Basking

Overview

Basking is a web platform for commercial lease operations and workplace occupancy analytics. It is best suited to teams managing both property records and workplace data; the breadth is a strength, but LeaseOps starts at $9,500/yr and requires a 50-lease minimum.

Key features

Occupancy Analytics draws on WiFi, badge, sensor, room and desk booking, and headcount data to report utilization and space use. The mix of sources can help portfolio teams compare how workplaces are being used, while the API and Python SDK provide utilization, density, visit frequency and duration, and hybrid-work attendance insights for teams building their own data workflows. Starter has unlimited users and no separate site-count or data-source charge; Pro adds forecasting, deeper reporting, and Microsoft 365 Copilot integration.

LeaseOps handles commercial lease records, accounting, document storage, amendment tracking, critical-date alerts, portfolio reports, and CSV/XLSX exports. That covers core administrative needs, but Starter's 50-lease starting threshold makes it a poor match for a small handful of leases. Pro adds DocsAI, Flow, AI search, advanced reporting, and Copilot integration. DocsAI extracts lease fields with confidence scores and sends uncertain results for human review, which is a practical check on automated abstraction. Abstraction beyond the portfolio costs $9 per document.

Basking lists Cisco, Cisco Meraki, HPE Aruba, Juniper Networks, and Extreme Networks as supported enterprise WiFi vendors, and SAP S/4HANA RE-FX and Cisco Webex among its integrations. It says occupancy signals are anonymized behind the customer's firewall and reported at team level at minimum, rather than identifying individuals. The cloud backend is hosted on AWS servers in Frankfurt, Germany.

Pricing

Basking Studio Free costs nothing and provides one complete lease abstraction or occupancy readout, with the first job free. It is a useful single-job evaluation, not an ongoing free tier.

Occupancy Analytics Starter costs $1.50 a year, billed annually per sq m, with a minimum of $2,500 per site/yr. Unlimited users and no separate site-count or data-source charge make it easier to scale across a portfolio, though the per-area minimum means even a small deployment carries a meaningful annual floor. Occupancy Analytics Pro costs $30 a year, billed annually per sq m; it adds forecasting, deeper reporting, and Microsoft 365 Copilot integration. The premium is most defensible for teams that need those capabilities, rather than basic utilization reporting.

LeaseOps Starter costs $9,500/yr, billed annually, starting at 50 leases. It includes unlimited users, SSO, standard support and onboarding, SOC 2 Type 2, and EU data residency. LeaseOps Pro costs $15,000/yr, billed annually, also starting at 50 leases, and adds DocsAI, Flow, AI search, advanced reporting, and Copilot integration. The added automation and analysis make Pro the more complete option for teams processing documents and workflows; Starter is the narrower choice for core lease administration. LeaseOps Enterprise and Occupancy Analytics Enterprise have custom pricing. LeaseOps Enterprise adds multi-entity support, custom SLAs, and advanced governance controls; Occupancy Analytics Enterprise targets portfolio-scale deployments with regular data validation studies, custom integrations, and governance.

All plans include SSO, SOC 2 Type 2, standard support, standard onboarding, and EU data residency. Premier support costs 15% of net subscription fees and includes priority support, health checks, and quarterly reviews. Custom migration, bespoke integrations, and specialized security work are quoted separately.

Platforms

Basking runs on the web. Its security posture includes SSO, SOC 2 Type 2, and EU data residency across plans, while occupancy reporting is designed to anonymize signals and show results at team level at minimum. Organizations requiring custom security work should account for separately quoted costs.

Who it's for

Basking fits facility managers, lease administrators, and commercial real estate executives coordinating lease records and workplace utilization. It is particularly relevant to organizations that can use both sides of the platform, or that need its integrations and API. A team seeking only a low-cost lease tracker, or one with fewer than 50 leases, is unlikely to find LeaseOps Starter proportionate.

Pros and cons

Pro: Lease administration and occupancy reporting share one platform, reducing the need to join separate operational systems.

Pro: Unlimited users are included in the listed plans, and Occupancy Analytics Starter has no separate site-count or data-source charge.

Pro: DocsAI routes low-confidence extractions for human review, rather than treating every result as reliable.

Con: LeaseOps begins at $9,500/yr and 50 leases, a high entry point for smaller portfolios.

Con: Migration, bespoke integrations, specialized security work, and abstraction beyond the portfolio can add costs.

Con: The free Studio offer covers one job only, not continued use.

Alternatives

For a broader set of lease-management options, browse Lease Management Software. Consider LeaseGOTO if you need a package that includes property accounting and reports, marketing and leasing, work orders, inspections, and unit turns. LeaseCore is another web-based paid option with a free trial.

Oracle Retail Xstore Point-of-Service, EMS Academic Scheduling, Hubler, MRI Property Management X, Spacebase, and CBRE CostLab are also paid alternatives with their own platform and pricing arrangements.

Verdict

Choose Basking if your commercial real estate team needs lease administration alongside workplace utilization analytics, and can justify the 50-lease LeaseOps minimum or the per-site occupancy floor. Its combination of analytics, document abstraction, integrations, and workflow tools is the case for buying it. Look elsewhere if you need a small-scale or low-cost lease tool, or if custom services would push the total cost beyond your budget.