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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Square 9 Softworks

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AFor document-intensive companies looking to improve business efficiency, Square 9 Softworks develops solutions for process automation that aim to drive increased productivity across all business applications.

    $250

    per month 5 users

    Pricing
    MattermostSquare 9 Softworks
    Editions & Modules
    Free Self-Hosted
    $0
    per month per user
    Professional
    $10
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Us
    per month per user
    Square 9 Process Automation Essentials
    $50
    per month per user (5 User Minimum)
    Square 9 Digital Transformation Essentials
    $68
    per month per user (5 User Minimum)
    Square 9 Enterprise Essentials
    $75
    per month per user (10 User Minimum)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MattermostSquare 9 Softworks
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
    Additional Details—Offered via a three-tier pricing model that allows customers to scale their solution up or down based on the changing needs of their organization. Pricing excludes professional services and implementation fees
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    Community Pulse
    MattermostSquare 9 Softworks
    Considered Both Products
    Mattermost
    No answer on this topic
    Square 9 Softworks
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    46 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    68 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    44 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    63 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    48 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    68 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    48 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    50 Answers
    Features
    MattermostSquare 9 Softworks
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Mattermost and Square 9 Softworks
    Feature
    Mattermost
    8.4
    49 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Square 9 Softworks
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.637 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.929 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.745 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search8.824 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Mattermost and Square 9 Softworks
    Feature
    Mattermost
    8.4
    52 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Square 9 Softworks
    -
    Ratings
    Chat8.752 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.352 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions8.749 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys9.032 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase9.335 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting7.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Mattermost and Square 9 Softworks
    Feature
    Mattermost
    8.9
    28 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Square 9 Softworks
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning7.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files9.322 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files9.322 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration7.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control9.922 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive8.212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync10.016 Ratings00 Ratings
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    MattermostSquare 9 Softworks
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    Score9.5 out of 10
    M‑Files
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Esker
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MattermostSquare 9 Softworks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (54 ratings)
    9.3
    (75 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    4.9
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    7.9
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.6
    (39 ratings)
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MattermostSquare 9 Softworks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Square 9 Softworks
    Square 9 Softworks is really good for internal and external filing services. Square 9 Softworks is also an application that can be utilized for databases to store and extract data. If the volume of your filing isn’t heavy or on a day-to-day basis then I wouldn’t recommend Square 9 Softworks.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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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    Square 9 Softworks
    • The software is very flexible, and the technicians were great at implementing our customizations for the PO project.
    • While indexing fields in Global Search, the Key Free tool works great.
    • Global Search is well-organized. It's easy to navigate and find your documents.
    • The process for completing your project was well done. Communicating with individuals at Square 9 who were responsible for different aspects of the project was easy.
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    Cons
    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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    Square 9 Softworks
    • GlobalSearch could use some enhancements in layout - THIS IS FIXED WITH THE NEWEST VERSION OF GLOBALSEARCH 6.3 and their Sleek GUI GlobalSearch GO! - WELL DONE!
    • GlobalSearch could use external sharing of documents THIS IS FIXED WITH THE NEWEST VERSION OF GLOBALSEARCH 6.3 and their Sleek GUI GlobalSearch GO! - WELL DONE!
    • GlobalForms could have better formatting tools to enhance the fields and text formatting
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Square 9 Softworks
    We absolutely can't imagine not continuing software maintenance as there are always new additions that improve the system not to mention the excellent tech support when issues are encountered. Response times for troubleshooting are very quick and usually, my issue is resolved in less than an hour after connecting with support.
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    Usability
    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
    Incentivized
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    Square 9 Softworks
    The items I am searching for are easily found. They are found in at least 95% of the searches. The failure rate generally is related to another employees user error or a template error set up by our Square 9 team in house.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Mattermost
    No answers on this topic
    Square 9 Softworks
    Square-9 can get this product out to you in almost the same hour your order it. We got ours very fast.
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    Performance
    Mattermost
    No answers on this topic
    Square 9 Softworks
    With the PDF projected viewer, the document retrieval-to-display can drag for a second more than some systems, and the capture workflow if you overload a server array can also drag, but those are the only two issues we've ever seen with this product, and they are not serious issues at all.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Square 9 Softworks
    We had one "production down" incident that took about a day to get help on. I think that's a bit too long. The support people seem confident but not that friendly. I feel like I'm bothering them when I get help, but they get the job done.
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    In-Person Training
    Mattermost
    No answers on this topic
    Square 9 Softworks
    It would have been higher, but the training is a bit muted for the lesser qualified office equipment vendors who signed up as partners to sell and support it. The more experienced ECM vendors and customer end-users will find the training very good, but a bit slow.
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    Implementation Rating
    Mattermost
    This went as expected. No surprises or major hurdles.
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    Square 9 Softworks
    I think the implementation could have gone a little smoother than it did. Now that I know how to use the software, I could do it myself. I feel that as an organization, we could have been a little better prepared. If the consultant was more aware of what we were looking for, they could have assisted in setting up some workflows for us as per the contract. But because we were not prepared, the initial implementation process was a little painful. That said, adding a document management system to ANY business kinda means everyone has to re-think the way they do their work which can be difficult for some staff.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Square 9 Softworks
    We tried Etrieve before Square 9 and it never got off the ground. Our requirements were too complex and the platform could not accommodate them. Square 9 offered the flexibility and customization we needed from the start. Support worked with us to build workflows that actually fit our processes instead of forcing us into a rigid structure.
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    Scalability
    Mattermost
    No answers on this topic
    Square 9 Softworks
    The scale-ability is quite good actually, but you need competent sales/support folks providing it to you, so the scale is set right for the demands of your system use. Some resellers are not good at doing this, some are fantastic. If you are scaled correctly at first implementation, you'll be very happy with this system.
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    Square 9 Softworks
    • Reduction in human error through manual data entry process now being automated
    • Reduction in cost due to automation allowing the function to not require a full time employee
    • Reduction in time spent performing the previous manual tasks. Example: on our consolidated shipment days, it could take doc clerk 2-3 hours to prepare master document package. This has been reduced to 30 minutes or less (depending on size of shipment and time needed for OCR to complete)
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    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.

    Square 9 Softworks Screenshots

    Screenshot of GlobalSearch Go, which organizes documents based on extracted data.Screenshot of InquireAI, which offers AI-driven data extraction of invoice and receipt fields to eliminate the need for manual data entry.Screenshot of a contract. Contracts are a complex document format that can require contextual understanding to collect accurate data points.Screenshot of the invoice review process, where users can be notified by email when a pending approval is available.Screenshot of a fully indexed document. These can be released for secure access within GlobalSearch or sent to other repositories, including QuickBooks, Dynamics 35 Business Central, Citrix ShareFile, or Google Drive.Screenshot of Documents are stored in a secure, searchable archive.