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Mattermost vs Element
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Entry plan for 10 people, billed yearly where offered. Prices checked Oct 2026.
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Mattermost
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G2 4.3 · 369 reviewsSecurity-sensitive and regulated organizations, and DevOps teams, that must run Slack-style chat on their own servers and want incident playbooks next to the chat.
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Element
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G2 4.2 · 43 reviewsGovernments and organizations that need end-to-end encrypted, federated chat on an open standard, including air-gapped networks.
Side by side
| Mattermost | Element | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free self-hosted editions; paid plans by quote | Free Community edition; paid plans by quote |
| G2 Rating | 4.3 (369 reviews) | 4.2 (43 reviews) |
| Best For | Security-sensitive and regulated organizations, and DevOps teams, that must run Slack-style chat on their own servers and want incident playbooks next to the chat. | Governments and organizations that need end-to-end encrypted, federated chat on an open standard, including air-gapped networks. |
Pros and cons
Mattermost
Pros
- Self-hosting is the default, not an add-on
- Air-gapped and DDIL deployments on Enterprise Advanced
- Playbooks and Boards built in for incident and DevOps work
- Open source core under AGPLv3 with a large plugin platform
Cons
- No public prices for any paid plan; annual prepaid only
- Version 11 cut the free Team Edition from 1,000 to 250 users
- Free Team Edition mobile push runs on a test service with no production SLA
Element
Pros
- End-to-end encrypted by default, including calls
- Matrix federation lets separate organizations talk directly
- Air-gapped Sovereign plan with its own push gateway
- Open source under AGPL
Cons
- No public prices, and Enterprise starts at 100 users
- Free Community edition is not meant for production use
- LDAP/AD and audit logs need a paid plan
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