A Superior Virtual HQ for Companies of Tomorrow. Not just Teams.
Live Company Visualization
The Roam HQ Environment gives everyone a full bird’s eye visualization of everything happening at the company right now.
Unleash Your Company’s Productivity & Culture with a Roam Virtual Office.
| Roam | Microsoft Teams |
| A complete AI-Powered Virtual HQ that includes company visualization, presence, drop-in meetings, group chat, AI meeting summaries, video conferencing, scheduling, & much more for just $19.50/month. | Group Chat + Video Conferencing UX |
3D Chat on the Map
See live typing indicators and chats from all people typing messages to you at the same time, not just the channel you’ve selected.
Shelf
Companies that know each other have better culture. Discover unexpected connections with your colleague with your virtual shelf. Showcase favorite photos, books, music & more.
All-Hands Theater
Purpose built for delivering your All-Hands presentations in a unique theater environment. Complete with backstage, rows, audience microphone, walk–on music and more.
Fun Fact: Microsoft doesn’t even allow the use of the term “All Hands” at their company.
Fun Fact: Microsoft doesn’t even allow the use of the term “All Hands” at their company.
AI Meeting Summaries
Get AI summaries of all of your meetings in a friendly, promptable group chat UX.
Physical Office Tags
For hybrid companies, automatically show which people are in which physical offices right on the map.
Build team culture with fun sounds and individual reactions like waving, bowing and even some hidden easter eggs.
Soundboard & Entrance Music
Showcase your unique persona with your own entrance music. Experience better presentations with applause, laughter, and even booing that naturally grow as more people join in.
Integrations on the Map
Easily see which GitHub PRs are out, which Figma designs are being worked on, which Jira tasks are outstanding, and more.
It’s not just about Microsoft products, it’s all products.
It’s not just about Microsoft products, it’s all products.
Microsoft 365 Calendar Integration
Roam seamlessly integrates with Microsoft 365 Calendar. Book meetings in your Virtual HQ right from your Microsoft Outlook calendar.
Seamlessly Integrate with Google Workspace
Roam also seamlessly integrates with Google Calendar. Book meetings in your Virtual HQ right from GCal.
Fast, Slick & Snappy Desktop and Mobile Apps on All Platforms
The Roam HQ apps work fast everywhere - including on Mac and iOS.
Stories
Share instant stories with your company - a video from a work trip, a photo with a customer, a screenshot of a deal that just closed, right on the map. Stories disappear after 24 hours.
Lobby
Allow customers, prospects, or anyone to book time with you or just drop-in instantly in your custom branded Lobby.
Why Roam over Microsoft Teams?
Why Roam over Microsoft Teams?
- The Microsoft Teams interface is built around chat groups. Roam HQ interface is a live visualization of your entire company.
- Better Connection. Companies working from Roam are instantly connected by the map, through live presence, and faster conversations. Microsoft Teams has none of that.
- Better Productivity with Drop-In Meetings. Being able to knock for a quick conversation leads to an average meeting time in Roam of just 8 minutes long. When was the last time you had an 8 minute Microsoft Teams meeting?
- Better Culture. An HQ environment with the map, theater, virtual shelf, and stories and more brings your distributed company closer together than ever.
- Be a Hero to your Company. Everyone loves working from Roam, nobody loves working from Microsoft Teams.
- Better for Hybrid, Distributed or Remote Teams. Office Tags and the Virtual HQ bring companies from around the world together. If your company has people and offices everywhere, a live visualization of your HQ beats group chat every time.
- Better for Mac and iOS. The Microsoft Teams application is clunky and slow on non-native Windows machines. (It’s actually clunky and slow on Windows machines too, just even worse on Macs).
- Better for Google Workspace.
- Teams is Forced Upon You. Microsoft uses its typical predatory bundling practices to include Teams with O365. No one really chooses to use Teams, it’s just forced upon you by Microsoft. Roam is a superior Microsoft Teams Competitor.
- Better for Non-Microsoft Shops. Roam integrates seamlessly with Google and has snappy, slick native apps for Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and even Linux.
| Roam | Teams | |
| Company Visualization | Yes | No |
| Presence | Yes | No |
| Spotify, GitHub on the Map | Yes | No |
| Drop-In Meetings | Yes | No |
| Virtual Shelf | Yes | No |
| Average Meeting Time | 8 Minutes | 30 minutes |
| Stories | Yes | No |
| AI Meeting Summaries | Magic Minutes (included) | Yes (additional charge) |
| Whiteboard | Yes | Yes |
| Group Chat | Included | Yes |
| External Guests | Yes | Yes |
| Lobby with Drop-Ins | Yes | No |
| Theater | Yes | No |
| Pricing | $19.50/month Monthly Billed Active Users Only No Commitment | Varies Widely |
“Since my organization switched to Teams, I've been experiencing a plethora of issues. The software is often sluggish, lagging behind my inputs, and making real-time collaboration a challenge. Frequent crashes and unexpected sign-outs disrupt my workflow and necessitate constant sign-ins”
r/MicrosoftTeams2 yr. agoWell, let’s just say that Teams on macOS has been a bit of an adventure, and not the fun kind. 😂 Have you encountered any weird glitches, issues with performance, or just things that make you wonder if Teams has it out for Mac users?
r/Macway_Artichoke_8609@roam is absolutely Amazing! Having our All Hands meeting in this virtual HQ always impresses me! With continuous incredible updates and each of us having our own virtual office makes work so much more efficient — especially with our company having employees from all over the 🌎
Javante Vasquez@Vante_Monta“Teams is far inferior in terms of user experience. The only reason people choose Teams is that they are a MS house”
r/SlackBigs1854“Since my organization switched to Teams, I've been experiencing a plethora of issues. The software is often sluggish, lagging behind my inputs, and making real-time collaboration a challenge. Frequent crashes and unexpected sign-outs disrupt my workflow and necessitate constant sign-ins”
r/MicrosoftTeams2 yr. agoWell, let’s just say that Teams on macOS has been a bit of an adventure, and not the fun kind. 😂 Have you encountered any weird glitches, issues with performance, or just things that make you wonder if Teams has it out for Mac users?
r/Macway_Artichoke_8609@roam is absolutely Amazing! Having our All Hands meeting in this virtual HQ always impresses me! With continuous incredible updates and each of us having our own virtual office makes work so much more efficient — especially with our company having employees from all over the 🌎
Javante Vasquez@Vante_Monta“Teams is far inferior in terms of user experience. The only reason people choose Teams is that they are a MS house”
r/SlackBigs1854“Since my organization switched to Teams, I've been experiencing a plethora of issues. The software is often sluggish, lagging behind my inputs, and making real-time collaboration a challenge. Frequent crashes and unexpected sign-outs disrupt my workflow and necessitate constant sign-ins”
r/MicrosoftTeams2 yr. agoWell, let’s just say that Teams on macOS has been a bit of an adventure, and not the fun kind. 😂 Have you encountered any weird glitches, issues with performance, or just things that make you wonder if Teams has it out for Mac users?
r/Macway_Artichoke_8609@roam is absolutely Amazing! Having our All Hands meeting in this virtual HQ always impresses me! With continuous incredible updates and each of us having our own virtual office makes work so much more efficient — especially with our company having employees from all over the 🌎
Javante Vasquez@Vante_Monta“Teams is far inferior in terms of user experience. The only reason people choose Teams is that they are a MS house”
r/SlackBigs1854