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 ZeroTier if hobby / lab operators who will stay on Personal (Free, 10 devices, non-commercial) while they open a first Member Devices list, then Essential at $18/month when they need
Best for
NetBird Peers you start at €0
ZeroTier A member 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
ZeroTier No free plan
Lowest paid
NetBird Cloud Team €6/user/mo
ZeroTier Essential $18/mo, monthly only
Next step up
NetBird Cloud Business €12
ZeroTier Scale $179/mo
Runs where
NetBird Local; you host it
ZeroTier Hosted
Watch out
NetBird Cloud Free is 5 users and 100 machines
ZeroTier Personal is non-commercial and 10 devices / 1 network
Last checked
NetBird 2026-10-23 · netbird.io/pricing
ZeroTier 2026-10-23 · zerotier.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 pagehobby / lab operators who will stay on Personal (Free, 10 devices, non-commercial) while they open a first Member Devices list, then Essential at $18/month when they need a commercial license and $2/extra device.
Read the ZeroTier page