classroombookings
The facts below are what the maker publishes about classroombookings, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From classroombookings's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud | Free | dedicated database · HTTPS · daily offsite backups · automatic upgrades · uptime monitoring · email support · £ 0 / year shown on page |
| Self-hosted | Free | unlimited users, rooms and bookings stated as blank on comparison table · standard features · free / forever |
| Single language pack | £29, paid once | one translation · future updates included · one-time payment |
| All language packs | £59, paid once | all current and future languages · one-time payment |
The facts
Each one read from classroombookings's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access control
- Administrators can restrict room visibility and booking rights by department, role or individual user and set booking limits and notice windows.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API and SDKs
- The public README points to installation documentation and GitHub issues but does not document a public API or SDK.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Authentication and imports
- It supports Active Directory or LDAP authentication and user imports from CSV files.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Backups
- Cloud databases are backed up daily with weekly and monthly rotations and transferred over secure connections to encrypted storage at another provider.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Booking views
- The bookings interface offers day or room display styles and shows available, booked and unavailable slots with reasons.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud data isolation
- Each hosted organisation has a separate isolated database, and the maker says its cloud infrastructure is not shared with other organisations.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Cloud infrastructure
- The cloud service runs on UpCloud infrastructure whose stated datacentres are GDPR-compliant and ISO 27001 certified.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud isolation
- Each cloud installation uses a dedicated database isolated from other customers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud launch
- The maker says its cloud service launched in 2018 for organizations that do not want to host the system themselves.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud security and backups
- The maker says hosted service traffic uses HTTPS with TLS and organisation backups are transferred over encrypted connections to encrypted storage.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Data locations
- The cloud platform is deployed in two locations and lets customers choose the region for their database.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Developer stack
- The public repository identifies PHP and MySQL with CodeIgniter 3 as the application stack.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Directory integration
- The product supports Active Directory or LDAP authentication and CSV user import.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Official documentation covers requirements, installation, upgrades, troubleshooting, configuration, rooms, sessions, users, LDAP and booking workflows.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hosting certifications
- The pricing page says the cloud provider's datacentres are GDPR-compliant and ISO 27001 certified.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Independent adoption
- An Australian school disclosure document describes Classroombookings as a room-scheduling application and says names, school names and email addresses are disclosed with Australian onshore storage.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent changelog
- The public release journal records multiple-selection cancellation, improved printable bookings and separate schedules for different room groups.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent feature limitation
- A Google Group reply from the developer said older version 2 LDAP authentication was built in but not yet ready for use at that time.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent installation complaint
- Google Group discussions include reports of installation, login, CSV-import, upload-folder and MySQL strict-mode problems.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent project listing
- ProcessWire lists classroombookings as a verified open-source site made by Craig Rodway in the education and software categories.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent security history
- The release journal records earlier XSS fixes for session dropdown output and room field-name handling.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent support complaint
- A public Google Group thread records a user reporting PHP errors while also saying the software saved the school money.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company structure
- The maker says classroombookings was independently designed and developed by Craig Rodway and that the cloud service is supplied through his sole-trader business onHover.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- The project says it began in 2006 to address room-booking needs in UK schools.checked 15 Oct 2026
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