Can a property owner run several tenants in Awaio?

Yes. Each tenant is its own community with its own admins, members and booking rules. The property owner manages shared rooms, parking and outer doors, and tenants can’t see each other.

Can Awaio work with our existing access control?

Yes. Awaio connects bookings to access control systems through Inlet, and the Mobile Access Box connects existing doors, gates and barriers to the app.

How is Welcome Workdays priced compared to Awaio?

Welcome Workdays doesn’t publish prices. Its service agreement says the price applies per organisation, with no minimum contract period. Awaio is priced per resource, such as desks, rooms, lockers and parking, with unlimited users.

What does Welcome Workdays cover that Awaio doesn’t focus on?

Welcome Workdays has a visitor kiosk, access cards in Apple and Google Wallet, and canteen payment. Awaio focuses on the workplace itself: desks, rooms, parking, lockers, doors and floor plans, with events and news in the same app.

Awaio vs Welcome Workdays: which platform fits your building?

Q: Is Awaio an alternative to Welcome Workdays?

Yes. Both serve buildings with several tenants. Awaio books desks, rooms, parking and lockers on live floor plans and opens doors and lockers with the phone, all in one system. Many start with one module and add more later.

Welcome Workdays is a Norwegian tenant platform for access cards, visitors, shared meeting rooms and building messages. Awaio books desks, rooms, parking and lockers on live floor plans, and opens doors and lockers with the phone, all in one system.

The Awaio admin dashboard on a desktop screen

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Key differences

Desks and floor plans: Welcome Workdays books shared rooms and resources in the building, and desk booking isn’t in its public documentation. Awaio books desks, rooms, parking and lockers on interactive floor plans.
Access: Welcome Workdays connects to more than 20 access control systems and puts access cards in Apple and Google Wallet. Awaio supplies its own locks and the Mobile Access Box, so existing doors, gates and lockers can open with the phone.
Insight: Awaio shows bookings against real occupancy for every room, desk and floor. Room usage reports aren’t in Welcome Workdays’ public documentation.
Pricing: Welcome Workdays prices per organisation and doesn’t publish prices. Awaio is priced per resource, with unlimited users.

Feature comparison

Feature	Welcome Workdays	Awaio	What this means for you
Booking
Meeting room booking	Yes Shared meeting rooms in the building, with price and equipment per room ^[1]	Yes	Both let people book meeting rooms. Awaio also books from Outlook or a QR code or TapCard at the door.
Desk booking	Not in public documentation ^[2]	Yes	In Awaio, people pick a desk on a live floor plan.
Recurring bookings	Partly For building administrators only ^[1]	Yes	In Awaio, admins can let everyone book a regular room or desk once instead of every week.
Book on behalf of others	Partly Building administrators book for others ^[1]	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	Not in public documentation ^[3]	Yes	Awaio admins draw interactive floor plans in the browser and publish them instantly.
Indoor wayfinding	Not in public documentation ^[2]	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 room screen or in the app, in some buildings ^[3]	Yes	Both release unused bookings so others can use the space. Awaio also checks in by QR code or TapCard.
Payments for bookings	Yes Invoices for paid meeting rooms, and canteen payment ^[1]	Yes Paid parking and other paid bookings	Both handle paid bookings. In Awaio, people pay for parking and other paid resources in the same app.
Custom booking forms	Not in public documentation ^[3]	Yes Custom forms for rooms, pool cars and more	Awaio adds custom forms to bookings, for rooms, pool cars and more.
Events and registration	Partly Pre-registration for guests attending events ^[4]	Yes Events with registration in the app	Awaio runs events with registration in the same app as everything else.
Booking quotas	Partly Maximum booking length per room ^[3]	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 listed as bookable resources ^[5]	Yes	Awaio lockers open with the phone, card or PIN, with no keys to hand out.
Digital locks	Not in public documentation ^[6]	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	Yes Access cards in Apple and Google Wallet, through the building’s access control ^[7]	Yes	Both let people open doors with their phone. Awaio gives access for the booking window only.
Access cards	Yes Order physical and digital cards in the portal ^[7]	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 ^[6]	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 ^[9]	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 ^[2]	Yes Indoor and outdoor e-bike charging lockers	Awaio runs e-bike charging lockers indoors and outdoors.
Integrations
Calendar sync	Partly Add a booking to your calendar ^[10]	Yes Outlook and Google Calendar	Awaio syncs room calendars both ways with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.
Single sign-on	Yes Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace ^[11]	Yes Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace	Both let people sign in with the work account they already use.
Outlook add-in	Not in public documentation ^[12]	Yes Book desks, rooms, parking and lockers from Outlook	The Awaio Outlook add-in books desks, rooms, parking and lockers from a meeting.
Meeting room displays	Yes Screens outside the room in many buildings ^[3]	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 An app for access cards. The main portal is a web app. ^[13]	Yes	Awaio has its own iOS and Android app for booking and for opening doors and lockers.
Building system integrations	Yes More than 20 access control systems ^[6]	Yes Access control systems through Inlet	Awaio connects bookings to access control systems through Inlet, and brings sensor and climate data into one system.
Sensor integrations	Not in public documentation ^[14]	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 Data stream for information screens ^[1]	Yes API and webhooks	Awaio connects to your other systems through an API and webhooks.
Communication
Notifications	Yes Email and SMS ^[15]	Yes Push and email	Both keep people informed. Awaio sends push and email.
Messages to everyone in the workplace	Yes News by email, SMS or portal, to chosen tenants ^[16]	Yes	Both let you reach everyone in the building with one message.
Booking confirmations	Yes Confirmation by email ^[3]	Yes A confirmation for every booking	Both confirm bookings, so people know their space is theirs.
Admin and analytics
Utilisation analytics	Not in public documentation ^[17]	Yes	Awaio shows bookings against real occupancy, so you see which spaces are actually used.
Multi-tenant buildings	Yes Built for buildings with many tenant companies ^[18]	Yes	Both serve buildings with several tenants. In Awaio each tenant is its own community with its own rules and admins.
User roles and permissions	Yes Building, company and card administrators ^[18]	Yes	Awaio has scoped admin roles, so each admin gets the access they need and nothing more.
Security, support and pricing
EU data hosting and GDPR	AWS data centres in Stockholm ^[19]	Yes Hosted in the EU. GDPR compliant, DPA on request.	Both keep data in the EU. Awaio signs a DPA on request.
Support	Email on weekdays 09–16 CET, a chatbot and a help centre ^[20]	Chat and email in English, Swedish and Norwegian. Weekdays 08–17 CET.	Awaio support answers in English, Swedish and Norwegian.
Pricing model	Per organisation, with no public prices and no minimum contract period ^[21]	Per resource, not per user. Unlimited users.	Awaio is priced per resource, with unlimited users, whatever your headcount.

Booking

Meeting room booking

Welcome Workdays

Yes Shared meeting rooms in the building, with price and equipment per room^[1]

Awaio

Yes

Both let people book meeting rooms. Awaio also books from Outlook or a QR code or TapCard at the door.
Desk booking

Welcome Workdays

Not in public documentation^[2]

Awaio

Yes

In Awaio, people pick a desk on a live floor plan.
Recurring bookings

Welcome Workdays

Partly For building administrators only^[1]

Awaio

Yes

In Awaio, admins can let everyone book a regular room or desk once instead of every week.
Book on behalf of others

Welcome Workdays

Partly Building administrators book for others^[1]

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

Welcome Workdays

Not in public documentation^[3]

Awaio

Yes

Awaio admins draw interactive floor plans in the browser and publish them instantly.
Indoor wayfinding

Welcome Workdays

Not in public documentation^[2]

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

Welcome Workdays

Yes At the room screen or in the app, in some buildings^[3]

Awaio

Yes

Both release unused bookings so others can use the space. Awaio also checks in by QR code or TapCard.
Payments for bookings

Welcome Workdays

Yes Invoices for paid meeting rooms, and canteen payment^[1]

Awaio

Yes Paid parking and other paid bookings

Both handle paid bookings. In Awaio, people pay for parking and other paid resources in the same app.
Custom booking forms

Welcome Workdays

Not in public documentation^[3]

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

Welcome Workdays

Partly Pre-registration for guests attending events^[4]

Awaio

Yes Events with registration in the app

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

Welcome Workdays

Partly Maximum booking length per room^[3]

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

Welcome Workdays

Partly Lockers can be listed as bookable resources^[5]

Awaio

Yes

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

Welcome Workdays

Not in public documentation^[6]

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

Welcome Workdays

Yes Access cards in Apple and Google Wallet, through the building’s access control^[7]

Awaio

Yes

Both let people open doors with their phone. Awaio gives access for the booking window only.
Access cards

Welcome Workdays

Yes Order physical and digital cards in the portal^[7]

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

Welcome Workdays

Not in public documentation^[6]

Awaio

Yes Mobile Access Box

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

Welcome Workdays

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

Welcome Workdays

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.
E-bike charging lockers

Welcome Workdays

Not in public documentation^[2]

Awaio

Yes Indoor and outdoor e-bike charging lockers

Awaio runs e-bike charging lockers indoors and outdoors.

Integrations

Calendar sync

Welcome Workdays

Partly Add a booking to your calendar^[10]

Awaio

Yes Outlook and Google Calendar

Awaio syncs room calendars both ways with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.
Single sign-on

Welcome Workdays

Yes Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace^[11]

Awaio

Yes Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace

Both let people sign in with the work account they already use.
Outlook add-in

Welcome Workdays

Not in public documentation^[12]

Awaio

Yes Book desks, rooms, parking and lockers from Outlook

The Awaio Outlook add-in books desks, rooms, parking and lockers from a meeting.
Meeting room displays

Welcome Workdays

Yes Screens outside the room in many buildings^[3]

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

Welcome Workdays

Yes An app for access cards. The main portal is a web app.^[13]

Awaio

Yes

Awaio has its own iOS and Android app for booking and for opening doors and lockers.
Building system integrations

Welcome Workdays

Yes More than 20 access control systems^[6]

Awaio

Yes Access control systems through Inlet

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

Welcome Workdays

Not in public documentation^[14]

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

Welcome Workdays

Partly Data stream for information screens^[1]

Awaio

Yes API and webhooks

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

Communication

Notifications

Welcome Workdays

Yes Email and SMS^[15]

Awaio

Yes Push and email

Both keep people informed. Awaio sends push and email.
Messages to everyone in the workplace

Welcome Workdays

Yes News by email, SMS or portal, to chosen tenants^[16]

Awaio

Yes

Both let you reach everyone in the building with one message.
Booking confirmations

Welcome Workdays

Yes Confirmation by email^[3]

Awaio

Yes A confirmation for every booking

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

Admin and analytics

Utilisation analytics

Welcome Workdays

Not in public documentation^[17]

Awaio

Yes

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

Welcome Workdays

Yes Built for buildings with many tenant companies^[18]

Awaio

Yes

Both serve buildings with several tenants. In Awaio each tenant is its own community with its own rules and admins.
User roles and permissions

Welcome Workdays

Yes Building, company and card administrators^[18]

Awaio

Yes

Awaio has scoped admin roles, so each admin gets the access they need and nothing more.

Security, support and pricing

EU data hosting and GDPR

Welcome Workdays

AWS data centres in Stockholm^[19]

Awaio

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

Both keep data in the EU. Awaio signs a DPA on request.
Support

Welcome Workdays

Email on weekdays 09–16 CET, a chatbot and a help centre^[20]

Awaio

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

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

Welcome Workdays

Per organisation, with no public prices and no minimum contract period^[21]

Awaio

Per resource, not per user. Unlimited users.

Awaio is priced per resource, with unlimited users, whatever your headcount.

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

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Why teams choose Awaio over Welcome Workdays

Every tenant in one system

Each tenant gets its own community with its own admins and booking rules, while the property owner runs shared rooms, parking and outer doors centrally.
Use what you already have

The Mobile Access Box and Awaio locks fit existing doors and lockers, and QR codes, TapCards and TapDots replace room screens.
Lockers, parcels and parking in the same app

Awaio runs lockers, parcel lockers, e-bike charging and parking in the same app as desks and rooms, so tenants don’t need another system.

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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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