Meetropolis vs Topia

Meetropolis is an open-source virtual office for remote teams, set in a live 2D world with proximity-based spatial audio and video. Guest access and screen sharing are available. Phaser provides the live-world layer, while Colyseus powers real-time multi-user interaction. Teams can use the web application or self-host it with the supplied Docker Compose setup, which includes the web app, server, database, and LiveKit service. The self-host configuration uses PostgreSQL and documents SMTP email settings for invites, guest magic links, verification links, and welcome messages. Personal API tokens can control microphone, camera, screen sharing, and do-not-disturb status. Server components use AGPL-3.0-only; the web client and shared types use MIT. Tiamat UG offers a commercial license. The open-source server permits 25 concurrent users across the whole server, and the 26th user is kicked. Production self-hosters must supply a TLS terminator, configure production secrets and allowed CORS origins, and may need TURN for restrictive networks.

Topia is a browser-based platform for interactive virtual worlds where people can explore, create, collaborate, communicate and play. Participants’ audio and video connect as they approach one another and disconnect as they move away. World owners can customize spaces and embed live streams, websites, music, apps, games and collaborative tools. Access can be restricted with passwords, account authentication, approved guest lists, scheduled opening hours or SAML SSO. Topia lists integrations including Slack, Miro, Salesforce, HubSpot, Google Sheets and Calendly, alongside an SDK, APIs, JavaScript and C# client libraries, and webhooks for custom applications and data flows. The free Demo plan has a 50-person capacity, with broadcasting and screen sharing each limited to one. PRO is billed at $4 a month per user and starts at $100 per month; enterprise pricing is custom. At capacity, arriving users wait until space becomes available. Topia recommends Chrome, Edge and Brave; Firefox and Safari support is in beta. Mobile use is audio-only and in beta, with desktop or laptop recommended.