Element | Secure collaboration and messaging Product Overview Element Element Server Suite The Matrix Standard Self-hosted Solutions Matrix in Europe Mission Partner Environment Interoperable Sectors Use cases Partners Customers Build Resources About User guide Documentation Help Labs Contact Sales Matrix Conf videos Insights Blog Pricing Download 🇬🇧 English 🇸🇪 Swedish 🇫🇷 French 🇩🇪 German Sign In Open Element web Customer portal Get started Product Overview Element Element Server Suite The Matrix Standard Self-hosted Solutions Matrix in Europe Mission Partner Environment Interoperable Sectors Use cases Partners Customers Build Resources About User guide Documentation Help Labs Contact Sales Matrix Conf videos Insights Sign In Open Element web Customer portal Blog Pricing Download Language 🇬🇧 English 🇸🇪 Swedish 🇫🇷 French 🇩🇪 German Get started Digital sovereignty Free from proprietary, vendor-locked platforms. Element gives each and every government department the ability to run and control their own digitally sovereign, interoperable and secure communications solution. Learn more “We are working together towards one goal: European digital sovereignty.” Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of Germany DeCentralised Centralised Centralised Decentralisation puts you in control Built on the decentralised Matrix open standard, to free you from vendor-locked systems. Air-gapped networks Collaboration in isolation. Element offers install and support for air-gapped, isolated and high-side instances with no internet connectivity needed. Learn more 64% expect their organisation’s need to give partners access
to air-gapped or isolated environments will grow over the next 2 to 3 years. Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Element Open standard interoperability Communicate between separate organisations and nations. Make decisions faster and work more efficiently 
across governments and public institutions. Bob @bob:matrix.org Alice @alice:element.io Connectivity between organisations Matrix offers vendor-agnostic federation to enable different solutions from different vendors to work together. Think of the Matrix open standard as SMTP for real time communications. Independence from siloed systems The transparency of open source software, and building on the interoperable Matrix open standard, means Element’s customers are never vendor-locked. “Digital sovereignty means having choices, so no single technology and provider become a dependency that can be used against our interests. It is always good to have choices in order to avoid dependencies.” Karsten Wildberger, federal minister for Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung Secure by design Resilient communications. Element utilises the decentralised Matrix open standard to create a resilient, zero trust, communications network. With no central point of failure, Element protects against global outages and ensures high availability through the use of redundant servers. Element also supports air-gapped and low bandwidth communications, including Mesh and satellite connectivity. The professionalised Matrix-based server that organisations can use to host any Matrix-based solution. Deploy sovereign, interoperable and secure real time communications at scale. Digital commons Sovereign cross-border collaboration. Element sits at the heart of Europe’s digitally sovereign and open source office productivity suites. Digital sovereignty means not being reliant on a specific vendor. That’s why we build on the interoperable Matrix open standard, and support a competitive ecosystem. " Digital sovereignty, i.e. control, design and interchangeability in digital systems, cannot be achieved without open source software. " Open Source Business Alliance Sovereign collaboration Alternative to Microsoft Teams. Replace vendor-locked productivity suites with self-hosted workplace collaboration for desktop and mobile. Based on the Matrix open standard, protect sensitive information while enabling real-time communication with partner organisations. Sovereign messenger WhatsApp and Signal replacement. A consumer-style messaging app to ease adoption and encourage use. End-to-end encrypted messaging and calls, connected to workplace systems and built for public sector compliance requirements. Learn more 77% of IT leaders say that their organisation struggles to maintain privacy and control of data shared via communications technologies. Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Element Federated Mission Networking (FMN) Mission partner environments. Interoperable, sovereign and secure cross-domain communications for joint and coalition operations. Built on the Matrix open standard, Element lets every partner nation federate securely with allies while retaining full control of its own infrastructure. Multi-partner information sharing that’s trusted by allied defence organisations worldwide. Learn more Our partners Creators of Matrix. Element is led by the creators of Matrix, the decentralised open standard for secure and sovereign real time communication. Created by the Element team in 2014. Governed by The Matrix.org Foundation. 200M+ users worldwide 100K+ deployments 60M+ largest public deployment 800K+ largest commercial deployment Be in your element. Interoperable, sovereign and secure communications, built on the Matrix open standard. Get started Pricing Product Element Element PRO Element Server Suite The Matrix standard Features Integrations Support and SLAs Hosting Pricing Solutions Sectors Use cases Customers Partners Matrix in Europe Built on Matrix Resources Blog Help About Matrix relationship Documentation Open source Careers Labs Contact us Service status Security disclosure policy Security hall of fame Impressum Logos Get Started Open Element Web Download Contact sales Customer portal Copyright © 2016– 2026 Element • Legal • Privacy All Rights Reserved. The Element name, logo and device are registered trade marks of Element Creations Ltd