Comparison

Element vs Mattermost

On the evidence we track, Mattermost leads this comparison with a composite score of 67/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Element full profile →Mattermost full profile →

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Element49

★Mattermost67

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Element	MattermostLeader
vioscaleAI score	49 / 100medium · 72%	67 / 100medium · 65%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	16	700
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Cyber Essentials Plus, WCAG 2.1 Level AA, EN 301 549	Section 508 Compliance
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	7.3
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://element.io/de/security/security-hall-of-fame	https://mattermost.com/blog/trusted-device-authentication-101/
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=mattermost-redux&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	371
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	39,264
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	1
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in GB, DE, FR, US · HQ GB	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Element49 / 100medium · 72%

Mattermost67 / 100medium · 65%

Pricing

Free tier

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Model

Elementfreemium

Mattermostfreemium

Price level

Elementlow

Mattermostlow

Transparent

Element✗

Mattermost✗

Integrations

Count

Element16

Mattermost700

Security

Certifications

ElementISO/IEC 27001:2022, Cyber Essentials Plus, WCAG 2.1 Level AA, EN 301 549

MattermostSection 508 Compliance

Disclosure policy

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Gdpr

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Iso27001

Element✓

Mattermost–

Scorecard

Element–

Mattermost7.3

Trust center

Elementhttps://element.io/de/security/security-hall-of-fame

Mattermosthttps://mattermost.com/blog/trusted-device-authentication-101/

Vulnerabilities

Element–

MattermostCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=mattermost-redux&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Element–

Mattermost371

Github stars

Element–

Mattermost39,264

Activity

Commits last 30d

Element–

Mattermost100

Release

Cadence days

Element–

Mattermost1

History

Element–

Mattermost20 items

Language

Primary

Element–

MattermostTypeScript

Market

Availability

ElementAvailable worldwide · Popular in GB, DE, FR, US · HQ GB

MattermostAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Element7 items

Mattermost7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for collaboration software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Collaboration Software
Capability	Element	Mattermost
Modality
Messaging	✓	✓
Video meetings	✓	✗
Whiteboard	✓	✗
Meetings
Screen sharing	✗	✓
Recording / transcription	-	Recording + AI notes
Security
End-to-end encryption	✓	-
SSO / SCIM	✓	✓
Access
Guest / external access	✓	✓
Compliance
Compliance controls	✓	✓
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud + self-hosted
Scale
Max participants	unlimited	-
Ecosystem
App marketplace	✓	✓
Public API / bot framework	✓	✓
Commercial
Free tier	✓	✓

Modality

Messaging

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Video meetings

Element✓

Mattermost✗

Whiteboard

Element✓

Mattermost✗

Meetings

Screen sharing

Element✗

Mattermost✓

Recording / transcription

Element-

MattermostRecording + AI notes

Security

End-to-end encryption

Element✓

Mattermost-

SSO / SCIM

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Access

Guest / external access

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Compliance

Compliance controls

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Deployment

Hosting

ElementCloud + self-hosted

MattermostCloud + self-hosted

Scale

Max participants

Elementunlimited

Mattermost-

Ecosystem

App marketplace

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Public API / bot framework

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Commercial

Free tier

Element✓

Mattermost✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Element

A secure messaging and video conferencing system that prioritizes data control and independence by enabling organizations to self-host their communications infrastructure on open standards.

Independently observed

Mattermost

Leader

Mattermost is a self-hosted or cloud-based collaboration platform offering secure messaging, voice calling, screen sharing, workflow automation, and AI-assisted tools for teams and enterprises.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Element

SubscriptionFree tier

Free community version. Pro version billed per seat per month.

CommunityFree
- Free frontend and backend
- Self-hosted community server
ProProfessional server with per-seat/month pricing
- Professional home server with dynamic scaling
- 90% resource savings vs Community
- Advanced security advisory
- Level 3 support with SLA
- Long-term support (LTS)
- +9 more

as of 2026-09-18verify ↗

Mattermost

Leader

HybridFree tier

Enterprise Edition E10-
Enterprise Edition E20-

as of 2026-10-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Element	Mattermost
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
iOSPlatforms	✓	✓
AndroidPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Element✓

Mattermost✓

iOS

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Android

Element✓

Mattermost✓

macOS

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Windows

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Linux

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Element✗

Mattermost✓

Self-hosted

Element✓

Mattermost✓

On-premise

Element✗

Mattermost✓

Air-gapped

Element✓

Mattermost✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (4)

Grafana
Github
Gitlab
RSS

Element

17 total - 13 not shared

Jitsi
Etherpad
Google Calendar
Spotify
YouTube
EtherCalc
TradingView
JIRA
Webhooks
LDAP
SCIM
OIDC
OAuth

Independently observed

Mattermost

Leader

26 total - 22 not shared

Slack
Git
Jenkins
Twitter
Bugzilla
Gerrit
Redmine
Mercurial
SVN
Threema
Pexip
Prometheus
Microsoft Teams
Matrix
XMPP
Trello
ServiceNow
PagerDuty
Splunk
Nagios
Ansible
Matterbridge

Independently observed

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