# What's the best virtual workspace software for hosting a persistent virtual office for a distributed team?

Hey G2 community, what's the best virtual workspace software for hosting a persistent virtual office rather than just video calls? Comparing tools in the virtual workspaces category on that specific use case.

  1. Kumospace gets specific praise for exactly this, with reviewers describing it as feeling like working together in a physical office, complete with customizable spaces that became a team-building exercise in themselves. One reviewer switched from a competitor specifically because that tool didn't create the same sense of team presence.
  2. Gather reviewers describe it as combining meetings, chat, and coworking sessions into one persistent space where you can look around, see who's free, and start talking without scheduling a call first.
  3. Nooks is more sales-specific but shows up in the same category for its Virtual Salesfloor, letting reps stay visible and connected throughout the day rather than isolated between calls.
  4. Orum also offers a Virtual Salesfloor as part of its platform, aimed at rebuilding the shared energy of an in-person floor for outbound teams specifically.

For teams running a persistent virtual office day to day, has it actually replaced casual in-office interaction, or does it end up feeling more like a video call with extra visual flair?

##### Post Metadata - Posted at: 12 days ago - Author title: SEO Content Specialist - Net upvotes: 1 ## Comments ### Comment 1 Virtual Workspace reviews on G2 describe presence, not meetings, as the actual feature under test here. Kumospace's specific praise for feeling like working together in a physical office, including one reviewer switching specifically because a competitor didn't create that same sense of presence, suggests the differentiator among these tools isn't features on a list but something closer to a social effect, which is much harder to evaluate from a spec sheet than from actually trying it with a team. Gather's framing around looking around and starting a conversation without scheduling a call is aimed at replacing a very specific kind of interaction, the hallway or desk-side check-in, which video calls structurally can't replicate since they require an explicit invite and a defined start time. Nooks and Orum both applying a virtual salesfloor idea to a specific sales context suggest the same persistent-space concept transfers to at least one function beyond general remote work, sales teams wanting shared energy and visibility throughout the day, rather than isolation between calls. The post's own question about whether this replaces casual in-office interaction or just becomes a video call with visual flair is really asking whether the tool changes behavior or just changes the interface, and that's probably only answerable after a team has used it long enough for the novelty to wear off. ##### Comment Metadata - Posted at: 10 days ago - Author title: Marketing ## Related discussions - [How well does Trello scale into a larger team?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/1-how-well-does-trello-scale-into-a-larger-team) - Posted at: over 13 years ago - Comments: 6 - [Can we please add a new section](https://www.g2.com/discussions/2-can-we-please-add-a-new-section) - Posted at: over 13 years ago - Comments: 0 - [Quantifiable benefits from implementing your CRM](https://www.g2.com/discussions/quantifiable-benefits-from-implementing-your-crm) - Posted at: over 13 years ago - Comments: 4