The KNX standard works well by being vendor-independent, with the standard (and devices’ compliance with that standard?) being managed by a consortium – and then different manufacturers are free to design and manufacture devices which comply with that standard. An end-customer is free to mix-and-match devices from different manufacturers, with the expectation that they will all work together.

The Matter standard follows a similar philosophy – with the Matter standard itself being defined by the Connectivity Standards Alliance (who also ‘own’ Zigbee). As of the end of 2025 Matter is still relatively new and unproven – unlike KNX which has proven track record over multiple decades – but it shows promise and is certainly no worse than other competing (but more ‘closed’) technologies.

Matter over Thread by Marsh Flatts Farm Self Build Diary is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.