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Joan alternative: YAROOMS Workplace Management Platform

Looking beyond room displays? YAROOMS delivers complete workplace management - booking, hybrid planning, visitor management, and AI-powered assistance - where Joan stays hardware-first.

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Feature coverage at a glance

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Joan
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Feature-by-feature comparison

Feature
Joan
YAROOMS
Workplace Management
Desk & room booking
Parking booking
Booking approvals
QR code check-in
Wi-Fi check-in
Service requests
3D interactive floor plans
Custom rules & notifications
Yarvis AI workplace assistant
Mobile app
Digital room signage
Hybrid Work & Collaboration
Hybrid work statuses
Team calendar
Visitor Management
Visitor dashboard
Custom registration flow
Visitor photos
Notifications for hosts & visitors
Digital reception app
Workplace Analytics
Office heat maps
Space utilization
Office attendance
Visitor analytics
Hybrid work analytics
Integrations
Microsoft Teams
Zoom Meetings
Slack
Microsoft Outlook sync
Google Calendar sync
API access
Platform
Multi-language support
Global support

What is Joan?

Joan is a workplace platform known for its e-ink room displays and meeting room scheduling. The product expanded into desk booking, parking, visitor management, and recently announced an AI agent in early access. Joan remains most recognized as a hardware-first room management solution.

Joan pricing

Joan does not provide a fully transparent self-serve pricing model. Costs depend on hardware selection, number of displays, software modules, and rollout scale. Most organizations need to request a custom quote.

Joan reviews

Joan receives positive feedback across review platforms:

  • G2: 4.5 / 5
  • Capterra: 4.7 / 5

Users appreciate Joan’s design quality and room display usability. Common feedback highlights the clean interface for room scheduling, while some reviewers note limitations in broader workplace management depth compared to all-in-one platforms.

Why consider alternatives to Joan?

Joan has built a strong reputation around its elegant e-ink room booking displays and has expanded into desk booking, parking, and visitor management. However, its roots in hardware mean the software platform lacks depth in areas like booking approvals, Wi-Fi check-in, service requests, and 3D interactive floor plans. Organizations looking for a complete workplace management solution - not just room displays - may find Joan’s feature set limiting as they scale.

Joan also lacks a team calendar for hybrid coordination, multi-language support, and an AI-powered workplace assistant. For teams that need deeper analytics including office heat maps and hybrid work insights, or a digital reception app for visitor management, Joan’s offering may fall short of what a growing organization requires.

YAROOMS: top Joan alternative

YAROOMS gives teams a wider workplace stack in one product - desk and room booking, hybrid scheduling, visitor management, parking, signage, and analytics. With Yarvis AI, deep Microsoft 365 and Teams integration, and interactive floor plans, YAROOMS is built for organizations that need full workplace operations, not only room display workflows.

Why choose YAROOMS?

Discover the key advantages that make YAROOMS the preferred choice for modern workplaces.

Complete workplace management, not just room displays

Joan is known for its e-ink room booking displays, but workplace management goes far beyond signage. YAROOMS delivers booking approvals, Wi-Fi check-in, service requests, 3D interactive floor plans, and a digital reception app - all in one platform.

Production-ready AI workplace assistant

Yarvis, the YAROOMS AI workplace assistant, is fully integrated and available today for booking desks, finding colleagues, and checking room availability using natural language. Joan recently announced an AI agent in early access, but Yarvis is already a core part of the YAROOMS platform.

Deeper analytics for smarter decisions

YAROOMS provides office heat maps and hybrid work analytics that Joan does not offer. Understand exactly how your space is used, which days peak, and where you can optimize your real estate spend.

Various companies, diverse cultures,
one remarkable workplace experience.

WEX
"The YAROOMS team was incredibly supportive throughout the entire implementation process. Even when we encountered issues, their commitment to resolving them reinforced our trust in our partnership. Plus, the user interface is super intuitive, which has made it a breeze for our team to use."

Hector Garcia

Assoc. Director, Marketing

Customer and Employee Engagement

Dr. Martens
"As we expand with the business, we want partners that can grow with us. And we really appreciate your flexibility and adaptability. If we have to bring in more desks, renumber or relocate them, change the meeting rooms or office maps, we can be sure that the YAROOMS team will do it promptly and professionally."

Richard Coope

Project Manager

Future-Ready Workplace

Epic Charter Schools
"I couldn't be happier with the smooth transition and support we received. From invoicing to customer support, all questions were answered within hours, and any issues we had were resolved almost immediately. For a company with multiple locations, this software is a dream!"

Dani Partain

Executive Assistant

Deputy Superintendent of Operations

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