A Ro.am alternative with a world you can walk around
Flat.social is a browser-based spatial workspace: walk up to people and hear them as you get closer, play games that run inside the room, and build the office live. Free for 5 people, $6 per seat after that. Watch the demo, then see how it compares with Ro.am on pricing and the basics.
Free up to 5 people, no credit card required
Ro.am, also written Roam or Roam HQ, is a virtual office that folds the working day into one app: a 2D floor plan showing who is in which room, meetings, chat and AI tooling, native desktop and mobile apps, and an events Theater for large audiences. This page is about that Ro.am, not Roam Research, the note-taking app. If you are searching for a Ro.am alternative, this page shows what Flat.social does and puts the two side by side on pricing and the basics.
Flat.social is a browser-based spatial workspace: a virtual office your team walks around with proximity audio, plus team socials and events in the same space. Built-in games run on a physics engine, you build the map live from inside the room, and a conference-grid room type covers all-hands and presentations. Free for up to 5 people at once with no time limit, $6 per seat per month after that up to 100 people, and a $2 per seat Day Pass for one-off events. It runs in the browser, nothing to install, and guests join from a link without creating an account. Full details on the pricing page.
Is Flat.social a good Ro.am alternative?
Flat.social is a browser-based spatial workspace where presence is something you hear: walk your avatar towards a colleague and their voice fades in. It has built-in games on a physics engine, a live build mode, a conference-grid room type and timed speed networking. It is free for up to 5 people at once with no time limit, $6 per concurrent seat per month above that, and guests join from a link without an account.
How does Flat.social pricing compare with Ro.am?
As of September 2026 Ro.am costs $19.50 per active member per month, billed monthly, with a 14-day trial; its published price for 2027 is $20.88. Flat.social is free for 5 people at once, then $6 per concurrent seat per month from 6 to 100 seats, plus a $2 per seat Day Pass for one-off events. Twenty-five people for a month is $487.50 on Ro.am and $150 on Flat.social.
Presence you hear, not a status dot
Proximity audio works the way it should: voices fade in as you approach and fade out as you leave. Groups form and dissolve without anyone booking a room or pressing a button. Flat.social puts you in a low-poly 3D space with a physics engine underneath, and presence becomes something you hear.
What you get in Flat.social
See flat.social in Action
Six things people do in a flat, straight from the front page.
Flat.social and Ro.am side by side
The table compares the basics: plans, what you pay for, how people join, and what is in the room. Ro.am figures come from its published pricing and product pages as of September 2026; Flat.social figures match the pricing page.
Flat.social vs Ro.am, side by side
| Flat.social | Ro.am | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, 5 people at once, no time limit | No, 14-day trial, no card required |
| Paid price | $6 per seat per month | $19.50 per active member per month in 2026, $20.88 from 2027 |
| What you pay for | Concurrent seats you pick (6 to 100), not named users | Every active member, billed monthly |
| 25 people for one month | $150 | $487.50 monthly |
| One-off events without a subscription | $2 per seat Day Pass, valid 24 hours | Theater for up to 10,000 attendees, included with the member subscription |
| Guests join without an account | Yes, unlimited free guests via guest badges | |
| Runs in the browser, nothing to install | Native apps for desktop and mobile; Theater attendees join in a browser | |
| Spatial (proximity) audio | Presence on a 2D floor plan; meetings in rooms | |
| Video calls | ||
| Built-in games and activities | Football, poker, chess, dice, speed networking, whiteboards | |
| Physics engine (objects roll, bounce, collide) | ||
| Edit the map live, from inside the room | Floor-plan layout | |
| Room types | Open spatial, conference grid, text chat | Offices and meeting rooms on a floor plan, plus a Theater |
| Visual style | Low-poly 3D world, seen from above | 2D floor plan |
| Max people in one space | 100 self-serve, more on request | Theater events up to 10,000 attendees |
| Open source / self-hosted | ||
| Native desktop app | ||
| Mobile | Browser on phones, limited | Native iOS and Android apps |
Walk into a live Flat room
No account, no install. Open the demo room, walk up to someone and hear spatial audio work. Then create your own space, free for 5 people.
Pricing at a glance: Ro.am vs Flat.social
Ro.am bills for every active member, monthly, and has published its price for both 2026 and 2027. Flat.social bills for the number of concurrent seats you choose, from 6 to 100, and anyone with the link can use a free seat. List prices as of September 2026.
A 25-person team, one month
- Ro.am: 25 members × $19.50 = $487.50; $522 from 2027 at $20.88
- Flat.social: 25 seats × $6 = $150
A 60-person company where about 20 people are online at the same time
- Ro.am: up to 60 members × $19.50 = $1,170 if everyone is active that month
- Flat.social: 20 seats × $6 = $120
A one-off event for 100 people
- Ro.am: attendees join the Theater free from a browser; the cost is the member subscription
- Flat.social: 100 seats × $2 Day Pass = $200, valid 24 hours, cancel free until the day before, no subscription needed
Trying it out
- Ro.am: 14-day trial, no card required
- Flat.social: free for 5 people at once, no time limit
Both sets of figures can change. Current Flat.social plans are on the pricing page.
Free: up to 5 people in your flat at once. Monthly: $6 per seat per month, from 6 to 100 seats. Day Pass: $2 per seat for a one-off event. A seat is one concurrent spot, not a named user, and every room holds up to 100 people. See pricing and plans & limits.
An office with something to do between meetings
Flat.social puts a football pitch, poker table, chess board and dice in the room itself, on a physics engine, so the ball actually rolls. The people who skip the Friday social show up for the match, and the standup that follows is easier for it.
Coming from Ro.am? Set up Flat.social in an afternoon
Most teams pick a template, shape it in build mode and run their first standup the same day.
- 1Create a free workspace
Sign up with Google or email and name your space. The free plan covers 5 people at once with no time limit, so you can try it properly before paying anything.
- 2Pick a map and shape it
Start from a template, then open build mode and drag in what you use: a standup corner, a couple of desk clusters, a lounge with a football pitch or a poker table, a whiteboard wall. Keep it compact; a snug office feels busier than a sprawling one.
- 3Set roles
Decide who can build, who can moderate, and what guests can do. Roles and access controls are on the Monthly plan; on Free everyone can walk around and talk.
- 4Share one link
Pin the room link in Slack or Teams. Teammates open it in a browser. Guests type a name and join without an account. Nobody installs anything.
- 5Run the first real thing today
A standup, a Friday social, a speed-networking round for new hires. The habit forms around the first useful session, not the perfect layout.
Build the office from inside it
Open build mode while your team is in the room and drag in desks, lounges, whiteboards and games. There is no separate editor and no publish step. Your own maps and look are included on the free plan.
Ro.am alternative: common questions
Other Ro.am alternatives worth knowing
Each of these takes a different approach to the same idea, and we keep a comparison page for each one.
- Kumospace: Rendered 2.5D office floors with browser, desktop and mobile apps. See our Kumospace alternative page.
- Teemyco: A top-down floor-plan office with named rooms and apps on every platform. See our Teemyco alternative page.
- WorkAdventure: Open-source and self-hostable, with a pixel-art world and maps built in Tiled. See our WorkAdventure alternative page.
- SoWork: An isometric 2.5D world with AI-assisted map generation and native apps. See our SoWork alternative page.
For a broader survey of the category, including tools that are not spatial at all, see the best virtual office tools and free virtual office options.
Give your team a space to walk around
Spatial audio, built-in games, live build mode and one link for guests. Free for 5 people, $6 a seat after that. Set-up takes about a minute.