Comparison

Mattermost vs Twist

No clear leader: Mattermost (67.0) and Twist (64.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Mattermost67
Twist64
Score
vioscaleAI score
Mattermost67 / 100medium · 65%
Twist64 / 100medium · 52%
Pricing
Free tier
Mattermost✓
Twist✓
Model
Mattermostfreemium
Price level
Mattermostlow
Twistlow
Transparent
Mattermost✗
Twist✓
Integrations
Count
Mattermost700
Twist4
Reliability
Status page
Mattermost✓
Twist✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Mattermost371
Twist–
Github stars
Mattermost39,264
Twist–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Mattermost100
Twist–
Release
Cadence days
Mattermost1
Twist–
History
Mattermost20 items
Twist–
Language
Primary
MattermostTypeScript
Twist–
Market
Availability
Twist–
Content
Faq
Mattermost7 items
Twist6 items

Capabilities

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

Modality
Messaging
Mattermost✓
Twist✓
Video meetings
Mattermost✗
Twist-
Whiteboard
Mattermost✗
Twist-
Meetings
Screen sharing
Mattermost✓
Twist-
Recording / transcription
MattermostRecording + AI notes
Twist-
Security
End-to-end encryption
Mattermost-
Twist-
SSO / SCIM
Mattermost✓
Twist-
Access
Guest / external access
Mattermost✓
Twist✓
Compliance
Compliance controls
Mattermost✓
Twist✓
Deployment
Hosting
MattermostCloud + self-hosted
TwistCloud only
Scale
Max participants
Mattermost-
Twist-
Ecosystem
App marketplace
Mattermost✓
Twist-
Public API / bot framework
Mattermost✓
Twist✓
Commercial
Free tier
Mattermost✓
Twist-

What each one is

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

Mattermost

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

Twist

An asynchronous team messaging platform that reduces reliance on synchronous meetings and supports distributed work with threaded conversations and async-first workflows.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Mattermost

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

Twist

from $6/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $6/user/mo. Free tier.

  • FreeFree
    • Access up to 1 month of comments and messages
    • Up to 5 integrations
    • Up to 5 GB file storage
    • Standard support
    • Up to 500 internal member accounts
    • +1 more
  • Unlimited$6/user/mo
    • Access full history of comments and messages
    • Unlimited integrations
    • Unlimited file storage
    • Priority support
    • Unlimited internal member accounts
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

Mattermost

26 total
  • Slack
  • Git
  • Jenkins
  • GitLab
  • GitHub
  • Twitter
  • Bugzilla
  • RSS
  • Gerrit
  • Redmine
  • Mercurial
  • SVN
  • Threema
  • Pexip
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Matrix
  • XMPP
  • Trello
  • ServiceNow
  • PagerDuty
  • Splunk
  • Nagios
  • +2 more
Independently observed

Twist

7 total
  • Dropbox
  • Google Drive
  • OneDrive
  • Todoist
  • Zapier
  • Google Calendar
  • Calendly
Independently observed
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Mattermost or Twist: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.