How much does Matter cost?

Matter publishes a single tier, Open Standard, at Free.

Does Matter have a free plan?

Yes. The Open Standard tier costs nothing and covers unified connectivity, cross-platform, local control.

Which smart home tools can I use without paying?

3 of the 8 smart home tools listed alongside Matter have a free tier: ESPHome, Losant, MQTT.

What am I actually paying for with Matter?

The record lists 13 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for cross-ecosystem compatibility, future-proof devices, simplified setup.

Does Matter charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.

Are these Matter prices current?

They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.

What should I compare Matter against before paying?

The closest smart home tools in this directory are Rachio Pro, ESPHome, Losant, MQTT. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Matter covering price, platforms and features.

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Matter pricing

Matter publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the smart home tools listed alongside it.

As of 30 August 2026, Matter pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.

Entry price: Free
Model: Open-source
Tiers: 1
Free tier: Yes

Matter plans, side by side

Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.

Matter pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Open Standard	Free	3	Entry tier

Where Matter stops being free

Open Standard, Free

Unified connectivity
Cross-platform
Local control

No paid tier on record

Matter lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.

What the product covers

The full Matter feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.

Other

Unified Standard
Multi-Admin
Secure Communication
Interoperable

Integrations

All major ecosystems
HomeKit
Google Home
Alexa
SmartThings

Platform

Matter-enabled devices support
All major hubs support
Cloud support
Local control support

People bring Matter in for cross-ecosystem compatibility, future-proof devices, simplified setup, local control. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Matter are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Smart Home

Too few smart home tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.

Matter entry price against other Smart Home tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Matter (this page)	Free	open-source	-
Rachio Pro	$10/month	One-time controller purchase with optional cellular subscription	-	vs Matter
ESPHome	Free	open-source	-	vs Matter
Losant	Free	subscription	-	vs Matter
MQTT	Free	open-source	-	vs Matter
Hubitat Elevation	$189.95/one-time	-	-	vs Matter
Crestron	On request	quote	-	vs Matter

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Matter badges page.

Before you pay for Matter

Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.

What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.

Matter runs on matter-enabled devices, all major hubs, cloud, local control, and is published by Connectivity Standards Alliance of Davis, California, USA. The full record is on the Matter review, and the rest of the category is under best smart home tools.

Matter pricing on the vendor's own site

Matter pricing questions

How much does Matter cost?: Matter publishes a single tier, Open Standard, at Free.
Does Matter have a free plan?: Yes. The Open Standard tier costs nothing and covers unified connectivity, cross-platform, local control.
Which smart home tools can I use without paying?: 3 of the 8 smart home tools listed alongside Matter have a free tier: ESPHome, Losant, MQTT.
What am I actually paying for with Matter?: The record lists 13 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for cross-ecosystem compatibility, future-proof devices, simplified setup.
Does Matter charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
Are these Matter prices current?: They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
What should I compare Matter against before paying?: The closest smart home tools in this directory are Rachio Pro, ESPHome, Losant, MQTT. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Matter covering price, platforms and features.