Are there more cases like this with #Slack? We have a 25k€/year plan and non-profit status and if this is systematic then I would initiate a #Mattermost installation _now_.
On a side note: Are self-hosted Mattermost instances free of license charges or do they still cost money?
I've been toying with the idea for a long time, but, as usual, the lock-in effect is quite substantial. We built a lot of workflows in Slack and have actual experts.
If Mattermost were free as a self-hosted instance, we would probably switch, but that I still think is not the case. Then we'd have an incentive to spend the time to transition.
Here, this might be contract change from "old" non-profit to a 20% rate. Which we already pay. So I'd like more statistics.
@knud @chris @kepano
What do you mean "if Mattermost were free as self-hosted instance"?
Mattermost *IS* opensource, and can be self-hosted.
Mattermost is an open-source, self-hostable online chat service with file sharing, search, and third party application integrations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattermost
Yes, but as soon as we need single sign-on capabilities this doesn't work with the "free" (Team) version but requires a Pro subscription - even if self-hosted. For 1000 active users this would be again several 10k€ per year.
"Non-profit" status would not apply since we're a science collaboration and not a registered non-profit.
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