Comparison

Google Chat 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.

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Google Chat48
★Mattermost67
Score
vioscaleAI score
Google Chat48 / 100low · 4%
Mattermost67 / 100medium · 65%
Pricing
Free tier
Google Chat–
Mattermost✓
Model
Google Chatcommercial
Mattermostfreemium
Price level
Google Chat–
Mattermostlow
Transparent
Google Chat–
Mattermost✗
Integrations
Count
Google Chat14
Mattermost700
Security
Certifications
Google Chat–
Disclosure policy
Google Chat–
Mattermost✓
Gdpr
Google Chat–
Mattermost✓
Scorecard
Google Chat–
Mattermost7.3
Reliability
Status page
Google Chat–
Mattermost✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Google Chat–
Mattermost371
Github stars
Google Chat–
Mattermost39,264
Activity
Commits last 30d
Google Chat–
Mattermost100
Release
Cadence days
Google Chat–
Mattermost1
History
Google Chat–
Mattermost20 items
Language
Primary
Google Chat–
MattermostTypeScript
Market
Availability
Google Chat–
Content
Faq
Google Chat4 items
Mattermost7 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Deployment model
Google ChatCloud saas
MattermostSelf hosted on premise
Channel based topic organization
Google Chat-
Mattermost✓
Threaded reply conversations
Google Chat-
Mattermost✓
Ad hoc voice video huddles
Google Chat-
Mattermost-
Cross company guest channels
Google Chat-
Mattermost✓
Robust message search and history indexing
Google Chat-
Mattermost✓
Automated workflow bot builders
Google Chat-
Mattermost✓
Google workspace office 365 sync
Google Chat-
Mattermost-
Jira github engineering webhook sync
Google Chat-
Mattermost✓
Salesforce zendesk sales support sync
Google Chat-
Mattermost-
SOC2 type ii
Google Chat-
Mattermost-
HIPAA compliance
Google Chat-
Mattermost-
Pricing model
Google Chat-
MattermostPer seat subscription

What each one is

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

Google Chat

Google Workspace is a cloud-native platform combining team messaging, video conferencing, document collaboration, file storage, and business phone capabilities, with AI-powered tools and partner integrations.

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.

Google Chat

Pricing not documented yet.

Mattermost

Leader
HybridFree tier
  • Enterprise Edition E10-
  • Enterprise Edition E20-
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Google Chat✓
Mattermost✓
iOS
Google Chat✗
Mattermost✓
Android
Google Chat✗
Mattermost✓
macOS
Google Chat✗
Mattermost✓
Windows
Google Chat✗
Mattermost✓
Linux
Google Chat✗
Mattermost✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Google Chat✓
Mattermost✓
Self-hosted
Google Chat✗
Mattermost✓
On-premise
Google Chat✗
Mattermost✓
Air-gapped
Google Chat✗
Mattermost✓

Integrations

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

In common (4)
  • GitHub
  • PagerDuty
  • ServiceNow
  • Trello

Google Chat

14 total - 10 not shared
  • Asana
  • Comeen
  • Datadog
  • HubSpot
  • Jira
  • Lucidchart
  • Polly
  • Salesforce
  • Workday
  • Zapier
Independently observed

Mattermost

Leader
26 total - 22 not shared
  • Slack
  • Git
  • Jenkins
  • GitLab
  • Twitter
  • Bugzilla
  • RSS
  • Gerrit
  • Redmine
  • Mercurial
  • SVN
  • Threema
  • Pexip
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Matrix
  • XMPP
  • Splunk
  • Nagios
  • Ansible
  • Matterbridge
Independently observed
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