Glue vs Watch2Gether

Glue is a virtual collaboration platform for remote meetings, workshops, training, and custom virtual experiences. Teams can use customizable avatars, spatial audio, and virtual spaces, alongside sticky notes, whiteboards, presentations, brainstorming, co-creation, annotations, and note-taking. Imported 3D models can be brought in through the web interface. Team spaces and their content remain available after meetings, allowing teams to return to work and add annotations. Cloud storage holds presentations, images, videos, and 3D models. Teams can brand spaces and configure venues for meetings, training, presentations, situation rooms, and product showcases. Slack and Trello are named as integration examples. Glue lists Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows platforms, with downloads also listed for Meta Quest, Pico, HTC Vive Focus 3, Windows desktop and VR, and Mac desktop. The Free plan includes 10 team members, 10 team spaces, sessions up to 30 minutes, and 2GB of team file storage. Professional costs €50 per user per month when billed yearly or €60 per user per month when billed monthly. Glue was founded in 2017 in Helsinki and was acquired by Hyperspace in May 2024.

Watch2Gether is a service for watching movies and series with friends in real time. Watch Together rooms synchronize playback so participants can play, pause, and resume in step, while live chat provides a place for messages and reactions. Users can make private rooms and invite friends with a short code. Streaming quality adjusts to the connection, and the service says viewing can continue across phones, tablets, laptops, and Smart TVs. The free Starter plan costs nothing and has a limited content library, 720p streaming, ads, and rooms for two people. Premium costs $9.99 a month and includes the full library, 1080p Full HD, ad-free viewing, and rooms for up to 10 people. Ultra costs $19.99 a month and includes 4K Ultra HD + HDR, unlimited rooms, downloads, and priority support. Watch2Gether is listed for Android, iOS, web, and Windows; its advertised Windows app requires Windows 10/11. The home page also lists Samsung, LG, and Sony Smart TVs.