Is Awaio an alternative to Humly?

Yes. Awaio covers room and desk booking like Humly, and adds parking, 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.

Do I need room displays with Awaio?

No. Awaio uses QR codes and TapCards at the door, and works with Microsoft Teams Rooms. Humly is built around its own door panels and desk devices, which suits teams that want a screen at every room.

How is Humly priced compared to Awaio?

Humly publishes no prices and sells through resellers, with licences per module and hardware on top. Awaio is priced per resource, such as desks, rooms, lockers and parking, with unlimited users.

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.

Can Awaio run a building with several companies?

Yes. Each tenant gets its own community with its own admins, members and booking rules. The property owner runs shared rooms, parking and entrance doors.

Awaio vs Humly: which workplace platform fits you?

Humly makes its own room displays and desk booking devices that sit on top of Microsoft 365, Exchange or Google, with sensors and a self-hosted option. Awaio also books rooms and desks, and adds parking, lockers and doors that open with the phone, all in one system with apps for iOS and Android.

The Awaio admin dashboard on a desktop screen

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Last verified October 2026

Key differences

Hardware or app: Humly is built around its own door panels and desk devices. Awaio uses QR codes and TapCards at the door, and apps for iOS and Android.
One system: Humly books rooms, desks and shared resources. Awaio adds digital locks, door access and lockers that open with the phone.
How you buy: Humly sells only through resellers and publishes no prices. Awaio is priced per resource, with unlimited users.
Shared buildings: Humly guests can book selected rooms. In Awaio, several companies share one building, each managing their own part.

Feature comparison

Feature	Humly	Awaio	What this means for you
Booking
Meeting room booking	Yes At the door panel, in the web app, by QR code or in Teams ^[1]	Yes	Both let people book meeting rooms that sync with Microsoft 365 or Google calendars.
Desk booking	Yes On the floor plan, by QR code or on a desk device ^[2]^[3]	Yes	Both let people book desks from a floor plan.
Parking booking	Partly Parking is a bookable resource type. No parking-specific features found. ^[4]	Yes	With Awaio, parking bays, EV bays and bikes are booked in the same app.
Recurring bookings	Yes Since release 2.5 ^[2]	Yes	Book a regular room or desk once instead of every week.
Book on behalf of others	Not in public documentation ^[5]	Yes Admins and reception book for others, and colleagues can share bookings	In Awaio, admins and reception book for others, and colleagues can share bookings.
Interactive floor plans	Yes Humly maps your drawings. Needs a Floor Plan licence. ^[6]	Yes	Awaio admins draw and update floor plans themselves in the browser.
Indoor wayfinding	Partly Screens list meetings with building, floor and directions ^[7]	Yes Live map of rooms, desks and colleagues, with real-time occupancy	Awaio shows rooms, desks and colleagues on a live map with real-time occupancy.
Check-in and auto-release	Yes At the door panel or desk device, by RFID card or by sensor ^[8]	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 bookings in the same app.
Custom booking forms	Not in public documentation ^[4]	Yes Custom forms for rooms, pool cars and more	Awaio adds custom forms to bookings for rooms, pool cars and more.
Events and registration	Not in public documentation ^[9]	Yes Events with registration in the app	Awaio runs events with registration in the same app as everything else.
Booking quotas	Partly Booking-limit settings in the floor plan editor ^[6]	Yes Quotas set in the booking rules	Awaio sets quotas in the booking rules, so popular spaces are shared fairly.
Integrations
Calendar sync	Yes Microsoft 365, Exchange Server and Google Workspace ^[13]	Yes Outlook and Google Calendar	Both sync with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Humly also supports on-premise Exchange.
Your own calendar in the app	Not in public documentation ^[1]	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 Azure AD and ADFS ^[14]	Yes Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace	Awaio signs people in with the Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace account they already use.
Outlook add-in	Partly Room bookings sync through Outlook room calendars. The add-in is for inviting visitors only. ^[15]	Yes Book desks, rooms, parking and lockers from Outlook	With Awaio, people book desks, rooms, parking and lockers from Outlook.
Meeting room displays	Yes Own 8-inch door panel, including a high-security model ^[11]^[16]	Yes Works with Microsoft Teams Rooms. QR codes and TapCards replace door displays.	Humly’s panels suit teams that want a screen at every door. Awaio works with Microsoft Teams Rooms and uses QR codes and TapCards instead.
Mobile app	Partly Web app, Teams app and QR booking in the mobile browser. No native booking app found. ^[12]^[17]	Yes	Awaio has apps for iOS and Android, plus a web app.
Building system integrations	Partly Q-SYS and Xyte. No access control or building management systems found. ^[18]	Yes Access control systems through Inlet	Awaio connects to access control systems through Inlet.
Sensor integrations	Yes Disruptive Technologies, Haltian and Q-SYS sensors ^[19]	Yes Occupancy and indoor climate sensors, such as BLDNG and Swegon	Both bring occupancy and indoor climate data into the booking system.
API and webhooks	Partly An open API is named. No public developer docs or webhooks found. ^[4]	Yes API and webhooks	Awaio connects to your other systems through an API and webhooks.
Communication
Notifications	Partly Email and paid SMS. No push notifications found. ^[2]	Yes Push and email	Awaio sends push and email notifications.
Messages to everyone in the workplace	Partly Custom message on wayfinding screens ^[7]	Yes	With Billboards in Awaio, you reach everyone in the app, with a push notification if you want one.
Booking confirmations	Yes Calendar invitation, set per resource type ^[2]	Yes A confirmation for every booking	Both confirm bookings, so people know their space is theirs.
Admin and analytics
Utilisation analytics	Yes Meeting room statistics with scheduled reports ^[20]	Yes	Awaio shows bookings against real occupancy, so you see which spaces are actually used.
Multi-tenant buildings	Guest users who can book selected rooms. No separate tenant companies found. ^[21]	Yes	Property owners can run shared spaces for every tenant in one Awaio system.
User roles and permissions	Yes ^[22]	Yes	Both let you give admins the access they need, and nothing more.
Security, support and pricing
EU data hosting and GDPR	Yes EU data centres, self-hosting option, ISO 27001 ^[23]^[24]	Yes Hosted in the EU. GDPR compliant, DPA on request.	Both keep your data in the EU. Humly can also run on your own servers.
Support	Knowledge base in English, AI chat and support form ^[25]	Chat and email in English, Swedish and Norwegian. Weekdays 08–17 CET.	Awaio support answers in English, Swedish and Norwegian.
Pricing model	No published prices. Licences per module through resellers. Hardware costs extra. ^[26]^[27]	Per resource, not per user. Unlimited users.	Compare Humly’s licences and hardware with Awaio’s price per resource, with unlimited users.
Lockers and access
Locker management	Partly Lockers can be booked as a shared resource. No lock hardware found. ^[4]	Yes	Awaio lockers open with the phone, card or PIN, with no keys to hand out.
Digital locks	Not in public documentation ^[10]	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	Not in public documentation ^[10]	Yes	With Awaio, employees open doors and gates with their phone.
Access cards	Devices read RFID and NFC cards to check in and sign in. They don’t control doors. ^[3]^[11]	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 ^[9]	Yes Smart Access Box	The Awaio Smart Access Box connects existing doors and barriers to the app.
NFC service points	Not in public documentation ^[12]	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 ^[9]	Yes Parcel lockers with a notice when the delivery is ready	Awaio parcel lockers tell people when their delivery is ready.

Booking

Meeting room booking

Humly

Yes At the door panel, in the web app, by QR code or in Teams^[1]

Awaio

Yes

Both let people book meeting rooms that sync with Microsoft 365 or Google calendars.
Desk booking

Humly

Yes On the floor plan, by QR code or on a desk device^[2]^[3]

Awaio

Yes

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

Humly

Partly Parking is a bookable resource type. No parking-specific features found.^[4]

Awaio

Yes

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

Humly

Yes Since release 2.5^[2]

Awaio

Yes

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

Humly

Not in public documentation^[5]

Awaio

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

In Awaio, admins and reception book for others, and colleagues can share bookings.
Interactive floor plans

Humly

Yes Humly maps your drawings. Needs a Floor Plan licence.^[6]

Awaio

Yes

Awaio admins draw and update floor plans themselves in the browser.
Indoor wayfinding

Humly

Partly Screens list meetings with building, floor and directions^[7]

Awaio

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

Awaio shows rooms, desks and colleagues on a live map with real-time occupancy.
Check-in and auto-release

Humly

Yes At the door panel or desk device, by RFID card or by sensor^[8]

Awaio

Yes

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

Humly

Not in public documentation^[4]

Awaio

Yes Paid parking and other paid bookings

With Awaio, people pay for parking and other paid bookings in the same app.
Custom booking forms

Humly

Not in public documentation^[4]

Awaio

Yes Custom forms for rooms, pool cars and more

Awaio adds custom forms to bookings for rooms, pool cars and more.
Events and registration

Humly

Not in public documentation^[9]

Awaio

Yes Events with registration in the app

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

Humly

Partly Booking-limit settings in the floor plan editor^[6]

Awaio

Yes Quotas set in the booking rules

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

Integrations

Calendar sync

Humly

Yes Microsoft 365, Exchange Server and Google Workspace^[13]

Awaio

Yes Outlook and Google Calendar

Both sync with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Humly also supports on-premise Exchange.
Your own calendar in the app

Humly

Not in public documentation^[1]

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

Humly

Yes Azure AD and ADFS^[14]

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

Humly

Partly Room bookings sync through Outlook room calendars. The add-in is for inviting visitors only.^[15]

Awaio

Yes Book desks, rooms, parking and lockers from Outlook

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

Humly

Yes Own 8-inch door panel, including a high-security model^[11]^[16]

Awaio

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

Humly’s panels suit teams that want a screen at every door. Awaio works with Microsoft Teams Rooms and uses QR codes and TapCards instead.
Mobile app

Humly

Partly Web app, Teams app and QR booking in the mobile browser. No native booking app found.^[12]^[17]

Awaio

Yes

Awaio has apps for iOS and Android, plus a web app.
Building system integrations

Humly

Partly Q-SYS and Xyte. No access control or building management systems found.^[18]

Awaio

Yes Access control systems through Inlet

Awaio connects to access control systems through Inlet.
Sensor integrations

Humly

Yes Disruptive Technologies, Haltian and Q-SYS sensors^[19]

Awaio

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

Both bring occupancy and indoor climate data into the booking system.
API and webhooks

Humly

Partly An open API is named. No public developer docs or webhooks found.^[4]

Awaio

Yes API and webhooks

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

Communication

Notifications

Humly

Partly Email and paid SMS. No push notifications found.^[2]

Awaio

Yes Push and email

Awaio sends push and email notifications.
Messages to everyone in the workplace

Humly

Partly Custom message on wayfinding screens^[7]

Awaio

Yes

With Billboards in Awaio, you reach everyone in the app, with a push notification if you want one.
Booking confirmations

Humly

Yes Calendar invitation, set per resource type^[2]

Awaio

Yes A confirmation for every booking

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

Admin and analytics

Utilisation analytics

Humly

Yes Meeting room statistics with scheduled reports^[20]

Awaio

Yes

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

Humly

Guest users who can book selected rooms. No separate tenant companies found.^[21]

Awaio

Yes

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

Humly

Yes ^[22]

Awaio

Yes

Both let you give admins the access they need, and nothing more.

Security, support and pricing

EU data hosting and GDPR

Humly

Yes EU data centres, self-hosting option, ISO 27001^[23]^[24]

Awaio

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

Both keep your data in the EU. Humly can also run on your own servers.
Support

Humly

Knowledge base in English, AI chat and support form^[25]

Awaio

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

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

Humly

No published prices. Licences per module through resellers. Hardware costs extra.^[26]^[27]

Awaio

Per resource, not per user. Unlimited users.

Compare Humly’s licences and hardware with Awaio’s price per resource, with unlimited users.

Lockers and access

Locker management

Humly

Partly Lockers can be booked as a shared resource. No lock hardware found.^[4]

Awaio

Yes

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

Humly

Not in public documentation^[10]

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

Humly

Not in public documentation^[10]

Awaio

Yes

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

Humly

Devices read RFID and NFC cards to check in and sign in. They don’t control doors.^[3]^[11]

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

Humly

Not in public documentation^[9]

Awaio

Yes Smart Access Box

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

Humly

Not in public documentation^[12]

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

Humly

Not in public documentation^[9]

Awaio

Yes Parcel lockers with a notice when the delivery is ready

Awaio parcel lockers tell people when their delivery is ready.

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

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Why teams choose Awaio over Humly

Start with one module

Begin with desks or rooms, then add parking, lockers or mobile access when you’re ready, in the same system.
Doors and lockers in the same app

Open doors, gates and lockers with the same app people use to book desks and rooms.
No screen on every door

QR codes and TapCards at the door replace room displays, and admins draw floor plans in the browser.

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One system for the whole workplace

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Sources

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