Element Reviews

The message is delivered straightaway and can include information such as dates, times and venues. Element allows me to keep in touch with my global teams and avoid potential bombs that would otherwise sit in an email for 20 hours.

Element is a great dashboard and nothing much to dislike about it.

Speeding up sales cycles with company-wide knowledge sharing.

Rather than just being yet another silly messaging application, Element utilizes Matrix protocol, which supports both federation and the brilliant bridging, integrating with third-party messaging apps, giving you a unified messenger at last.

No voice messages yet. Push-to-talk/automatic playing of voice messages would also be a novelty so a real-time call isn't necessary in order to communicate.

Battery drain and psychological overload with too many messaging apps.

Riot has given us the ability to have continuous and free instant messaging without having to see everyone's replies and read through the whole conversation to catch up...unless you want to do so in the group chat. The fact that it is also encrypted, if you select that option, is a huge plus especially for the confidential needs of any client details we may be discussing.

Hmm...I honestly can't think of one. It does exactly what we want it to and is very user friendly.

We needed an instant messaging system, like Yahoo IM (that's not discontinued btw), that would sit in the corner and not be another website we had to monitor or keep up with. Riot gives you the option of sound and pop-up notifications and, what has been the life saver for me, when you get a new comment or message then the R emblem on your task bar has a red notification number to moves in front of the R. It's subtle enough to not distract you but unique enough to catch your eye.

Configuration was easy due to it's self hosting capabilities. Training on the product was even easier since it functioned like easy to use chat application. We also appreciated the fact that there is a browser and app version of the application which allows for flexibility of access.

I would say the feature I dislike the most is the security keys that are created for each account. Some users are more responsible with their information that others, so user management has been a challenge when someone loses or misplaces their key. I haven't discovered a work around as of yet, so we have some duplicate users. Other than that it has been smooth sailing.

Riot.im solved a challenge we were having when one of our internal products lost it's chat function. We work in the realm of emergency management. There was a need for an encrypted chat function and Riot.im fit the bill. The flexibility of the application has created communication opportunities during various incidents.

Riot is an open source chat app with a growing and vibrant community, that is eager to help and grow in a professional sense, since our company has moved to riot a year ago we have never experienced a problem. The app is getting better and safer

Encryption can be a little frustrating but new updates are coming

Open source, regulated, Bridge between multiple services

It's open source and based on matrix, a lot of people have done code review and bug reporting so its one of the safest options now

Small userbase, but I'm quite sure it will grow

Open source, secure cross platform decentralized messenger. What else would you need?

Privacy, group discussions