Skedda alternative: build your own room booking with AI

Skedda is workplace booking software for desks, rooms and other spaces, with interactive floor plans, rules, check-in, tablet displays, calendar and chat integrations, and reports, priced per space. A single office that needs rooms and desks booked fairly can build the core.

Pricing checked October 2026 on skedda.com/pricing

Is there a cheaper Skedda alternative for booking meeting rooms and desks?

If you have one office and need rooms and desks booked without overlaps, with check-in that releases no-shows and a report of real use, build a booking app from this blueprint: day view, rules, recurring bookings, room tablets, desk booking with who's in, calendar files and utilisation. Skedda's Plus plan starts at $249 a month for 35 spaces and Premier at $349 for 45, billed annually in the United States and Canada (checked October 2026). Keep Skedda if you need calendar sync, floor plans, assigned desks or several offices.

Skedda compared with building your own

Compared	Skedda	Build from the blueprint
Price	Plus from $249, Premier from $349 a month billed annually (US and Canada), per space; extra admins $99 a month.	Free blueprint. You pay for your AI builder, hosting and room tablets.
Booking	Unlimited users and bookings; rules and roles engine (limited on Plus).	Day view, overlap-proof bookings, length, advance and office-hours rules, restricted rooms.
Check-in and displays	Check-in and tablet displays.	Check-in with release after 10 minutes; a browser display per room.
Desks	Interactive floor plans; assigned spaces on Premier.	Desk booking by day with who's in; no floor plan drawing.
Calendars	Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace sync.	Calendar files in emails and a personal feed; no two-way sync.
Reports	Insights dashboard.	Weekly utilisation and no-show rate per room, with CSV.
Who maintains it	The vendor.	You.

Which should you choose?

Build your own if

You have one office and want to stop double bookings and empty rooms held by forgotten weekly meetings.
You don't want to pay $2,988 a year or more for rooms and desks you already own.
You want rules you can read: how long, how far ahead, who may book the boardroom.
You want to know how much each room is really used before you lease more space.

Pay for Skedda if

You need two-way sync with Google or Microsoft room calendars.
You want interactive floor plans, assigned desks or mobile apps.
You run several offices, or need single sign-on and user provisioning.
You want booking, visitor management and Slack and Teams apps in one product.

What the blueprint covers

Floors with rooms and desks; a day view of availability; bookings that cannot overlap, checked inside the database; rules for booking length, how far ahead, office hours and restricted rooms; weekly recurring bookings that skip and report conflicts; check-in with automatic release after 10 minutes; ending a recurring series after three no-shows in a row; a tablet display per room with check-in and "book now"; desk booking with one desk per person per day and a "who's in" list; confirmation emails with calendar files and a personal calendar feed; a weekly utilisation and no-show report.

What you give up

Two-way sync with Google or Microsoft calendars, interactive floor plan drawings, assigned (permanent) desks, mobile apps, Slack and Teams apps, single sign-on and SCIM, visitor management, catering and equipment requests, and several office locations.

Read the Room Booking blueprint

Skedda alternatives: questions people ask

What does Skedda do that this blueprint doesn't?

Interactive floor plans, assigned spaces, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace sync, Microsoft Teams and Slack apps, mobile apps, single sign-on and SCIM, issue reporting, visitor management and custom fields.

Is Skedda free?

Skedda's published plans are paid: in the United States and Canada, Plus starts at $249 a month and Premier at $349 a month, billed annually (checked October 2026).