Glue

Overview

Glue is a virtual collaboration platform for remote meetings, workshops, training, and custom virtual experiences. It is best for teams that want spatial interaction and a shared workspace that carries on after a meeting. Its strongest case is continuity between sessions; the free plan’s short session limit and small storage allowance narrow its appeal for regular team use.

Key features

Customizable avatars, spatial audio, and virtual spaces are designed to make remote interaction feel more like being together, including through non-verbal communication. That approach is a fit for participatory workshops and training, but may be unnecessary for teams that only need a conventional meeting room.

Sticky notes, whiteboards, presentations, brainstorming, co-creation, annotation, and note-taking give teams ways to work together during a session. Persistent team spaces keep content available afterward, letting members revisit progress and add annotations instead of starting over next time. Screen sharing is supported.

Teams can store presentations, images, videos, and 3D models in cloud storage; models and other files can be imported through the web interface. Spaces can be branded and configured as venues for meetings, training, situation rooms, or product showcases. Slack and Trello are examples of web-based platforms that integrate with Glue. Access is invite-only, which suits private team sessions rather than open gatherings.

Glue describes its security as bank level and says it uses industry practices, proprietary data-protection algorithms, and third-party solutions. Its knowledge base covers setup, connections, collaboration tools, team management, pricing, FAQs, and tutorials. Founded in 2017 in Helsinki, the company was acquired by Hyperspace in May 2024.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing and includes 10 Glue Team Members, 10 Team Spaces, 30 minutes per session, and 2GB of Team File Storage. It is a useful way for a small group to try persistent collaboration, but the session and storage caps will constrain ongoing workshops or file-heavy work.

Professional costs €50 a month when billed yearly, per user; monthly billing is €60/user/month. It removes the stated limits on Team Spaces, session time, and Team File Storage, making it the more practical fit for teams meeting regularly. The per-user charge means the total rises with membership.

Enterprise has custom pricing and a customized offering: branded and custom Team Spaces, custom hosting options, single sign-on, browser-only sessions, a service level agreement, premium onboarding, and priority support. It is aimed at organizations that need those deployment, identity, or service provisions rather than a published standard rate.

Platforms

Glue supports Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. Its download options also include Meta Quest, Pico, HTC Vive Focus 3, Windows desktop, Windows VR, Mac desktop, and Glue Web. The PC VR setup page names HP Reverb, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve Index, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets as supported. The breadth gives teams both desktop and headset routes, though the VR headset list is specifically for PC VR.

Who it's for

Choose Glue if your team runs interactive remote workshops, training, or meetings and wants the work to remain in a shared space afterward. Its spatial presence, collaboration toolkit, and persistent rooms are more relevant to groups that return to shared materials than to teams holding one-off calls. Invite-only access suits closed teams; the free tier suits small-scale use, while unlimited session time and storage require Professional.

Pros and cons

Persistent team spaces: Meeting content remains available for follow-up and annotation, supporting work across sessions.

Workshop-oriented toolkit: Whiteboards, sticky notes, 3D model imports, and co-creation serve more than presentation alone.

Free plan caps: Ten members, 10 spaces, 30-minute sessions, and 2GB storage limit how far a team can rely on it without upgrading.

Professional is per user: Unlimited spaces, session time, and storage address key caps, but membership directly affects the bill.

Import workflow: Files are imported through the web interface, a consideration for teams handling shared assets.

Alternatives

Virtual Meeting Room Software is the broader category to browse if you want to compare products beyond Glue.

WorkAdventure has a free plan for up to 10 users with unlimited duration, a better fit if session length matters more than Glue’s persistent collaboration spaces.

Hubs is open source and customizable, with a self-hosted Community Edition, so choose it if self-hosting is central to your requirements.

RAUM offers Professional Plus at €99 a month billed annually, or 150€/Month when billed monthly, with 12 concurrent users, making it an option to compare if that stated user limit fits your group.

Topia has a free Demo with 50-person capacity and limited broadcasting and screensharing, a better match if those event capacities are your priority.

Tangle is free for up to 50 team members per server and supports screensharing, which may suit teams prioritizing those limits over Glue’s broader platform support.

Watch2Gether is oriented around watching content together, so consider it for that narrower use rather than collaborative workshops.

Quad offers a free plan for up to 50 people, 25 tables, and four one-hour events, making it worth comparing for a bounded event series.

Samudaia is free during early access and offers a team-sized workspace, an alternative for teams comfortable with an early-access product.

Verdict

Glue is the right choice for teams that want remote workshops or training to combine spatial interaction with work that persists between meetings. Professional’s unlimited spaces, sessions, and storage address the free tier’s most consequential constraints. Look elsewhere if you need only conventional calls, or if the per-user upgrade is not justified by continued work in shared spaces.