Powered by the decentralised Matrix network.

Element takes full advantage of the Matrix open standard. Much of what Matrix enables is possible because, like the web itself, it is decentralised.
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Decentralisation enables data sovereignty, delivering data ownership and control for both on-premise and cloud deployments.

What is a decentralised network?

Matrix is a decentralised network which means, much like the web, there is no central point of control or authority. A company can simply host its own server and participate in the Matrix network.

Decentralisation is the foundation that gives companies more independence over their collaboration; data ownership, better privacy and security, a more robust and resilient communications infrastructure and huge scalability.

What are the benefits of a
decentralised network?

Data ownership and privacy

Companies retain full sovereignty of their data which, combined with end-to-end encryption, ensures there is no third-party access. It eliminates the dangers of data mining, routine surveillance and the threat of vendor-side malicious insiders.

Security

Decentralisation, combined with end-to-end encryption, is a zero-trust approach to collaboration - free from a single point of vulnerability. Safely outside of a vendor-owned system, it also sidesteps the risk of cyberattacks that deliberately target a centralised honeypot.

Robust and resilient

Centralised networks have single points of failure, vulnerabilities and weak spots. Decentralisation offers improved robustness and resilience; the network is better protected against outages and enjoys the self-healing properties of the internet.

Independence

The ability to self-host means that a company retains full ownership and control of its data. With Matrix also being an open standard a company is able to easily change hosting providers, move on-premise or swap other Matrix-based solutions.

Powerful federation

Matrix can power nationwide and global deployments. It allows each participating organisation to host its own data, while being able to join a huge federated network.