To
develop, test, and certify Matter products, you must
become a member of the Alliance, choosing from one of the available membership types. This is a prerequisite for having products listed on the Alliance’s website. Except for associate members, all others can participate in member meetings, workshops, developer conferences, and test events. Members can also contribute to creating marketing assets and communication activities (blogs, press releases), use the Alliance’s trademarks and logos, and receive marketing collateral.
- Associate Members ($0 USD/yr). Associates primarily use Matter-based IoT products, not actively involved in development. To certify products at this level, they must collaborate with Participant and Promoter members and engage in the Transfer Program with rebranding or white labeling. This involves a cost of $2500 per product and an additional $500 fee per year.
- Adopter Members ($7,000 USD/yr). Adopters are authorized to build products using existing specifications. They can develop, test, and certify products for $3000 each. Additionally, they can certify derivative products and transfer products to a third party for $2500 each.
- Participant Members ($20,000 USD/yr. + Initiation Fee) Participants can contribute and develop specifications, access working groups, and the advantage of early draft specifications and testing materials. They can develop, test and certify products at $2000 each, transfer products to a third party for $1500, and certify derivative products. Participant members can participate, vote, share in work groups, contribute or develop use cases, market requirements, and specifications.
- Promoter Members ($105,000 USD/yr.) Promoters contribute, develop, and adopt standards, lead approval processes on all standards, and participate as directors and committee boards. They can develop, test and certify products at $2000 each, transfer products to third parties for $1500, and certify derivative products. Promoter members can participate, vote, share in work groups, contribute or develop use cases, market requirements, and specifications.
Member access is required to read the
CSA Matter Resource Kit, which includes information on specifications, testing, certification, attestation, branding, distributed compliance ledger (DCL), and marketing. Additionally, members have access to the
CSA PICS Tool. This tool is used for generating the XML Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) document. The PICS document describes the product’s configuration and features to be submitted to the testing provider.
Certification Transfer Program The Standard Alliance certification allows members to transfer end products to new companies (re-certify). This
certification transfer program applies to products that maintain their original functionality, facilitating a faster marketing and distribution process for IoT products. Associate Members collaborate with Participant or Promoter Members to certify white-label products through the Certification Partner Program.