Nitin Gupta of Etherea Workspaces argues operators should stop calling every flexible workspace coworking, and breaks down their version of the models.

Spoiler: Traditional coworking suits 1 to 50 seats on monthly rolling terms with zero capex but shared infrastructure that raises compliance and data-security risks. Managed offices serve 50 to 2,000+ seats on 6 to 36 month terms with dedicated server rooms, private VLANs, SOC2-ready setups and custom branding.

Enterprise legal teams routinely reject shared networks, so if you are chasing bigger clients the pitch is privacy and security, not community.