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ZeroTier pricing
ZeroTier publishes 3 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 1 September 2026, ZeroTier pricing is free across 3 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
- Free up to 10 devices and 1 network, then per additional device per month
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
ZeroTier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Free | 2 | Entry tier |
| Essential | $18/month | 3 | +$18/month, 2 more features |
| Scale | $179/month | 3 | +$161/month, 3 more features |
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.
Personal
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 10 devices included, 1 network.
Essential
$18/monthOver Personal, this tier adds:
- 10 networks
- $2.00 per additional device/month
Scale
$179/monthOver Essential, this tier adds:
- 100 devices included
- Unlimited networks
- $1.80 per additional device/month
Where ZeroTier stops being free
Personal, Free
- 10 devices included
- 1 network
Essential, $18/month
The first thing you pay for:
- 10 networks
- $2.00 per additional device/month
What the product covers
The full ZeroTier 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
- Peer-to-peer mesh networking
- Free personal tier
- Per-device overage pricing
- Multiple networks
- Cross-platform clients
People bring ZeroTier in for a hobbyist or small home lab wanting free virtual lan connectivity across devices without a business tier, a small business connecting a handful of remote offices or remote workers into one virtual network on the essential plan, a growing company scaling past the free device limit that needs multiple networks and predictable per-device overage pricing, a service provider or large iot deployer needing custom enterprise or quantum packaging for very large device counts. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to ZeroTier are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Networking
Too few networking 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZeroTier (this page) | Free | Free up to 10 devices and 1 network, then per additional device per month | - | |
| MikroTik RouterOS | On request | One-time purchase, per licence level | - | vs ZeroTier |
| Cisco Meraki | On request | quote, hardware plus mandatory recurring licence | - | vs ZeroTier |
| PRTG Network Monitor | On request | Per sensor tier, billed monthly on an annual contract | - | vs ZeroTier |
| OpenVPN | Free | Open source core is free; Access Server billed per simultaneous connection | - | vs ZeroTier |
| Icinga | Free | Open source core, with paid repository, module and support subscriptions sold separately | - | vs ZeroTier |
| pfSense | Free | Open source Community Edition, free; commercial Plus edition sold separately by Netgate | - | vs ZeroTier |
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 ZeroTier badges page.
Before you pay for ZeroTier
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: 3 tiers between Free and $179/month, 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.
ZeroTier runs on windows, macos, linux, ios, android, and is published by ZeroTier of Irvine, California, United States. The full record is on the ZeroTier review, and the rest of the category is under best networking tools.
ZeroTier pricing questions
- How much does ZeroTier cost?
- ZeroTier publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Personal up to $179/month for Scale. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does ZeroTier have a free plan?
- Yes. The Personal tier costs nothing and covers 10 devices included, 1 network. Paying starts at $18/month for Essential.
- What is the difference between Personal and Essential on ZeroTier?
- Essential costs $18/month against Free, and adds 10 networks, $2.00 per additional device/month.
- Is the Scale plan on ZeroTier worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 100 devices included, unlimited networks, $1.80 per additional device/month. It costs $179/month against $18/month for Essential. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which networking tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 networking tools listed alongside ZeroTier have a free tier: OpenVPN, Icinga, pfSense.
- What am I actually paying for with ZeroTier?
- The record lists 5 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a hobbyist or small home lab wanting free virtual lan connectivity across devices without a business tier, a small business connecting a handful of remote offices or remote workers into one virtual network on the essential plan, a growing company scaling past the free device limit that needs multiple networks and predictable per-device overage pricing.
- Does ZeroTier charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 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 ZeroTier 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 ZeroTier against before paying?
- The closest networking tools in this directory are MikroTik RouterOS, Cisco Meraki, PRTG Network Monitor, OpenVPN. Each has a side-by-side comparison with ZeroTier covering price, platforms and features.