Gather is a spatial office. WorkHive HQ is a spatial office plus the entire back office — so you replace a whole stack of tools, not just your video calls, and you never pay per seat to do it.
Gather is the best-known spatial office and shines for social events, mixers and casual hangouts, with a playful map editor and a big community.
But it stops at the office floor — there is no HR, finance, payroll, tasks or ticketing inside it. You still run the actual company in a separate stack of tools.
| Capability | WorkHive HQ | Gather |
|---|---|---|
| Walkable 3D office & proximity voice | ||
| Meeting rooms, video & screen share | ||
| Live presence & spatial audio | ||
| HR, recruitment, onboarding & leave | ||
| Finance — invoices, bills, expenses & budgets | ||
| Payroll engine & payslips | ||
| Tasks, Kanban & tickets with SLAs | ||
| OKRs, 360° reviews & 1:1s | ||
| Attendance & automatic timesheets | ||
| Rota, shifts & pulse surveys | ||
| Zero-knowledge encrypted documents | ||
| Recognition & leaderboard | ||
| Unlimited seats included | ||
| Flat price — no per-user metering |
On price: Gather retired its free plan and bills per user, per month, so your cost climbs with every hire. WorkHive HQ is one flat price with unlimited seats, so your bill does not grow every time you hire. (Competitor pricing reflects their public model as of 2026 — check their site for current rates.)
Move off Gather and a pile of separate tools, into one headquarters that runs the whole company.