Larksuite vs. Mattermost

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lark
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Lark, or Larksuite, is a take on office suite software that supports workplace collaboration. Founded in 2016, Lark combines messaging, schedule management and online collaborative documents in a single platform. Lark is available now on macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
$0
up to 20 users
Mattermost
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Mattermost from the company of the same name in Palo Alto is a messaging, collaboration and communication platform providing high security and compliance for the businesses that need it.
$0
per month per user
Pricing
LarksuiteMattermost
Editions & Modules
Starter
$0
up to 20 users
Pro
$12
per month per user (up to 500 users)
Enterprise
Custom
Free Self-Hosted
$0
per month per user
Professional
$10
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Us
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LarkMattermost
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsDiscount offered for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
LarksuiteMattermost
Considered Both Products
Lark
Chose Lark
I selected Larksuite simply because even you don't have laptop or desktop you can simply install this app through google or apple store and you just need to log in using your working email. You will now access and use every feature on this app. You can also watch and play videos.
Mattermost
Chose Mattermost
They're very similar. I think it's really a matter of preference. Again, one of the things I like about Mattermost is that it's strictly for business (atleast for us) it's different from the more mainstream messaging apps used so we can kind of separate work vs personal messages.
Chose Mattermost
Slack, Microsoft Teams and Discord
Chose Mattermost
It's cheaper and similar to Slack.
You can break down your project modules better here.
It's secure and self-hosted.
Chose Mattermost
Much more expensive than most chat applications but you have more control over things by self-hosting. Your security team will be able to design a very secure place to store all your code, passwords, and internal details, but most companies will not require this. It would be …
Chose Mattermost
In comparison to Slack, where Slack is strictly for internal communication, Mattermost actually has the format to display and not alter source code. Google chat is also even more limited in comparison to Slack and Mattermost. If you collaborate on code every single day, then …
Chose Mattermost
It is just as good if not better. Can be a superior option depending on the needs of your organization.
Chose Mattermost
These products all required cloud connectivity and licensing that was a significant cost. Mattermost allowed us to pilot this among just the Ops team and then evangelize this to the other infrastructure team. This allowed us to slowly show the value of this software and expand …
Chose Mattermost
Unlike Slack and Discord, Mattermost is self-hosted and focused on security. I used Discord before for community management and much simpler and less secure operations. Slack is great, but the fact that is cloud based takes out a lot of its independence.
Chose Mattermost
We used to have Mattermost and now we have Microsoft Teams. They are both very similar. Mattermost and Microsoft Teams are both great for communicating internally via calls, chats, meetings, etc. They are also both easy to set up an use. However, the Microsoft Teams mobile app …
Chose Mattermost
to reduce cost we shifted to Mattermost.
Chose Mattermost
Mattermost works better in that there aren’t constant updates and changes which can make finding past messages difficult. Mattermost also works better for channel creation and communication
Chose Mattermost
Slack is by far my personal favorite due to the age of the platform and the maturity of the features. Mattermost is a close 2nd-
Chose Mattermost
Honestly iv just used these two but when it comes to customization, they don't come close to Mattermost. Slack and Teams are Less flexible, Not self hosted. Not Open source,etc I will also say that i noticed integration capabilities are very limited with teams and slack and not …
Chose Mattermost
Mattermost is much faster and easier to use. It also has many more features beyond chat. They are more customizations and features for workflow and messaging on this platform also. The ability to integrate with other platforms via plugins, the security features, and the open …
Chose Mattermost
Mattermost is easier to use, faster, and less resource-intensive. Cross-platform support is great, and the mobile experience is awesome.
Chose Mattermost
I feel slack is a bit more difficult to use overall than Mattermost. Mattermost makes the tasks of communicating across departments and team members easier, as well as giving the ability to share information via hyper links, attachments, and other forms of communication among …
Chose Mattermost
We selected mattermost since we can control storage of our data. Slack is a great tool and offers more robust features compared to mattermost. However, the previously mentioned reason & the competitive pricing allowed us to stick with mattermost.
Chose Mattermost
key selling points for us was that its open source and can be self hosted.
Chose Mattermost
Mattermost is cheaper and offers the possibility of self-hosting compared to other competitors. This is a great advantage for our company.
Chose Mattermost
Microsoft Teams feels quite clunky and the video chat is buggy. Slack is close but maybe not quite as feature-rich. Mattermost just feels like the right tool for a company my size ~1000+ users. No one has had any major issues with this tool and there haven't been any …
Chose Mattermost
First of all, we don't lose messages; we can see or search messages from any point in the past. Second, it offers to manage the whole product ourselves from hosting to serving users of our organisation. We feel that we have full control over data, managing users, …
Features
LarksuiteMattermost
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Larksuite
10.0
Ratings
26% above category average
Mattermost
8.3
Ratings
7% above category average
Task Management10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Gantt Charts10.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Scheduling10.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Workflow Automation10.00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Mobile Access10.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Search10.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Visual planning tools10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Larksuite
10.0
Ratings
23% above category average
Mattermost
8.4
Ratings
6% above category average
Chat10.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Notifications10.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Discussions10.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Surveys10.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase10.00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Larksuite
10.0
Ratings
24% above category average
Mattermost
9.1
Ratings
14% above category average
Versioning10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Video files10.00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Audio files10.00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Document collaboration10.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Access control10.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Advanced security features10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Device sync10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
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User Ratings
LarksuiteMattermost
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
7.8
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LarksuiteMattermost
Likelihood to Recommend
Since I work from home, Larksuite is quite helpful to me because we need a way to communicate even when we are working from home. I'm glad that Larksuite is available to us because we constantly need assistance from our supervisor and quality assurance staff. You can also let others know you won't be available at that time by using interface like "Do not disturb," "In Meeting," or "Taking a Break" in Larksuite. Larksuite's ability to let us attach crucial files, pin crucial communications, and build calendars for scheduled meetings and events is by far its most interesting feature. Larksuite can be used in meetings. I remember when we first started using Larksuite Video Meetings for our discussions, I was astounded to see an interface that allowed you to view on your own the file the speaker had provided. I believe that using Larksuite for our video conference makes things more simpler because everything you need is already there.
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Mattermost is definitely appropriate for a growing company with team members spread out across the u.s. and Canada. It’s given me the ability to have access to anyone with the information I need or the ability to develop friendships, working relationships with people I otherwise wouldn’t have access to
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Pros
  • Employee Intranet
  • Video Conferencing
  • Document Creation
  • Knowledge base
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  • Easy intergration to our main CRM (Monday.com)
  • I'm not techy myself but I have seen a lot of our previous integrations in Slack transferred over to Mattermost so that's fun
  • The desktop and phone app (android) works well enough. I haven't tried it on the Apple ecosystem yet.
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Cons
  • To automatically delete accounts of the resigned employees
  • Detect Harmful files that may harm the user
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  • Basic features like custom status, collapsed reply threads are JUST rolling out - kind of slow for a workplace chat app.
  • I don't really get the idea of Playbooks and Boards - there are better, dedicated tools for stuff like this and it's not so easy to turn off.
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Likelihood to Renew
We will use this product and we don't have plan to change since this is a perfect tool
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Mattermost works perfectly within our company as a way to communicate seamlessly. I have had no issues with the product and continue to use it often while on and off site. The mobile app allows me to continue to communicate with my team even when I don't have my laptop with me.
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Usability
I rate this perfect simply because we use this everyday and this is very helpful. Without this tool I can't imagine how we can communicate to each other and how we can resolve every concern/issue that we cater everyday on our job. This is the tool we use to communicate and endorse specific concern.
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It's an extremely easy to use software, and I would recommend it to every company that is growing. I think they could improve their notification system, as it gets a little spammy sometimes and important notifications get lost. Also needs to improve the number of private chats that you are allowed to create.
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
We have not had to contact support for Mattermost ever. All that we have needed has been available in the documentation or website. One of our DevOps team members set it up in a couple of hours. The whole team was using Mattermost that same day. No support needed.
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Implementation Rating
No answers on this topic
This went as expected. No surprises or major hurdles.
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Alternatives Considered
I selected Larksuite simply because even you don't have laptop or desktop you can simply install this app through google or apple store and you just need to log in using your working email. You will now access and use every feature on this app. You can also watch and play videos.
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Unlike Slack and Discord, Mattermost is self-hosted and focused on security. I used Discord before for community management and much simpler and less secure operations. Slack is great, but the fact that is cloud based takes out a lot of its independence.
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Return on Investment
  • The quality of communicator is way easier by the help of Larksuite
  • Larksuite plays the most important role in our company since by Larksuite we our being notified if there are updates we need to check
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  • The platform is adaptive to storage data center outages in case our cloud storage provider goes away, Mattermost still works with our local database. However, files couldn't be shared. We can switch storage to local temporarily; that's a benefit. Later it all syncs up to main storage.
  • When our team switched to Mattermost from paid solutions, we had much savings and access to unlimited past messages and storage quota (we use our cloud storage provider)
  • We have better visibility of our tools and other products running adjacent to Mattermost due to integration capability. We use it for notifications/ updates sent from other products.
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ScreenShots

Mattermost Screenshots

Screenshot of Channels: All team communications in one place.Screenshot of Playbooks: Orchestrates work across tools and teams.Screenshot of Boards: Project planning and milestones.Screenshot of Connections: Unites the entire technology stack through a single point of collaboration.