Can we move from Deskbird to Awaio?

Yes. Awaio connects to the same Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace calendars and accounts, so rooms and people come from systems you already use. Admins draw floor plans in the browser and can go live one module at a time.

How is Deskbird priced compared to Awaio?

Deskbird bills per active user per month, in three tiers, with paid add-ons for user management, rooms and visitors. Awaio is priced per resource, such as desks, rooms, lockers and parking, with unlimited users.

Can Awaio open doors and lockers?

Yes. People open doors, gates, barriers and lockers with their phone, and Awaio locks also accept RFID cards, PIN or fingerprint. The Mobile Access Box connects the doors and barriers you already have. Deskbird’s public material links access systems to check-in and parking, not to opening doors from its app.

Does Awaio work with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace?

Yes. Awaio syncs room calendars both ways with both, supports sign-in with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, and has an Outlook add-in for booking desks, rooms, parking and lockers.

Awaio vs Deskbird: which workplace platform fits you?

Q: Is Awaio an alternative to Deskbird?

Yes. Awaio covers desk, room and parking booking like Deskbird, and adds digital locks, door access and lockers that open with the phone, all in the same system. Many teams start with one module and add more later.

Deskbird focuses on hybrid work planning, with desk, room and parking booking and office analytics. Awaio books desks, rooms and parking too, and adds digital locks, door access and lockers that open with the phone, all in the same system.

The Awaio admin dashboard on a desktop screen

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Key differences

One system: Deskbird covers desk, room and parking booking. Awaio adds digital locks, door access and lockers that open with the phone.
No per-user fees: Deskbird bills per active user, with paid add-ons for rooms, visitors and SAML. Awaio is priced per resource, with unlimited users.
Doors that open with the phone: Deskbird uses badge scans from access systems to check people in. With Awaio, people open doors, gates and lockers in the app.
Nordic support: Deskbird’s help centre is in English, German and French. Awaio support answers in English, Swedish and Norwegian.

Feature comparison

Feature	Deskbird	Awaio	What this means for you
Booking
Meeting room booking	Yes From the app, Outlook and tablet panels at the door ^[1]	Yes	Both let people book meeting rooms from their calendar or phone.
Desk booking	Yes ^[2]	Yes	Both let people book desks from a floor plan.
Parking booking	Yes Parking spots, with licence plates passed to the barrier system ^[3]	Yes	With Awaio, parking, EV bays and bikes are booked in one app, and the garage gate opens with the booking.
Recurring bookings	Yes ^[4]	Yes	Book a regular room, desk or parking spot once instead of every week.
Book on behalf of others	Yes Admins, managers and group managers only ^[5]	Yes Admins and reception book for others, and colleagues can share bookings	Both let the right people book for others. In Awaio, colleagues can also share a booking.
Interactive floor plans	Yes ^[6]	Yes	Both show bookable spaces on a floor plan. Awaio adds a live occupancy heatmap.
Indoor wayfinding	Partly Finds a colleague’s desk on the floor plan ^[7]	Yes Live map of rooms, desks and colleagues, with real-time occupancy	Both show where people and spaces are. Awaio also shows real-time occupancy on the map.
Check-in and auto-release	Yes App, QR code, location, laptop app or door panel ^[8]	Yes	Unused bookings are released so others can use the space.
Payments for bookings	Not in public documentation ^[9]	Yes Paid parking and other paid bookings	With Awaio, people pay for parking and other paid resources in the same app.
Events and registration	Yes Office events with RSVP and a waitlist ^[10]	Yes Events with registration in the app	Awaio runs events with registration in the same app as bookings, doors and lockers.
Booking quotas	Partly One desk or parking spot at a time, and booking windows per role ^[11]	Yes Quotas set in the booking rules	Awaio sets quotas in the booking rules, so popular spaces are shared fairly.
Lockers and access
Locker management	Partly Lockers can be booked as a resource. No lock hardware in public documentation. ^[12]	Yes	Awaio lockers open with the phone, card or PIN, with no keys to hand out.
Digital locks	Not in public documentation ^[13]	Yes Open with phone, RFID card, PIN or fingerprint	Awaio supplies locks that open with a phone, RFID card, PIN or fingerprint.
Mobile access to doors	Access can follow bookings through the API. Opening doors with the phone is not in public documentation. ^[14]	Yes	With Awaio, employees open doors, gates and barriers with their phone.
Access cards	Badge scans at Salto readers can check people in ^[15]	Yes Locks read the RFID cards people already carry	Awaio locks read the RFID cards people already carry, so nobody needs a new card.
Access control hardware	Not in public documentation ^[13]	Yes Mobile Access Box	The Awaio Mobile Access Box connects existing doors and barriers to the app.
NFC service points	Not in public documentation ^[8]	Yes TapCard and TapDot: tap the phone to book or open	People tap their phone on a TapCard or TapDot to book or open a resource.
Parcel and delivery handling	Not in public documentation ^[16]	Yes Parcel lockers with a notice when the delivery is ready	Awaio parcel lockers tell people when their delivery is ready.
E-bike charging lockers	Not in public documentation ^[16]	Yes Indoor and outdoor e-bike charging lockers	Awaio runs e-bike charging lockers indoors and outdoors.
Integrations
Calendar sync	Yes Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace ^[17]	Yes Outlook and Google Calendar	Both sync with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.
Single sign-on	Yes Microsoft, Google, Okta, Keycloak and SAML. SAML and SCIM are a paid add-on. ^[18]^[19]	Yes Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace	Awaio signs people in with the Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace account they already use.
Outlook add-in	Yes Meeting rooms and visitors ^[20]	Yes Book desks, rooms, parking and lockers from Outlook	With Awaio, people book desks, rooms, parking and lockers from Outlook.
Meeting room displays	Yes Tablet panels at the door, in a paid rooms add-on ^[21]^[19]	Yes Works with Microsoft Teams Rooms. QR codes and TapCards replace door displays.	Awaio uses QR codes and TapCards at the door, so you don’t need a screen for every room.
Mobile app	Yes ^[22]^[23]	Yes	The Awaio app books spaces, checks people in and opens doors and lockers.
Building system integrations	Partly Access events from Salto, and access or parking systems through the API ^[13]	Yes Access control systems through Inlet	Awaio brings sensor, climate and access data into one system.
Sensor integrations	Not in public documentation ^[24]	Yes Occupancy and indoor climate sensors, such as BLDNG and Swegon	Awaio brings occupancy and indoor climate data into the same view.
API and webhooks	Partly Public API on higher tiers. Webhooks are not in public documentation. ^[14]^[25]	Yes API and webhooks	Awaio connects to your other systems through an API and webhooks.
Communication
Notifications	Yes ^[26]	Yes Push and email	Both remind people by push and email.
Messages to everyone in the workplace	Partly Office events can invite whole offices. No separate announcements in public documentation. ^[10]	Yes	Awaio billboards reach everyone in the app, with an optional push notification.
Booking confirmations	Yes ^[26]	Yes A confirmation for every booking	Both confirm bookings, so people know their space is theirs.
Admin and analytics
Utilisation analytics	Yes Office and attendance analytics, updated once a day ^[27]	Yes	Awaio shows bookings against real occupancy, so you see which spaces are actually used.
Multi-tenant buildings	Room sync across several Microsoft or Google tenants. Separate tenant companies in one building are not in public documentation. ^[28]	Yes	Property owners can run shared spaces for every tenant in one Awaio system.
User roles and permissions	Yes ^[29]	Yes	Give admins the access they need, and nothing more.
Security, support and pricing
EU data hosting and GDPR	Yes Hosted in the EU on Google Cloud ^[30]	Yes Hosted in the EU. GDPR compliant, DPA on request.	Both keep your data in the EU.
Support	Contact form on weekdays. Help centre in English, German and French. ^[31]^[32]	Chat and email in English, Swedish and Norwegian. Weekdays 08–17 CET.	Awaio support answers in English, Swedish and Norwegian.
Pricing model	Per active user per month, in three tiers, with paid add-ons ^[19]	Per resource, not per user. Unlimited users.	Compare per-user and per-resource cost for your headcount and office size.

Booking

Meeting room booking

Deskbird

Yes From the app, Outlook and tablet panels at the door^[1]

Awaio

Yes

Both let people book meeting rooms from their calendar or phone.
Desk booking

Deskbird

Yes ^[2]

Awaio

Yes

Both let people book desks from a floor plan.
Parking booking

Deskbird

Yes Parking spots, with licence plates passed to the barrier system^[3]

Awaio

Yes

With Awaio, parking, EV bays and bikes are booked in one app, and the garage gate opens with the booking.
Recurring bookings

Deskbird

Yes ^[4]

Awaio

Yes

Book a regular room, desk or parking spot once instead of every week.
Book on behalf of others

Deskbird

Yes Admins, managers and group managers only^[5]

Awaio

Yes Admins and reception book for others, and colleagues can share bookings

Both let the right people book for others. In Awaio, colleagues can also share a booking.
Interactive floor plans

Deskbird

Yes ^[6]

Awaio

Yes

Both show bookable spaces on a floor plan. Awaio adds a live occupancy heatmap.
Indoor wayfinding

Deskbird

Partly Finds a colleague’s desk on the floor plan^[7]

Awaio

Yes Live map of rooms, desks and colleagues, with real-time occupancy

Both show where people and spaces are. Awaio also shows real-time occupancy on the map.
Check-in and auto-release

Deskbird

Yes App, QR code, location, laptop app or door panel^[8]

Awaio

Yes

Unused bookings are released so others can use the space.
Payments for bookings

Deskbird

Not in public documentation^[9]

Awaio

Yes Paid parking and other paid bookings

With Awaio, people pay for parking and other paid resources in the same app.
Events and registration

Deskbird

Yes Office events with RSVP and a waitlist^[10]

Awaio

Yes Events with registration in the app

Awaio runs events with registration in the same app as bookings, doors and lockers.
Booking quotas

Deskbird

Partly One desk or parking spot at a time, and booking windows per role^[11]

Awaio

Yes Quotas set in the booking rules

Awaio sets quotas in the booking rules, so popular spaces are shared fairly.

Lockers and access

Locker management

Deskbird

Partly Lockers can be booked as a resource. No lock hardware in public documentation.^[12]

Awaio

Yes

Awaio lockers open with the phone, card or PIN, with no keys to hand out.
Digital locks

Deskbird

Not in public documentation^[13]

Awaio

Yes Open with phone, RFID card, PIN or fingerprint

Awaio supplies locks that open with a phone, RFID card, PIN or fingerprint.
Mobile access to doors

Deskbird

Access can follow bookings through the API. Opening doors with the phone is not in public documentation.^[14]

Awaio

Yes

With Awaio, employees open doors, gates and barriers with their phone.
Access cards

Deskbird

Badge scans at Salto readers can check people in^[15]

Awaio

Yes Locks read the RFID cards people already carry

Awaio locks read the RFID cards people already carry, so nobody needs a new card.
Access control hardware

Deskbird

Not in public documentation^[13]

Awaio

Yes Mobile Access Box

The Awaio Mobile Access Box connects existing doors and barriers to the app.
NFC service points

Deskbird

Not in public documentation^[8]

Awaio

Yes TapCard and TapDot: tap the phone to book or open

People tap their phone on a TapCard or TapDot to book or open a resource.
Parcel and delivery handling

Deskbird

Not in public documentation^[16]

Awaio

Yes Parcel lockers with a notice when the delivery is ready

Awaio parcel lockers tell people when their delivery is ready.
E-bike charging lockers

Deskbird

Not in public documentation^[16]

Awaio

Yes Indoor and outdoor e-bike charging lockers

Awaio runs e-bike charging lockers indoors and outdoors.

Integrations

Calendar sync

Deskbird

Yes Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace^[17]

Awaio

Yes Outlook and Google Calendar

Both sync with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.
Single sign-on

Deskbird

Yes Microsoft, Google, Okta, Keycloak and SAML. SAML and SCIM are a paid add-on.^[18]^[19]

Awaio

Yes Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace

Awaio signs people in with the Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace account they already use.
Outlook add-in

Deskbird

Yes Meeting rooms and visitors^[20]

Awaio

Yes Book desks, rooms, parking and lockers from Outlook

With Awaio, people book desks, rooms, parking and lockers from Outlook.
Meeting room displays

Deskbird

Yes Tablet panels at the door, in a paid rooms add-on^[21]^[19]

Awaio

Yes Works with Microsoft Teams Rooms. QR codes and TapCards replace door displays.

Awaio uses QR codes and TapCards at the door, so you don’t need a screen for every room.
Mobile app

Deskbird

Yes ^[22]^[23]

Awaio

Yes

The Awaio app books spaces, checks people in and opens doors and lockers.
Building system integrations

Deskbird

Partly Access events from Salto, and access or parking systems through the API^[13]

Awaio

Yes Access control systems through Inlet

Awaio brings sensor, climate and access data into one system.
Sensor integrations

Deskbird

Not in public documentation^[24]

Awaio

Yes Occupancy and indoor climate sensors, such as BLDNG and Swegon

Awaio brings occupancy and indoor climate data into the same view.
API and webhooks

Deskbird

Partly Public API on higher tiers. Webhooks are not in public documentation.^[14]^[25]

Awaio

Yes API and webhooks

Awaio connects to your other systems through an API and webhooks.

Communication

Notifications

Deskbird

Yes ^[26]

Awaio

Yes Push and email

Both remind people by push and email.
Messages to everyone in the workplace

Deskbird

Partly Office events can invite whole offices. No separate announcements in public documentation.^[10]

Awaio

Yes

Awaio billboards reach everyone in the app, with an optional push notification.
Booking confirmations

Deskbird

Yes ^[26]

Awaio

Yes A confirmation for every booking

Both confirm bookings, so people know their space is theirs.

Admin and analytics

Utilisation analytics

Deskbird

Yes Office and attendance analytics, updated once a day^[27]

Awaio

Yes

Awaio shows bookings against real occupancy, so you see which spaces are actually used.
Multi-tenant buildings

Deskbird

Room sync across several Microsoft or Google tenants. Separate tenant companies in one building are not in public documentation.^[28]

Awaio

Yes

Property owners can run shared spaces for every tenant in one Awaio system.
User roles and permissions

Deskbird

Yes ^[29]

Awaio

Yes

Give admins the access they need, and nothing more.

Security, support and pricing

EU data hosting and GDPR

Deskbird

Yes Hosted in the EU on Google Cloud^[30]

Awaio

Yes Hosted in the EU. GDPR compliant, DPA on request.

Both keep your data in the EU.
Support

Deskbird

Contact form on weekdays. Help centre in English, German and French.^[31]^[32]

Awaio

Chat and email in English, Swedish and Norwegian. Weekdays 08–17 CET.

Awaio support answers in English, Swedish and Norwegian.
Pricing model

Deskbird

Per active user per month, in three tiers, with paid add-ons^[19]

Awaio

Per resource, not per user. Unlimited users.

Compare per-user and per-resource cost for your headcount and office size.

Not in public documentation: we found no mention of it on the Deskbird website, help centre or app store listings.

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Why teams choose Awaio over Deskbird

Doors, lockers and bookings in one app

Book desks, rooms and parking, then open doors, gates and lockers in the same app. Start with one module and add more as you grow.
Less hardware to buy

The Mobile Access Box connects the doors and barriers you already have, and QR codes, TapCards and TapDots replace screens at the door.
Pricing that doesn’t grow with headcount

Pay per resource, with unlimited users, whether people come in every day or once a month.

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One system for the whole workplace

Start with one module. Add the rest when you need them.

FAQ

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