Visitor management system comparison

FacilityOS vs Joan Workplace

A side-by-side view of the directory’s published evidence and scoring metrics. The information is provided to support your evaluation; it does not declare a winner.

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What is different?

FacilityOS emphasizes a modular, multi‑facility operations suite with extensive visitor, contractor, emergency, logistics, inventory, and access-control modules and publicly listed starting prices for some tiers; it reports broader industry coverage, more documented capabilities (22 vs 12), many more customer reviews (295 vs 15) and deployment options (10 vs 28) and is used across thousands of facilities worldwide. Joan Workplace focuses on workplace resource management—rooms, desks, parking, visitors and analytics

Metric	FacilityOS	Joan Workplace
Recommended score	91/100	91/100
Customer review sentiment	4.7/5 from 295 published reviews	4.8/5 from 15 published reviews
Published evidence	24 vendor pages analysed	16 vendor pages analysed
Best for	Multi-site organizations needing visitor, contractor, emergency, and facility operations management, Regulated facilities requiring digital records, compliance workflows, and audit trails, Manufacturing and logistics sites managing visitors, drivers, contractors, packages, or assets, Organizations replacing paper-based visitor and contractor processes	Hybrid workplace teams managing desks, rooms, parking, and shared assets, Enterprise facilities and IT teams needing centralized workplace administration, Organizations replacing paper-based room and visitor processes, Workplaces seeking room utilization and occupancy insights
Pricing information	Prices are stated as starting rates and may have optional add-ons. VisitorOS Enterprise, Inventory, Asset Logistics, and some other modules show contact-sales pricing.	The public pricing page states that plans start at a monthly amount and lists additional per-user and per-device monthly rates, but the displayed amounts are blank. A quote is required for confirmed pricing. A free trial is advertised.

FacilityOS

www.facilityos.com

FacilityOS is a modular facility, visitor, contractor, emergency, logistics, and physical identity management platform for organizations operating one or more facilities. Its VisitorOS module digitizes visitor registration, pre-registration, check-in, check-out, host notifications, document acknowledgements, badge printing, watchlists, screening, and visitor reporting. ContractorOS centralizes vendor and contractor documents, approval workflows, compliance statuses, expiration reminders, and audit trails, with connections to visitor and emergency workflows. EmergencyOS supports evacuation management, drills, mustering, roll calls, building sweeps, emergency profiles, and real-time messaging. Additional modules cover mail and parcel tracking, inventory, assets, and access-control workflows. Public pricing lists starting monthly rates for selected modules and VisitorOS tiers; Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales. FacilityOS states that its platform is used by more than 7,000 facilities in over 70 countries and offers preconfigured iPad kiosk deployments.

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Joan Workplace

getjoan.com

Joan Workplace is a workplace management platform from Visionect for managing meeting rooms, desks, parking spaces, shared assets, visitors, and workplace digital signage. Employees can book resources through the MyJoan web portal, iOS and Android mobile apps, calendar tools, or compatible room displays. The platform supports interactive floor plans, availability views, check-in workflows, QR and NFC scanning, geolocation check-in, visitor pre-registration, digital visitor logs, customizable visitor badges, and workplace analytics. Room booking includes calendar synchronization, walk-up booking, mobile and portal reservations, check-in enforcement, and automatic release of unused rooms. Joan can run on purpose-built e-paper devices, tablets, LCD displays, and selected hardware integrations. The service is hosted in EU-based Google Cloud data centers and supports OAuth2, Google, Microsoft 365, SCIMv2-compatible identity providers, and role-based access control. Public pricing is based on users and device licenses, with quotes required because the displayed amounts are blank.

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How to use this comparison

Metrics are calculated consistently from public vendor information, verified review sources and crawler evidence. Data availability varies by vendor, so consider your own security, operational, regional and budget requirements before deciding which system fits.