Common Surface - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

The ‘new normal’ is here - and it offers both important, game-changing advantages - and equally game-changing difficulties.

The pandemic was an experiment in home working. And it showed that always working-from-home is not ideal for anyone. Individuals want - and need - to be in the office at least sometimes. And their employers want them there sometimes too.

Hybrid-working is the key change. Proper hybrid-working manages both home working and office working. Implemented well the company finds it can serve its customers better and has a happier, more productive workforce.

People’s work expectations are now forever changed. Enforcing prescriptive home or office attendance rules is going to create problems retaining existing staff - and difficulties recruiting new ones.

One size absolutely does not fit all - not for individuals and not for the companies they work for.

Hybrid working gets us the best of both worlds.

But arranging office attendance versus home attendance isn’t just a case of waving a wand and it works.

An uncoordinated free-for-all ends in conflict, disappointment and unsatisfactory outcomes for just about everyone. This isn’t a strategy.

Common Surface’s powerful scheduling algorithm definitely is a strategy. Build a flexible workforce around your core company requirements ensuring both customers and colleagues derive maximum advantage.

Dial in attendance for team working, individual collaborations, ad hoc but valuable cross-team meet-ups - then let colleagues arrange their life-work balances as they wish.

Common Surface’s interface is simple to set up and easy to use. And it provides valuable advantages:

Know exactly how you use office space.

Make sensible decisions about how much office space you really need.

Create a flexible work culture that colleagues genuinely appreciate.

Use that flexibility to rethink how you could serve customers better.

Know in advance where people are working.

Ensure people get together when you need them to be together.

Create a fair system that people can see is fair.

Retain good staff and attract new talent.