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HashiCorp Boundary pricing
HashiCorp Boundary publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 31 August 2026, HashiCorp Boundary pricing is free across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open source, no licence fee
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
HashiCorp Boundary plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Community Edition | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
| Boundary Enterprise | On request | 5 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Boundary Community Edition
FreeThe entry tier. It covers mpl 2.0 open source, self-hosted controllers and workers, identity-based target access, vault credential brokering, no session recording, no support contract.
Boundary Enterprise
On requestOver Boundary Community Edition, this tier adds:
- Session recording and playback
- Multi-hop and transparent sessions
- Multi-tenancy via scopes
- Licensed through IBM Passport Advantage
- Pricing not published
Where HashiCorp Boundary stops being free
Boundary Community Edition, Free
- MPL 2.0 open source
- Self-hosted controllers and workers
- Identity-based target access
- Vault credential brokering
- No session recording, no support contract
No paid tier on record
HashiCorp Boundary lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full HashiCorp Boundary feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Identity-based access
- Just-in-time credentials
- Dynamic host catalogues
- Session recording
- Transparent sessions
- Multi-hop workers
- Audit logging
- Terraform provider
People bring HashiCorp Boundary in for a platform team replacing shared ssh keys and a bastion host so that leavers lose access the moment they are removed from the identity provider, granting contractors time-boxed database access without ever issuing them a credential they could keep, an estate where autoscaling replaces hosts continuously and a static access list is always out of date, producing session recordings as evidence for an audit that requires proof of who touched production and what they ran. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to HashiCorp Boundary are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Cybersecurity
Too few cybersecurity tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp Boundary (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | |
| Hanwha Vision | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs HashiCorp Boundary |
| BeyondTrust | On request | quote | - | vs HashiCorp Boundary |
| Feedzai | On request | quote | - | vs HashiCorp Boundary |
| IDnow | On request | quote | - | vs HashiCorp Boundary |
| Eagle Eye Networks | On request | Per camera per month | - | vs HashiCorp Boundary |
| iDenfy | On request | Per verification | - | vs HashiCorp Boundary |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the HashiCorp Boundary badges page.
Before you pay for HashiCorp Boundary
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
HashiCorp Boundary runs on linux, macos, windows, web, and is published by HashiCorp, an IBM company of San Francisco, California, United States. The full record is on the HashiCorp Boundary review, and the rest of the category is under best cybersecurity tools.
HashiCorp Boundary pricing questions
- How much does HashiCorp Boundary cost?
- HashiCorp Boundary publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Boundary Community Edition up to On request for Boundary Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does HashiCorp Boundary have a free plan?
- Yes. The Boundary Community Edition tier costs nothing and covers mpl 2.0 open source, self-hosted controllers and workers, identity-based target access.
- What is the difference between Boundary Community Edition and Boundary Enterprise on HashiCorp Boundary?
- Boundary Enterprise costs On request against Free, and adds session recording and playback, multi-hop and transparent sessions, multi-tenancy via scopes, licensed through ibm passport advantage.
- Which cybersecurity tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 cybersecurity tools listed alongside HashiCorp Boundary have a free tier: Google Authenticator.
- What am I actually paying for with HashiCorp Boundary?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a platform team replacing shared ssh keys and a bastion host so that leavers lose access the moment they are removed from the identity provider, granting contractors time-boxed database access without ever issuing them a credential they could keep, an estate where autoscaling replaces hosts continuously and a static access list is always out of date.
- Does HashiCorp Boundary charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these HashiCorp Boundary prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare HashiCorp Boundary against before paying?
- The closest cybersecurity tools in this directory are Hanwha Vision, BeyondTrust, Feedzai, IDnow. Each has a side-by-side comparison with HashiCorp Boundary covering price, platforms and features.