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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 software tools listed alongside it.
- 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.
| 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.
Core
- 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.
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.
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.
- What am I actually paying for with Matter?
- The record lists 13 features across 3 areas: core, 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?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Matter to make a useful price comparison.