Element vs Secretly for Teams
Element
element.io
Secretly for Teams
secretlyapp.comSide by side
| Figure | Element | Secretly for Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $2.99/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 6 | 3 |
| Spec score · Secure Team Chat Software | 7.2 (#23) | 8.0 (#12) |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom | Valmiera, Latvia |
| Integrations | Etherpad,Grafana,Google Calendar,Jitsi,Spotify,YouTube,Ethercalc,TradingView,GitHub,RSS Bot,GitLab,Jira,Webhooks | The maker’s terms list GIF search powered by Giphy and identify operating systems, app stores, push providers, hosting infrastructure and media providers as third-party services. |
| Supported platforms | web,Windows,macOS,Linux,iOS,Android,self-hosted | Secretly lists Android, iPhone and iPad, Windows, and macOS downloads. |
Plans
Element
- CommunityPrice not published
- CommunityPriced on request
- EnterprisePrice not published
- EnterprisePriced on request
- SovereignPrice not published
- SovereignPriced on request
In their own words
Secretly for Teams
Secretly for Teams provides encrypted organizational communication across Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows without requiring phone numbers or email addresses. The Teams offering targets legal, healthcare, journalism, and finance groups, with a 30-day pilot available without commitment. Team controls include an admin console, organizational Secretly IDs, enforced disappearing-message and export-lock policies, centralized billing, and priority support. Secretly says messages, calls, and files are encrypted on-device and unreadable by its servers; administrators manage membership and policy but cannot read message content. The free plan includes encrypted chats, files, one-to-one calls, group calls for up to eight, desktop apps on up to two computers, and 100 MB file sharing. Premium costs $2.99 a month, or $14.99 per year or $29.99 lifetime. Teams uses custom per-seat pricing. Source code is public, while an independent third-party security audit is planned but not completed.