A narrow bedroom sets the width of the nightstand before anything else does. Once width is fixed, every charging feature competes for the same small top and the same small case. The question is what to give up, and in what order.
Measure the gap before you look at anything
Measure from the side of the mattress to the wall or the door swing, then take five centimetres off. That number is your maximum width, and it rules out most of the category immediately.
Also measure the height of the mattress top. A nightstand taller than the mattress makes reaching for a phone awkward, and one much lower puts the charging plate below where you can see it.
Give up the drawer before you give up the ports
A drawer costs roughly ten centimetres of depth and most of the case volume. On a narrow stand it is the most expensive feature by space, and it is the one whose loss you notice least, because a small drawer holds very little anyway.
An open shelf keeps the footprint and still takes a book.
Give up the wall sockets before the USB ports
Full wall sockets need depth behind the plate for the body of the socket and room in front for a plug. On a narrow case that depth competes with storage.
USB ports are shallow by comparison. If space is tight, a plate with three or four USB ports and no wall socket fits where a combined plate does not, and it still charges everything you actually keep by the bed.
Put the charging on the side, not the top
On a small stand the top surface is the scarce resource, because the lamp, the glass and the phone all want it. A wireless pad set into the top takes a large share of that surface for one device.
Side mounted ports leave the whole top free. In a small room that is usually the better trade.
Check which side the cord leaves from
In a tight space the stand often sits with one side against a wall. A power cord that exits that side either gets crushed or forces you to pull the stand out several centimetres, which you cannot spare.
Listings rarely state this. A photograph of the back of the unit usually shows it.
The order
Width first, then ports, then surface, then storage. Anything that survives all four fits the room and still does the job.
