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Gather

Score8.9 out of 10

17 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Gather?

Gather is a web-based video call platform, building virtual spaces for people to live and interact more effectively online.
They combine video-calling with a 2D map, letting you walk around and talk to the other people right next to you. Their creation tools allow you to make custom, interactive spaces.

Categories & Use Cases

Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Gather has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 17 ratings of Gather's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Meeting initiation

    Meetings can be easily initiated, whether they are scheduled or on the fly.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Video screen sharing

    Users are able to share their screens with other meeting participants on video conference calls.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Instant messaging

    Users are able to communicate via chat, either one-on-one or in a group message, through an instant messaging or chat tool.

    Category average: 8.3

Areas for Improvement

  • Participant roles & permissions

    Administrators can grant users different levels of access to conferences, as moderators, presenters, attendees, or participants. Permissions can be set for individual users, or based on user role/group.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Confidential attendee list

    Presenters, moderators, or admins can see a confidential list of attendees that is not visible to all attendees.

    Category average: 7.8

  • Slideshows

    Presenters can present slideshows during the meeting within the web conferencing platform.

    Category average: 8.4

Reviews

What users are saying about Gather.
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Gather Town a fun way(and cheap) to do all your meetings

Incentivized
Hiram CansecoView profile
ETL management in Engineering at Arkon Data (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization we used Gather Town everyday for the constant communication, it's the easiest way to find another co-worker in one space and text him or talk to him.The principal business problem that Gather Town solves for us is that we only have one tool for everything, now with the recent updates we can share documents.Our work is totally remote so is a great solution for us

Pros

  • alert for messages
  • Being able to have several spaces for communication for free
  • constant updates

Cons

  • The chat history sometimes erase itself
  • sometimes the application become laggy randomly
  • the output lag when one member start to sharing the screen
  • The integration with google calendar doesn't detect all the meets even when refresh it or re-link the service

Return on Investment

  • Considerable money savings since it has a free tier option
  • When required, a space for more than 100 people is contracted and we can canceled immediately.
  • social events have been carried out virtually thanks to this tool

Alternatives Considered

Google Meet, Webex Calling, Skype and Zoom Rooms

Other Software Used

Google Drive, Azure Databricks, VMware Horizon