Hosted in Germany • GDPR-ready

Mattermost Self-Hosted: Skip the Setup, Keep Full Control

Deploy your own open-source team chat platform in 3 minutes. Transparent pricing. GDPR-compliant EU data residency. Zero monthly ops overhead. Unlimited users. No per-seat charges.

Test it free — no credit card required

Why Choose Opsily for Mattermost Hosting

The complete self-hosted Mattermost setup without the self-hosted headaches.

Self-Hosted Pricing Without Per-User Charges

Slack costs €6.75 to €15 per user every month. Mattermost on Opsily costs one flat rate for unlimited users, teams, and message retention. Your 50-person team pays the same as your 500-person team. No surprise seat billing when you scale.

GDPR-Compliant EU Data Residency

Your Mattermost instance stays in EU infrastructure you control. No multi-tenant risk. No hyperscaler lock-in. Compliant with GDPR, HIPAA, and DoD STIG requirements. Used by Samsung, Uber, and the U.S. Department of Defense.

Zero Ops Overhead

DIY self-hosting costs €24/month in server rent plus 1 to 2 hours a month for patches, SMTP setup, backup verification, and database tuning. Opsily handles all of it: daily automated backups, one-click updates, SSL renewal, performance monitoring, and scaling. Your team stays focused.

Built for teams who need reliability

39.0K
GitHub stars
23.2K
Commits
99.9%
Uptime SLA
70K+
Concurrent users at Uber

DIY vs. Managed: What Self-Hosting Really Costs

Mattermost on a VPS sounds cheap until you factor in your time.

DIY Self-Hosted
Monthly server cost€24
Ops time per month1–2 hours
Automated daily backups
SSL certificate renewalManual
Database tuning after 25+ usersYour responsibility
Unlimited users, teams, retention
Email support during incidents
Opsily
Monthly server cost€9–€30
Ops time per month0 hours
Automated daily backups
SSL certificate renewalAutomatic
Database tuning after 25+ usersIncluded
Unlimited users, teams, retention
Email support during incidents24/7

DIY costs based on public VPS pricing and standard setup time. Opsily includes infrastructure, backups, monitoring, and updates.

39.0K
GitHub stars
3 min
Deploy time
💾
Message history
🎯
0
Ops hours/month

Why Teams Move from Slack to Mattermost

Slack's 90-day history wall costs teams real money and decisions. Mattermost doesn't.

FeatureSlackOpsily
Message retention
90-day wall in Free; purges after 1 year
Unlimited, no forced deletion
Cost per user per month
€6.75–€15/user
€9–€30 flat (unlimited users)
Data location
Multi-tenant US/EU clouds
EU data residency, your control
Integrations
Native + app marketplace
700+ community integrations, native GitLab/GitHub/Jira/PagerDuty
Vendor lock-in risk
High
None (open-source MIT license)
Mattermost Boards (Kanban sprint tracking)
Why Self-Hosting Matters

Open-Source Means No Lock-In

Mattermost runs on your infrastructure. If you ever decide to leave Opsily, you own your data and your instance. Export everything. Move to another provider. Run it yourself. That option costs you nothing, and it exists forever.

Slack doesn't offer that choice. Teams trapped in Slack's 90-day history wall report losing client decisions, onboarding records, and institutional knowledge. Mattermost's self-hosted model means unlimited history, controlled by you.

GDPR and Data Sovereignty

EU enterprises and regulated teams (finance, healthcare, legal) are moving to Mattermost because Slack's data residency guarantees depend on Azure or AWS, which fall under the Cloud Act. Mattermost on Opsily stays in EU data centers. Your data never leaves EU infrastructure. Full transparency. Full control.

39,000 Stars on GitHub. Used at Scale.

Mattermost has 23,228 commits from an active community. GitLab ships it as the default chat platform. Uber runs 70,000 concurrent connections through a single Mattermost cluster. The U.S. Department of Defense uses it for classified communications. Samsung and Wargaming run Mattermost at scale. This is not a startup project.

Deploy Mattermost in Three Steps

From account creation to team chat: 3 minutes.

1
Create Your Opsily Account

Email and password, no credit card required. You get a free 7-day trial with full access.

2
Click Deploy for Mattermost

Select your team size and EU region. Opsily handles PostgreSQL, Redis, TLS certificates, and all infrastructure. Your instance is live in minutes.

3
Invite Your Team and Enable SSO

Generate invites or set up LDAP/Active Directory single sign-on. Teams sync from your directory automatically.

1

Create Your Opsily Account

Email and password, no credit card required. You get a free 7-day trial with full access.

2

Click Deploy for Mattermost

Select your team size and EU region. Opsily handles PostgreSQL, Redis, TLS certificates, and all infrastructure. Your instance is live in minutes.

3

Invite Your Team and Enable SSO

Generate invites or set up LDAP/Active Directory single sign-on. Teams sync from your directory automatically.

4

Start Collaborating

Channels, threads, file sharing, integrations with GitLab, GitHub, Jira, and 700+ others. Your team can start on day one.

Enterprise-Grade Security and Compliance

Opsily meets the standards your organization demands.

GDPR Compliant

EU data residency. No cross-border data transfers. Full compliance with GDPR Article 32 security requirements.

ISO 27001 Certified

Independent audits verify our information security controls. Your data is protected by enterprise-standard protocols.

Daily Automated Backups

Your Mattermost data is backed up every 24 hours with 30-day retention. Encrypted in transit and at rest.

99.9% Uptime SLA

Mattermost on Opsily runs on isolated infrastructure with redundancy. We stand behind it with an SLA.

24/7 Human Support

Real engineers on chat and email. No AI chatbots. Response time: minutes, not days.

Simple Transparent Pricing

One flat rate for unlimited users, teams, and message retention. Upgrade when you need more power, not because you hired one more person.

Monthly
Annual

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€1,260

Savings per year for a 20-person team versus Slack Pro

Slack costs €6.75/user/month = €162/user/year. Opsily's mid-tier Mattermost plan covers 20 people for a flat €30/month, no matter if you hire 10 more. Math: €1,620 in Slack vs. €360 on Opsily = €1,260 saved annually. And you own your data.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Three minutes. After you create an Opsily account, select Mattermost, choose your EU region, and click deploy. Opsily provisions PostgreSQL, Redis, your TLS certificate, DNS, and the Mattermost application server. Your instance is live and ready for invites immediately. No waiting for infrastructure setup.

Host Mattermost Your Way: Managed, Compliant, and Without the Overhead

Deploy in 3 minutes. Scale without per-user bills. Keep your data in the EU. Try Opsily free for 7 days—no credit card required.