# Mattermost vs Twist

| Attribute | Mattermost | Twist |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 67 (65% (medium)) | 64.3 (52% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 371 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 39,264 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"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}]` | `[{"answer":"An asynchronous team messaging platform that reduces reliance on synchronous meetings and supports distributed work with threaded conversations and async-first workflows. It is indexed under Collaboration Software.","source":"https://twist.com","question":"What is Twist?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Twist offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $6 per user per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://twist.com","question":"Is Twist free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Twist 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://twist.com","question":"What platforms does Twist support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Twist, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://twist.com","question":"Can Twist be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 7 integrations for Twist, including Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Todoist, Zapier, Google Calendar and Calendly. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://twist.com","question":"What does Twist integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Twist. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Twist not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://twist.com/help/articles/security,-privacy-and-gdpr-faq-pLptEU0T","question":"What security certifications does Twist have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | An asynchronous team messaging platform that reduces reliance on synchronous meetings and supports distributed work with threaded conversations and async-first workflows. |
| features.capabilities | `{"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}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","messaging":true,"api_access":true,"compliance_controls":true,"guest_external_access":true}` |
| integrations.count | 700 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"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"}]` | `[{"name":"Dropbox"},{"name":"Google Drive"},{"name":"OneDrive"},{"name":"Todoist","native":true},{"name":"Zapier","native":true,"direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Google Calendar","native":true},{"name":"Calendly","native":true}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | - |
| market.availability | `{"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":"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"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["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","Up to 500 external guest accounts"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"file_storage":"5 GB","integrations":"5","external_guests":"500","message_history":"1 month","internal_members":"500"}},{"free":false,"name":"Unlimited","summary":"$6/user/mo","features":["Access full history of comments and messages","Unlimited integrations","Unlimited file storage","Priority support","Unlimited internal member accounts","Unlimited external guest accounts"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":6,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"file_storage":"unlimited","integrations":"unlimited","external_guests":"unlimited","message_history":"unlimited","internal_members":"unlimited"}}],"summary":"From $6/user/mo. Free tier.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://twist.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T14:28:57.803Z","startingPrice":{"amount":6,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| 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":"Section 508 Compliance","status":"active","evidenceUrl":"https://mattermost.com"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | 7.3 | - |
| security.trust_center | https://mattermost.com/blog/trusted-device-authentication-101/ | https://twist.com/help/articles/security,-privacy-and-gdpr-faq-pLptEU0T |
| 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 | Mattermost | Twist |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 only |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Max participants | - | - |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| App marketplace | ✓ | - |
| Public API / bot framework | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Commercial** |  |  |
| Free tier | ✓ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:59:35.058Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*