Your remote stack is too expensive — and too scattered
Most remote teams pay for three tools that barely talk to each other: Slack for chat, Zoom for calls, and Microsoft Teams for meetings — plus a separate board for tasks and another app for time. Every tool is another subscription, another login, another tab. Worse, none of them gives your team the one thing a real office does: the feeling of being together.
A virtual office fixes both problems at once. It replaces the scattered stack with a single shared space where your team appears as avatars, walks up to each other for instant calls, chats in channels, manages projects, and tracks time — all in one browser tab.
What each tool is missing
| Tool | What it does well | What it lacks |
|---|---|---|
| Slack | Chat & channels | No virtual office, no projects, no time tracking |
| Zoom | Scheduled video meetings | No always-on presence, 40-min free cap |
| Microsoft Teams | Enterprise chat & meetings | No spatial office, heavy UI, needs M365 |
One virtual office instead of three subscriptions
Remotly is an all-in-one virtual office that rolls chat, video, project management, and time tracking into a single workspace:- Walk-up video & audio — no scheduling; approach a colleague's desk and you're talking, just like a real office.
- Built-in team chat — channels and DMs, so you can drop Slack.
- Project boards & time tracking — manage work and timesheets without a separate app.
- Bilingual (English & Arabic) with full right-to-left support — something Slack, Zoom, and Teams don't offer natively.
- Free-forever core plan — no per-user fees to start.
The math
A 20-person team paying for Slack (~$7/user), Zoom (~$13/user), and a task tool can easily spend $400+ per month — before time tracking. Consolidating into one virtual office removes most of that cost while adding the presence your current tools can't.
How to switch in an afternoon
1. Create your free office — add your company name and you're live.
2. Set up rooms for each team plus a meeting room.
3. Invite everyone with a link — they land straight in the office.
4. Move chat into channels and projects onto the boards.
Keep read-only access to your old tools during the transition; everything new happens in one place.
The bottom line
Slack, Zoom, and Teams are each good at one slice. A virtual office gives your team all of it — plus the presence remote work is missing — for less. Explore the features or compare pricing to see how much you'd save.