Our organization is evaluating Self Hosted Team Chat platforms for internal communication, particularly for environments where data privacy and compliance are important.
We're looking for features such as:
End-to-end encryption
On-premise deployment
Group messaging and team channels
Audio and video meetings
Secure file sharing
Screen sharing
Administrative controls
Integration with existing business systems
For those who have deployed a self-hosted communication platform, what has your experience been? Which features have been the most valuable, and what challenges did you encounter during implementation?
We've been researching several enterprise solutions, including Troop Messenger, Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, and Nextcloud Talk. If you've used any of these, I'd appreciate hearing about their strengths and limitations in production environments.