Question 1

What exactly is Semiora?

Accepted Answer

Semiora is a scheduling platform with real-time team chat built in. You share a booking link, invitees pick a time, and the conversation about that meeting happens right next to it — no separate chat app required.

Question 2

Do I need a credit card to get started?

Accepted Answer

No. The Free plan takes about two minutes to set up and needs no card. Paid plans start when you add team features, and you can try them free for 14 days first.

Question 3

Which calendars does Semiora sync with?

Accepted Answer

Google Calendar, Outlook and most CalDAV-compatible calendars. Busy blocks sync both ways, so anything booked elsewhere still blocks time on your Semiora pages.

Question 4

Can I use Semiora beyond simple 1:1 meetings?

Accepted Answer

Yes — round-robin distribution for teams, collective events with multiple hosts, group bookings with capacity limits, and routing forms that send people to the right page in the first place.

Question 5

Does Semiora work well on phones?

Accepted Answer

Semiora is fully responsive and installable as a home-screen app, so booking pages, chat and notifications work on any phone without a separate download.

Question 6

How does per-seat pricing work?

Accepted Answer

Every teammate who hosts bookings or joins chat counts as one seat. Viewers and external guests are free. Add or remove seats at any time and billing adjusts on your next invoice.

Question 7

What's included in the Free plan?

Accepted Answer

Unlimited booking pages for one user, calendar sync, basic workflows and real-time chat in a single team space. It's free forever, not a trial.

Question 8

Can I switch between monthly and yearly billing?

Accepted Answer

Yes, from workspace settings. Yearly billing saves 20%, and if you switch mid-cycle we prorate the difference automatically.

Question 9

What happens if I downgrade?

Accepted Answer

Your booking pages keep working. Features above your new plan — like advanced routing or extra admin controls — pause rather than delete, so nothing is lost if you upgrade again.

Question 10

Do you offer discounts for nonprofits or education?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Registered nonprofits, schools and student groups get reduced per-seat pricing — contact us with your details and we'll apply it to the whole workspace.

Question 11

How is built-in chat different from a separate messaging app?

Accepted Answer

The conversation lives where the booking lives. Every meeting gets a thread with the invitee's context attached, so decisions don't scatter across tools that can't see your calendar.

Question 12

Who can see our channels?

Accepted Answer

Channels belong to your workspace. Team spaces are private to members, and external guests only ever see the individual threads they're explicitly invited to.

Question 13

Can I talk to people outside my organization?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Guests can join a booking's thread from a link — useful for candidates, clients or vendors — with no account required, and their access ends when you close the thread.

Question 14

How does chat handle time zones and off-hours?

Accepted Answer

Messages deliver instantly, but notifications respect quiet hours per person, and digest options keep global teams from pinging each other at 3 a.m.

Question 15

Can I start a chat from a specific booking?

Accepted Answer

That's the default. Open any upcoming or past booking and the thread is right there, with the event details pinned at the top so nobody asks "which call is this?"

Question 16

Where is Semiora's data stored?

Accepted Answer

In audited cloud regions of your choice — EU or US — pinned at the workspace level. Backups stay in the same region as your production data.

Question 17

Do you support SSO and SCIM?

Accepted Answer

Yes. SAML-based single sign-on and SCIM provisioning are available on Business and Enterprise plans, so access is managed from your existing identity provider.

Question 18

Is Semiora GDPR compliant?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We offer a standard data processing agreement, honor data-subject requests through our support team, and keep our subprocessor list public with change notifications.

Question 19

Can I export my data if we leave?

Accepted Answer

Always. Bookings, chat history and audit logs export in standard formats at any time — your data is yours, on day one and on the way out.

Question 20

How long does it take to switch to Semiora?

Accepted Answer

Most individuals finish in under an hour and most teams in one afternoon: connect calendars, import event types in bulk, share the new links. The full checklist lives on our Switch page.

Question 21

Will my existing booking links keep working?

Accepted Answer

Yes. During migration your old links can auto-redirect to the matching Semiora page, so printed materials, email signatures and pinned messages don't break.

Question 22

Can we import past booking history?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Booking history imports with the original time, attendees and notes, so reporting and context stay continuous instead of starting from zero.

Question 23

Do you help with larger migrations?

Accepted Answer

For workspaces with 20 or more seats, our team runs a guided switch — a migration plan, a parallel-run week and a chat channel for questions. Talk to sales to schedule one.

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