Element Call
Self-hosted sovereign and secure collaboration platform
- Vendor
- Element Creations Ltd
- Also known as
- element-call
Available worldwide
What is Element Call?
An open-source messaging, voice, and video communication platform designed for complete data sovereignty with self-hosted or air-gapped deployment options.
Element Call pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free Community edition; Enterprise and Sovereign available on quote
Community
FreeNon-professional deployments and evaluations
- Self-hosted
- Open source AGPL
- Free frontend and backend
- Includes Element Call
Enterprise
Contact salesProfessional use with enterprise-grade performance and security
- Synapse Pro
- Enhanced security
- Advanced monitoring
- Dynamic scaling
- 4-hour response SLA
Sovereign
Contact salesAir-gapped deployment for total sovereignty without internet dependency
What Element Call does
The capabilities that matter for video conferencing, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Webinar mode
- -
- Live transcription
- -
- AI assistant
- -
- Breakout rooms
- -
- Browser join
- ✓
- Pstn dial in
- -
- Virtual backgrounds
- -
- SSO SAML
- ✓
- HIPAA available
- -
- SOC2
- -
- Open source
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- macOS
- Web
- Linux
- Android
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
- Air-gapped
- Self-hosted
Integrations (9)
Independently observed- JIRA•
- OpenProject•
- LDAP←•
- Active Directory←•
- SCIM⇄•
- OIDC←•
- OAuth←•
- GitHub•
- Webhooks•
Security & compliance
Independently observed- ISO/IEC 27001:2022active
- Cyber Essentials Plusactive
- ISO/IEC 5230 (OpenChain)active
Element Call alternatives
Other video conferencing we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Dialpad MeetingsBrowser-based video conferencing with real-time AI transcription and automated meeting summarieshigh · 75%
- RingCentral VideoAI-enhanced video conferencing combining real-time transcription and meeting intelligencelow · 43%
- Zoho MeetingA secure cloud-based platform for remote video conferencing and team collaborationlow · 42%
- GoTo MeetingOnline video conferencing platform for remote team meetings and collaborationlow · 46%
- PexipAn enterprise video platform that secures meetings and facilitates flexible interoperability across deployment environmentslow · 41%
- Nextcloud TalkA self-hosted team communication platform combining messaging, video calls, and webinars with complete data control and privacylow · 3%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Element Call, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.05 | 2.8 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 35 | 0.07 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.08 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 29 | 0.04 | 1.2 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Sso saml, Open source, Browser join | mediumsource · 2026-08-31 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 9 | mediumsource · 2026-08-31 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: GB · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-31 · 75% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Certifications | ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO/IEC 5230 (OpenChain) | mediumsource · 2026-08-31 · 60% |
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-31 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-31 · 75% |
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-31 · 75% |
| Trust center | https://element.io/en/security/security-disclosure-policy | mediumsource · 2026-08-31 · 60% |