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  "summary": "Door James and Flexopus are both positioned in the German-speaking market and offer hosting in Germany. Door James bills per authorized user with all modules included and comes from CGI Germany; according to publicly available information Flexopus uses resource-based pricing and emphasizes hosting with a German provider holding ISO 27001 certification.",
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          "Included, with sessions, badges and Wallet passes",
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          "9 languages, over 700 offices worldwide, global CGI structure behind it",
          "6 languages on the website, European market focus"
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      "You have few users but many resources – then resource-based pricing can be cheaper than per-user pricing.",
      "You are below 250 employees and therefore under our minimum.",
      "You deliberately want a smaller, specialized provider rather than a corporate environment with corresponding processes."
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      "heading": "Pricing logic is the real difference",
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      "text": "A price per authorized user and a price per bookable resource lead to substantially different totals depending on the shape of the organization. An organization with 2,000 employees and 400 desks pays for 2,000 people under user-based logic and for 400 resources under resource-based logic. Conversely, an organization with 300 employees and 300 desks pays similarly under both. That calculation belongs at the start of a selection process, not the end – it moves the result more than most feature differences."
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      "heading": "What both have in common",
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      "text": "Both address the requirement for German data residency, both integrate deeply with Microsoft environments, both offer floor plan booking, visitor management and reporting. Anyone covering those topics makes a sound choice either way – the differences lie in pricing logic, module breadth and provider profile."
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      "question": "Is German hosting equivalent in both cases?",
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      "question": "Which pricing logic is cheaper?",
      "answer": "It depends on your ratio of users to resources. With many employees and few resources, resource-based pricing is usually cheaper; the other way round, user-based."
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      "question": "How current are the statements?",
      "answer": "As of September 2026 based on publicly available provider information. Please verify directly before deciding."
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