Skedda Reviews & Pricing

Key Features

• Booking Management: Streamline the scheduling and oversight of diverse spaces, including meeting rooms, desks and other bookable resources.
  • Interactive Floor Plans: See every room and desk on an interactive map. Find what's free, click to book and you're done. Multiple floors or buildings? Multiple maps help you navigate your entire space. Hover over or click on a space to see more details like its name, description and any existing bookings.
  • Neighborhoods: Group workspaces by department or team to enhance collaboration and communication.
  • Calendar View: Whether you're a day-by-day person, a monthly planner or love a good list, there's a calendar view for you. You can even switch to the map view if you want to see things spatially.
  • Booking Coloring: Visually organize your bookings by assigning different colors to them. You can color bookings based on things like type (e.g., meeting, workshop, private event), payment status (e.g., paid, unpaid, pending) or user information (name, email, tags).
  • Booking Conditions: Limit booking durations at certain times, like a two-hour maximum on Saturday evenings. Make sure all bookings are exactly one hour long or only allow bookings in two-hour blocks. Prevent certain user groups (like "Members") from booking on specific days or times.
  • Activity Feed: Every change, whether it's a new booking, cancelation, update or check-in, is recorded with a timestamp. Easily find specific information using filters for time range, activity type or general search terms.
  • Check In: Send booking reminders via email or in-app notifications. Tailor check-in rules to different user groups, spaces and timeframes. Add extra confirmation steps to ensure visitors, employees and staff are aware of important details or policies. Automatically free up spaces when they don't check in, making them available for others.
  • Buffer: Set different buffer times for different spaces based on their specific needs. Enable employees or visitors to see when a space is unavailable due to a buffer, preventing any booking confusion.
• Custom Rules and Roles Engine: Assign attributes or labels to users, and then use those tags to define booking rules, policies and permissions. Create customized booking experiences based on those tags like setting special pricing, controlling how long someone can book a space for, or even which spaces they can see and book.
• Venue Management: Set the venue name, contact information and subdomain to create a unique and recognizable identity. Choose a brand color and upload an SVG logo or icon to reflect your venue's branding. Define the opening hours for your venue and hide any extra hours from the booking schedule.
• Visitor Management: Enable visitors to check in and out independently via tablet or mobile device. Create and send custom email invitations with visit details. Keep your team informed about visitor activity with notifications sent to a designated email address
• Insights: Monitor space usage live for up-to-the-minute booking, occupancy and availability information. Analyze bookings, cancellations, no-shows and usage rates for a complete picture of space use. Examine historical data to uncover patterns and trends in space usage for future demand forecasting.
• Online Payments: Connect the system to Stripe for secure online payment processing. Provide upfront or "Book Now, Pay Later" choices. Set custom pricing based on user tags, space, time and duration. Process refunds, generate transaction reports and analyze payment data directly through the Stripe dashboard.
• Integrations: Automate workflows and connect the system with other popular apps like Slack, Trello, Google Sheets and more. Use API to build custom integrations.

Approach to Common Challenges

• Inefficient Space Usage: The system gives you a bird's-eye view of what's available and how it's being used, so you can make the most of every square foot.
• Scheduling Conflicts: A centralized booking system acts like a traffic cop for your reservations. It automatically checks for conflicts, so you'll never have two teams battling it out for the same conference room.
• Time-Consuming Booking Processes: The system enables staff, visitors and employees to book spaces and resources through a user-friendly portal, and the solution even automates approvals based on your rules. That means less admin work for you and a smoother experience for everyone.
• Lack of Resource Availability Visibility: Need to know if there's a projector available before you promise it to someone? The platform stores a complete inventory of all your resources — from projectors and whiteboards to laptops and even those elusive extension cords.
• Difficulty Tracking Space Usage: Get insights into usage trends, peak times and even how efficiently your space is being used. Armed with all that knowledge, you can make informed choices about everything from room layouts to future investments.

Cost of Ownership

Frequently asked questions regarding Skedda pricing include:

Q: What are the available pricing options?

A: The vendor offers three pricing options:

• Starter: $99/month/space
• Plus: $149/month/space
• Premier: $199/month/space

Q: Do I have to pay set-up fees?

A: No, you don’t have to pay any set-up fees.

Q: Will I need to pay before the trial?

A: No, you don’t have to pay before the trial. No credit card information is needed to create your account.

Q: Is there an alternative pricing option for non-profit organizations?

A: Yes, you can contact the vendor to discuss pricing.

Demo Resources

• Demo: Schedule a personalized demo with a representative who will walk you through the system’s features and answer any questions you may have.
• Free Trial: Access the free trial to explore the solution firsthand and see how it fits your needs.
• Skedda Academy: This is a learning hub with tutorials and guides to help you get the most out of the application.

FAQs

Frequently asked questions regarding Skedda include:

Q. How can I download the desktop application?

A: The vendor offers a PWA (progressive web app), which functions like a native app but runs in your browser.

To install the PWA:

• Open Chrome (or a compatible browser).
• Navigate to your Skedda venue URL (e.g., yourvenue.skedda.com).
• Look for an "Install" button in the browser's address bar or within the browser menu.
• Click "Install" to add the PWA to your desktop or start menu.

Q. How do I set up recurring bookings for a weekly class or meeting?

A: To set up a recurring booking:

• Navigate to the 'Schedule' view.
• Create a new booking with the desired details.
• In the booking form, you'll find an option to set the booking as 'Recurring'.
• Choose the recurrence pattern (daily, weekly monthly) and specify the end date or number of occurrences.

Q. Can I customize the booking form to collect specific information from users?

A: Yes, the system allows you to add custom fields to the booking form.

• Go to Settings > Booking Settings > Custom Fields.
• You can add various field types like text fields, dropdowns, checkboxes, etc.

Q. Is it possible to integrate the system with my website or external calendar?

A: The solution offers several integration options:

• You can embed the booking widget directly into your website.
• It supports iCalendar feeds for syncing with external calendars.
• There are also API options for more advanced integrations.