2025-2026 · Skedda, Inc. - DE Certificate of Formation [S12]
- Monitoring pen testing: yes · yes · yes [S11]
- Pen testing: independent [S4]
- Penetration testing: Skedda Penetration Test Report 2026 · Penetration Test Report 2025 · yes [S12]
- Resources: Skedda SOC2 Type 2 Report 2026 · Skedda SOC2 Type 2 Report 2025 · Skedda SOC2 Type 1 Report · Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan (EN) [S12]
- Rights appeal: yes [S10]
- Security measures: commercially reasonable security measures [S9]
- Security policies: Cryptography Policy (EN) · Access Control Policy (EN) [S12]
- Signin SAML: SSO options including full SAML 2.0 support [S2]
- SOC 2: yes [S4]
- SOC 2: yes · yes · yes [S10]

**Data**
- Activity feed: 60 days · 90 days · yes [S8]
- Aggregated anonymous: Skedda may create and use de-identified Aggregated Anonymous Data [S9]
- Audit log removal reasons: Simulate not checked in action · Skedda Background Worker (24/7 monitor) · Not checked in [S15]
- Collected: Customer personally identifiable information · Employee personally identifiable information · Credit card information · Personal health information [S12]
- Deletion after subscription: yes [S10]
- Deletion after termination: Venue Data deleted after Termination Date per Documentation, Privacy Policy, DPA [S9]
- Export: Venue must export data before Termination Date; access/export after that may incur a fee [S9]
- Login deletion: yes [S10]
- Ownership: yes [S9]
- Payment cards: payment provider · no [S10]
- Privacy controls: Data retention procedures established · Customer data deleted upon leaving · Customer data retained · 26 [S12]
- Report export: yes [S4]
- Retention: up to 5 years · up to 7 years · always retained [S8]
- Retention docs: https://support.skedda.com/en/articles/6294354-user-data-retention · https://support.skedda.com/en/articles/5707504-booking-and-visit-data-retention · https://support.skedda.com/en/articles/9620217-occupancy-data-retention [S10]
- Sensitive restriction: yes [S10]
- Sms optin third parties: no [S10]
- US state optout: no [S10]

**Hosting**
- Region: United States · United States and other countries [S10]

**Integrations**
- API: Skedda offers an API for booking data [S17]
- API: yes [S13]
- API: Skedda API advertised [S2]
- API: yes [S5]
- API: Skedda API available for booking data [S6]
- API available: Skedda API for booking data [S18]
- API available: yes [S11]
- API available: yes [S7]
- API docs: API Docs link in footer [S18]
- API docs: API Docs link in footer [S2]
- API docs: yes [S8]
- API usage limits: yes [S9]
- Audit logging: yes · yes [S15]
- Companion active users export: name · email · roles & tags · last seen · Excel · CSV [S19]
- Companion installers: Windows .exe · macOS .pkg · yes [S19]
- Companion mdm enrollment: Managed install via MDM with enrollment key [S19]
- Count: 1000 [S3]
- Docs available: yes · yes [S1]
- Google sheets: Google Sheets · THIRD-PARTY [S7]
- Google workspace: yes [S13]
- Google workspace: Google Workspace · direct [S4]
- Google workspace: Google Workspace · DIRECT [S7]
- Identity providers: Okta · Microsoft Entra ID · Google · JumpCloud · OneLogin [S1]
- Jumpcloud: Jumpcloud · DIRECT [S7]
- Kisi: Kisi · third-party [S4]
- Kisi: Kisi · THIRD-PARTY [S7]
- List: Collaboration platforms, SAML SSO, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 & Outlook [S5]
- List view export: List view export includes Seen on-site column with Yes/No/blank values [S19]
- Listing: yes [S1]

**Legal**
- Amendment notice: 30 [S9]
- Brands: Skedda · AllBooked [S10]
- Claims time limit: 1 [S9]
- Customer references: yes · Skedda may use customer name/logo in marketing; case studies require prior approval [S9]
- DPA: yes [S13]
- DPA: Skedda DPA linked in footer [S2]
- DPA: yes [S6]
- Effective date: 2026-10-20 [S9]
- Entity: Skedda, Inc. · Delaware (DE Certificate of Formation) [S12]
- Entity: Skedda, Inc. [S10]
- G2 rating: 4.8 · 4.8 · 5 [S18]
- Governing law: Delaware state and federal courts · Delaware [S9]
- Liability cap: fees paid in preceding 12 months [S9]
- Notices address: info@skedda.com · PMB 2510, 3839 McKinney Ave., Suite 155, Dallas, TX 75204, USA [S9]
- Operating company: Skedda, Inc. · Delaware [S9]
- Policy updated: 2026-10-20 [S10]
- Subcontractors: yes [S9]

**Pricing**
- Administrators addon: 99 [S8]
- Assigned spaces plan: Skedda Workplace Premier · yes [S14]
- Currency: USD [S9]
- Enterprise inclusions: everything in Premier · dedicated account manager · legal agreement flexibility · white glove implementation [S8]
- Fee increase cap: CPI + 3 percentage points [S9]
- Floorplans plan availability: Skedda Workplace · AllBooked Advanced [S14]
- Invoice terms: 30 · 1.5 [S9]
- Payment processor: Stripe Connect [S9]
- Plan availability: Business · Advanced · Plus · Premier [S15]
- Plus price: per space · annually · 249 · 35 [S8]
- Premier price: per space · annually · 349 · 45 [S8]
- Refund policy: yes [S9]
- Renewal notice: yes · any time before expiration · 30 [S9]
- SCIM plan requirement: Premier Plan with Skedda Workplace [S20]
- Space limits: unlimited · per space [S8]
- Suspension nonpayment: 3 · 10 [S9]
- Tax treatment: yes · yes [S9]

**Product**
- Access visibility control: Access & visibility control [S2]
- Access visibility control: access & visibility control [S4]
- Advertising scope: no [S10]
- Analytics: Workplace Intelligence: space utilization and workspace usage analytics [S5]
- API: yes [S4]
- API: yes [S8]
- API available: yes [S1]
- Assigned spaces: yes [S19]
- Assigned spaces map user assignment: yes [S14]
- Auto checkin integration: Can automatically check users in when detected onsite when paired with an auto check-in rule [S19]
- Auto checkin presence: presence-based tracking enabled · yes [S15]
- Automation rules: yes · yes · yes · yes [S13]
- Automation rules: Automation rules with tailored rules and quotas [S5]
- Banked time: no [S16]
- Beta features: yes [S9]
- Bnpl: book now, pay later allows bookings without upfront payment [S16]
- Booking calendar views: Calendar with Day, Month, List, Grid and Map views [S2]
- Booking conditions: Booking conditions define how and when users can book [S2]
- Booking conditions: booking conditions [S4]
- Booking forms routing: yes · yes [S4]
- Booking requests: Approval workflow for booking requests [S2]
- Booking requests: Approval-based booking requests [S3]
- Booking requests approval: approval workflows [S4]
- Booking rules: approvals · quotas · priority windows · check-in rules · unused seat release [S1]
- Booking windows: Booking windows [S2]
- Booking windows: Booking windows [S3]
- Booking windows: booking windows [S4]
- Bookings scope: Works for any booking where user interacts with Skedda and connects to specified network [S19]
- Brands: Skedda · AllBooked [S9]

**Subprocessors**
- Cloudflare: Cloud monitoring · DNS, content-delivery and web-security services · Global [S12]
- Google workspace: Identity provider · Email services for skedda.com and website fonts · USA [S12]
- List URL: https://trust.skedda.com/subprocessors [S10]
- Microsoft azure: Cloud provider · Hosting infrastructure for Skedda's primary application resources (WAFs, web application servers, database servers, content storage) · USA [S12]
- Stripe: Stripe · payment processing [S9]
- Vanta: Security · Continuous security and compliance monitoring · USA [S12]

**Support**
- 24 hour: 24-Hour Support [S18]
- Allstar: 24/7 [S5]
- Always available: yes [S8]
- API docs: yes [S5]
- Availability: 24-hour during the week [S2]
- Channels: in-product · email: info@skedda.com [S12]
- Docs: yes [S13]
- Docs and status: Help Center · System Status [S7]
- Enterprise leadership: yes [S8]
- G2 rating: #1 rated space management solution · 4.8 [S1]
- Help center: Help Center, System Status, Contact available [S18]
- Help center: Help Center and System Status page available [S5]
- Implementation: dedicated specialist, go-live in days not months [S1]
- Languages: English · French · Spanish [S13]
- Map change request: message 'Maps change request or inquiry' to request a new map or static graphic changes · chat widget [S14]
- Privacy policy URL: https://support.skedda.com/legal/privacy-policy-for-venues [S9]
- Ratings other: 4.8 · 5 [S1]
- Support 24h: yes [S6]
- Support hours: 24-Hour [S11]
- Trial account for maps: yes [S14]

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

## Questions

### Is Skedda European?

No. whats-best.ai classifies Skedda as Rest of world. Its vendor, Skedda, Inc., is incorporated in United States, per [the vendor’s page captured 5 Nov 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/18941).

### Where does Skedda store data?

Skedda stores customer data outside the EU by default, per [the vendor’s page captured 5 Nov 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/18963).

### Does Skedda have a free plan?

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

### What are the best alternatives to Skedda?

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

## Head-to-head

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

## What this page leaves out

- 35 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.
- 9 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.
- 5 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 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.
- 4 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.
- 2 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.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://www.skedda.com/ (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S2] Features page: https://www.skedda.com/features (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S3] Features page (desk booking): https://www.skedda.com/platform/desk-booking-system (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S4] Features page (room booking): https://www.skedda.com/platform/meeting-room-booking-system (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S5] Features page (car park management): https://www.skedda.com/solutions/car-park-management-software (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S6] Features page (analytics): https://www.skedda.com/platform/analytics-insights-dashboard (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S7] Integrations page: https://www.skedda.com/integrations (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S8] Pricing page: https://www.skedda.com/pricing (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S9] Terms of service (names the operating company): https://support.skedda.com/en/articles/663213-skedda-terms-of-service (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S10] Privacy policy: https://support.skedda.com/en/articles/663120-skedda-privacy-policy (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S11] Security / trust page: https://www.skedda.com/platform/security (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S12] Trust centre: https://trust.skedda.com/ (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S13] Desk, room & parking booking — found from sitemap: https://www.skedda.com/platform/office-floor-plan (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S14] Desk, room & parking booking — found from sitemap: https://support.skedda.com/en/articles/5349028-floor-plans-maps-settings-overview (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S15] Check-in, auto-release & booking rules — found from sitemap: https://support.skedda.com/en/articles/5242690-check-in (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S16] Check-in, auto-release & booking rules — found from sitemap: https://support.skedda.com/en/articles/105740-pricing-rules (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S17] Hybrid work coordination — found from sitemap: https://www.skedda.com/guides/hybrid-work (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S18] Occupancy analytics & employee privacy — found from sitemap: https://www.skedda.com/data-reports (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S19] Occupancy analytics & employee privacy — found from sitemap: https://support.skedda.com/en/articles/9620092-occupancy-tracking (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S20] Integrations, identity & administration — found from sitemap: https://support.skedda.com/en/articles/11625592-scim-integration-for-automated-user-provisioning (checked 2026-11-05)
- [S21] Integrations, identity & administration — found from sitemap: https://support.skedda.com/en/articles/17675989-webhooks (checked 2026-11-05)

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