Comparison

Mattermost vs Wire

No clear leader: Mattermost (67.0) and Wire (65.6) 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
Wire66
Score
vioscaleAI score
Mattermost67 / 100medium · 65%
Wire66 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Mattermost✓
Wire✓
Model
Mattermostfreemium
Wirequote
Price level
Mattermostlow
Wirelow
Starting price
Mattermost–
Transparent
Mattermost✗
Wire✓
Integrations
Count
Mattermost700
Wire1
Reliability
Status page
Mattermost✓
Wire✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Mattermost371
Wire–
Github stars
Mattermost39,264
Wire–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Mattermost100
Wire–
Release
Cadence days
Mattermost1
Wire–
History
Mattermost20 items
Wire–
Language
Primary
MattermostTypeScript
Wire–
Content
Faq
Mattermost7 items

Capabilities

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

Modality
Messaging
Mattermost✓
Wire✓
Video meetings
Mattermost✗
Wire✓
Whiteboard
Mattermost✗
Wire✗
Meetings
Screen sharing
Mattermost✓
Wire✓
Recording / transcription
MattermostRecording + AI notes
WireNone
Security
End-to-end encryption
Mattermost-
Wire✓
SSO / SCIM
Mattermost✓
Wire✓
Access
Guest / external access
Mattermost✓
Wire✓
Compliance
Compliance controls
Mattermost✓
Wire✓
Deployment
Hosting
MattermostCloud + self-hosted
WireCloud + self-hosted
Scale
Max participants
Mattermost-
Wire150 video (2000 with MLS enabled)
Ecosystem
App marketplace
Mattermost✓
Wire✓
Public API / bot framework
Mattermost✓
Wire✓
Commercial
Free tier
Mattermost✓
Wire✓

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

Wire

Wire is a secure communication platform offering messaging, audio/video calls, conferencing, and file sharing. Built on zero-knowledge architecture with always-on end-to-end encryption, it serves governments, critical infrastructure providers, and 1,800+ organizations globally.

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 ↗

Wire

from €7.45/seat/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Wire for Enterprise from €7.45/user/mo (annual billing). On-premises deployment available via sales.

  • Wire for FreeFree
    • Messaging
    • Audio and video conferencing
    • File sharing
  • Wire for Enterprise€7.45/user/mo (annual) or €8.94/user/mo (monthly)
    • All Wire for Free features
    • Video conferencing (up to 150 participants)
    • SSO and SCIM
    • Administrative controls
    • Role-based configurations
  • Wire On-Premises (Wire Local)Contact sales
    • All Wire for Enterprise features
    • Federation with Wire Cloud
    • ID-Shield
    • Full deployment support
    • Data sovereignty
    • +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✓
Wire✓
iOS
Mattermost✓
Wire✓
Android
Mattermost✓
Wire✓
macOS
Mattermost✓
Wire✗
Windows
Mattermost✓
Wire✗
Linux
Mattermost✓
Wire✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Mattermost✓
Wire✓
Self-hosted
Mattermost✓
Wire✓
On-premise
Mattermost✓
Wire✗
Air-gapped
Mattermost✓
Wire✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Mattermost

26 total - 25 not shared
  • Slack
  • Git
  • Jenkins
  • GitLab
  • Twitter
  • Bugzilla
  • RSS
  • Gerrit
  • Redmine
  • Mercurial
  • SVN
  • Threema
  • Pexip
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Matrix
  • XMPP
  • Trello
  • ServiceNow
  • PagerDuty
  • Splunk
  • Nagios
  • Ansible
  • +1 more
Independently observed

Wire

1 total - 0 not shared
  • GitHub
Independently observed
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Mattermost or Wire: which one depends on you

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