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Skedda vs SOGo

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Skedda and SOGo — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Skedda vs SOGo: at a glance

FeatureSkeddaSOGo
SectorCollabCollab
Velocity score6.32.5
Sparks · 30d00
Top themesworkplace-management, occupancy-analytics, visitor-management, apigroupware, self-hosted, security, webmail
Last editorial update13d ago2mo ago
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What is Skedda?

Skedda Companion can now be pushed to every laptop through MDM for full presence data.

Skedda's last quarter has been about making the data it collects visible and usable: Occupancy Insights, multi-venue comparison, richer visit exports, a read-only API beta and a redesigned Visits page. Skedda Companion 1.2 now installs through Intune, Jamf, Kandji or any MDM and enrols users automatically, so check-ins can be verified from laptop presence without QR codes or hardware.

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What is SOGo?

SOGo's release notes have become a vulnerability disclosure channel with a version number attached.

SOGo is a self-hosted groupware suite — webmail, calendaring and contacts — maintained by Alinto. Four of the last six releases exist primarily to fix security vulnerabilities: XSS through malicious mail, SQL injection, OpenID impersonation, script execution via theme and hint query parameters. The newest, 5.12.10, fixes four more and states that all previous versions are affected, with CVE identifiers still pending at publication.

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Skedda vs SOGo: editorial side-by-side

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Skedda
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6.3

Skedda Companion can now be pushed to every laptop through MDM for full presence data.

◆ Current state

Skedda's last quarter has been about making the data it collects visible and usable: Occupancy Insights, multi-venue comparison, richer visit exports, a read-only API beta and a redesigned Visits page. Skedda Companion 1.2 now installs through Intune, Jamf, Kandji or any MDM and enrols users automatically, so check-ins can be verified from laptop presence without QR codes or hardware.

◆ Where it's heading

Skedda is shifting from a booking front end to a source of workplace attendance data. Companion's MDM rollout aims at complete presence coverage, which makes the occupancy analytics and API more valuable as more laptops report in.

◆ Prediction

Expect occupancy and presence data to reach the API, since Skedda said more API capabilities are planned and Companion now feeds richer attendance data.

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SOGo
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2.5

SOGo's release notes have become a vulnerability disclosure channel with a version number attached.

◆ Current state

SOGo is a self-hosted groupware suite — webmail, calendaring and contacts — maintained by Alinto. Four of the last six releases exist primarily to fix security vulnerabilities: XSS through malicious mail, SQL injection, OpenID impersonation, script execution via theme and hint query parameters. The newest, 5.12.10, fixes four more and states that all previous versions are affected, with CVE identifiers still pending at publication.

◆ Where it's heading

The pattern is a codebase whose input-handling surface is being systematically probed, largely by the community reporting to the project's bug address, and patched in batches. Release numbering has stopped being reliable as a timeline — 5.12.7 shipped after 5.12.8 — so version order tells you nothing about what a deployment contains. The two non-security releases in this window were both regression repairs from the security releases that preceded them, which is the cost of shipping fixes at this cadence.

◆ Prediction

Given four security batches in five months and CVE identifiers still being assigned retroactively, another batch on the same cadence is the most likely next release, with a regression patch following it.

Alternatives to Skedda and SOGo

Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Skedda or SOGo.

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Recent activity from Skedda and SOGo

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 14d agoSkeddaSkedda Companion updated to v1.2: auto-enroll users
  2. 28d agoSkeddaSee visitor status and custom fields at a glance
  3. 1mo agoSkeddaBuild with the Skedda API ⚡
  4. 1mo agoSkeddaSpace type and Capacity filters
  5. 2mo agoSkeddaOccupancy Insights
  6. 2mo agoSOGoFour more vulnerabilities patched; all prior versions affected
  7. 3mo agoSkeddaImproved visit exports, now with custom field data
  8. 5mo agoSOGoPatch undoes 5.12.8 regressions in preferences and mail display
  9. 5mo agoSOGoTwo CVEs fixed for PostgreSQL user sources
  10. 5mo agoSOGoFour vulnerabilities: XSS, SQL injection, OpenID impersonation
  11. 7mo agoSOGoTOTP silently disabled for new users, now fixed
  12. 7mo agoSOGoInjection fixes in hint queries, theme queries and categories

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Skedda and SOGo?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Skedda is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Skedda better than SOGo?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Skedda is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Skedda?

Top Skedda alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Skedda alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/skedda for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to SOGo?

Top SOGo alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "SOGo alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/sogo for the full list with editorial commentary on each.