| Capability | Kadence | Resource Scheduler |
|---|---|---|
| Stack and scenario planning. Model floors, teams and cost before you commit. | Yes | No |
| Move scheduling and execution. Turn an approved plan into scheduled moves. | Yes | No |
| Occupancy data. Bookings, badges, Wi-Fi and sensors in one view. | Yes | Stated |
| Desk and room booking. The daily layer for every employee. | Yes | Stated |
| Visitor management. Invite, register, host and audit. | Yes | Stated |
| Mobile apps. Book, check in and see who's in from a phone. | Yes | Stated |
| Neighborhood manager and controls. Give teams their own zones, schedules and rules. | Yes | Stated |
| Floor plan editing. Update your own floor plans as the office changes. | Yes | No |
| Smart suggestions for when to join colleagues. Help people pick the days their team is in. | Yes | No |
| Announcements. Reach the right people with office news. | Yes | No |
| Events. Bring people in for the moments that matter. | Yes | Stated |
| Surveys. Hear from employees about the office. | Yes | No |
| Custom dashboard reporting. Build the reports your leaders ask for. | Yes | No |
| Open MCP for your own AI assistants. Your company's AI assistants acting on workplace data. | Yes | No |
| AI for end users. Employees booking and getting help with AI. | Yes | No |
| AI for admins. Workplace and real estate teams using AI to analyze and plan. | Yes | No |
"Yes" means Kadence offers it, "Stated" means the vendor states it publicly as of October 2026, and "No" means it is not stated publicly, or is only announced, in preview or via outside BI tools.
Resource Scheduler started at Asure Software. FM:Systems bought it in 2019 and renamed it FMS:Employee, and Johnson Controls bought FM:Systems in 2023. Johnson Controls now sells it as OpenBlue Employee. This page compares Kadence with OpenBlue Employee as Johnson Controls describes it on its own site.
Yes, in a separate product. Johnson Controls sells scenario planning, stack plans and move management in OpenBlue Workplace, its IWMS. Kadence covers both jobs in one platform: WorkOps for booking, visitors and occupancy, and SpaceOps for scenarios and stack plans that publish straight to live desk and neighborhood assignments.
Yes. The Kadence Outlook add-in finds and books rooms and desks from inside a meeting invite, and bookings sync both ways with Outlook calendars. People also book in the Kadence web and mobile apps, or by chatting with Kadence AI in Teams or Slack.
Yes. Kadence leads on AI for the workplace, and it's built into the platform rather than bolted on as a chatbot. Kadence MCP connects Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot to Kadence, so people book desks, rooms and parking, invite visitors, and ask occupancy and planning questions from the assistants they already use, each signed in with your SSO and working under their own permissions. Kadence AI also works in Teams and Slack, and admins get the SpaceOps AI planning agent with guided workflows to restack, consolidate or find space for a team. Johnson Controls describes OBI, an AI assistant for building and facility teams across OpenBlue. We did not find an MCP server for OpenBlue Employee on its site.
Kadence bills by active user, with a one-year minimum billed annually, and you get a quote in your local currency. See kadence.co/pricing for details. Johnson Controls does not list prices for OpenBlue Employee on its site.
Last reviewed: Oct 2026
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