Canggu is the hub, and the old guard is gone
Canggu holds the densest coworking scene on the island, and a lot of older guides still point you to spaces that no longer exist. Dojo Bali, the space that put Canggu on the digital-nomad map, closed for good in December 2022, and Ubud's pioneering Hubud is gone too. What replaced them is a newer generation: Tropical Nomad Coworking Space and BWork are the two names that come up most often among people actually working from Canggu right now, both a short ride from Batu Bolong and Berawa.
What a pass actually costs
Expect to pay roughly $12 to $20 for a day pass and somewhere between $150 and $230 for a month, depending on the space and desk type. Tropical Nomad's day pass runs around IDR 230,000 (about $15), with monthly plans from roughly IDR 2.7 million for shared access up to IDR 3 million or more for a dedicated desk. BWork sells time in blocks: a biweekly bundle of around 30 hours sits near IDR 900,000, with unlimited monthly access closer to IDR 3.2 million. Treat these as ballpark figures: promotions and exchange rates move them constantly, so check the space's own site before you commit to a month.
Ubud: the calmer alternative
Ubud is the calmer alternative to Canggu's hustle, with fewer spaces but a genuinely different pace. Outpost's Ubud Penestanan location, the former Roam property, anchors the scene with coliving rooms above a working coworking floor, set among rice terraces rather than traffic. It suits people who want quiet mornings, at the cost of Canggu's density of cafes and evening events. Ubud also empties out earlier at night, so factor that in if you want a scene after 9pm.
What you're paying for: aircon, desks, community
A membership buys you air conditioning, a proper desk and a community, not just a chair. Most Canggu spaces mix an air-conditioned focus room with an open-air social floor, so you trade quiet-and-cool for breezy-and-social depending on the day; BWork adds rooftop yoga and pilates, a pool, and height-adjustable desks in its focus room. Expect phone booths for calls, monitors (sometimes a small daily rental), and a real events calendar of workshops and networking nights. The open-air floors photograph beautifully but run warmer and noisier than the aircon rooms, worth knowing if you live on video calls.
The honest downsides, and cafe versus coworking
The honest downside: popular spaces get loud and full roughly between 10am and 3pm, when calls stack up next to casual chat in the same open rooms. Add-ons like extra monitor rental, printing and meeting-room bookings nudge the real monthly cost above the advertised base price. If you are more casual than a full membership justifies, Bali's cafe scene (see our Canggu cafes guide) covers most needs for the price of a coffee. Either way, venue Wi-Fi still dips when a room fills up, so keep a Bali eSIM or a plan from the pricing page as backup for calls that cannot wait.
