The gap in the middle
Small coworking operators usually end up in one of two places. Either they pay hundreds a month for a workspace platform and use a tenth of it, or they run rooms on a shared Google Calendar where every member can edit, and sometimes delete, everyone else's bookings. There hasn't been much in between.
Naboro is the in-between. It's a real booking system built for many companies, without the membership machinery. Every member company gets its own space, its own people, and its own color on one shared timeline.
How it fits coworking
- Unlimited rooms and members, free. The price doesn't grow with your community.
- Members onboard themselves. Each member company manages its own people. When a startup hires someone, that's their click, not your support ticket.
- No-shows free the room. The door display asks people to check in. If nobody does, the booking is released and the room is available again. No-shows are the most common complaint in shared spaces, and this handles them.
- Members pick their own sync. A member company that uses Google or Microsoft 365 can add two-way sync for itself. You don't pay for it and you don't manage it.
- Usage reports. See which rooms earn their rent before you build the next one.
A note on scope
If you sell rooms by the hour with credit packages and need an invoice per booking, you want a full coworking platform. Naboro doesn't do billing. If rooms are included in the membership and you just need fair and visible self-service scheduling, Naboro does exactly that, for free.
How to set it up
- Create your space as a building. Add every room members can book, including the phone booths and the podcast studio.
- Invite member companies. One invite each. Freelancers can join as one-person companies.
- Put tablets on the doors. Any tablet becomes a live display with booking and check-in. They also make a good impression when you show prospects around the space.
- Watch the front-desk questions stop. "Is the big room free at 3?" answers itself now.