Rocket.Chat vs. Mattermost? There’s no comparison.

Developers need more than chat. Learn how to bring your team collaboration together with an open source platform that is secure, extensible, and customizable.

Engineering teams powered by Mattermost

More than just a private chat tool – collaboration for teams serious about shipping software

Collaborating within the modern enterprise is complex. Your team needs tools built to accelerate your workflows and empower them to do their best work and overcome the challenges of always-on digital operations.

Unlike Rocket.Chat, Mattermost is purpose-built for developers and the tools they use. Bring together every tool, process, and conversation into a single point of collaboration, while staying in complete control of your data.

Designed for the way technical and operational teams work

Team Messaging

Team collaboration and technical workflows

Work together effectively with real-time communication, file and code snippet sharing, in-line code syntax highlighting, and workflow automation purpose-built for technical teams.

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Custom Integrations

Flexible integrations with essential technical tools

Execute and automate workflows with flexible, custom integrations with popular technical tools like GitHub, GitLab and ServiceNow.

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Audio & Screen Sharing

Communication that fits your flow

Seamlessly switch from chat to audio calls and screenshare without switching tools.

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Workflow Automation

Orchestrate and execute repeatable processes with better command

Checklist-based process playbooks with workflow orchestration in one unified location.

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Why engineering teams choose Mattermost over Rocket.Chat

Essential developer tool integrations

Mattermost integrates with the tools your team uses every day for seamless workflows customized to the way your team works.

Advanced collaboration features

Work together more effectively in a platform designed specifically for developers, with features designed to make coding together easier.

Enterprise-grade compliance and security

Deploy behind your firewall or host in a single-tenant secure cloud for superior security and complete control over your data.

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Innovation and support from a vibrant OSS community of developers

Open source is in our DNA. Mattermost gives you the ability to customize, extend, and build bespoke integrations — all with the support of our developer community.

  • 25,000+ GitHub™ Stars
  • 30,000+ total contributions
  • 4,000+ contributors

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Everything your team relies on, all in one place

Stop losing time to context switching with robust integrations that bring your workflows into a single system. Mattermost goes beyond general-purpose chat with collaboration features designed to help developer teams build code, execute sprints, deploy releases, and manage outages and support escalations.

Markdown formatting and syntax highlighting turn your messaging platform into a collaborative CLI.

Flexible automation and playbooks to orchestrate R&D workflows.

Deep integrations with a core set of third-party developer tools, supplemented with community solutions for long-tail integrations.

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Collaboration built for the most security-conscious enterprises

From governments and intelligence organizations to financial services and healthcare companies, teams trust Mattermost for secure collaboration.

Choose between on-prem and private cloud deployment options that meet your unique security and compliance needs and enable you to retain full control and sovereignty over your data. Deploy in air-gapped and other high-security environments, use EMM for secure mobile comms, and define granular controls for enterprise data archiving to keep data properly secure and accessible.

Unlock the full potential of developer collaboration

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Invest in your team’s productivity

Save as much as 70% on developer tools while helping your team reclaim 39% of their time for rapid and sustained ROI.

Eliminate tool frustration with a custom fit

Leverage Mattermost’s open source codebase to build the exact tool your team needs instead of relying on an inflexible, proprietary solution designed for general business users.

Keep your data in your hands

Safeguard sensitive company data and proactively secure your systems with your own IT team. Don’t learn about a vendor’s vulnerabilities in the news and wait for a proprietary fix.

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