Exostar
Secure, compliant collaboration platform and trusted partner network for regulated industries
By Exostar · HQ Herndon, US · 4.0/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Aerospace and defense primes and suppliers that must demonstrate CMMC Level 2 / NIST SP 800-171 readiness
- Life sciences and healthcare organizations running multi-site clinical trials and regulated partner access
- Banks, insurers and financial firms needing SSO, adaptive authentication and identity governance
- Procurement and supply chain teams onboarding, verifying and monitoring large supplier bases
- Regulated manufacturers that must exchange demand, order and delivery data with suppliers without replacing their ERP
Ideal size: 200+ employees (mid-market to enterprise) people · Regulated organization with compliance, legal, contracts and IT functions coordinating CMMC or DEA obligations
Not for
- Teams looking for a low-cost, self-serve SaaS tool with published list pricing
- Organizations with no regulatory, CUI or partner-access requirements
- Buyers wanting a general-purpose ERP or full order management system
- Startups needing a lightweight tool that goes live in days without compliance overhead
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
About 1 month for SaaS; CMMC programs longer
~30 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
On request
Quote-based enterprise pricing; no public price list. Buyers scope one solution or a suite (CMMC Ready, Supply Chain) with sales before contracting.
Implementation Friction
4/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Not published; agreements are per-organization and per-network membership
Add-on costs
- No public add-on price list; capabilities are sold as suites or individual products
Company & support
Who is behind Exostar, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Headquarters
- Herndon, US
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsPlan not stated
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsPlan not stated
- Dedicated account managerNot listed
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Support entry point is the My Exostar portal (login, technical support, knowledge base). No support phone line, email address, hours or SLA are published on the vendor pages.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Exostar sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line. A dashed ring marks an outlier pinned to the edge; hover for its value.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Exostar
- Proofpoint
- Imprivata
- Kiteworks
- Hoxhunt
- Mattermost
Add or change companies
Up to 10 companies including Exostar. Listed closest first.
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Exostar ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Exostar is a secure, compliant collaboration platform for regulated industries, connecting 200,000+ vetted organizations across aerospace and defense, life sciences and healthcare. Its products cover CMMC readiness and certification assistance, supplier management and onboarding, identity and access management, clinical trial site access, DEA-compliant e-prescribing, sourcing and order-to-cash. More than half the Defense Industrial Base and 25+ pharmaceutical companies transact through the network. Pricing is quote-based and implementations are weighted toward compliance programs.
Frequently asked questions
What does Exostar actually do?
Exostar provides a secure collaboration platform and vetted partner network for regulated industries. Products include the CMMC Ready Suite and Certification Assistant for NIST SP 800-171/CMMC compliance, Supplier Management and SupplyLine for supplier onboarding and supply chain execution, DemandLine for order-to-cash, Secure Access Manager and Access One for identity and access management, and ProviderPass for DEA-compliant electronic prescribing.
How much does Exostar cost?
Exostar does not publish pricing on its website; all products are sold through a sales conversation, and the homepage and compliance pages only offer a 'Talk to Sales' path. Budget for quote-based enterprise agreements rather than list pricing, and expect cost to vary by product, number of users and whether you join the Exostar partner network.
How long does implementation take?
No implementation timeline is published. Exostar's managed offerings (for example the CMMC Ready Suite and Exostar Managed on Microsoft 365) imply a guided onboarding, while network and identity work requires supplier and user verification. Assume weeks to a few months, and longer if you are pursuing CMMC Level 2 readiness alongside deployment.
Does Exostar itself hold CMMC certification?
Exostar's security, trust and compliance pages describe how its products help customers achieve CMMC Level 2 and NIST SP 800-171 readiness; they do not state that Exostar itself holds a CMMC certification or assessment. Treat CMMC claims here as support for your own compliance program, not as a vendor certification.
Which security certifications does Exostar hold?
Exostar's security, trust and compliance pages discuss regulated-industry security, encryption, role-based access and identity proofing, but none of the pages provided states that the vendor holds SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP, ISO 42001 or CMMC certification. Buyers should request the vendor's security documentation directly during due diligence.
Does Exostar offer AI features?
No AI product features are described on the vendor pages reviewed. The page at exostar.com/ai is an event listing for the AIA Supply Chain Summit, not an AI product page, so no AI capabilities, model providers or AI pricing are recorded for this tool.