A SoWork alternative with no meeting timer and games built in
Flat.social is a browser-based spatial workspace: walk up to people and talk for as long as you like, 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 SoWork on pricing and the basics.
Free up to 5 people, no credit card required
SoWork is a virtual office drawn as a 2.5D isometric world, with proximity audio, AI-assisted map generation, a free plan for up to 10 members and native apps. If you are searching for a SoWork 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 distributed team walks around with proximity audio, plus team socials and events in the same space. There is no meeting timer on any plan, guests are unlimited, built-in games run on a physics engine, and you build the map live from inside the room. 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 SoWork alternative?
Flat.social is a browser-based spatial workspace built on the same idea as SoWork: walk your avatar up to someone and talk, with voices that fade with distance. It has no meeting time limit on any plan, unlimited guests who join from a link without an account, built-in games on a physics engine, a live build mode and timed speed networking. It is free for up to 5 people at once with no time limit and $6 per concurrent seat per month above that, and it runs in every major browser with nothing to install.
How does Flat.social pricing compare with SoWork?
As of September 2026 SoWork is free for up to 10 members with meetings of up to 30 minutes; Basic is $6 per member per month ($5.40 annual) and Premium $15 ($12 annual), billed per registered member with guest passes allocated per seat. Flat.social is free for 5 people at once with no time limit, then $6 per concurrent seat per month from 6 to 100 seats, plus a $2 per seat Day Pass. Twenty-five people for a month is $150 on SoWork Basic ($135 annual) and $150 on Flat.social.
Walk up and talk, with no timer running
Proximity audio works the way it should: voices fade in as you approach and fade out as you walk away. Groups form and dissolve without anyone pressing a button, and nobody is watching a clock. The world around it is a low-poly 3D space seen from above, with a physics engine underneath.
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 SoWork side by side
The table compares the basics: plans, what you pay for, how people join, and what is in the room. SoWork figures come from its published pricing and support pages as of September 2026; Flat.social figures match the pricing page.
Flat.social vs SoWork, side by side
| Flat.social | SoWork | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, 5 people at once, no time limit | Yes, up to 10 members; meetings up to 30 minutes |
| Paid price | $6 per seat per month | Basic $6 per member per month ($5.40 annual); Premium $15 ($12 annual) |
| What you pay for | Concurrent seats you pick (6 to 100), not named users | Every registered member, plus guest passes allocated per seat |
| 25 people for one month | $150 | Basic $150 monthly, $135 annual; Premium $375 monthly, $300 annual |
| One-off events without a subscription | $2 per seat Day Pass, valid 24 hours | No day pass; attendees use member seats or per-seat guest passes |
| Guests join without an account | Guest passes per seat (5 per seat on Premium) | |
| Runs in the browser, nothing to install | Chrome in the browser; apps for other platforms | |
| Spatial (proximity) audio | ||
| Video calls | ||
| Built-in games and activities | Football, poker, chess, dice, speed networking, whiteboards | No physics-based games |
| Physics engine (objects roll, bounce, collide) | ||
| Edit the map live, from inside the room | Office editor with AI map generation | |
| Visual style | Low-poly 3D world, seen from above | 2.5D isometric |
| Open source / self-hosted | ||
| Native desktop app | Yes, Windows and Mac | |
| Mobile | Browser on phones, limited | 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: SoWork vs Flat.social
SoWork bills for every registered member, with guest passes allocated per seat. 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
- SoWork Basic: 25 members × $6 = $150 ($135 on annual billing); Premium: 25 × $15 = $375 ($300 annual)
- Flat.social: 25 seats × $6 = $150
A 60-person company where about 20 people are online at the same time
- SoWork Basic: 60 members × $6 = $360 ($324 on annual billing)
- Flat.social: 20 seats × $6 = $120
A one-off event for 100 people
- SoWork: attendees use member seats or the guest passes bundled with them
- Flat.social: 100 seats × $2 Day Pass = $200, valid 24 hours, cancel free until the day before
Trying it out
- SoWork: free for up to 10 members, meetings up to 30 minutes
- Flat.social: free for 5 people at once, no time limit on the room or the meeting
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.
Sit together for the whole afternoon
Pairing, design reviews and workshops take as long as they take. In Flat.social a group gathers at a table, opens a whiteboard and stays until the work is done, on the free plan too. Nothing ends the session but you.
Coming from SoWork? 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.
Games that run inside the room
A football pitch with a live scoreboard, a poker table, chess and dice sit in the map itself, on a physics engine, so the ball rolls and the dice tumble. The Friday social happens in the same space as the Monday standup, with nothing to share or install.
SoWork alternative: common questions
Other SoWork alternatives worth knowing
Each of these takes a different approach to the same idea, and we keep a comparison page for each one.
- Gather: A pixel-art 2D world with proximity audio and a dedicated map editor. See our Gather alternative page.
- WorkAdventure: Open-source and self-hostable, with a pixel-art world and maps built in Tiled. See our WorkAdventure alternative page.
- 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.
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.