Productivity · head to head
Bear vs Skedda
Skedda
Calendar & Time Management
Online booking and scheduling for spaces
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Skedda has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Bear built for Apple hardware only, with no Windows, Android or web client; Skedda pricing is per space with a bundled minimum, so the entry Starter plan is $99 per month for 15 spaces whether or not you use them
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Bear and Skedda actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Bear
Nothing recorded that Skedda does not also cover.
Only in Skedda
- Space scheduling
- Interactive floor maps
- Booking rules
- Self-service booking
- Usage analytics
- Google Calendar
- Outlook
- Microsoft Teams
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Bear
No use cases recorded yet. See the Bear review.
Skedda
- Booking desks and meeting rooms in a hybrid workplacenot Bear
- Interactive floor plan based space management for officesnot Bear
- Scheduling shared studios, courts and community spacesnot Bear
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Bear
- Built for Apple hardware only, with no Windows, Android or web client
- Free tier is limited to 3 themes, 1 app icon and restricted export formats; iCloud sync requires Bear Pro
- Bear Pro is $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year after a 7 day free trial
Skedda
- Pricing is per space with a bundled minimum, so the entry Starter plan is $99 per month for 15 spaces whether or not you use them
- All published plans are quoted billed annually, with no monthly rate shown
- The rules and roles engine is basic on Starter and limited on Plus; the full engine requires Premier
- The insights dashboard is limited on the Starter plan
- Assigned spaces and unlimited custom fields require the Premier plan
- A dedicated account manager, legal agreement flexibility and white glove implementation are Enterprise only, and Enterprise carries no published price
- Every plan, including the cheapest, routes through Talk to Sales rather than self-serve checkout
Pricing, plan by plan
Bear
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Bear review.
Skedda
Free- CoreFree
- Basic scheduling
- 1 location
- Essential features
- Pro$99/month
- Multiple locations
- SSO
- Advanced rules
Which should you pick?
Choose Bear if
Nothing in the data separates Bear from Skedda on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Skedda if
- You need space scheduling.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want interactive floor maps.
Questions people ask
- Is Bear or Skedda better?
- Neither clearly leads. Bear starts at On request and Skedda at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Bear or Skedda?
- Skedda has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Bear and Free for Skedda.
- Does Bear or Skedda run on more platforms?
- Bear runs on Web. Skedda runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- Can I use Skedda for free?
- Yes. Skedda has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Bear starts at On request.
- What can Bear do that Skedda cannot?
- Skedda covers Space scheduling, Interactive floor maps, Booking rules, Self-service booking.
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