NetBird

What it is for

NetBird is a WireGuard mesh desk: you add a Peer, and Cloud Free is €0 / user / month (5 users, 100 machines). Use it when the job is peers you start at €0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official NetBird Peers list (Server4 / laptop / server1, 100.x addresses, Add peer) from the docs still — not a pricing card. The list itself is ops of Peers. Self-host is the BSD-3 binary at $0.

Key features

• Peers — a user device or headless machine on the mesh (Peers still; pricing machines). One node. Cloud Free is 100 machines. Extra machines on Team / Business print €0.50 / month. SSH into a peer is an option of this.
• Access control — a policy that says who may reach whom (pricing Access controls). A rule, not a peer. Device approvals and posture checks print on Business.
• Network routes — a CIDR you advertise so the mesh reaches a site (pricing Network Routes). A route, not a peer. Reverse-proxy helpers sit on this card.
• Networks — a named mesh you put peers into (pricing NetBird Networks). A box, not a route. Private DNS is an option of this.
• Self-host / Cloud plans — the BSD-3 control plane you run, or NetBird Cloud (GitHub; pricing Free / Team / Business / Enterprise). A bill, not a peer. SSO / MFA / SCIM raise the Cloud tile; they are not extra peer types.

Activity logs and traffic events print on Team / Business — the audit meter, not a sixth desk.

Who it's for

Best fit: 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.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from netbird.io/pricing. Tiles print €0 / €6 / €12 per user / month. Figures stay in euro as printed.

• Self-host (binary) — $0. BSD-3. You run the management + signal + TURN stack. Confirmed by the repo license. Hosting is your bill.
• Cloud Free — €0 / user / month. Up to 5 users. 100 machines. P2P + encryption. Networks, social SSO & MFA, access controls, private DNS, network routes, NetBird SSH. Community support.
• Cloud Team — €6 / user / month. Unlimited users. 100 machines + 10 per user. Enterprise IdP SSO / MFA. SCIM. Audit events. Ticketing support. Extra machine €0.50 / month.
• Cloud Business — €12 / user / month. Device approvals, MDM / EDR device controls, posture checks, traffic-event logging and streaming. Standard support. Extra machine €0.50 / month.
• Cloud Enterprise — Custom. Unlimited users and machines. Custom invoicing, priority support, DORA, custom MSAs / SLAs. Do not invent an Enterprise euro.

The calculator on that page bills active users and machines that connected or logged in at least once in the period. Confirm checkout; taxes follow your location.

Limitations / costs

• Cloud Free is 5 users and 100 machines. A sixth seat is Team.
• €6 / €12 are per user. Ten Business seats are €120 / month before extra machines.
• Self-host $0 is the license, not TURN / cloud VMs.
• A mesh desk, not an identity provider. For SSO you already run see Authentik. For a self-host workspace instead of a peer list see Coder.

Alternatives

• Authentik — self-host SSO / MFA when the job is identity, not a WireGuard mesh.
• Coder — self-host workspaces when you need a machine you SSH into, not a peer mesh.
• Coolify — self-host deploys when you do not need NetBird’s routes.

Official tutorial

Official NetBird channel video: NetBird Explained: Architecture for Simple and Secure Remote Access (oEmbed author: NetBird). First-party architecture walkthrough; the docs Peers still is the cover.

Written path: netbird.io/pricing plus the Peers still.

Website

https://netbird.io

Repository

https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official NetBird Peers list from the docs still. Dollars / euros checked on netbird.io/pricing (Cloud Free €0; Team €6; Business €12; extra machine €0.50; self-host license $0). Tutorial oEmbed author: NetBird.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.