Wasn’t matrix developed by Amdocs initially? which has ties to the Israeli intelligence infrastructure?

This combined with the collection of metadata would be a redflag for me.

curious as to your recommendations?

100% they’re awesome - and you can install your own apps on the instance, probably could use it for hosting a site if wanted.

I set up a foundry instance on mine.

whatbox is awesome and their support team is top notch.

lots you can do with their system.