Looking for a Gather Alternative? Here's Why SpatialChat is Worth Exploring

Riddhik Kochhar -

With Gather’s recent pricing changes, many teams are rethinking their virtual collaboration platforms. While Gather has been a well-known option for building virtual offices, it’s not always the most practical or cost-effective solution for professional teams. This blog post will introduce you to an exciting alternative: SpatialChat, which balances affordability, functionality, and a business-first approach.

A Professional, Business-Like Design

One of the most common challenges with virtual office platforms is finding the right balance between fun and professionalism. Gather leans heavily on a playful, cartoon-style interface, which may be great for mingling, but can feel distracting or less suited for serious business settings.

SpatialChat, by contrast, offers a polished, professional design that aligns better with workplace needs. Instead of gamified avatars wandering in pixelated environments, teams interact in clean, customizable spaces with photo-avatars, branded backgrounds, and layouts that reflect an organization’s identity. This creates an environment where employees can focus on meaningful conversations and collaboration without the distraction of a game-like interface.

Affordable Without Compromise

Gather’s new pricing model may be a dealbreaker for many organizations. SpatialChat provides the same core communication and collaboration benefits at a lower cost. Whether you’re running a virtual office, team standups, onboarding sessions, or sales demos, SpatialChat helps reduce overhead while ensuring your team has the tools they need.

SpatialChat offers competitive concurrent user pricing, similar to Gather, but at a more accessible rate. The platform provides two distinct subscription plans: "Business," tailored for smaller companies, and "Enterprise," designed for large organizations. Both plans boast professional-grade security features, extensive customization options, and unwavering support from the SpatialChat team, ensuring a robust and reliable experience for all users.

Three Platforms in One: Meetings, Webinars, and Collaboration

SpatialChat isn’t just a virtual office; it’s a 3-in-1 platform that adapts to different professional scenarios:

  • Breakout Rooms with spatial audio for team huddles, standups, and brainstorming sessions
  • Stage Rooms for large webinars, conferences, and all-hands meetings with up to 5,000 participants
  • Workplace Rooms for strategy sessions, design sprints, scrums, or pair programming

This flexibility allows teams to handle everything from daily collaboration to company-wide events in the same platform. You can share presentations, collaborate in real time on Miro boards, Google Docs, Figma, or Trello, run polls and Q&A, and even record sessions for on-demand access. Whether it’s a sprint review, staff onboarding, or a global townhall, SpatialChat is equipped to support it.

Purpose-Built for Productivity

Beyond communication, SpatialChat integrates with the tools teams already use like, Miro, Google Calendar, Vimeo, and more. It supports multiple screen sharing, interactive whiteboards, annotation tools, surveys, collaborative editing, and detailed analytics to ensure meetings are both engaging and productive. With enterprise-grade security (SOC 2 compliance, SAML SSO) and features like recording storage and push notifications, SpatialChat is ready for organizations that need reliability and scalability.

Choose SpatialChat Today

Gather’s changes may spark the search for alternatives, but they also highlight the need for platforms better aligned with professional work. SpatialChat’s business-like design, lower cost, and ability to support everything from small team huddles to large-scale webinars make it a strong contender.

If you’re looking for a virtual collaboration platform that feels professional, human, and adaptable, SpatialChat is a definite upgrade.