Skedda

Pros

This is so easy to use, setting up is a breeze and keeping up to date with bookings is simple. I looked around for something to manage our room bookings. I use the free version as we are a very small non-profit community organisation.

As an organisation we are starting to grow and I know that SKEDDA will be our first purchase when we out grow the free version.

Once you start using SKEDDA you won't want to change.

Also customer support is very good to.

Cons

No obvious Cons. Just that some of the feature that would be useful require an upgrade. We are not quite ready to do this yet.

Pros

Skedda has been an extremely valuable addition to our suite of tech products for reserving office spaces without any difficulties. It offers some great integrations with Outlook and Teams to make it easy for staff to use, and has cool features like an interactive floorplan for all offices.

Cons

I'm currently very happy with the product; they made some significant improvements this year that have addressed our previous concerns.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to Skedda

Pros

The ability to customize each field and cater the application to your needs. It allows people to use Skedda in many different manners - from office planning to truck bay organization

Cons

I don't find it as user friendly as other apps, however I know people who prefer it. I think it's personal preference and aesthetics.

Pros

Very easy to use, the floor layouts are simple and detailed enough to understand where exactly I'm looking to book a room or workspace. I appreciate the single sign-on feature with Google as well.

Cons

Nothing I dislike at the moment, it works as intended and that's all I need! Some of the views are a little too much info, but that's what I like about the different view options.

Pros

1. I like that our faculty find it easy to book. I had to do a little training with them on how to book multiple rooms at one time as they were selecting each room separately and were complaining about having to put times/dates/materials needed in over and over again. With that little bit of training they are now quite happy with how easy it is to use.
2. SSO has also been a success, although it did take a while for our IT team to get this up and running. We also like that you can choose certain "views" if you want to see if a certain space is available on the calendar you simply create a "view" for that space and it becomes a filter. Faculty have responded positively to having a graphical representation of the center. It helps them see the space visually.
3. Great options for customization on tag colors, booking conditions, access conditions, tags, and space details that can include adding pictures of your spaces.

Cons

1. What I least like about Skedda is how it's scheduling data is formatted when you copy the feed link for use on an external calendar. It works great for individuals but not for administrators. I use this feed link with my digital sign that is in our center hallway. When you copy the feed link from the integrations tab it does not give you any options on what data is going to be shown. This link shows data that I do not want the public to see, specifically the users name who booked it. That should stay internally. I wish i had the option to not include that information. Skedda does do this on an individual level but not on a administrative level. At least not that I can see.
2. It also won't display (on the digital sign from the feed link) multiple rooms unless they are separate events. For example, I have an event going on that is using multiple rooms at once. If I create a single booking with multiple room selection, the feed link that the digital signs sees will display the event name, the first room number, and the + other. It won't show all of the room numbers unless you make an event for each room. That becomes tedious and time consuming.
3. There also isn't a "Today" button when viewing the schedule to make it easy to get back to the day's date.
4. When viewing the schedule in "List" mode, you cannot increase/decrease the size of the columns. This would be helpful to have when you want to increase the size of a column to see the entirety of the booking.
5. The tag system is helpful but it's a little clunky for initial use. For example, I have our scheduling system to only allow people with tags to book. Once they are in the system and tagged it works great. But this means that I will have some managing to do with my new users as they will be signing on using SSO and when they do that they initially will not have a tag, which means that can't book until i give them one. It's fine if it's only a few people but it becomes problematic with hundreds.