Pricing

Flat-rate licensing.
Not per-seat billing.

Tether Connect is self-hosted. You pay for the software license — not per developer. As your team grows, your enforcement cost doesn't.

Startup

For engineering teams getting AI governance in place before scale demands it.

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Startup-friendly pricing
Annual license · self-hosted · flat rate
  • Up to 50 developer endpoints
  • System-wide egress enforcement
  • On-device AI payload analysis
  • Signed policy bundle distribution
  • Admin console & audit logs
  • Multi-tenant (up to 3 tenants)
  • Email support
  • Deployment documentation
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Enterprise
Recommended

For organizations that need unlimited scale, compliance tooling, and dedicated support.

Custom
Volume licensing available
Annual license · unlimited endpoints · flat rate
  • Unlimited developer endpoints
  • Everything in Startup
Advanced Features
  • Unlimited tenants
  • SSO / SAML integration
  • Custom policy development support
  • Compliance report exports (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
  • Fleet health dashboards & alerting
  • Policy rollback & version history
  • Whitelabel per-tenant branding
Support
  • Dedicated implementation engineer
  • SLA-backed support
  • Quarterly security review
  • Custom integration assistance
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Air-Gap

For defense, intelligence, and regulated industries where no external connectivity is permitted.

Custom
Specialized deployment
Annual license · fully offline · flat rate
  • Fully offline deployment
  • No external connectivity required
  • Everything in Enterprise
Air-Gap Specifics
  • Offline AI analysis model included
  • Offline policy update delivery
  • Air-gapped admin console deployment
  • Classified environment deployment guide
  • ITAR / export control consideration support
  • On-site deployment assistance available
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Cost Model

Why flat-rate matters
at scale.

Per-seat SaaS pricing punishes growth. Tether's flat-rate model means your security cost doesn't grow with your headcount.

Scenario
Tether Connect (flat)
50 developers
Startup tier — contact for price
200 developers
Enterprise tier — same flat rate
500 developers
Same license — no per-seat charge
1,000+ developers
Volume pricing available — still flat

Enterprise AI security tools are typically priced per seat. A large engineering org's per-seat costs scale linearly with headcount. Tether's flat-rate model means that cost stays constant regardless of team size.

FAQ

Common pricing questions.

What counts as an "endpoint"?
An endpoint is any developer machine with the Tether enforcement agent installed. The Startup tier covers up to 50 concurrent enrolled machines. Enterprise and Air-Gap are unlimited.
Is there a free trial or evaluation period?
Yes. We offer a time-limited evaluation for qualified organizations. Contact us and we'll set up a scoped deployment in your environment so you can validate the integration before committing to a license.
What infrastructure do I need to self-host?
Tether requires a server to host the admin console and policy distribution endpoint, and agent installation on each developer machine. Requirements are modest — a single VM or container is sufficient for most deployments. We provide detailed infrastructure documentation with every license.
Is Tether rule-based or AI-based?
Both, deliberately. Deterministic rules handle the cases where there's no ambiguity to reason about — known credential patterns, blocked destinations, hard compliance boundaries. An on-device judge then classifies the intent of everything else (testing vs. shipping, brainstorming vs. exfil, public reference vs. trade secret) and your policy maps each intent class to one of six enforcement responses. Regex is the floor; intent classification is the reasoning layer on top. The audit trail logs which one fired so incident review stays defensible.
Does the flat rate include the AI analysis model?
Yes. The on-device judge — which runs on every endpoint and handles the high-confidence cases entirely locally — is included in the license. For ambiguous cases that escalate, the cloud judge runs on Tether-hosted infrastructure and is included as well. In air-gap mode the cloud judge is unreachable, and the on-device judge handles every decision using your configured fail-safe policy.
How does Tether map to CISA ZTMM 2.0?
Tether contributes to all five Zero Trust Maturity Model 2.0 pillars — Identity (Initial), Devices (Advanced), Networks (Traditional, paired with your ZTNA / SASE), Applications & Workloads (Advanced), and Data (Advanced) — plus cross-cutting Visibility & Analytics (Advanced), Automation & Orchestration (Initial), and Governance (Advanced). ZTMM is a maturity model, not a certification, so there's nothing for a vendor to be "compliant with." Our self-assessment with the per-pillar breakdown is on Security » Zero Trust Maturity.
What's the contract term?
Standard licensing is annual. Multi-year terms are available at preferred pricing. We don't require long-term commitments for initial deployments — we'd rather earn the renewal.
Do you offer MSP or reseller pricing?
Yes. If you're a managed security service provider or reseller looking to offer Tether Connect to your customers, contact us to discuss our partner program and multi-customer licensing options.

Get pricing for your org.

Tell us your team size and environment and we'll come back with a specific number — no vague "it depends" without context.

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