Mattermost

Also known as
mattermost

Available worldwide

What is Mattermost?

Sovereign collaboration and automation platform designed for mission-critical environments. Supports on-premises, private cloud, and air-gapped deployments with end-to-end security controls and data sovereignty.

Independently observed

Mattermost 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.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
Quote-basedFree tier

Free limited-use edition available for technical evaluation. Enterprise pricing on request.

Entry Professional

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Channel-based collaboration

  • Channel-based messaging (1-1, group, public, private)
  • File sharing and media previews
  • 1:1 audio calls and screen sharing
  • Threaded discussions
  • Core search up to 3 million posts
  • Custom branding and themes
  • Hashtags and channel categorization
  • Available in 20 languages
  • Multi-window desktop
  • Compact view
  • Markdown compatibility
  • Message priority
  • Persistent notifications
  • Multi-team collaboration
  • Group calling and screen share (up to ~50 concurrent users)
  • Guest accounts
  • Custom user groups

What Mattermost does

The capabilities that matter for collaboration software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Modality
Messaging
Video meetings
Whiteboard
-
Meetings
Screen sharing
Recording / transcription
-
Security
End-to-end encryption
-
SSO / SCIM
Access
Guest / external access
Compliance
Compliance controls
Deployment
Hosting
Cloud + self-hosted
Scale
Max participants
approximately 50 concurrent users per group call
Ecosystem
App marketplace
Public API / bot framework
Commercial
Free tier
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • iOS
  • macOS
  • Web
  • Android
  • Windows
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS
  • On-premise
  • Air-gapped
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (6)

Independently observed
  • MS Teams
  • Atlassian
  • GitLab
  • Jenkins
  • Git
  • Zoom

Mattermost alternatives

Other collaboration software we track, ranked by the same independent score.

Independent · unbought · dated

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 Mattermost, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 65 / 100
low · 39%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Capabilities960.1918.0
Github Activity630.106.6
Release Cadence990.065.8
Price Level800.064.6
Reliability500.073.5
Integrations240.102.6
Github Stars870.032.5
Pricing Transparency250.092.4
Security Posture100.070.0-
Package Downloads00.150.0-
Stackoverflow Activity00.070.0-

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.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d100mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars38,631highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"hosting":"both","sso_scim":true,"free_tier":true,"messaging":true,"api_access":true,"screen_sharing":true,"video_meetings":true,"app_marketplace":true,"max_participants":"approximately 50 concurrent users per group call","compliance_controls":true,"guest_external_access":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count6mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryTypeScripthighsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
Availability{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}highsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Modelcommercialmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 70%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
TransparentNomediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days1mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%