Clearooms vs Archie
Archie is a desk, meeting room and coworking platform from Canada. Below, we compare it with Clearooms on pricing and the minimums behind the headline rates, which features need a higher plan, where your data is stored and who each one suits. We make Clearooms, so we've linked a source for every fact about Archie and dated when we checked it.
The short version
Clearooms is built for organisations of any size, from a single office to multi-site estates of 500+ desks.
Choose Clearooms if you're a UK or European business managing your own offices. SSO, SCIM, Microsoft Teams, Slack and multi-location support are included on every plan from £60/month, with no minimum term. Data is hosted on AWS in Ireland, support is UK-based, and Clearooms is the only one of the two with Paxton door access and Cyber Essentials Plus. It's also listed on G-Cloud 15.
Consider Archie if you run a coworking space that needs a member CRM with lead pipelines, tours and contracts, or if you're North America-based and want Kisi or Brivo access control. For standard office use, budget for the Pro tier ($249/month minimum, priced on annual billing), because SSO, Teams and multi-location all sit behind it.
Clearooms vs Archie at a glance
| Clearooms | Archie | |
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| Pricing model | Per desk / room / parking space, unlimited users, every feature on every plan | Per desk / room / location, features available by tier; its Desk, Rooms and Visitor plans include unlimited users |
| Entry price | Full price list published in six currencies (GBP, USD, EUR, CAD, AUD and NZD). Desks from £60/month for 1–19 desks (billed annually) or £66 monthly; rooms £10/room/month for 1–9 rooms, falling to £6 at volume; parking in the same bands as desks | From $159/month (Starter, one location) or $249/month (Pro), in USD |
| Billing & term | Monthly rolling, no minimum term, no setup or cancellation fees; annual billing optional (10% discount) | Prices quoted on annual billing |
| SSO & SCIM | SSO (Entra ID, Google, Okta, OneLogin, JumpCloud, AD FS) and SCIM, included on every plan | Pro tier and above only |
| Microsoft Teams & Slack | Teams app and Slack included on every plan | Teams, Outlook and Slack booking on Pro tier and above only |
| Multiple locations | Included on every plan | Pro tier and above (Starter is single-location) |
| Parking | Parking Spaces: vehicle profiles, pool cars, restrictions and reports, priced in the same bands as desks (from £60/month for up to 19 spaces) | Parking bookable as a generic custom resource type |
| Door access control | Paxton Net2 and Salto integrations, with automatic check-in | Kisi, Salto, Tapkey, Brivo, Welcomr, DoorFlow, UniFi and custom integrations; no Paxton |
| Trial | Self-serve 30-day free trial, no card needed, every feature included | No self-serve sign-up; a 14-day test environment after a demo |
| Support | The same support on every plan: a dedicated Customer Success Manager, plus phone, email and live chat with our UK team during office hours | 24/5 support; onboarding session included |
| Company & hosting | UK company with customers in the UK, Canada and other countries; app in multiple languages; hosted on AWS in Ireland (EU); UK-based support | Canadian company (Montreal); Google Cloud with servers in Canada; custom data residency on Enterprise only |
| Certifications (vendor's own) | Cyber Essentials Plus (UK NCSC standard) | Its security page shows a SOC 2 Type II badge |
| Reviews (October 2026) | Capterra 4.7 from 232 reviews, none below 3 stars | G2 4.9 from 245 reviews; Capterra 4.8 from 90 |
| UK public sector | Listed on G-Cloud 15; Cyber Essentials Plus | No G-Cloud listing found |
| Coworking management | OpenSpaces add-on: outside customers book and pay for your spare desks and rooms via Stripe or PayPal; memberships supported | Coworking suite from $165/location/month: sales CRM, lead pipelines, tours, quotes and contracts; white-label member app as a paid add-on |
Green shading marks the stronger option on that row.
Sources: archieapp.co/pricing, integrations and security pages; Archie sub-processor list; G2 and Capterra, all checked October 2026. Clearooms details: clearooms.com/pricing and clearooms.com/faqs.
The pricing difference, with a real example
Archie's Starter ($159/month) and Pro ($249/month) plans carry monthly minimums, and prices are quoted on annual billing. A 19-desk UK office that needs SSO or the Microsoft Teams app, both of which are on Pro, starts at $249/month, roughly £2,300 a year at current exchange rates.
The same office on Clearooms pays £66/month on rolling monthly billing, or £60/month billed annually, with SSO, SCIM, Teams and Slack included. Billed annually, like Archie, that's £720 a year (£792 if you pay monthly).
At larger desk counts Archie's per-desk rates and Clearooms' banded plans get closer, and if you need Archie's coworking sales tools to sell coworking membership then Archie is a better fit.
Where each platform is stronger
Clearooms is stronger on
- Every feature on every plan: SSO, SCIM, Teams, Slack and multi-location are never upsells
- UK company, EU hosting: UK company, AWS Ireland hosting, pricing in pounds, Cyber Essentials Plus, G-Cloud listed
- Support: the same support on every plan, with a dedicated Customer Success Manager, plus phone, email and live chat with our UK team during office hours
- Door access: Paxton Net2 and Salto integration, with automatic check-in
- Parking: a tailored parking product, not a generic resource type
- Commercial flexibility: monthly rolling billing, self-serve 30-day trial, no setup fees
Archie is stronger on
- Coworking operations: sales CRM with tours, lead pipelines, quotes and contracts
- Review scores: 4.9 from 245 on G2 and 4.8 from 90 on Capterra
- North American access control: Kisi and Brivo integrations
- Wayfinding and branded apps: available as paid add-ons
Worth knowing: Archie reviewers mention time-consuming setup and floor plan edits that depend on Archie's team. Some Clearooms reviewers would like more integrations beyond calendars, Slack, Zapier and door access, and we don't hold ISO 27001 or SOC 2 certification ourselves.
Frequently asked questions
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Is Clearooms cheaper than Archie?
For most UK offices, yes. Archie's per-desk rates carry monthly minimums of $159 (Starter) or $249 (Pro), and SSO and Teams need Pro, so a 19-desk office starts at about £2,300 a year. Clearooms costs £720 a year for up to 19 desks billed annually (£792 if you pay monthly), with every feature included and no minimum term. Prices as published October 2026.
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Does Archie include SSO and SCIM on every plan?
No. On Archie's published pricing, SSO, SCIM, Teams, Outlook and Slack booking and multi-location support all require the Pro tier (from $249 per month minimum). Clearooms includes SSO, SCIM, Teams and Slack on every plan.
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Where do Clearooms and Archie store their data?
Clearooms is a UK company hosting on AWS in Ireland (EU) and holds Cyber Essentials Plus certification. Archie is a Canadian company (Montreal) hosting on Google Cloud with servers in Canada; custom data residency is an Enterprise-only option, and its security page shows a SOC 2 Type II badge.
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Can I try Clearooms or Archie before buying?
Clearooms offers a self-serve 30-day free trial with every feature included and no card needed. Archie doesn't offer self-serve sign-up: a 14-day test environment is available after booking a demo.
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Can organisations outside the UK use Clearooms?
Yes. Clearooms is used by organisations worldwide. Prices are published on our website in six currencies (GBP, USD, EUR, CAD, AUD and NZD), the app is available in multiple languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Welsh.
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When is Archie the better choice?
If you run a coworking business that needs a member CRM with lead pipelines, tours and contracts. Clearooms' OpenSpaces add-on covers external bookings, payments and memberships, but not a sales CRM. Archie also suits North American teams who want Kisi or Brivo door access.
Compare Clearooms with Archie in a free demo
Clearooms is built for organisations of any size, from a single office to multi-site estates of 500+ desks. Book a free demo and we'll walk you through desk, meeting room and parking booking, and show you what you'd pay on our published pricing. There's no obligation to subscribe afterwards.
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