LANS sells day passes to 300+ coworking spaces. Deskmate maps the cafe layer underneath — free, curated, and tagged by vibe.
LANS is a fast-growing day-pass marketplace for coworking spaces, popular with Gen Z professionals as a coworking alternative to cafes. Pay $5–$16/day, book in-app, walk into a coworking space. It’s the closest thing to "Airbnb for coworking" in the US right now. Deskmate is solving a different but adjacent problem: the cafe layer. Most people who work remotely spend 80% of their work-days in cafes, not coworking spaces — and finding the cafes that actually work as workspaces is hard. Yelp ranks by food, Google by popularity, and "cafes with WiFi" is a useless filter. Deskmate curates cafes specifically as workspaces — vibe-tagged, community-verified, and free to drop into.
| Deskmate | LANS | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Curated map of work-friendly cafes | On-demand day pass to coworking spaces |
| Cost | Free (buy a coffee) | $5–$16/day per booking |
| Where | Cafes & coffee shops | Formal coworking spaces |
| Best for | Solo & paired work, async days, coffee chats | Calls, meetings, deep weeks, professional setting |
| Booking | None — drop in | In-app booking |
| Calls allowed | Tagged per-spot (most cafes: no) | Yes, usually phone booths available |
| Cities (US) | SF, NYC, Palo Alto, Seattle (expanding) | Nationwide, 300+ locations |
A taste of what the Deskmate map looks like — 253 curated work-cafes across SF, NYC, Palo Alto & Seattle.
Not really — adjacent. LANS is the coworking day-pass layer; Deskmate is the cafe layer. Most remote workers use both: cafes for ~80% of days, coworking for calls and deep weeks. We integrate well in the same workflow.
Deskmate is free. You pay for whatever drink you’d buy anyway at a cafe. LANS day passes are $5–$16 — fair pricing for what you get, but a different product.
Only at cafes we explicitly tag "phone calls ok" — most cafes are quiet-norm spaces. For call-heavy days, LANS or another coworking day pass is the better tool.
Deskmate is in 4 US cities — San Francisco, New York, Palo Alto, and Seattle — with depth (vibe-curated, community-tagged). LANS is in 277+ locations nationwide but is breadth-first.