Robin

Robin seems to do a good job and is better than manual room logistic

I don't recall names of others we have been exposed to. Robin works best.

N/A - Our parent company decided on implementing Robin above all other alternative applications, and I am personably unaware of any alternatives. And though there are some minor changes I may suggest, the integration and simplicity of Robin makes me wonder if there could be a better alternative, regardless.

I have not evaluated any similar products.

I haven't used any software like Robin. Other places I worked required an archaic way of doing things...like using pen and paper and a calendar book. Robin is sooo much better. I don't know how large companies make do reserving spaces without it. I would recommend Robin to anyone.

When we started with Robin, we looked at the Evoko Liso as far as a hardware and software solution. Robin was much more compatible with the software we wanted and offered much more customization at less cost. I looked at other software solutions and nothing integrated as well with Office365 or looked as good as Robin.

As an employee I can't comment on the final decision but I have used in-house alternatives in the past and also investigated other third party solutions, what stood out was Robin's value and its continued development of new features particularly analytics as this is an area where some interesting insight could be seen after two to three years of usage.

I have not used any product other than Robin.

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I have only used Robin

In terms of meeting room booking platforms, I compare Robin to Condeco, which I used previously. Condeco (at the time at least) ran on proprietary hardware, which was a nightmare to manage compared to the ease of use with Robin running on iPads. iPads are easily swapped out and there is lots of flexibility to how they are physically mounted. Condeco screens on the other hand were "licenses" and we were not allowed to stockpile surplus as replacements. They were buggy and often failed so this was a huge problem. Robin has none of these issues and has quickly become the gold standard for meeting room booking management.

As for space management, I have used iOFFICE previously, which is more full-featured and robust. Robin is at the very beginning of their roadmap for space management however, so I give them a pass. There is a big cost difference, and since we already use Robin it made more sense to go with the lighter feature set, as opposed to the more expensive app that was more powerful than we currently need.

We were a longtime customer of Teem at our current organization and I used it at a former employer. Being a greater Boston based company we liked that we were close to Robin's HQ. This gave us face-time with the owners and our account executives. Aside from that, Robin was better at analytics than Teem. They were also able to turn around a request for a kiosk solution that was better aligned with our needs.

We only used Robin for room/meeting management. We recently transitioned to Zoom video conferencing, and they have enough room/meeting management features that we no longer need Robin. Robin does more, like dashboards, and many other features, but we never leveraged them.

While all of these do essentially the same thing, Robin stands out in its simplicity. The main display has a colored overlay that informs users of the room status, whereas, with a system like Teem, this can be overlooked depending on the chosen theme.

We did not evaluate any competitors.

Robin has a lot more functionality currently, although I suspect Zoom's version will eventually be just as good at a much lower price point.

Unlike Fishbowl, Robin was available on the Kindle App Store and was also much more configurable.

Meet Joan was interesting but given that it runs on its own proprietary hardware, there was a committed investment in testing it. Having an app which runs on multiple platforms, like Robin, was much more preferable.

I honestly haven't yet. We used to default to a Google Calendar work around before implementing Robin.