Connectivity Standards Alliance

Membership

Over the years, the Alliance's membership has grown to over 500 companies, including the likes of Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Google, Yandex, Ikea, and Samsung SmartThings.

Membership levels

The CSA has four levels of membership: associate, adopter, participant, and promoter.

Associate membership is free. However, it only allows the member to white-label certified products as well as use Alliance Certification trademarks for a per product and annual fee.

Adopter members are allowed access to completed CSA specifications and standards, like Zigbee. They also gain access to Alliance technology logos and trademarks for certified products

Participant members have voting rights in Alliance Working Group teams and play a role in Zigbee or Matter development alongside access to Alliance technical working groups, and have early access to specifications and standards for product development.

Promoter members enjoy all other member level benefits as well as help lead with final approval on all standards developed by the Alliance by holding a seat on the Alliance Board of Directors. They pay an unknown one-time initiation fee as well as an annual membership fee of $105,000. As of 2024 there are 33 promoter members of the CSA who facilitate the promotion and advertisement of CSA developed standards, primarily Matter.

The Alliance also has two regional member groups in China and Europe: The Connectivity Standards Alliance Member Group China (CMGC) is formed by members with a focus on promoting Alliance technologies in the China market. The Europe Interest Group (EIG) consisting of 98+ member companies and 216 individual members has a focus on the European market.