Tenvia Coworks vs Archie
Archie is the Montreal platform that came to coworking from the hybrid office. The differences are what mail and events actually do, what the brand surface costs, and which currency you are billed in.
Who Archie is really for
Archie is a Montreal company built for hybrid offices first and coworking second: desk and room booking for a company’s own team, e-signature, and a coworking plan layered on top. If your building is mostly private offices and hybrid teams, that lineage is a strength, and Eastern-time support from a Canadian vendor is a genuine convenience.
Side by side
| Tenvia Coworks | Archie | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per location. The tier sets the member cap (30 / 150 / 500); staff are never counted | Per plan by member count and location, plus add-ons |
| Entry price | $95 CAD/month per location (Starter); $175 Growth; $395 Scale. Every feature on every tier | Coworking Starter about $165 USD/month annual ($192 monthly), 100 members; Pro about $257 to 299 |
| Metering | People holding a plan with you, desk or mailbox. Day-pass buyers, room guests, attendees and staff never count | Members; +50 members $50 USD |
| White-label app | No native app. Web portal on your subdomain or custom domain, your logo on documents, a generated website. Emails carry the Tenvia shell | Native member app, white-labelled for $90 USD/month per location |
| Virtual mail | Native: mailbox plans, self-service applications, recipient authorizations, scan, forward, hold, shred, per-action fees, dunning. Courier labels are manual until the courier integration ships | Arrival notifications only |
| Events and ticketing | Native: ticket types, coupons, registration questions, QR check-in, attendee export, payout 24 hours after the event. No per-ticket fee on direct sales | RSVP only, no ticketing |
| Multi-location | One account, every location on it. Reports are org-wide; per-site reporting and per-site staff permissions are planned | Extra location $90 USD/month |
| CAD billing | Yes. The price list is in Canadian dollars | Canadian company; billed in USD |
| Support hours | Included on every tier, no paid support tier | Eastern time |
Where Archie is stronger today
- Hybrid-office tools for a company’s own team, which is where the product came from
- E-signature built in. We have no e-signature today
- A native member app, as a paid add-on per location. Ours is a web portal
- A Canadian vendor on Eastern time
Where Tenvia Coworks is stronger
- Virtual mail as a product, not an arrival notification: plans, applications, authorizations, scan, forward, hold, shred and dunning
- Ticketed events with coupons, QR check-in, attendee export and a next-day payout, where Archie stops at RSVP
- Priced and billed in Canadian dollars, from $95 per location
- Your brand on your subdomain, your custom domain and your generated website, with no $90 per-location fee
- Built for coworking spaces and business hubs, not adapted from the corporate office
- Unlimited staff and every feature on every tier
What reviewers say about Archie
- “Features geared toward traditional offices rather than coworking.” (Capterra)
- “Difficult to navigate and not very intuitive.” (Capterra)
- “Users can’t edit a booking once they’ve booked it.” (Capterra)
Quoted as published. Every product has unhappy reviewers, ours will too; read them alongside the strengths above.
Who should pick which
- Pick Archie if you run hybrid or private offices, you need e-signature in the product, and a native app at $90 per location fits.
- Pick Tenvia Coworks if you run a coworking space or business hub, mail and events are revenue, and you want the price and the invoice in Canadian dollars.
All product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Archie pricing shown is published or reviewer-reported pricing as of September 2026, in US dollars unless marked otherwise, and may change, so confirm with the vendor. Tenvia Coworks prices are in Canadian dollars per location per month, exclusive of applicable taxes. This comparison reflects public information and user reviews. Spot something out of date? Tell us. Last reviewed: September 2026.
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