rivonOS vs Cobot: coworking software compared
The short answer
Choose Cobot if you are a small coworking space that wants to start on its own with a free trial and member-based pricing. Choose rivonOS if you run coworking or managed offices in India and want GST invoices from the agreement, TDS on receipts, per-centre pricing in rupees and data hosted in India, on one system with your members and centre teams. Every Cobot fact below comes from Cobot's own website, read 14 October 2026; we make rivonOS, so we are not neutral.
How we compared
We make rivonOS, so we are not neutral. Every statement about Cobot comes from Cobot's own website, read 14 October 2026, with a link to the page we read. Where Cobot's site doesn't say something, we write "not stated on their site" rather than guess. Prices change, so check Cobot's current page before you decide. rivonOS facts come from our own product and pricing pages.
Side by side
| Cobot | rivonOS | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Coworking space operators; it states it has powered coworking spaces since 2008 in 90+ countries | Coworking and managed office operators in India |
| Modules | A mobile app for members and a white-label member portal, room and resource booking, visitor and member management, automated billing and payments, multi-location management, access control integrations, business and usage analytics, and an open API with 100+ integrations | Members, centre teams, sales, agreements, GST billing and collections on one record; built in India: a member web app, the centre team's console (visitors, bookings, requests, parcels, events), leads and availability, quotes and discount approvals, agreements and renewals, purchase orders, GST invoices, payments with TDS, collections and reports |
| India, GST and rupees | Not stated on the page we read | GST invoices under CGST Rule 46 and 53, TDS on receipts, prices in rupees, data in AWS Mumbai |
| Pricing | One plan with all features, priced on the number of paying members (the amount was not readable on the page we read); the 12th month is free on yearly billing. Add-ons: external bookings USD 19 a month, premium support USD 129 a month, and a Wi-Fi partner add-on from USD 29 a month. A 30-day free trial with no card is offered | Per centre per month: Core from ₹4,900 billed yearly (₹5,900 monthly), everything from ₹12,900, plus 18% GST; ₹15,000 one-time set-up per centre; unlimited staff and members |
| Getting started | See Cobot's site | A one-hour demo on your own centres, then set-up by the rivonOS team |
Source: Cobot pricing, read 14 October 2026.
Where Cobot is stronger
- Track record: Cobot states it has served coworking spaces since 2008.
- Self-serve start: a 30-day free trial with no card. rivonOS starts with a demo and a set-up by its team.
- Integrations: an open API and 100+ integrations are listed, including access control.
- Simple member-based pricing that can suit a very small space.
Where rivonOS is stronger for Indian operators
- GST invoices under CGST Rule 46, with CGST and SGST or IGST worked out from the place of supply, and credit and debit notes under Rule 53.
- TDS on receipts: a payment that arrives net of TDS settles the invoice, so no false balance is left to chase.
- Invoices drafted from the agreement and checked against the client's purchase order before they are issued.
- Pricing per centre, in rupees, with unlimited staff users and members: Core from ₹4,900 per centre a month billed yearly (₹5,900 billed monthly), all packs from ₹12,900, plus 18% GST and a one-time set-up of ₹15,000 per centre.
- Data hosted in AWS Mumbai, kept apart and encrypted per operator, with the option of your own encryption key, a database of your own, or rivonOS in your own cloud account.
- Set-up by the rivonOS team from your existing files, and support in IST.
Door access control, native iOS and Android apps, and connections to Tally, Zoho Books, Razorpay, e-signature, WhatsApp and GST e-invoicing (IRN) are in development and coming soon in rivonOS; they are not live today.
Moving from Cobot to rivonOS
- Export your members, companies, rooms and active agreements from Cobot as spreadsheets.
- Send them to the rivonOS team. We load centres, rooms, clients, members and agreements for you.
- Agree a cut-over date at the start of a billing month, so the first rivonOS invoices follow the agreements without a gap.
- Run both for one billing cycle if you want to compare invoices line by line.
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Questions
Does Cobot support GST invoices for India? Not stated on the Cobot pages we read, read 14 October 2026. Ask Cobot to show a GST tax invoice with place of supply and CGST and SGST or IGST before you decide.
Is rivonOS cheaper than Cobot? It depends on your size. rivonOS charges per centre in rupees with unlimited members; Cobot's published pricing is above. Work out both for your own seats and centres; our pricing page has a calculator.
Can I see rivonOS on my own centres? Yes. Book a demo: a one-hour call with one of the founders.