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Twingate vs NetBird: catalog facts
Twingate	NetBird
Freemium A free tier covers small teams; larger deployments are paid.	Freemium The platform is open source under the AGPL and fully self-hostable at no cost. NetBird…
Web	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Identity-based access instead of a network-wide VPN tunnel Covers users, services and AI agents	Peer-to-peer WireGuard connections with no ports to open or firewall rules to write Access control by groups and rules, with SSO and multi-factor authentication
Hosted service aimed at organisations rather than individuals Free tier is limited to small teams	Needs a control plane, whether you host it or use theirs Self-hosting the full stack including identity integration is real work
Hosted service	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Account needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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