Cheqroom
Depends
Confidence: High
Buy it if you run a large shared equipment fleet at a university, film studio, or corporate AV department.
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Cheqroom vs Shelf
Cheqroom and Shelf both land on Depends.
Shelf
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if your team needs free, open-source tracking for shared equipment and can apply security patches promptly.
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| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Universities loaning AV gear | Teams lending shared equipment |
| Who it's not for | Small teams with a few dozen assets | Anyone whose gear list fits a spreadsheet |
| Privacy | SOC 2 Type II certified with a public trust center and security overview; no public vulnerabilities found.13 | Two 2026 CVEs reported against Shelf-nu (SSRF and incorrect authorization); vendor also publishes a security page. |
| Support quality | No support quality evidence in reviewed sources. | No support evidence in sources |
| Public sentiment | Users rate Cheqroom 4.5/5 on G2 and call it easy to use, stable, and accessible for equipment checkout.¹ | The only product-specific review source found was G2's Shelf Asset Management listing, with truncated but positive-toned snippets. |
| Biggest gotcha | Competitor marketing cites massive price increases; negotiate renewal caps in writing.⁹ | CVE-2026-54166: SSRF via asset tracking/CSV import . update before exposing imports |
Pick Cheqroom when
- Universities loaning AV gear
- Film and video production teams
- Corporate IT and AV departments
- Media teams with shared equipment fleets
When Cheqroom is not a fit
- Small teams with a few dozen assets
- Anyone wanting a free tracker
- Buyers burned by renewal price hikes
- Guess: Finance teams needing fixed-asset depreciation accounting
Pick Shelf when
- Teams lending shared equipment
- Booking-heavy orgs (labs, studios, makerspaces)
- Open-source self-hosters
- Small teams outgrowing spreadsheets
When Shelf is not a fit
- Anyone whose gear list fits a spreadsheet
- Security-audit-driven enterprises
- Buyers needing proven, mature vendor support
Sources
review
- Cheqroom Pricing 2026capterra.comreview
- CheqRoom Review: Pricing, Pros, Cons & Featurescomparecamp.comreview
- Cheqroom | Reviews, Pricing & Demossoftwareadvice.co.nzreview
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- CHEQROOM Pricing 2026trustradius.comreview
- CHEQROOM Software Pricing 2025vendr.comreview
- Cheqroom Alternative for Small Teamsgetstow.ioreview
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- Customized Plans for Equipment Managementcheqroom.comofficial
- Cheqroom: The Asset Operations Platformcheqroom.comofficial
- Cheqroom and SOC 2 Complianceknowledge.cheqroom.comsecurity
- Cheqroom: Trust Centertrust.cheqroom.comsecurity
- Cheqroom Information Security Overviewgo.cheqroom.comsecurity
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