We recently need to replace some Crestron hardware and servers for one of our clients and so we investigated quite a few products to make sure we were going down the least cost TOTAL Cost of Ownership road.
There are three things you need to figure out when looking at room booking systems:
Our client:
To make things more difficult, many of these companies only work with dealers with makes pricing and features even more difficult to ascertain.
We know Crestron makes solid, attractive hardware. What we did not know was that they make TSS-7’s that do NOT require Crestron’s very expensive Fusion management software. The TSS-7 let us eliminate the cost and complexity of having a management server like we used to have with Crestron RoomView.
Take note that:
These two tables show the prices and information for a series of popular office reservation systems:
Room Reservation Complete Systems | Notes | Per Room Cost | Server Cost | Direct Connect To Mail Server | Medium (6″ to 8″) Panel Cost | Large (10″ to 13″) Panel Cost |
Arrive | Server Required & includes 5 Rooms | $2,000 | No | |||
Condeco Touch Screen Tablet | To Hard To Get Pricing | $42/month | – | |||
Crestron TPMC-4SM | Needs Fusion Server – Many units on eBay | – | $13,000 | No | $750 | n/a |
Crestron TSS-7 | Will connect directly to Gmail or O365 Mail Servers | – | – | Yes | $1,600 | $1,800 |
Crestron TSS-752 | Needs Fusion Server – Many units on eBay | – | $13,000 | No | $1,300 | $1,500 |
Evoko Liso | – | – | Yes | $1,600 | ||
Extron | No subscriptions or fees – Need too much info to get detailed pricing so we gave up in frustration | no charge | no charge | Yes | $2,000 | $2,600 |
GoGet | see website | $1,500 | ||||
Joan Manager | Black & White – Wireless Only | $12/month | – | ? | $500 | $1,200 |
Meetio | $13/month | – | n/a | $900 | ||
Reserva Room Signs | 7″ panels are not PoE | no charge | no charge | No | $1,100 | $1,200 |
VISION VFS2 | Simple – No Contracts | – | – | – | – | $900 |
SOFTWARE Product (You source your own screens) | Notes | Per Room Cost | Server Cost |
1Work | $13/month | ||
AskCody | App for many different types of screens inc. iPad, Samsung Tab, Qbic TD | $20/month | – |
Meeting Room App | App for many different types of screens inc. iPad, Samsung Tab, Qbic TD | $200/year | – |
ResourceExpress | Pricing Requested but No Response | ||
Robin | App for iPad, Samsung Tab A or Kindle Fire | $20/month | – |
Teem – Alternative to Crestron Fusion Server | Just Software – No Hardware – Will Work with Crestron TSS-752 & More | $150/year | $250 |
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