HumHub vs Mateflow

HumHub is an open-source intranet and collaboration platform for communication and knowledge sharing. It is intended for company intranets, knowledge bases, project hubs, and customer or partner communities. Built-in tools include personalized dashboards, activity streams, configurable notifications, granular permissions, full-text search, file management, and social interactions. More than 80 optional modules add choices such as News, Messenger, Calendar, LDAP, SAML SSO, surveys, and translation tools. The platform supports private spaces, events, and moderation, with integrations including OnlyOffice, Collabora Online, LDAP, SAML SSO, and a RESTful API. Organizations can host it on their own infrastructure or use managed SaaS on European servers. The maker says its SaaS hosting is GDPR-compliant and uses ISO 27001-certified servers; on-premise users retain data in their own environment. Community Edition is available free under AGPLv3 for self-hosting. Professional Edition is €144 a month, billed monthly, for up to 100 users with SaaS hosting and no onboarding. Networks with 1,000 or more users require a custom quote.

Mateflow is a platform for creators, brands, education teams, and organizations running branded communities. It provides feeds, spaces, direct and group messaging, events, courses, and live sessions. Its AI Copilot, included on every plan, can answer questions using uploaded documents and indexed community discussions. Communities can charge subscriptions, gate spaces, and collect Stripe payments; transaction fees range from 3% on Starter to 0% on Enterprise. The platform lists integrations with Stripe, Slack, Discord, and Zapier, plus webhooks and a REST API. API access begins on Growth, which allows 5,000 requests per day and five webhook endpoints; Starter does not include API access. Mateflow describes two-factor authentication, email verification, bot protection, session revocation, and audit logs as security controls. Its public security page does not publish a SOC 2 report or penetration-test summary. Every plan includes a 14-day free trial without a credit card, but there is no free plan.