Fit: Fit: Different approachSolves the same job differently; plan a redesign, not a copy.Fit is not feature parity.
Migration notes
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.
Pay-as-you-go $7/user/month paid annually. Product page also offers a free plan for teams under 50 users; paid product remains distinct from open-source connector software. Source
Fit for Cloudflare AccessFit: Different approachSolves the same job differently; plan a redesign, not a copy.Fit is not feature parity.
LicenseBSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" LicenseA 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.MayCommercial useModificationDistributionPrivate useMustLicense and copyright noticeNoLiabilityWarrantySummary from GitHub's choosealicense.comGNU Affero General Public License v3.0Permissions 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.MayCommercial useModificationDistributionPatent usePrivate useMustLicense and copyright noticeState changesDisclose sourceNetwork use is distributionSame licenseNoLiabilityWarrantySummary from GitHub's choosealicense.com
Paid-feature tierBTier BPaid extras for admin, identity or audit
Self-hostSelf-hostable: yesYou can run it on your own server.
Paid-feature limits1 noted
NetBird Community Edition plans reviewed
Community Edition
self-hosted community core
Free
Business
vendor commercial cloud
USD 12 / active cloud user / mo
Enterprise Commercial License
paid self-hosted enterprise licensing
Quote only
What you may give up
Enterprise Commercial License: active-active HA, SCIM provisioning, EDR/MDM integration, traffic-flow logging/streaming, peer approval, audit-event streaming and notifications.
Self-hosters operate control plane and relays; hosting and relay bandwidth have infrastructure costs.
MSP multi-tenant management is cloud-only.
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
What running it takes
Combined netbird-server (management, signal, relay, STUN) plus dashboard
Traefik or existing supported HTTPS reverse proxy
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Current combined setup, not older mandatory external IdP/Coturn multi-container instructions. Public domain and TCP80/443, UDP3478 required. SMTP not established as baseline dependency. Infrastructure and staff time are not priced here; this page does not compare total cost.
