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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Front

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AFront is a communication hub that helps businesses keep the human touch in every interaction.

    $29

    per month per user

    Mattermost

    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Mattermost from the company of the same name in Palo Alto is a messaging, collaboration and communication platform providing high security and compliance for the businesses that need it.

    $0

    per month per user

    Pricing
    FrontMattermost
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $29
    per month per user
    Growth
    $79
    per month per user
    Scale
    $99
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Premier
    $229
    per month (billed annually) per seat (50 seat minimum)
    Free Self-Hosted
    $0
    per month per user
    Professional
    $10
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Us
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FrontMattermost
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsDiscount for annual pricing on Starter and Growth plans. Scale and Premier plans are annual price only.—
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    Features
    FrontMattermost
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Front and Mattermost
    Feature
    Front
    7.6
    6 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Mattermost
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications6.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Front and Mattermost
    Feature
    Front
    7.0
    6 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Mattermost
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Front and Mattermost
    Feature
    Front
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Mattermost
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Front and Mattermost
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Mattermost
    8.4
    49 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.637 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.59 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings7.69 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.929 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.745 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.824 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.511 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Front and Mattermost
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Mattermost
    8.4
    52 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings8.752 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.352 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings8.749 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings9.032 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings9.335 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings7.78 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings7.58 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Front and Mattermost
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Mattermost
    8.9
    28 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings9.322 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings9.322 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings7.918 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings9.922 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings9.019 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings8.212 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
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    FrontMattermost
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Kustomer
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FrontMattermost
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (35 ratings)
    8.6
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (9 ratings)
    7.1
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (39 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FrontMattermost
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Front
    I think Front is very useful for every company with multiple teams working together on different emails from clients. Not so useful if a lot of different teams need to work on a request at the same time, because when an email is sitting in multiple shared inboxes things can get messy. Also would not recommend for teams that work is individualized, as team work is the main point of Front.
    Incentivized
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    Mattermost
    I used Mattermost on a full remote company and it perfectly suited our collaboration and communication culture. The company dealt with privileged and personal information of a huge data base of users, so it was a significant advantage for our need to comply with industry regulations.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Front
    • Even if you are just trying to compose a single email, Front gives a smart system that has options such [as] organized templates, tags, alerts, [and] changing your outbound dpt email.
    • Tasks- with Front you will not miss any interaction. When you are required to get assistance from a coworker, you only need to mention him/her and that notification will appear automatically in their inboxes.
    • Smart Notifications- sometimes we are just overwhelmed about the several notifications on our devices that we tend to miss some of them, but Front offers a new way to notify every email, discussion, mentioning, or tag that you really would not want to miss.
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    Mattermost
    • Easy intergration to our main CRM (Monday.com)
    • I'm not techy myself but I have seen a lot of our previous integrations in Slack transferred over to Mattermost so that's fun
    • The desktop and phone app (android) works well enough. I haven't tried it on the Apple ecosystem yet.
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    Cons
    Front
    • Their integration to Salesforce is lacking. As the owner of our productivity tools and how they are used, I have very little control over what things to enforce, or even change what objects are available. For example, we don't use Cases in Salesforce but with the Salesforce integration the Cases object shows up. There's no need to have that there. I've heard there is a roadmap improvement forthcoming.
    • One of our uses is for our sales development reps to prospect with visitors. Because of the high volume of inquiries it's difficult for our reps to efficiently manage all their follow ups. It would be nice if we could run a "scheduled campaign" where a predesigned cadence of email follow ups can be sent automatically. To be clear, they do have a scheduling capability, but it just can't be used as a prebuilt option.
    • Integrations to other systems require you have a user account to those systems. We have SSO and therefore we don't always have a user account. For example, out integration to Jira uses SSO so we don't each have individual Jira logins. This is an outage for us.
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    Mattermost
    • Some of the features in paid plans could be free, however, they have much offered in free plan (self-hosted)
    • The Desktop App we use on windows has some bugs, like when Mattermost is down and comes back up, the app needs restart
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Front
    We are very happy with Front and don't anticipate changing
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    Mattermost
    Mattermost has been an excellent tool for our business, allowing for a very cost-effective means of communicating, collaborating, and sharing project and business documentation and resources. The free community edition allows for simple installation on existing cloud server resources which results in significantly lower recurring costs compared to the competition
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    Usability
    Front
    It's very easy to understand and use by new customer support agents as well. Be it a technology, product, or marketing person, we have trained most of the company folks to read and respond to customer conversations in their free time with the help of the Front app. It is also easy to set up for an admin and manage his/her team with communication rules.
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    Mattermost
    Since it helps track all the things at one place and the bots can be made which helps to automate many tasks. We use it in our security incident tracking in which there are pre defined tasks like adding people, creating groups, launching bots. All these things make the work easier and oraganized
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    Support Rating
    Front
    The support is good, and it's definitely prompt, but still lags when it comes to technical requirements, as I guess they are slow in developing newer features fast. So no complaints in terms of responsiveness, but yeah, at times it's not very helpful when you need certain features or are blocked on things which can't be unblocked.
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    Mattermost
    We have not had to contact support for Mattermost ever. All that we have needed has been available in the documentation or website. One of our DevOps team members set it up in a couple of hours. The whole team was using Mattermost that same day. No support needed.
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    Implementation Rating
    Front
    No answers on this topic
    Mattermost
    This went as expected. No surprises or major hurdles.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Front
    This is something I am not familiar but it seems like it is [available] in Gmail. Thus I cannot give any feedback about it. What I am sure about is Front works for our team and I see Zoom using the service in the Customer Success Organization in a long run.
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    Mattermost
    I feel slack is a bit more difficult to use overall than Mattermost. Mattermost makes the tasks of communicating across departments and team members easier, as well as giving the ability to share information via hyper links, attachments, and other forms of communication among every body here. Also, easier user interface
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    Return on Investment
    Front
    • Saved our executive team considerable amount of time chasing support questions through different channels.
    • Gave our team clear accountability for who was lead on a support issue and how to escalate.
    • Customer regularly say our support is the best in the industry.
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    Mattermost
    • Improved Communication Efficiency by consolidating all the variety of messaging apps etc
    • real-time communication and collaboration has improved the orgs ability to address issues and implement changes rapidly.
    • Accelerated decision-making processes, reducing the time required for team approvals and discussions which used to be in back and forth emails.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Front Screenshots

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    Mattermost Screenshots

    Screenshot of Channels: All team communications in one place.Screenshot of Playbooks: Orchestrates work across tools and teams.Screenshot of Boards: Project planning and milestones.Screenshot of Connections: Unites the entire technology stack through a single point of collaboration.