Gather is a virtual office for remote teams with walk-up chat, meetings, and AI notes. Essential Plan is $12/member/month with a free 30-day trial.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Gather is a virtual office for remote and distributed teams. Instead of relying on scheduled video calls and meeting links, it gives a team a shared online workspace where members can see who is free, focused, or in a meeting, and start talking within seconds. The company describes it as a place to meet, chat, and work together as if in person.
The company says it was founded in 2020, and its stated mission is to create the most delightful, energizing, and purposeful way to interact with remote teammates online. Its homepage says more than 5,000 distributed teams use the product and lists a 4.8 out of 5 rating on G2. The current version is referred to as Gather 2.0.
Teams create a space by choosing and configuring a template, which the site says takes about two minutes. Members then appear in the office, can see teammates nearby, hear nearby conversations, and join a conversation in a click. A wave can bring someone over, and conversations can be locked or muted when privacy is needed.
Presence is managed through status. Members set themselves as busy or available, can sync status with their calendar, and can show the current app in their status. Users are muted by default and hear public conversations only if they choose. Simplified View focuses on people rather than details, and Mini Mode keeps the connection visible while using other apps.
Gather bundles meetings and chat into the same workspace. Meetings can be scheduled in Gather or from Google Calendar, with a dedicated meeting view, meeting chat, multiple screen shares, recordings, AI notes and transcriptions, music, and emoji reactions. Chat covers permanent, meeting, and nearby chat, private and public channels, DMs, group chats, thread replies, file uploads, and a recent activity feed.
The office itself is customizable. Teams can start from quick-start templates, pick open, private, or hybrid floor plans, edit rooms, walls, and floors, label team areas, and place over 200 objects. Members decorate personal desks and customize avatars. Extras include go karts, an interactive gong, embedded games, and interactive whiteboards. Admins can assign desks and set roles of Admin, Member, or Guest.
Gather is a virtual office for remote and distributed teams. Members can see who is free, talk spontaneously without meeting links, and use meetings and chat in one workspace.
The Essential Plan is $12 USD per month per member and includes all Gather features. The pricing page shows a 20% discount for yearly billing. The Custom Plan for large teams is priced by quote.
Yes. Gather offers a free 30-day trial of Gather 2.0 with no credit card and no setup fees. The Custom Plan also lists an extended trial.
The pricing page lists Google Calendar, a Google Chrome Extension, GitHub, and Spotify. Google Calendar can be used to schedule meetings and sync status.
Gather is built for remote-first and distributed teams of all sizes, from startups to creative agencies to established companies. It suits teams that want spontaneous conversation and team culture beyond scheduled meetings.
Yes. Gather supports meeting recordings, AI meeting notes, and AI transcriptions. Recordings start at 20 hours and transcriptions at 30 hours on the Essential Plan.
Single Sign-On is listed under the Custom Plan for large teams. Teams need to contact sales for a custom quote.
Create a space, choose and configure a template, invite your team with one click, and start collaborating. The site says setup takes about two minutes.