SoWork
SoWork is a virtual workplace tool designed for remote teams looking to enhance their efficiency, productivity, and collaboration. The tool...
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What is SoWork?
SoWork is an AI-powered virtual workspace designed for remote teams to collaborate instantly without scheduling, links, or fuss. It transforms your team's daily work into something joyful by providing an always-on virtual HQ where teammates work beside each other in a shared, customizable space that reflects your unique company culture.
Key features include spatial video calls that make meetings smoother and hallway chats spontaneous, a fully-featured Slack-replacement chat built in, and AI tools for meeting summaries, recordings, and transcripts. The platform offers team analytics to see work habits, fully customizable workplaces built like The Sims, automatic meeting sync with calendars, Simple Mode and Mini Mode for deep focus, availability status signaling, meeting zones, proximity-based meetings, private meetings, avatar customization, pets and games for culture building, and integrations with Google Calendar, Outlook, Slack, GitHub, Zapier, Miro, and API.
SoWork is for remote teams, high-performing distributed teams, startups, and companies looking to replace fragmented tools like Zoom, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Otter with one all-in-one platform. It's ideal for teams wanting to build real culture, remove silos, increase spontaneous interactions, and work together like in a real office but better.
SoWork pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Free 7-day trial available, no credit card needed. Free Plan: $0/month, limited to 10 members, unlimited meetings with 30-minute limit per meeting, no video, limited support. Basic Plan: $6.00/member/month billed annually (unlimited members, unlimited meetings, unlimited meeting length, video, limited support). Premium Plan: $13.00/member/month billed annually or $15/user/month billed monthly (includes all Basic features plus priority live support, meeting recordings, AI meeting summaries, team analytics, Zapier integrations, noise cancellation, team demos and onboarding support). Enterprise Plan: Custom pricing for teams over 100 members or special requirements, includes SSO, SCIM for automated user provisioning, custom pricing, assisted rollout, 99.99% uptime, custom maps and avatars. Event Pricing: $3/person for 2 hours, $6/person for 4 hours, $10/person for 24+ hours, first 20 teammates free.
SoWork pros
- Always-on virtual HQ for remote teams
- Spatial video calls for smoother meetings
- Built-in Slack-replacement team chat
- AI meeting summaries, recordings, and transcripts
- Full meeting memory saved in one place
- Team analytics to see work habits
- Unlimited office and avatar customization like The Sims
- No scheduling or links needed - meet in seconds
- Automatic calendar sync for availability status
- Simple Mode and Mini Mode for deep focus
- Proximity-based spontaneous meetings
- Private meetings with interruption protection
- Meeting zones for area-based collaboration
- Pets and games to build team culture
- Replaces Zoom, Slack, Teams, and Otter - saves money
- iOS and Android mobile apps for on-the-go collaboration
- Guest passes and Zoom-style meetings for outsiders
- Priority live support on Premium plan
- SSO and SCIM for enterprise security
- Zapier integrations for workflow automation
SoWork cons
- Free plan limited to 10 members maximum
- Free plan has 30-minute meeting limit
- No video on Free plan
- Limited support on Free and Basic plans
- Basic plan lacks AI summaries and recordings
- Premium plan needed for advanced analytics
- Must create virtual office on desktop first before mobile access
- Enterprise plan requires contact sales for custom pricing
- Some advanced features only on Premium plan
- May feel game-like for traditional corporate teams
Frequently asked questions about SoWork
What problem does SoWork solve for remote teams?
SoWork solves the isolation and culture drift that remote teams experience with fragmented tools like Zoom and Slack. It provides a virtual place to be together physically, enabling spontaneous interactions, hallway chats, and the middle moments that drive innovation and connection. Teams feel like they're working together even when miles apart, rebuilding the healthy culture needed to win together.
What makes SoWork a 'smart' virtual workspace?
SoWork is AI-powered with features like automatic meeting summaries, recordings, and transcripts that save full meeting memory. It has automatic meeting sync that updates your status to 'In a Meeting' when calendar events start, AI Smart Office Assistant for meeting notes and action items, team analytics to see work habits and productivity dashboards, and integrations that crunch numbers and run automations.
How is SoWork different from Gather Town?
SoWork stands out with superior features, graphics, and integrations compared to Gather. It offers topic-based chat for clearer collaboration, spatial video calls, built-in Slack-replacement chat, AI tools for meeting summaries and recordings, team analytics, unlimited customization like The Sims, automatic calendar sync, Simple Mode and Mini Mode for focus, and mobile apps for iOS and Android. Teams surprised by SoWork's features quickly embrace it.
Will my team actually use this after the first week?
Thousands of teams use SoWork every day, all day. Implementation is easy with quick team adaptation. Setting a daily block of time for the team to work out of the SoWork office and using it for all meetings builds the habit. Decorating spaces makes it personal and fun, driving up culture, creativity, and efficiency. Customer support is fast and helpful throughout adoption.
Can we start simple without the virtual office?
Yes, you can start with Simple Mode to get into deep focus while staying connected in Mini Mode even when using other apps. The platform works for all meeting types including one-on-ones, team meetings, guest/client meetings, and company-wide meetings. You can use proximity meetings, private meetings, or meeting zones based on your needs.
Does SoWork work for large or fast-growing teams?
Yes, SoWork is suitable for large teams with unlimited members on Basic and Premium plans. Enterprise Plan supports teams over 100 members with SSO, SCIM for automated user provisioning, assisted rollout, 99.99% uptime, and custom maps. Managers can easily see who is available without micromanaging, and even team members resistant to new tools were willing to use it.
Do we need to download anything or install software?
SoWork works on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android without complex installation. You access it through the desktop app first to create your virtual office, then access it using the mobile app. The platform is easy to sign up for and simple to use from day one with no heavy technical setup required.
Is pricing per user, per seat, or per active member?
Pricing is per member per month. Free Plan is $0/month limited to 10 members. Basic Plan is $6.00 per member/month billed annually with unlimited members. Premium Plan is $13.00 per member/month billed annually or $15 per user/month billed monthly. Enterprise Plan offers custom pricing for large teams.
How many meeting summaries can I store on the Premium plan?
Premium plan includes unlimited AI meeting summaries, recordings, and transcripts with full meeting memory saved in one place. The platform records, transcribes, summarizes, and saves all meeting content without specified storage limits mentioned.
How hard is it to get started or migrate?
Getting started takes just 2 minutes to choose a beautiful new office, 1 click to invite your team, and you immediately start shipping faster. The first 7 days are free with no credit card needed. Implementation and integration are easy for the whole team, with team demos and onboarding support included on Premium. Customer support is outstanding and extremely responsive throughout the process.