Our take
Pick NetBird if infra teams who will stay on Cloud Free at €0 (5 users, 100 machines) or the $0 self-host binary while they add a first peer, then buy Team at €6/user/month when they need unlimited users, enterprise IdP, and SCIM. Pick Tailscale if individuals who will stay on Personal at $0 (up to 6 users) while they open a first Machines list, then Standard at $8/user/month when they need unlimited users / SCIM —
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Best for
NetBird Peers you start at €0
Tailscale A tailnet table you start at a public $
Free plan
NetBird $0 · bSD-3. You run the management + signal + TURN stack. Confirmed by the repo license. Hosting is your bill
Tailscale $0 · free forever. Unlimited user devices. Up to 6 users. Up to 3 ACL groups. 50 tagged resources to start. 1,000 mins/month for ephemeral resources
Lowest paid
NetBird Cloud Team €6/user/mo
Tailscale Extra tagged resources $1/mo
Next step up
NetBird Cloud Business €12
Tailscale Mullvad add-on $5/mo
Runs where
NetBird Local; you host it
Tailscale Hosted
Watch out
NetBird Cloud Free is 5 users and 100 machines
Tailscale Personal stops at 6 users and 3 ACL groups
Last checked
NetBird 2026-10-23 · netbird.io/pricing
Tailscale 2026-10-23 · tailscale.com/pricing
infra teams who will stay on Cloud Free at €0 (5 users, 100 machines) or the $0 self-host binary while they add a first peer, then buy Team at €6/user/month when they need unlimited users, enterprise IdP, and SCIM.
Read the NetBird pageindividuals who will stay on Personal at $0 (up to 6 users) while they open a first Machines list, then Standard at $8/user/month when they need unlimited users / SCIM — not Premium $18 unless they need flow logs or 10,000 ephemeral minutes.
Read the Tailscale page