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appear.in vs Mattermost: What are the differences?
appear.in: Video conversations with up to 8 people for free. No login — no installs. Create a video room. Share the link. Appear together. Built with WebRTC & AngularJS; Mattermost: Open-source, self-hosted, Slack alternative. Mattermost is modern communication from behind your firewall.
appear.in and Mattermost are primarily classified as "Screen Sharing" and "Group Chat & Notifications" tools respectively.
Some of the features offered by appear.in are:
- iPhone App
- Create an appear.in room and send the link to the room on e-mail, chat, SMS etc
- No installation required
On the other hand, Mattermost provides the following key features:
- All your team communication in one place, searchable and accessible anywhere
- Slack-compatible, not Slack-limited. Imports Slack channels, users and themes. Offers Slack-compatible webhooks and integrations including Hubot, Jenkins, GitLab and others
- Self-host ready with System Console and IT admin tools for managing dozens of team sites. Installs with Linux binary, plus Docker, Heroku, AWS, Azure and Cloud Foundry options
"Easy setup" is the top reason why over 11 developers like appear.in, while over 54 developers mention "Open source" as the leading cause for choosing Mattermost.
Mattermost is an open source tool with 14.9K GitHub stars and 3.04K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Mattermost's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Mattermost has a broader approval, being mentioned in 38 company stacks & 24 developers stacks; compared to appear.in, which is listed in 31 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.
Pros of appear.in
- Easy setup12
- Free11
- Quick and painless for non techies8
- Near Real-Time3
- No plugin necessary1
- Screen sharing1
Pros of Mattermost
- Open source56
- On-premise deployment40
- Free24
- Built using golang22
- Fast and easy to use20
- Full text search14
- Docker image provided for easy setup14
- Built using react12
- Search and data archiving11
- Supports multiple teams10
- Very professional10
- Keeps us focused, effective, concise8
- Webhooks support7
- Clean and simple look7
- Integration with Gitlab7
- Well documented6
- Use #Hashtags like Twitter6
- Reactive community and ease of use3
- Import Slack logs3
- On-premises Deployment2
- Self managed data2
- Secure2
- Easy webhook integration1
- Checklists1
- Kanban1
- On premise installation1
- Slack-compatible integrations1
- Markdown support1
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Cons of appear.in
Cons of Mattermost
- Basic permissions only in enterprise edition1
- Not compatible with Telegram keys, which used by FSB1
- Custom sidewide themes only in enterprise1
- Many basic features are enterprise only1
- Less integrations and plugins than slack1
