Element Description

Element is a communications platform with security at its core, built on Matrix: a decentralised and end-to-end encrypted protocol. Element brings your teams together, boosts productivity and workplace satisfaction, while enabling complete ownership of your data.

Easily collaborate with your partners, suppliers or clients with video calls and instant messaging: like email for the 21st century. You can even connect your Slack, MS Teams, WhatsApp accounts. On the other hand Element can be closed for high security environments using secure border and cross domain gateways, and even air-gapped deployments.

Being built on Matrix, there is no single point of failure for the network thanks to the decentralised network architecture, making it perfect for mission-critical environments.

For full data sovereignty, install Element into your own data centre or on-premise. Alternatively, let us manage your setup in our secure Element Cloud, in a region of your choice.

In Forrester’s words: Element is a great fit for: "...organizations that prioritize flexibility, federation, and data sovereignty".

Please contact us to explore how your business can benefit from Element.

Pricing

Pricing Starts At:
$5 Per Monthly Active User
Pricing Information:
Flexibility between self-hosted or fully-managed in the cloud, with additional collaboration add-ons and bridges available.
Free Version:
Yes
Free Trial:
Yes

Integrations

API:
Yes, Element has an API

Reviews - 6 Verified Reviews

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Company Details

Company:
Element
Year Founded:
2017
Headquarters:
United Kingdom
Website:
element.io
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Product Details

Platforms
SaaS
Windows
Mac
Linux
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook
On-Premises
Type of Training
Documentation
Customer Support
Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Element Features and Options

Employee Communication Tools

Activity / News Feed
Audio / Video Conferencing
Blogs
Chat / Messaging
Employee Directory
Event Calendar
File Sharing
Knowledge Management
Newsletter Management
Surveys & Feedback

Web Conferencing Software

Electronic Hand Raising
Mobile Access
On-Demand Webcasting
Presentation Streaming
Presentation Tools
Private Chat
Real-Time Chat
Record & Playback Ability
Screen Sharing
Two-Way Audio & Video
Video Conferencing
Whiteboard

Internal Communications Software

App Integration
Blogs
Chat/Messaging
Email Management
Employee Directory
Event Calendar
Newsletter Management
Photo Gallery
Social Sharing
Survey Management
Telephony
Video Chat
Voice Chat

Video Conferencing Software

Electronic Hand Raising
Mobile Access
On-Demand Webcasting
Presentation Streaming
Presentation Tools
Private Chat
Real-Time Chat
Record & Playback Ability
Screen Sharing
Two-Way Audio & Video
Video Conferencing
Whiteboard

Team Communication Software

Activity / News Feed
Audio Calls
Calendar Management
Chat / Messaging
Discussion Threads
File Sharing
Mobile Access
Push Notifications
Search
Surveys & Feedback
Task Management
Video Conferencing

Team Chat Software

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Messaging Software

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Element Lists

Element User Reviews

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  • Name: David P.
    Job Title: SysOps
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User, Administrator, Deployment
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    How to provide team collaboration and don't go crazy

    Edited: Jan 11 2023

    Summary: We are a product IT company that has grown several times recently. At a certain stage, we realized that different parts of the team use a total of more than 10 solutions to communicate with each other. This made us and the users angry, so we decided to do something about it. The Element gave us the opportunity to close issues with migration to a single solution, provided reliable security in communications within the team, as well as with external partners, and also allowed us to collect information from our corporate systems (git, task tracker, etc.).

    Positive: Pricing: based on our inquiries and after comparing with the closest competitors, the price was on average 30% lower for the same or better set of options.
    Communication: at every stage, from the presale to the solution of everyday problems, there is always a person who can listen to your question, knows how to help you, what to suggest or find someone who can.
    Design: from the point of view of the code, a very modern project that uses the latest trends in development, does not stop developing and improving.
    from the point of view of design, everything is made as native and understandable for users as possible.
    Security: not one of the few solutions that offers a really high-quality level of security that does not burden users and the system, and does not reduce the functionality of the product itself.
    Features: the system is very amenable to customization and scaling, supports all the platforms we need, and also integrates with all corporate services. Even if a certain tool does not have enough functionality for you, it can be added through a feature request.
    Ease: at the beginning of operating the product, you need to understand the basic logic of the architecture and the principles of operation, but after some time you will feel very comfortable in administration and management.
    Customization: one of the developers said that you can customize anything, but it turned out that it is really so. And that's cool!

    Negative: Due to the high speed of project development, sometimes the documentation does not have time to be updated, which can sometimes be misleading. However, this is easily remedied by communicating with the development team. In the same reason you can sometimes collide with small bugs, usually the fix is ready within a week.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Sales and Marketing Manager
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Helps to Increase Team Collaboration

    Date: Dec 31 2022

    Summary: I liked how Element helps to boost team collaboration by enabling a powerful platform to share documents and messages with coworkers. Overall, I highly recommend Element if your team is working remotely and want to increase your collaboration with coworkers then Element is the perfect tool.

    Positive: Its instant messaging service works flawlessly with hundreds of onboarded co-workers. File or document sharing is very useful. You can share reports and tasks from the same screen. It's available on cross-platform which makes it very practical for team communication.

    Negative: Its user interface makes difficult in its usability.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Senior Project Manager
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Excellent Team Collaboration tool for Small businesses

    Date: Nov 10 2022

    Summary: Element is a reliable product for team communication. The usability of this platform is super easy. Its cross-OS platform support gives the ability to use the Element tool on any platform. Overall, it's great for small businesses.

    Positive: Element platform is reliable and easy to use. The UI design is intuitive. Secure and encrypted messaging. Works on any IOS and web platforms. Helps to boost team collaboration in small businesses. Cost-effective enterprise plans.

    Negative: The large file share is not possible on the Element tool.

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  • Name: Stefan L.
    Job Title: Consultant
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1,000 - 4,999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Secure, distributed chat - Element is one of the best

    Date: May 24 2021

    Summary: 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.

    Positive: - simple, intuitive interface
    - strict security
    - Web client, Android client available
    - Active community

    Negative: - strict security (if one forgets password, past secure postings are lost)
    - not as widely known as WA or FBmgr

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Administrator
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User, Administrator, Deployment
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Best in the world

    Date: Aug 17 2020

    Summary: Amazing love it, difficult to setup but well worth it you just need to follow documentation and do some googling if you get stuck.

    Positive: Amazing for Android and PC, the iOS app needs work, the video calls not working good for iPhones and iPads, besides that it's amazing. I am sure they will update the iOS app and fix the video call issues which only effects apple products. I hate Apple anyways overpriced and expensive and hardly anything works on iPhones and iPads.

    Negative: Just iPhone iPad video calling issues. These issues will most likely be resolved by the time you read this review.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Senior Technical Support
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Team communication platform.

    Edited: Aug 08 2020

    Summary: We had a great experience with Riot.im. It allows our inbound team to have a centralized and secure platform to communicate. Works seamlessly on mobile phones.

    Positive: #1- The Riot.im is available on cross-platform.
    #2- Secure and great privacy features to start instant communications.
    #3- One centralized platform to communicate with the inbound team.

    Negative: #1- We had an overall positive experience with it.

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