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 Twingate if teams who will stay on Starter Free (5 users) while they open a first Network Overview, then buy Teams at $5 / user / month — or Home at $15 / month for a homelab that
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Best for
NetBird Peers you start at €0
Twingate Private resources you start at $0
Free plan
NetBird $0 · bSD-3. You run the management + signal + TURN stack. Confirmed by the repo license. Hosting is your bill
Twingate No free plan
Lowest paid
NetBird Cloud Team €6/user/mo
Twingate Not published by the vendor
Next step up
NetBird Cloud Business €12
Twingate
Runs where
NetBird Local; you host it
Twingate Hosted
Watch out
NetBird Cloud Free is 5 users and 100 machines
Twingate Starter Free is 5 users
Last checked
NetBird 2026-10-23 · netbird.io/pricing
Twingate 2026-10-23 · twingate.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 pageteams who will stay on Starter Free (5 users) while they open a first Network Overview, then buy Teams at $5 / user / month — or Home at $15 / month for a homelab that wants Business-class connectors without a per-user seat.
Read the Twingate page