Clearooms vs Skedda
Skedda is a desk and room booking platform used by offices, universities and shared venues. Below, we compare it with Clearooms on currency and billing, which features need a higher plan, the API, door access and where your data is stored. We make Clearooms, so we've linked a source for every fact about Skedda 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 that wants pricing in pounds on monthly rolling billing, with SSO, SCIM, Teams and a full REST API included on every plan. You also get EU (Ireland) hosting, UK support, Paxton Net2 and Salto door access, a G-Cloud listing and a 30-day trial, from a published £60/month.
Consider Skedda if you require governance around your bookings: its rules engine (quotas, conditions, approvals, permissions) is very granular, it offers 24-hour support, and its team designs custom floor plans for you. Budget for annual billing in US dollars, and SCIM and API access only on Premier and above.
Clearooms vs Skedda at a glance
| Clearooms | Skedda | |
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| Pricing model | Per desk / room / parking space, unlimited users | Per space, unlimited users (same model) |
| Published pricing | 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, in pounds | 'Starting at' tiers in USD only. Europe pricing: Starter $99/month (15 spaces included, up to 25), Plus $149 (20 included, up to 100), Premier $199 (25 included, no limit), with extra spaces at $4.99 each. US and Canada prices are higher |
| Billing & term | Monthly rolling, no minimum term, no setup or cancellation fees; annual billing optional (10% discount); billed in your currency | Billed annually per its pricing page; charges in USD; fees non-refundable per its terms |
| 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 generic spaces on a floor plan |
| SSO & SCIM | SSO (Entra ID, Google, Okta, OneLogin, JumpCloud, AD FS) and SCIM, included on every plan | SAML SSO shown on all tiers (its help centre says it may need an upgrade); SCIM on Premier and above |
| API | REST API and Zapier (7,000+ apps), included on every plan | Read-only API in beta, on Premier only; Zapier, webhooks and calendar sync |
| Door access control | Paxton Net2 and Salto integrations, with automatic check-in | Kisi only, connected via Zapier |
| Booking rules engine | Booking limits, restrictions, buffers, custom fields and approvals via admin roles | Very granular quotas, conditions, permissions and approval workflows |
| Floor plans | Upload your own plan free, or we draw one from a sketch (one-off fee from £95, first draft within 48 hours) | Custom interactive floor plans designed by Skedda's team |
| Room displays | Display App with five themes on iPad, Android or ProDVX panels, included | Tablet display views and Logitech Tap Scheduler support |
| AI booking | Smart Booking recommendations included on every plan | No AI booking feature found |
| Renting out spare space | OpenSpaces add-on: outside customers book and pay for your spare desks and rooms via Stripe or PayPal, inside the same platform | Paid bookings for community venues run through AllBooked, a separate Skedda business |
| Trial | Self-serve 30-day free trial, no card needed, every feature included | 14-day free trial, no card needed |
| 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-hour support with a real person on chat, plus phone and email |
| 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 | US (Delaware) company with a Dallas address and no UK entity; hosted on Microsoft Azure in the USA |
| Certifications (vendor's own) | Cyber Essentials Plus (UK NCSC standard) | SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2; its help centre also lists ISO 27001 (2013) among the standards it meets; no Cyber Essentials found |
| UK public sector | Listed on G-Cloud 15; Cyber Essentials Plus | No G-Cloud listing found; USD contracts with a US entity |
Green shading marks the stronger option on that row.
Sources: skedda.com/pricing and integrations; Skedda help centre articles on the API (beta), free trial, SCIM and Kisi; terms; SOC 2 announcement, all checked October 2026. Clearooms details: clearooms.com/pricing.
The pricing difference: pounds, tiers and trial
Both platforms price per space with unlimited users, which suits hybrid working.
On Skedda's published Europe pricing, a 19-space office fits the Starter tier, which includes 15 spaces and goes up to 25: $99/month plus four extra spaces at $4.99, about $119/month billed annually. That's around $1,430 a year, roughly £1,080 at current exchange rates. Check-in needs Plus, from $149/month, and SCIM and API access mean Premier, from $199/month.
Clearooms publishes the same office at £60/month billed annually, £720 a year (or £66/month, £792 a year, on monthly rolling billing), with SSO, SCIM, Teams and the full REST API included, in pounds.
Skedda's higher tiers include premium features, such as its full rules engine, booking approvals and longer data retention, and its team designs custom floor plans for you. If you require these features, check the yearly cost in pounds before you make a comparison.
Where each platform is stronger
Clearooms is stronger on
- UK commercial terms: pricing in pounds, monthly rolling billing, no annual USD contract
- Every feature on every plan: SSO, SCIM, Teams and the API are included as standard
- Full REST API: connect HR systems or custom reporting; Skedda's API is read-only, in beta and Premier-only
- Door access: Paxton Net2 and Salto with automatic check-in
- Parking: vehicle profiles, pool cars and parking rules
- Data residency: a UK company hosting on AWS in Ireland (EU). Skedda is hosted on Microsoft Azure in the USA, and your contract would be with a US company
- Longer trial: 30 days against Skedda's 14
- 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
- AI booking: Smart Booking recommendations on every plan
Skedda is stronger on
- Support hours: 24-hour support, whatever your time zone
- Booking governance: very granular rules, quotas, conditions and approval workflows
- Floor plan service: custom interactive maps designed by its team
- Venue flexibility: shared facilities, studios and community venues, via AllBooked
Worth knowing: Skedda's rules engine goes deeper than ours, and its US and Canada pricing is higher than the Europe prices quoted here. 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 Skedda?
Usually, for UK offices. A 19-space office fits Skedda's Starter tier: $99 a month for 15 spaces plus $4.99 for each extra space, about $1,430 a year billed annually in US dollars (roughly £1,080), without check-in or SCIM. Clearooms costs £60 per month billed annually for up to 19 desks, £720 a year (£792 if you pay monthly), with SSO, SCIM, Teams and the API included.
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Does Skedda have an open API?
Skedda now offers a read-only API in beta, available on its Premier plan, alongside Zapier, webhooks and calendar sync. Clearooms provides a full REST API on every plan, plus Zapier, which matters if you plan to connect HR systems or custom reporting.
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Do Clearooms and Skedda both include SSO and SCIM?
Skedda shows SAML SSO on all its plans, though its help centre says enabling it may need an upgrade. The biggest difference is SCIM user provisioning: Skedda includes it on Premier and above, while Clearooms includes SCIM on every plan.
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Where do Clearooms and Skedda store their data?
Clearooms is a UK company hosting on AWS in Ireland (EU) and holds Cyber Essentials Plus. Skedda is a US (Delaware) company with no UK entity, hosted on Microsoft Azure in the USA. Skedda holds SOC 2 Type 2 and lists ISO 27001 in its help centre. Clearooms is listed on G-Cloud 15; we found no G-Cloud listing for Skedda.
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How long are the free trials?
Clearooms offers a 30-day free trial with every feature included and no card needed. Skedda offers a 14-day free trial. Neither has a free plan. After the trial, Clearooms bills monthly rolling in your currency, while Skedda bills annually in US dollars.
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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 Skedda the better choice?
When governance around bookings is your hardest problem to solve, or round-the-clock support hours matter. Skedda's rules engine (quotas, conditions, approvals, permissions) is very granular, it offers 24-hour support, and its team designs custom floor plans for you. It suits venues and complex shared facilities.
Compare Clearooms with Skedda 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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