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title: Hosted Matrix Chat
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subtitle: Easy, decentralised & end-to-end encrypted chat
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## What is Matrix?
[Matrix](https://matrix.org/) is a modern and decentralised, open-source chat
solution backed by a dynamic community. It provides many advanced user-focused
features such as end-to-end encryption, bridging or audio & video calls:
* The strongest point of Matrix is *federation*: a Matrix homeserver - which is
what we offer - allows to manage your own community... and to join the whole
Matrix network. You will be able to exchange with users on any other Matrix
server without any special configuration!
* End-to-end encryption (E2EE) means that - when enabled - only the sender and
intended receiver(s) will be able to read the messages: even ungleich, who
manages the matrix server, will not be able to access the content of E2EE
messages.
* Our Matrix servers are provided with a TURN server, meaning that you'll be
able to use voice and video calls out of the box.
* We support bridging to other networks such as Mattermost instances, IRC,
Slack, Telegram and more via
[Matterbridge](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge).
There are [many Matrix clients](https://matrix.org/clients/), although we
**strongly recommend** [Riot](https://about.riot.im/features) which is the most
advanced at the moment. Be aware, however, that you might be a bit confused
with its UI/UX at first (there is ongoing work to improve onboarding): we
encourage you to [try Riot/Matrix](https://riot.im/app/) first if your are not
already familiar with it.
You will find more details on our Matrix-as-a-Service FAQ.
You might be also interested in our [Mattermost-based chat
offer](../zero-carbon-chat), which might be closer to what you expect for a
corporate team chat. We use both at ungleich, since Matrix is especially
convenient to reach out to the world!
## Pricing
The cost of our Matrix-as-a-Service offer is divided between a base maintenance
fee and the price of the dedicated Virtual Machine (VM) we deploy for you in
our [own datacenter](/u/projects/data-center-light). There is no artifical
restriction on the number of users or size of rooms: the only limit is the
resources we allocate to your node. We will extend them on demand, following
the pricing model (CPU, RAM, Disk) of our [VM
offer](https://datacenterlight.ch/).
We also offer custom-sized deployment. You can discuss our offer with us by
email or even on matrix, via
#matrix:ungleich.ch!