NetBird Community Edition

Open-source alternative · mapped from 2 paid tools. Fit is not feature parity.

Facts

License

BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License A permissive license similar to the <a href="/licenses/bsd-2-clause/">BSD 2-Clause License</a>, but with a 3rd clause that prohibits others from using the name of the copyright holder or its contributors to promote derived products without written consent. May Commercial useModificationDistributionPrivate use Must License and copyright notice No LiabilityWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com

GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 Permissions of this strongest copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. When a modified version is used to provide a service over a network, the complete source code of the modified version must be made available. May Commercial useModificationDistributionPatent usePrivate use Must License and copyright noticeState changesDisclose sourceNetwork use is distributionSame license No LiabilityWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com

Paid-feature tier B

Self-host

Paid-feature limits1 noted

Enterprise Commercial License: active-active HA, SCIM provisioning, EDR/MDM integration, traffic-flow logging/streaming, peer approval, audit-event streaming and notifications.

Tier B: OSI community code: root BSD-3-Clause excludes management, signal, relay and combined directories licensed AGPLv3. Core connectivity/access control/routing remain community features; documented enterprise administration, approval and observability gates warrant B. NetBird Cloud tiers are separate from self-hosted Enterprise licensing. License source. Repository: netbirdio/netbird. Self-host: server; hosted offer from the project: yes.

Replaces 2 paid tools

Cloudflare AccessEntry price USD 7 / seat / month

Fit:

Scope is remote private-network access through NetBird clients and access policies. Rebuild enrolment and resource rules and operate infrastructure. Cloudflare clientless application access, browser terminals and broader SASE services need separate evaluation; no full platform replacement claim.

Sources: www.cloudflare.com, docs.netbird.io, docs.netbird.io · checked 2026-10-21
Full comparison: Cloudflare Access vs NetBird Community Edition
TailscaleEntry price USD 8 / seat / month

Fit:

Re-enrol devices with NetBird clients and recreate identities, DNS, routing and access policies. Community includes networking but enterprise provisioning, approvals and flow observability require the commercial self-hosted license; Tailscale platform extensions are not interchangeable.

Sources: tailscale.com, docs.netbird.io, docs.netbird.io · checked 2026-10-21
Full comparison: Tailscale vs NetBird Community Edition

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