classroombookings vs Officely

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.

Officely manages desk, meeting-room, and car-parking bookings through Slack and Microsoft Teams, with Android, iOS, and web platforms also listed. Teams can book desks with one click, check in each day, and see bookings and attendance. Office analytics report who booked, who arrived, and which spaces are underused. Meeting Rooms by Officely shows live availability and supports room booking in Slack and Teams. Daily updates and recommendations help teams coordinate office days. Listed integrations include Outlook, Google Calendar, and HR systems such as HiBob, Deel, BambooHR, and Personio. The Free plan costs nothing for up to five users. Basic costs $2.50 per user per month billed annually, while Premium costs $3.50 per user per month. Meeting Rooms costs $12 per space per month, and Parkly costs $15 per space per month. Enterprise pricing is custom. Meeting Rooms includes a seven-day free trial. The pricing comparison notes that features marked with an asterisk are not currently available on Microsoft Teams.