Do we need room panels or desk devices with Awaio?

No. Awaio uses QR codes and TapCards at the door, so people book and check in with their phone. Awaio also works with Microsoft Teams Rooms.

How is GoBright priced compared to Awaio?

GoBright sells licences per room, desk, parking space and other resource for 1, 3 or 5 years, through distributors and resellers. Prices are on request, and hardware is sold separately. Awaio is also priced per resource, with unlimited users.

Can we move from GoBright 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.

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 GoBright: which smart workplace platform fits you?

Q: Is Awaio an alternative to GoBright?

Yes. Awaio books rooms, desks and parking like GoBright, 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.

GoBright books rooms, desks and parking, with its own room panels, desk devices and sensors, sold through resellers. Awaio also books rooms, desks and parking, 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: GoBright books rooms, desks and parking and connects to partner lockers. Awaio adds its own digital locks and door access, so doors, gates and lockers open in the same app.
Fewer screens: GoBright is built around room panels, desk devices and sensors. Awaio uses QR codes and TapCards at the door, so you don’t need a screen for every room.
Support in your language: GoBright’s Help Center is in English only. Awaio support answers in English, Swedish and Norwegian.
Built for shared buildings: GoBright lets several companies share meeting rooms through separate calendar integrations. In Awaio, each tenant runs its own community, and the property owner runs shared rooms, parking and doors.

Feature comparison

Feature	GoBright	Awaio	What this means for you
Booking
Meeting room booking	Yes From the portal, app, room panels, Outlook and Teams ^[1]	Yes	Both let people book meeting rooms from their calendar or phone.
Desk booking	Yes The floor map is an optional licence ^[2]	Yes	Both let people book desks from a floor plan.
Parking booking	Yes Licence plates can be stored on the profile ^[3]^[4]	Yes	With Awaio, parking bays, EV bays and bikes are booked in the same app.
Recurring bookings	Yes Desks and parking need a custom user role ^[5]	Yes	Book a regular room or desk once instead of every week.
Book on behalf of others	Yes Rooms by changing the organiser. Desks and parking for permitted roles. ^[6]^[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 Map viewer licensed per floor plan ^[7]	Yes	Both let admins place desks and rooms on the floor plan themselves.
Indoor wayfinding	Yes Route to the booked space on the map, also across floors ^[8]	Yes Live map of rooms, desks and colleagues, with real-time occupancy	GoBright draws a route to the booked space. Awaio shows rooms, desks and colleagues on a live map with real-time occupancy.
Check-in and auto-release	Yes Desk devices, NFC cards, sensors, room panels or the app ^[9]	Yes	Unused bookings are released so others can use the space.
Payments for bookings	Not in public documentation ^[4]	Yes Paid parking and other paid bookings	With Awaio, people pay for parking and other paid resources in the same app.
Events and registration	Not in public documentation ^[10]	Yes Events with registration in the app	Awaio runs events with registration in the same app as everything else.
Booking quotas	Partly Limits per role on how far ahead, which days and which places ^[5]	Yes Quotas set in the booking rules	Awaio sets quotas in the booking rules to share popular spaces fairly.
Lockers and access
Locker management	Yes Through Vecos, Lehmann or Keynius lockers, with a separate licence ^[11]^[12]	Yes	Awaio fits its own locks to existing lockers, so they open with the phone, card or PIN.
Digital locks	Partly Locker locks from partners, opened in the app ^[12]	Yes Open with phone, RFID card, PIN or fingerprint	Awaio supplies locks that open with a phone, card, PIN or fingerprint.
Mobile access to doors	Not in public documentation ^[11]	Yes	With Awaio, employees open doors and gates with their phone.
Access cards	NFC cards check people in at GoBright desk devices ^[9]	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 Smart Access Box	The Awaio Smart Access Box connects existing doors and barriers to the app.
NFC service points	Partly NFC and QR stickers to book or check in at desks and rooms ^[14]	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 ^[10]	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 ^[10]	Yes Indoor and outdoor e-bike charging lockers	Awaio runs e-bike charging lockers indoors and outdoors.
Integrations
Calendar sync	Yes Microsoft 365, Exchange 2010 to 2019 and Google Workspace ^[15]^[16]^[17]	Yes Outlook and Google Calendar	Both sync with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. GoBright also supports Exchange on your own servers.
Your own calendar in the app	Not in public documentation ^[18]	Yes Work and private calendars from Microsoft and Google, in the app and on the web	In Awaio you see your own meetings next to your bookings, on your phone too, so you plan the office day without switching apps.
Single sign-on	Yes Entra ID, SAML2, Okta and Google Workspace ^[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 Rooms, desks and parking, plus a Teams app ^[20]	Yes Book desks, rooms, parking and lockers from Outlook	Both let people book desks, rooms and parking from Outlook. Awaio adds lockers.
Meeting room displays	Yes Own Interact device and certified panels from Philips, Crestron, Neat and others ^[21]^[13]	Yes Works with Microsoft Teams Rooms. QR codes and TapCards replace door displays.	GoBright suits rooms that need a screen at the door. Awaio uses QR codes and TapCards, so you don’t need a screen for every room.
Mobile app	Yes ^[18]	Yes	Both have apps for iOS and Android.
Building system integrations	Partly Desk height control and a power plug. Room AV control is deprecated. ^[22]^[13]	Yes Access control systems through Inlet	Awaio connects to access control systems through Inlet, and brings sensor and climate data into the same system.
Sensor integrations	Yes Own sensors, plus Elsys, Milesight, Cisco, bGrid and PointGrab ^[23]	Yes Occupancy and indoor climate sensors, such as BLDNG and Swegon	Both bring occupancy sensor data into the booking system. Awaio also shows indoor climate data.
API and webhooks	Partly An API and webhooks are mentioned. No public API reference found. ^[24]	Yes API and webhooks	Awaio connects to your other systems through an API and webhooks.
Communication
Notifications	Yes Email, push and SMS ^[18]^[25]	Yes Push and email	Both remind people by push and email.
Messages to everyone in the workplace	Partly Digital signage on office screens with GoBright View ^[26]	Yes	Awaio billboards reach everyone in the app, with an optional push notification.
Booking confirmations	Partly Email for room bookings and team desk bookings ^[6]	Yes A confirmation for every booking	Awaio confirms every booking, so people know their space is theirs.
Admin and analytics
Utilisation analytics	Yes Advanced Analytics is an extra licence ^[27]	Yes	Both show how rooms and desks are used, from bookings and sensors.
Multi-tenant buildings	Several companies can share meeting rooms through separate calendar integrations ^[28]	Yes	In Awaio, each tenant runs its own community, and the property owner runs shared rooms, parking and doors.
User roles and permissions	Yes ^[5]	Yes	Give admins the access they need, and nothing more.
Security, support and pricing
EU data hosting and GDPR	Yes Microsoft Azure in the EEA or the UK ^[29]	Yes Hosted in the EU. GDPR compliant, DPA on request.	Both can keep your data in the EU.
Support	Support form, phone and an English-only Help Center ^[30]	Chat and email in English, Swedish and Norwegian. Weekdays 08–17 CET.	Awaio support answers in English, Swedish and Norwegian.
Pricing model	Per resource licence for 1, 3 or 5 years, through resellers. Hardware costs extra. ^[31]^[32]	Per resource, not per user. Unlimited users.	Both price per resource, not per user. Compare the total cost, including any hardware.

Booking

Meeting room booking

GoBright

Yes From the portal, app, room panels, Outlook and Teams^[1]

Awaio

Yes

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

GoBright

Yes The floor map is an optional licence^[2]

Awaio

Yes

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

GoBright

Yes Licence plates can be stored on the profile^[3]^[4]

Awaio

Yes

With Awaio, parking bays, EV bays and bikes are booked in the same app.
Recurring bookings

GoBright

Yes Desks and parking need a custom user role^[5]

Awaio

Yes

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

GoBright

Yes Rooms by changing the organiser. Desks and parking for permitted roles.^[6]^[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

GoBright

Yes Map viewer licensed per floor plan^[7]

Awaio

Yes

Both let admins place desks and rooms on the floor plan themselves.
Indoor wayfinding

GoBright

Yes Route to the booked space on the map, also across floors^[8]

Awaio

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

GoBright draws a route to the booked space. Awaio shows rooms, desks and colleagues on a live map with real-time occupancy.
Check-in and auto-release

GoBright

Yes Desk devices, NFC cards, sensors, room panels or the app^[9]

Awaio

Yes

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

GoBright

Not in public documentation^[4]

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

GoBright

Not in public documentation^[10]

Awaio

Yes Events with registration in the app

Awaio runs events with registration in the same app as everything else.
Booking quotas

GoBright

Partly Limits per role on how far ahead, which days and which places^[5]

Awaio

Yes Quotas set in the booking rules

Awaio sets quotas in the booking rules to share popular spaces fairly.

Lockers and access

Locker management

GoBright

Yes Through Vecos, Lehmann or Keynius lockers, with a separate licence^[11]^[12]

Awaio

Yes

Awaio fits its own locks to existing lockers, so they open with the phone, card or PIN.
Digital locks

GoBright

Partly Locker locks from partners, opened in the app^[12]

Awaio

Yes Open with phone, RFID card, PIN or fingerprint

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

GoBright

Not in public documentation^[11]

Awaio

Yes

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

GoBright

NFC cards check people in at GoBright desk devices^[9]

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

GoBright

Not in public documentation^[13]

Awaio

Yes Smart Access Box

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

GoBright

Partly NFC and QR stickers to book or check in at desks and rooms^[14]

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

GoBright

Not in public documentation^[10]

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

GoBright

Not in public documentation^[10]

Awaio

Yes Indoor and outdoor e-bike charging lockers

Awaio runs e-bike charging lockers indoors and outdoors.

Integrations

Calendar sync

GoBright

Yes Microsoft 365, Exchange 2010 to 2019 and Google Workspace^[15]^[16]^[17]

Awaio

Yes Outlook and Google Calendar

Both sync with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. GoBright also supports Exchange on your own servers.
Your own calendar in the app

GoBright

Not in public documentation^[18]

Awaio

Yes Work and private calendars from Microsoft and Google, in the app and on the web

In Awaio you see your own meetings next to your bookings, on your phone too, so you plan the office day without switching apps.
Single sign-on

GoBright

Yes Entra ID, SAML2, Okta and Google Workspace^[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

GoBright

Yes Rooms, desks and parking, plus a Teams app^[20]

Awaio

Yes Book desks, rooms, parking and lockers from Outlook

Both let people book desks, rooms and parking from Outlook. Awaio adds lockers.
Meeting room displays

GoBright

Yes Own Interact device and certified panels from Philips, Crestron, Neat and others^[21]^[13]

Awaio

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

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

GoBright

Yes ^[18]

Awaio

Yes

Both have apps for iOS and Android.
Building system integrations

GoBright

Partly Desk height control and a power plug. Room AV control is deprecated.^[22]^[13]

Awaio

Yes Access control systems through Inlet

Awaio connects to access control systems through Inlet, and brings sensor and climate data into the same system.
Sensor integrations

GoBright

Yes Own sensors, plus Elsys, Milesight, Cisco, bGrid and PointGrab^[23]

Awaio

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

Both bring occupancy sensor data into the booking system. Awaio also shows indoor climate data.
API and webhooks

GoBright

Partly An API and webhooks are mentioned. No public API reference found.^[24]

Awaio

Yes API and webhooks

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

Communication

Notifications

GoBright

Yes Email, push and SMS^[18]^[25]

Awaio

Yes Push and email

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

GoBright

Partly Digital signage on office screens with GoBright View^[26]

Awaio

Yes

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

GoBright

Partly Email for room bookings and team desk bookings^[6]

Awaio

Yes A confirmation for every booking

Awaio confirms every booking, so people know their space is theirs.

Admin and analytics

Utilisation analytics

GoBright

Yes Advanced Analytics is an extra licence^[27]

Awaio

Yes

Both show how rooms and desks are used, from bookings and sensors.
Multi-tenant buildings

GoBright

Several companies can share meeting rooms through separate calendar integrations^[28]

Awaio

Yes

In Awaio, each tenant runs its own community, and the property owner runs shared rooms, parking and doors.
User roles and permissions

GoBright

Yes ^[5]

Awaio

Yes

Give admins the access they need, and nothing more.

Security, support and pricing

EU data hosting and GDPR

GoBright

Yes Microsoft Azure in the EEA or the UK^[29]

Awaio

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

Both can keep your data in the EU.
Support

GoBright

Support form, phone and an English-only Help Center^[30]

Awaio

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

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

GoBright

Per resource licence for 1, 3 or 5 years, through resellers. Hardware costs extra.^[31]^[32]

Awaio

Per resource, not per user. Unlimited users.

Both price per resource, not per user. Compare the total cost, including any hardware.

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

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Doors and lockers in the same app

Open doors, gates and lockers with the same app people use to book desks, rooms and parking.
Start with one module

Begin with desks or rooms, then add lockers, parking or door access when you’re ready. Each module works on its own.
Set up without extra hardware

Admins draw floor plans in the browser, and QR codes and TapCards replace room screens.

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One system for the whole workplace

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

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