Element is a leader in secure communications.

Element is a secure communications platform for collaboration, messaging and VoIP with enterprise-grade functionality. Through a combination of default end-to-end encryption and a choice of hosting options, organisations can stay in complete control of messaging and collaboration data.

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Secure communication trusted by governments

Jérôme Ploquin, DINUM, French government

"Element gives us messaging and collaboration that is secure, and contains the right feature set for 300,000 public administration users. Matrix is technically advanced, proven and mature."

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Martin Kaloudis, Chief Executive Officer, BWI GmbH [Bundeswehr]

“In addition to the benefits that the solution offers us in terms of security, scalability and development, it also contributes to the digital sovereignty of the Bundeswehr.”

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Accredited for secure communications.

  • Regarded in independent research as a leader for secure communications
  • Element can support compliance with GDPR, CCPA, LGPD and HIPAA
  • Accredited by Cyber Essentials, UK G-Cloud and many others
  • End-to-end encrypted by default; independently audited and reviewed by NCC Group and Least Authority

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Secure communication for companies

Business analyst in Ukraine (51-200 employees)

Secure collaboration for every team. Multi-platform very convenient and secure messenger. Works great for our business needs.

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Stefan L, consultant (1,000-5,000 employees)

Secure, distributed chat - Element is one of the best. Element is a great client to start using secure, distributed chat networks. Once set up, it works and feels like Signal or Telegram, yet it is not owned by anyone per se. Great community to engage in.

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Element is the best secure collaboration choice.

Element
MS Teams
Slack
Wire
Mattermost
Wickr
End-to-end encryption
Open standard-based federation
Data sovereign, whether self-hosted or fully managed
Cross-signed device verification
Network resilience
Border gateways
Cross domain gateways
Open source
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Forrester Wave™: Secure Communications, Q3 2024.

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“Organizations with requirements for interoperability, federation, and data sovereignty should consider Element.”

Heidi Shey
Principal Analyst, Forrester

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Matrix is an open network for secure, decentralised communication, connecting 80M+ users over 80K+ deployments.