classroombookings vs Flexopus

Classroombookings is an online room and resource booking system for schools, colleges, charities, and other organisations. It can run as a hosted web service or be self-hosted. Its timetable settings support one-week, two-week, or longer cycles mapped to calendar weeks, and recurring bookings can repeat at the same time, in the same room, and on the same timetable week. Different room groups can follow different schedules, with periods restricted to selected weekdays. Viewing and booking permissions can be assigned by department, role, or individual user. Rooms can be grouped and described with custom fields, locations, owners, and images. The system can also manage resources such as equipment, labs, meeting rooms, community spaces, sports fields, event spaces, minibuses, and coaches. Self-hosting requires a PHP-capable web server and MySQL database; that edition is offered under AGPLv3, with a source-sharing condition for modified software used over a network. Cloud organisations have isolated databases, and the hosted service includes maintenance, updates, and email support.

Flexopus lets employees book desks and other workspaces for hybrid offices. Workplaces can be booked flexibly, assigned permanently, or blocked, and employees can record working from home or remotely. Administrators can create and edit interactive floor plans in the application, while user groups control booking permissions by building, floor, or workstation. Occupancy statistics can be analyzed at those same levels. Flexopus is available in a browser as a Progressive Web App and through Android and iOS apps. Listed integrations include Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Entra ID SAML2 and SCIM, Google Calendar, Webex, Personio, HR WORKS, and a REST API. Billing is per resource, such as a workplace, meeting room, or parking space, with unlimited users. Starter costs €1.99 a month per resource; Business costs €3.49 a month per resource. The 30-day Demo Plan includes Starter and Business functions without a credit card. Flexopus says it is hosted in Germany on dedicated Hetzner Online GmbH servers and is certified to ISO 27001:2022 by TÜV Rheinland.