Glue vs ZEP

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.

ZEP is a web service for virtual spaces used for online gatherings, offices, bootcamps, and events. People can connect through video, reactions, chat, and spatial audio; rooms accommodate up to 20 participants, and guest access and screen sharing are supported. The Map Editor lets users place objects, add links or videos, and design maps. ZEP’s site presents ZEP, ZEP QUIZ, and ZEP SCHOOL as separate services. In ZEP QUIZ, teachers create quizzes, students join as avatars, and results are available in real time. QUIZ AI can generate questions from a topic or uploaded class materials and create answer choices. Students can join in a browser using a QR code or entry code, without installing an app. The displayed quiz plans cap concurrent users at 200. ZEP School offers spaces for a school’s teachers and students, with tailored estimates, administrative documents, and multiple payment methods for schools. The Free plan costs nothing and has limited access to premium maps and question types. ZEP lists no mobile apps.