I’ve long hoped for a paid model that made sense for home network enthusiasts to support the company and I was excited to see the Essential plan. However, unless I’m misunderstanding the pricing, to achieve the same node count available in Legacy free would cost $40 on Essential which seems a bit steep. Reducing the authorized node count from 25 to 10 for the free model is understandable but I would love to see an authorized node count higher than 10 for upgrading to Essential level. Keeping it at 25 would make the upgrade from Legacy Free to Essential a no-brainer but even if it was 15 or 20 would feel like the upgrade was a useful step up from the new free tier if a bit hard to swallow coming from the Legacy free tier. For me (and I suspect other home network folks) the main features desired are authorized nodes and number of networks and less likely more traditionally enterprise features like SSO and Audit logs, etc. Although, I’m sure there are others out there that are excited to have some of the enterprise features to utilize in home labs. So, my feedback is that the authorized node count in Essential makes the upgrade from Legacy free a bit harder to justify. For comparison, competing products have a $6 a month price point with 100 devices/nodes.
Thank you for your feedback! As a Legacy customer you will get to keep your 25 free devices forever, even if you upgrade to Essential.
When you upgrade to Essential you are getting more features and functionality. Features that were previously a la carte, such as Admin and SSO seats are now included. Essential also includes new business-oriented features such as 30 day audit logs. And with usage based pricing, you don’t have to worry about being over provisioned, you only pay for what you use.
It’s a big change, but we’ve also come a long way from our open source roots, and our updated pricing reflects that journey.
Wow, thanks for the clarification! Where can I find that documented? I really didn’t see that in what I read and got no indication as I went through the upgrade payment flow. If I get to keep my current node 25 node count then I’m excited to upgrade to Essential and support ZT. Thanks for making a great product and keeping us small-time network nerds in mind.
My pleasure! I wanted to share this insightful blog post from our founder that introduces ZeroTier’s new usage-based pricing model for the Essential plan. It’s a great read that explains how this model can provide more flexibility and value for our users.
Hello!
what would the pricing look like in by case
Pro (Legacy)
$50.00 / month
Next invoice on 2024-08-24
Included Device Licenses
234 / 25
Paid Device Licenses
209 / 275
Network Admins
1 / 1
SSO seats
0 / 1
Networks
Unlimited
Custom Routes
Unlimited
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