Mattermost: The Discord Alternative That Doesn't Lock You In
Discord deletes your message history. Slack charges per-user every month. Mattermost gives you unlimited history, data ownership, and flat-rate pricing. Host it on Opsily in the EU. No per-seat fees. No vendor lock-in.
Mattermost vs Discord: A Straight Comparison
Why Opsily for Mattermost
Don't manage servers. We handle backups, updates, scaling, and uptime. You focus on your team.
Managed EU Hosting
Your Mattermost instance runs in German, French, or UK data centers. Automatic nightly backups. GDPR compliant. We patch security updates the moment they drop. You don't touch infrastructure.
Zero Per-User Fees
Mattermost scales flat. Add 10 users or 10,000 — your bill doesn't climb. No seat-counting. No hidden per-user overages. Unlike Slack's $7.25-$15/user/month model, you pay once and invite your whole team.
Unlimited Message History
Every Mattermost message is searchable forever. No 90-day deletion cliff like Discord free. No retention walls. Full historical context preserved. Your data, your archives, your compliance.
Built for teams who need reliability
Deploy Mattermost in 4 Steps
Pick the Opsily plan that fits your team. Scale anytime. All plans include EU hosting.
Germany, France, UK, or Benelux. Your data center is ready in minutes. GDPR compliant.
Share a sign-up link. Teammates join instantly. No slow provisioning. No manual user management.
Pick the Opsily plan that fits your team. Scale anytime. All plans include EU hosting.
Germany, France, UK, or Benelux. Your data center is ready in minutes. GDPR compliant.
Share a sign-up link. Teammates join instantly. No slow provisioning. No manual user management.
Choose Your Plan
Pick the Opsily plan that fits your team. Scale anytime. All plans include EU hosting.
Select Your Region
Germany, France, UK, or Benelux. Your data center is ready in minutes. GDPR compliant.
Invite Your Team
Share a sign-up link. Teammates join instantly. No slow provisioning. No manual user management.
Connect Your Tools
700+ integrations: GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, PagerDuty, Jira, Slack (federation). Incident response workflows. Playbooks for automation.
Mattermost vs Other Discord Alternatives
Shopping for a Discord replacement? Here's the breakdown.
Mattermost (Opsily) is built for work teams: channels, threads, file sharing, voice calls, integrations. You own your data. Use it if: you're scaling a team, need GDPR compliance, want automation (playbooks, DevOps). Cost: flat-rate from €9/month.
Element (Matrix) is decentralized and federated. No single company controls your chat. Use it if: you want maximum privacy and federation with other Matrix servers. Cost: free (self-hosted) or custom enterprise pricing.
Stoat (formerly Revolt) mimics Discord's visual design and gaming focus. Use it if: you need Discord-like UX but ownership. Cost: free or paid tiers.
Rocket.Chat is the open-source Slack competitor. Per-seat pricing ($8/user/year) beats Slack but scales linearly. Use it if: you want an alternative to Slack on a budget. Cost: $8/user/year.
Slack itself remains the enterprise default. 31% price increase since Salesforce acquisition (2026). $7.25-$15/user/month. Use it if: you're locked into Slack's ecosystem or need maximum app integrations. Cost: climbing per-user bills.
Bottom line: Mattermost on Opsily wins if you're escaping Slack's per-user cost trap, Discord's data lock-in, or compliance mandates.
Pair Mattermost with Your Workflow
Connect incident response, file storage, secrets, and support tools.
Self-hosted workflow automation with robust PostgreSQL data persistence
Self-hosted collaboration platform that puts data privacy first
Open-source customer engagement platform that unifies all communication channels
Self-hosted Bitwarden-compatible password manager with no per-user fees
Simple Pricing. Unlimited Users.
Choose the plan that fits. All include EU hosting, nightly backups, automatic updates, and unlimited message history. No per-user fees ever.
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Built for Serious Teams
Enterprise-grade reliability without the overhead.
GDPR Compliant
Your data is processed according to EU regulations. No data export to US clouds by default.
EU Data Centers
Choose Germany, France, UK, or Benelux. Your data never leaves the region you select.
Daily Encrypted Backups
Automated, encrypted backups every night. Restore in minutes if needed. Your data is protected.
Automatic Security Updates
We patch Mattermost and dependencies the moment fixes drop. Zero downtime updates.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Mattermost and Opsily.
Mattermost is an open-source team chat platform similar to Slack, not Discord. It's designed for work teams: channels, threads, file sharing, voice/video calls, integrations, and workflow automation. Unlike Discord (gaming-focused, no data ownership), Mattermost puts you in control. You own your message history, your data, and your infrastructure. Run it on Opsily's managed EU hosting and get GDPR compliance, unlimited message history, and flat-rate pricing (no per-user fees).
Ready to Leave Discord's Lock-In Behind?
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