# Element vs Mattermost

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Mattermost

| Attribute | Element | Mattermost |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 49.4 (72% (medium)) | 67 (65% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 371 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 39,264 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A Matrix-based messaging and collaboration solution for organizations to independently host secure, end-to-end encrypted communications infrastructure, with deployment options ranging from cloud to air-gapped environments. It is indexed under Collaboration Software.","source":"https://element.io/de/pricing","question":"What is Element?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Element does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 3 plans (Community, Enterprise and Sovereign), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://element.io/fr/pricing","question":"How much does Element cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Element supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://element.io/de/pricing","question":"What platforms does Element support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Element can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://element.io/de/pricing","question":"Can Element be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 17 integrations for Element, including Jitsi, Etherpad, Grafana, Google Calendar, Spotify, YouTube, EtherCalc and TradingView, plus 9 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://element.io/de/pricing","question":"What does Element integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed ISO 27001 and GDPR for Element. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Element not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://element.io/de/security/security-hall-of-fame","question":"What security certifications does Element have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Element is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United Kingdom, Germany, France and the United States. The vendor is headquartered in the United Kingdom.","source":"https://element.io/fr/pricing","question":"Where is Element available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Collaboration Software.","source":"https://mattermost.com","question":"What is Mattermost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Mattermost offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Open Source, Enterprise E10 and Enterprise E20. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://mattermost.com","question":"Is Mattermost free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Mattermost supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://mattermost.com","question":"What platforms does Mattermost support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Mattermost can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://mattermost.com","question":"Can Mattermost be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 14 integrations for Mattermost, including Slack, Git, Jenkins, Twitter, Bugzilla, RSS, Gerrit and Redmine, plus 6 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://mattermost.com","question":"What does Mattermost integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Mattermost. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Mattermost not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://mattermost.com/security","question":"What security certifications does Mattermost have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Mattermost is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the EU and Japan. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://mattermost.com","question":"Where is Mattermost available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","sso_scim":true,"free_tier":true,"messaging":true,"api_access":true,"whiteboard":true,"e2e_encryption":true,"screen_sharing":false,"video_meetings":true,"app_marketplace":true,"max_participants":"unlimited","compliance_controls":true,"guest_external_access":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","sso_scim":true,"free_tier":true,"messaging":true,"api_access":true,"whiteboard":false,"pricing_model":"per_seat_subscription","screen_sharing":true,"video_meetings":false,"app_marketplace":true,"deployment_model":"self_hosted_on_premise","compliance_controls":true,"guest_external_access":true,"recording_transcription":"recording_ai_notes","cross_company_guest_channels":true,"threaded_reply_conversations":true,"automated_workflow_bot_builders":true,"channel_based_topic_organization":true,"jira_github_engineering_webhook_sync":true,"robust_message_search_and_history_indexing":true}` |
| integrations.count | 16 | 700 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Jitsi"},{"name":"Etherpad"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Google Calendar"},{"name":"Spotify"},{"name":"YouTube"},{"name":"EtherCalc"},{"name":"TradingView"},{"name":"Github"},{"name":"Gitlab"},{"name":"JIRA"},{"name":"RSS"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"LDAP","native":true,"category":"auth","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"SCIM","native":true,"category":"auth","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"OIDC","native":true,"category":"auth","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"OAuth","native":true,"category":"auth","direction":"bidirectional"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Git"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Twitter"},{"name":"Bugzilla"},{"name":"RSS"},{"name":"Gerrit"},{"name":"Redmine"},{"name":"Mercurial"},{"name":"SVN"},{"name":"Threema"},{"name":"Pexip"},{"name":"Prometheus","category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Grafana","category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Matrix","native":false,"category":"chat","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"XMPP","native":false,"category":"chat","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Trello","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ServiceNow","native":true,"category":"itsm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"PagerDuty","native":true,"category":"incident_response","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Splunk","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Nagios","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Ansible","native":true,"category":"automation","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Matterbridge","native":false,"category":"chat","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"GB","primaryMarkets":["GB","DE","FR","US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` | `{"ios":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Community","summary":"Free, self-hosted edition for up to 100 users","features":["Free frontend and backend","Self-hosted community server"],"description":"Self-hosted community edition for small-scale deployment","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"up to 100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"Professional server with per-seat/month pricing","features":["Professional home server with dynamic scaling","90% resource savings vs Community","Advanced security advisory","Level 3 support with SLA","Long-term support (LTS)","LDAP and SCIM integration","OIDC/SSO authentication","Audit and compliance reporting","Air-gapped deployment support","Kubernetes/Helm charts","White-label mobile app","Custom branding","Extended room management","Content analysis and DLP support"],"description":"Professional home server with advanced performance and compliance features","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free community version. Pro version billed per seat per month.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://element.io/fr/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-18T12:32:28.076Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Edition E10","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Edition E20","contactSales":false}],"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://mattermost.com","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T11:08:02.475Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| release.cadence_days | - | 1 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.10.3-rc1","date":"2026-10-02T11:23:57Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v11.10.3-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v12.0.0-rc2","date":"2026-09-25T08:37:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v12.0.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.11.1","date":"2026-09-24T06:27:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.11.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v12.0.0-rc1","date":"2026-09-18T10:58:45Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v12.0.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v10.11.24","date":"2026-09-16T09:55:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v10.11.24"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.10.2","date":"2026-09-15T07:48:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.10.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.7.11","date":"2026-09-15T05:06:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.7.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.7.11-rc1","date":"2026-09-11T12:06:09Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v11.7.11-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.9.2","date":"2026-09-15T06:26:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.9.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.11.0","date":"2026-09-07T11:26:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.11.0-rc3","date":"2026-09-07T10:37:02Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v11.11.0-rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.7.10","date":"2026-08-26T11:53:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.7.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.11.0-rc2","date":"2026-08-25T09:15:51Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v11.11.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.10.1","date":"2026-08-24T07:07:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.10.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.11.0-rc1","date":"2026-08-18T06:47:33Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v11.11.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.7.9","date":"2026-08-13T06:29:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.7.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.9.1","date":"2026-08-13T06:07:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.9.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.9.1-rc1","date":"2026-08-07T09:17:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v11.9.1-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.8.5","date":"2026-08-13T05:45:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v11.8.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/releases/tag/v11.8.5-rc1","date":"2026-08-07T08:38:34Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v11.8.5-rc1"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"ISO/IEC 27001:2022","status":"active"},{"name":"Cyber Essentials Plus","status":"active"},{"name":"WCAG 2.1 Level AA","level":"AA","status":"active"},{"name":"EN 301 549","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"Section 508 Compliance","status":"active","evidenceUrl":"https://mattermost.com"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 7.3 |
| security.trust_center | https://element.io/de/security/security-hall-of-fame | https://mattermost.com/blog/trusted-device-authentication-101/ |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=mattermost-redux&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (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 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T17:44:44.332Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*