Greymatter
Greymatter is a Zero Trust Networking platform for controlling, connecting, and securing applications, APIs, and AI workloads.
What Greymatter is
Greymatter is a Zero Trust Networking platform for controlling, connecting, and securing applications, APIs, and AI workloads. Its architecture has five layers: analytics, zero trust, service connectivity, orchestration, and enterprise integration. It supports environments including AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, sovereign clouds, Kubernetes distributions, virtual machines, edge, and disconnected deployments. Security functions automate workload identity provisioning, apply mTLS, and use NIST-validated FIPS 140-3 cryptography (CMVP #5191). GitOps Playbooks deploy and manage traffic policies across clusters, with autonomous updates and zero-downtime changes. Orchestration supports canary, blue-green, and progressive delivery, with health checks, fallback logic, and rollback on failure. Analytics integrations include Grafana, Kibana, Prometheus, Splunk, Elasticsearch, SIEMs, and APMs; identity integrations use OAuth2, OIDC, and PKI. Greymatter links application, service, and API activity to detailed audit logs. It offers a 30-day trial without commitment; custom enterprise pricing is available on request. The stated audience includes government, defense, and global enterprise teams.
Good
- Automates workload identity provisioning
- Uses mTLS and validated FIPS 140-3 cryptography
- Supports disconnected deployments
- Provides canary, blue-green, and progressive delivery
Watch out
- No free plan beyond the 30-day trial
- Custom pricing is available on request
- Targets complex enterprise environments
Who it suits
Greymatter is intended for government, defense, and global enterprise teams, including architects, DevOps engineers, and security professionals. It may suit organizations managing application connectivity and traffic policies across complex or disconnected environments.
Verdict
Greymatter brings workload security, connectivity, and orchestration together across a broad range of deployment environments. Pricing is custom after the trial, so teams will need to request details for their requirements.
Plans and prices
From Greymatter's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Day Free Trial | Free | 30 days · no commitment |
| Custom Pricing | Priced on request | Tailored enterprise solutions · complex environments · enterprise-grade support |
The facts
Each one read from Greymatter's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Architecture
- The platform has five layers: analytics, zero trust, service connectivity, orchestration, and enterprise integration.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Auditability
- Greymatter links application, service, and API activity to detailed audit logs and uses versioned, traceable, reversible GitOps playbooks.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Deployment environments
- Greymatter supports AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, sovereign clouds, Kubernetes distributions, VMs, edge, and disconnected deployments.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Deployment strategies
- The orchestration layer supports canary, blue-green, and progressive delivery with health checks, fallback logic, and rollback on failure.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Identity integrations
- Identity provider integrations use OAuth2, OIDC, and PKI, with providers including Keycloak, Ping Federate, Okta, and Auth0.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Observability integrations
- The analytics layer integrates with Grafana, Kibana, Prometheus, Splunk, Elasticsearch, SIEMs, and APMs.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Policy automation
- GitOps Playbooks deploy and manage traffic policies across clusters, with autonomous updates and zero downtime.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Protocols
- The service connectivity layer supports 5G, UDP, HTTP/2, and streaming protocols with mTLS protection.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- The platform automates workload identity provisioning, applies mTLS, and uses NIST-validated FIPS 140-3 cryptography, CMVP #5191.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker offers enterprise support with patching, upgrades, and operational assistance, and provides a support team for advanced guidance.checked 3 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Greymatter is a Zero Trust Networking platform for controlling, connecting, and securing applications, APIs, and AI workloads.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- Greymatter describes its intended users as government, defense, and global enterprise teams, including architects, DevOps engineers, and security professionals.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- Greymatter.io says it was established in 2015 near Washington, D.C.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2015checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Arlington, Virginia, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
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