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title: Hosted Matrix Chat
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subtitle: Easy, decentralised & end-to-end encrypted chat
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headline1: Open, Secure
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headline2: Decentralized Chat
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<h2>What is Matrix?</h2>

<p><a href="https://matrix.org/">Matrix</a> is a modern and decentralised,
open-source chat solution backed by a dynamic community. It provides advanced user-focused features such as end-to-end encryption, bridging or audio
& video calls.</a></p>

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  <div class="row">
    <div class="col-md-3">
      <img style="width: 100%; position: relative; top: 25%; margin-bottom: 25%;" src="/u/image/matrix-logo.png" />
    </div>
    <div class="col-md-9">
      <ul>
        <li>
        The strongest point of Matrix is <b>federation</b>: a Matrix homeserver allows you 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!
        </li>
        <li>
        You can enable end-to-end encryption (E2EE): 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.
        </li>
        <li>
        Our Matrix servers are provided with a TURN server: you'll be
        able to use voice and video calls out of the box.
        </li>
        <li>
        You can bridge to other networks: Mattermost instances, IRC,
        Slack, Telegram and more via <a
        href="https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge">Matterbridge</a>.
        </li>
     </ul>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

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The evolution of Matrix is managed through an open governance process,
supervised by [The Matrix.org Foundation](https://matrix.org/foundation).
All the software backing the network is [Free and Open
Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software), which
guarantees quality and security.

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feature2_title: Secure & decentralized
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feature2_text:

Both end-to-end encryption and federation are *built-in* into Matrix. The
former will be enabled by default in the near future, making it a valuable tool
for activists and privacy-minded people all across the world.

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feature3_title: Zero Carbon
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We host your Matrix homeserver in our [own
datacenter](/u/projects/data-center-light/) in Switzerland, which we believe to
be as ecologically-friendly as a datacenter can get: we use old factory halls,
recycled servers, passive cooling and our servers are directly plugged into a
hydroelectric power plant.

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    <div class="col-md-9">
      <img style="width: 100%;" src="/u/image/penguin-matrix.jpg" />
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      <h2>Growing fast!</h2>
      <p>As of February 2020, the Matrix network supports ~13.5M visible
      accounts, ~5.0M messages a day, ~40.000 federated servers and even <a
      href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/matrix_french_state/">governments</a>!</p>

      <p>A lot of privacy, security and usability work is going on: Matrix will get even more awesome in the coming months!</p>

      <p>You can follow the <a href="https://matrix.org/blog/posts">Matrix.org
      blog</a> to get frequent updates on Matrix's development, and chat with
      us on <a
      href="https://matrix.to/#/%23matrix:ungleich.ch">#matrix:ungleich.ch</a>!
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

<hr />

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  <div class="row">
    <div class="col-md-6">
      <h2>Hosted Matrix Chat</h2>

      <p>We will provide you with your own dedicated Matrix home server, as well as
      a hosted web client. Matrix requires a domain name in order to join the global
      networks, which will appear in your username (e.g.
      <i>@penguin:example.0co2.cloud</i>): you can either use a subdomain of
      <i>0co2.cloud</i> (e.g. <i>example.0co2.cloud</i>) or your own domain name. We
      will deploy a <a href="https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge">Matterbridge</a>)
      instance (bridging to Mattermost, IRC, Slack, Telegram, ...) on demand.
      </p>

      <p>There are <a href="https://matrix.org/clients/">many Matrix
        clients</a>, although we <b>strongly recommend</b> <a
        href="https://about.riot.im/features">Riot</a> 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 <a href="https://riot.im/app/">try
      Riot/Matrix</a> first if your are not already familiar with it.
      </p>

    </div>
    <div class="col-md-6">
      <h2>How the pricing works</h2>

      <p>We try to be as transparent as possible for our Matrix pricing. The pricing is made of 2 essential parts.
      </p>
      <ul>
      <li>
      a one-time set up fee for initially setting up the Matrix instance for you. We set up the Matrix and also customize* the login page with your own logo and text.
      </li>
      <li>
      a monthly maintenance fee that includes the price of a dedicated virtual machine(VM)** and the fee for maintaining the service.
      </li>
      </ul>
      <p>
      You're all set with above 2 costs for starting your own Matrix.
      </p>

      <p>
      * Further customization such as favicon, background and more is possible at additional fee, get in touch with us to learn more.
      </p>
      <p>
      ** The number of users or size of rooms depend on the size of your VM, and you can scale them anytime you want. The extention will be done according to <a href="https://datacenterlight.ch">our standard VM pricing.</a>
      </p>


      <div class="alert alert-info">
      Your usecase doesn't fit the offers below? We do custom-sized deployment for you. Get in touch with us by
      email or even on matrix, via <a
      href="https://matrix.to/#/%23matrix:ungleich.ch">#matrix:ungleich.ch</a>!
      </div>
  </div>
</div>

<p style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"> You will find more details
on our <a href="https://redmine.ungleich.ch/projects/open-infrastructure/wiki/Ungleich_Matrix-as-a-Service_(MaaS)">Matrix-as-a-Service FAQ</a> and on <a href="https://matrix.org/discover"> Matrix's official documentation</a>.
</p>

<div class="alert alert-secondary">
You might be also interested in our <a
href="../zero-carbon-chat">Mattermost-based chat offer</a>, which might be
closer to what you expect for a enterprise team chat at the moment. We use both
at ungleich, since Matrix is especially convenient to reach out to the world!
</div>

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offer1_title: Matrix-S 36 CHF/Month
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offer1_text:

* VM with 1 Core, 2 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD and 100 GB HDD
* Maintenance fee 20 CHF/month included
* Application firewall included
* [Initial setup fee 30 CHF](https://ungleich.ch/product/0carbonchat-setup/)

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offer1_link: https://ungleich.ch/product/hosted-matrix-s/
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offer2_title: Matrix-M 63 CHF/Month
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offer2_text:

* VM with 2 Core, 4 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD and 500 GB HDD
* Maintenance fee 30 CHF/month included
* Application firewall included
* [Initial setup fee 30 CHF](https://ungleich.ch/product/0carbonchat-setup/)


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offer2_link: https://ungleich.ch/product/hosted-matrix-m/
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offer3_title: Matrix-L 157 CHF/Month
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offer3_text:

* VM with 8 Core, 16 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD and 1000 GB HDD
* Maintenance fee 50 CHF/month included
* Application firewall included
* [Initial setup fee 30 CHF](https://ungleich.ch/product/0carbonchat-setup/)


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offer3_link: https://ungleich.ch/product/hosted-matrix-l/
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description4:

## Additional offers

* Bridging to other networks using
  [matterbridge](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge) is a 10 CHF
  setup fee and 5 CHF/month maintenance fee. It supports the following protocols:
** Discord
** Gitter
** IRC
** Keybase
** Matrix
** Mattermost 4.x, 5.x
** Microsoft Teams
** Rocket.chat
** Slack
** Ssh-chat
** Steam
** Telegram
** Twitch
** WhatsApp
** XMPP
** Zulip

## Matrix UI/UX development support program

On 2020-04-21 we started our new support program to specifically
enhance the UI and UX of Matrix. With this program we want to enhance
the usability of the web client and the apps.

### How the matrix support program works

If you want to support UI/UX improvements of Matrix,
you can support the work financially with 15 CHF (roughly about 15
USD) as a one time or monthly payment (below 15 CHF is costing too
much in transfer fees).

To do so, write an email with the subject "I want to support the
Matrix UI/UX improvements" to **support -at- ungleich.ch** and include
the amount that you are willing to contribute and whether you want to
pay via credit card or wire transfer.

Also mention whether you want to be publicly listed as a supporter on
this website.

### Development and transparency

All money that comes in will only be used to finance development and
design work related to Matrix. We will continuously
update this website with contributions and which tasks we work on.

### Why is ungleich doing this?

We at ungleich think that Matrix has one really, really huge edge over
almost all other solutions: it is really decentralised and
federated. It finally solves the problems of **data silos** that
exists in many places in IT.

However we do acknowledge that Matrix can benefit a lot from UI/UX
improvements and thus we wanted to create an easy way for anyone to
contribute to it.

### List of tasks / work

* [UI/UX improvement suggestions for
  matrix](https://redmine.ungleich.ch/issues/7876)
