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title: Hosted Matrix Chat
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subtitle: Easy, decentralised & end-to-end encrypted chat
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Open, Secure
Decentralized Chat
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description1:
What is Matrix?
Matrix 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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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We support bridging to other networks such as Mattermost instances, IRC,
Slack, Telegram and more via Matterbridge.
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feature1_title: Open
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feature1_text:
The evolution of Matrix is managed through an open governance process,
supervised by [The Matrix.org Foundation](https://matrix.org/foundation).
Moreover, 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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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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feature3_text:
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 buildings,
second-hand hydroelectric, passive cooling and are directly plugged into a
hydroelectric power plant.
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description3:
Growing fast!
As of February 2020, the Matrix network supports ~13.5M visible
accounts, ~5.0M messages a day, ~40.000 federated servers and even governments!
A lot of privacy, security and usability work is going on... which
means that Matrix will get even more awesome in the coming months!
You can follow the Matrix.org
blog to get frequent updates on Matrix's development, and chat with
us on #matrix:ungleich.ch!
## Hosted Matrix Chat
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.
*@penguin:example.0co2.cloud*): you can either use a subdomain of *0co2.cloud*
(e.g. *example.0co2.cloud*) or your own domain name. We will deploy a
[Matterbridge](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge) instance (bridging to
Mattermost, IRC, Slack, Telegram, ...) on demand.
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 and on Matrix's official
documentation.
You might be also interested in our [Mattermost-based chat
offer](../zero-carbon-chat), 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!
## 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!
