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    Mattermost

    Score9 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

    Slack

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ASlack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…

    $8.75

    per month per user

    Pricing
    MattermostSlack
    Editions & Modules
    Free Self-Hosted
    $0
    per month per user
    Professional
    $10
    per month per user
    Enterprise
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    per month per user
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MattermostSlack
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
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    Community Pulse
    MattermostSlack
    Considered Both Products
    Mattermost
    Chose Mattermost
    It's cheaper and similar to Slack.
    You can break down your project modules better here.
    It's secure and self-hosted.
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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.
    Incentivized
    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-
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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.
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Mattermost
    As compare to Slack with this tool, Mattermost has introduced more convenience and features for collaboration. All updates come with new and advanced features and functions which always fascinate me and become the reason for using this efficient tool.
    Incentivized
    Chose Mattermost
    Mattermost is very similar to Slack and has the advantage (in our case) of being entirely on-premises, and entirely free. The feature set is similar, and it has filled the original need that Slack was suggested as a solution for very well. Teams is potentially a better choice …
    Incentivized
    Chose Mattermost
    Slack is excellent and has many of the same features as Mattermost. However, the cost if you have a larger group can be prohibitive. Mattermost is a better ROI per user, in our opinion. It also allows us to host it ourselves, which is more desirable for management by our MIS …
    Incentivized
    Chose Mattermost
    Mattermost is very comparable to Slack. While Slack is more well-known and has a larger budget for advertising, Mattermost can hold its own. Slack probably has some additional integrations, but for what we were looking for (a quality communication tool) Mattermost was a great …
    Incentivized
    Chose Mattermost
    Slack got very expensive and limited for the use we expected and also for the economic resources of the company. Mattermost allows custom modifications, and its interface is very similar to Slack, so we didn't need much time to adapt to it. We've been using Mattermost for 3 …
    Incentivized
    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.
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Mattermost
    to reduce cost we shifted to Mattermost.
    Incentivized
    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
    Incentivized
    Chose Mattermost
    key selling points for us was that its open source and can be self hosted.
    Incentivized
    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, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Mattermost
    It was selected before i got to the company.
    Incentivized
    Chose Mattermost
    Mattermost is cheaper and has better security features.
    Incentivized
    Chose Mattermost
    Mattermost provides a familiar user interface, fast performance, and a complete set of user collaboration tools and features - it stands out by providing a self-managed installation option for better integration with existing IT assets and more control over data storage. We …
    Incentivized
    Chose Mattermost
    Skype is a light version when compared to Mattermost. Skype is easy to login (using username and password). Whereas, Mattermost login or setup or configuration is way different from Skype. We wanted to integrate with Jumpcloud for various reasons, so we have selected Mattermost …
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    Chose Slack
    Much simpler and more pleasant to use than the alternatives.
    Provides integrations, with external services, that work out of the box which is often an Achilles heel of competitive solutions.
    Pricing is unfortunately not that great when compared to alternatives that come in a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    The most convenient way to organize and follow thread (so any conversation) and a very large way to customize the workspace by individual (my workspace is organize in my way, but my colleague can have their own structure and organization). Also being able to add customized …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Good User interface, feels easy to use
    Easy to open a thread and have a discussion with rich text editing
    Integrations are good, helps to check the status of many entities from single place
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    MattermostSlack
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Mattermost and Slack
    Feature
    Mattermost
    8.3
    46 Ratings
    Slack
    8.2
    479 Ratings
    Task Management7.034 Ratings8.2310 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.410 Ratings6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling8.410 Ratings7.9259 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.427 Ratings8.4284 Ratings
    Mobile Access9.143 Ratings9.5460 Ratings
    Search8.925 Ratings8.7463 Ratings
    Visual planning tools9.012 Ratings8.0187 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Mattermost and Slack
    Feature
    Mattermost
    8.4
    49 Ratings
    Slack
    8.8
    488 Ratings
    Chat9.249 Ratings9.8488 Ratings
    Notifications8.449 Ratings9.1484 Ratings
    Discussions8.847 Ratings9.6473 Ratings
    Surveys8.930 Ratings8.1302 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase6.033 Ratings7.8300 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting8.99 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.713 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook8.39 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Mattermost and Slack
    Feature
    Mattermost
    9.1
    29 Ratings
    Slack
    8.7
    461 Ratings
    Versioning9.012 Ratings8.4229 Ratings
    Video files9.323 Ratings8.8412 Ratings
    Audio files9.323 Ratings9.1403 Ratings
    Document collaboration7.919 Ratings8.4318 Ratings
    Access control9.923 Ratings8.4305 Ratings
    Advanced security features9.020 Ratings8.4264 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive8.613 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync10.017 Ratings9.1339 Ratings
    User Ratings
    MattermostSlack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (51 ratings)
    9.4
    (489 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.4
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (6 ratings)
    9.2
    (103 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (66 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (36 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)