The AI-Powered Slack Alternative for Remote Teams

Slack keeps your team messaging. Roam gets them talking.

Stop turning quick questions into long Slack threads, chasing replies across channels, and scheduling meetings just to talk something through. Roam gives your remote team one virtual HQ to see who’s available, knock, talk, message, meet, and keep moving.

  • Instead of waiting on Slack replies — See who’s available and talk right now
  • Instead of explaining it in 10 messages — Knock and solve it in a quick conversation
  • Instead of jumping from Slack to another meeting tool — Message, meet, and collaborate in one virtual HQ
  • Instead of starting over — Bring your Slack history with you

15 min. Not a slide deck – you’ll use Roam live. Join 2,000+ teams who’ve switched.

“No more back-to-back Google Meets. No chasing messages in a sea of Slack threads. Just effortless syncs, casual drop-ins, and those spontaneous ‘got a sec?’ moments that are usually impossible to recreate remotely.”
“The thing I’ve liked the most is how ‘walking over to someone’s desk’ is back—just in a virtual way. Instead of sending 10 Slack messages trying to explain a weird bug, I just knock on a teammate’s office, and we jump into a quick call, share screens, and solve it together.”

Quick questions shouldn’t become long Slack threads

See who’s available. Knock. Talk. Get back to work.

When talking is faster than typing, Roam gives your team a faster way to connect.

  • See who’s available — Know who’s around and ready to connect.
  • Skip the back-and-forth — Turn replies, clarifications, and follow-ups into one quick conversation.
  • Knock and talk — Connect with a teammate instantly when a two-minute conversation beats a ten-message thread.
  • Skip the calendar — No scheduling, meeting links, or waiting until tomorrow to talk.
  • Get back to work faster — Resolve the question, get the answer, and keep moving.

Turn quick questions into quick answers.

Your team is online. Roam makes them feel present.

Roam gives your team a shared virtual HQ where everyone feels more visible, accessible, and connected.

See your team

Know who’s around, who’s already collaborating, and who’s available to connect.

Knock on a door

Start the remote equivalent of “got a sec?” without scheduling another meeting.

Talk face to face

Move a complicated discussion out of a thread and into a natural conversation.

Get an AI recap

Turn the conversation into useful takeaways without adding another standalone meeting assistant.

One place to meet, chat, and connect

Roam brings your remote team’s communication together in one AI-powered virtual HQ.

  • Team messaging
  • Instant drop-in conversations
  • Video meetings
  • Virtual rooms
  • AI meeting summaries and recaps
  • Team presence and availability
“Slack’s great, but it’s not the same as being in the same room. Roam gives us that sense of presence. We hop into rooms, sketch ideas on the whiteboard, celebrate wins ‘face-to-face’, and just feel more together overall.”

Fewer tools. Less switching. One virtual HQ.

Move naturally from a message to a conversation without switching platforms or losing momentum.

Roam brings the essential ways remote teams communicate and collaborate into one place.

Spend less time switching between disconnected tools and more time moving work forward.

“We have just switched to Roam which combines Slack, Zoom, Calendly and Loom in one tool. In addition to chat, video and calendar, it also gathers our entire team in a virtual office where we can see who is present, who is at the meeting and who is off.”

Bring your Slack history with you

Switch communication platforms without starting over.

Bring the conversations your team still needs into Roam so you can move forward without losing useful context.

  • Keep your history: Bring over Slack conversations your team may need to reference.
  • Move at your own pace: Introduce Roam without treating migration like an overnight reset.
  • Give everyone one place to work: Bring messaging, meetings, presence, and everyday collaboration into the same virtual HQ.
  • Get support along the way: Make the transition easier for your team with help when you need it.
“Our team moved to work from Slack to Roam two months ago and during the past period the way we work has changed radically, especially that the experience gives you the feeling of working in real offices.”

More than another chat app

Remote work that feels more human.

Slack is a powerful messaging platform. But recreating an office through chat alone can leave remote teams juggling:

  • Channels filled with conversations that could have been a quick talk
  • Notifications competing for your team’s attention
  • Scheduled calls for questions that only need a few minutes
  • Companion tools for meetings, scheduling, recordings, and AI notes

Roam offers a different way to work. See your coworkers. Reach them when they’re available. Talk when talking is faster. Keep the context afterward.

“My team has recently switched from Slack to Roam, which is pretty amazing. I highly recommend this for the remote team. It creates a vibe as if you are literally in the same room working together. Finally, there is an app where remote teams are done right.”

Get more done with fewer meetings

Stop scheduling every conversation.

Not every question needs another 30-minute calendar block.

Roam makes spontaneous conversations easy so teammates can connect when a question comes up, resolve it, and get back to focused work.

Give your team back more time to work.

“Roam helps us stay connected and aligned, cutting out unnecessary 30-minute meeting blocks for just 1-2 quick questions. It’s lightweight, presence-based, and reinforces the kind of spontaneous collaboration we used to rely on in an office.”

Compare the cost of your meeting stack

Meet, chat, collaborate, and stay connected through one virtual office platform.

Roam Product
Functionality
Legacy Tool
Legacy Price(Monthly/User)
Virtual Office
Presence & Map
Gather / SoWork
$15 – $20
Drop-In Meetings
Instant Video
Zoom (Pro)
$13 – $16
AInbox
Team Messaging
Slack (Business+)
$15 – $18
Magic Minutes
AI Note Taker
Otter / Fireflies
$17 – $18
Lobby
Scheduling
Calendly (Teams)
$16
Magicast
Screen Recording
Loom (Business)
$12.50 – $15
Theater
Webinars
Zoom Webinars
$79 (base)
On-It
AI Agent
ChatGPT Plus / Copilot
$20
On-Air
Immersive Events
Hopin / Goldcast
$25+
Total
Standalone Stack
~$215+/mo
Roam
All-in-One
$19.50/mo

Ready for a Slack alternative that goes beyond chat?

Less typing. More talking. More getting things done.

Move beyond endless Slack threads and give your remote team one virtual HQ for messaging, meetings, quick conversations, team presence, and AI-powered recaps.

See who’s available. Knock when talking is faster than typing. Solve the question and get back to work.

Switch from Slack to a more connected way to work.

15 min. Not a slide deck – you’ll use Roam live. Join 2,000+ teams who’ve switched.