Firezone review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for identity-based access to servers for small teams
Firezone builds on WireGuard so a team can reach servers and apps through its identity provider, with outbound-only gateways. The free Starter plan stops at 6 users, and directory sync and device posture checks need Business at $80 a seat a year.
Who Firezone is for
- Fits if you are a team of 6 or fewer that wants access tied to a sign-in
- Works for teams that already use Okta, Entra ID or Google Workspace
Who Firezone is not for
- Tight if you grow past 6 users, 10 service accounts or, on Team, 500 users
- Pricey if you need directory sync or device posture checks, which are on Business at $80 a seat a year
- Skip it if you want to self-host for production, because the GitHub page says that is not officially supported
- Watch out: the Enterprise trial is 30 days and only on request through sales
- Watch out: prices are for Firezone Cloud US, in dollars, with an EU region announced
Why Firezone gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyTeam is $50 a seat a year, about $4.17 a month, in the middle of a category that runs $3.99 to $8. Business is $80 a seat a year.
- BFree plan and trialStarter is free for 6 users and 10 service accounts with no card. A very small team could live on it.
- CFeaturesWireGuard with outbound-only gateways, identity sign-in, resource policies and audit logs. The gaps: directory sync and device posture checks are Business only, and production self-hosting is not officially supported.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. You connect an identity provider, gateways and policies before anyone can use it.
- APlatforms and integrationsMac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android clients, a REST API, and links to Okta, Entra ID, Google Workspace, Intune, Splunk and Datadog.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Firezone's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/firezone#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/firezone.svg" alt="Firezone: 2.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Firezone stands among VPNs
Firezone's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 31 of the 50 other VPNs we grade, and level with 4.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 46 of 50) and worst on features (C, above 2).
Its paid plans start at $4.17 a month when paid by the year for each person, against a middle price of $4.99 for the category: 13 of the 40 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 51 VPNs we grade, cut by the letter each got. Firezone’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 3 of 50, level with 27
- BFree plan and trialAbove 35 of 50, level with 7
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 50, level with 30
- CEase of useAbove 6 of 50, level with 16
- APlatforms and integrationsAbove 46 of 50, level with 4
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 46 VPNs. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Firezone, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Firezone you would be making servers in dozens of countries, kept fast and private. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $50 a year. Firezone is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could not
- Servers in dozens of countries, kept fast and private.
- Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Okta, Entra ID and Google Workspace among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Firezone’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Firezone?
Firezone is a remote-access product for teams that builds on WireGuard and replaces a traditional VPN with identity-based access to servers and apps. Gateways make only outbound connections, access is tied to an identity provider, and policies can check device and location conditions. The code is on GitHub under an Apache-2.0 license.
Worth knowing
- Starter is capped at 6 users and 10 service accounts; Team at 500 users.
- Directory sync and device posture checks need Business at $80 per seat / year.
- The GitHub page says production self-hosting is not officially supported; Firezone Cloud is the supported way to run it.
- Prices are for Firezone Cloud US, in US dollars; a Cloud EU region was announced on the pricing page.
Key features
- WireGuard with a Rust data plane
- The site says it combines WireGuard with a Rust data plane tuned per operating system, and lists throughput figures from 2 Gbps on mobile to 7 Gbps and up on Linux, as tested.
- Outbound-only gateways
- Gateways only make outbound connections and never listen for traffic from the internet, so no firewall ports are opened.
- Identity-provider sync
- Syncs users and groups from Okta, Entra ID and Google Workspace on Business, so deactivating a person there signs them out of every device.
- Device trust and posture checks
- Checks a device certificate from an MDM and can use checks such as disk encryption and OS version, drawn from over 380 parameters from supported MDM and EDR tools.
- Conditional policies
- Policies can require a sign-in provider, location or time of day before a group reaches a resource.
Firezone pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Firezone has a free plan, and paid plans start at $50 per seat / year ($5 per seat / month billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $50 per seat / year ($5 per seat / month billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Starter plan: free for up to 6 users and 10 service accounts, no credit card required.
- Free trial
- 30-day trial of Enterprise on request through sales.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $0 | Up to 6 users and 10 service accounts, native clients, email and OpenID Connect sign-in, resource-level policies, audit logs, a REST API and community support. |
| Team | $50per seat / year ($5 per seat / month billed monthly) | Up to 500 users, full-tunnel routing, conditional access policies, a custom account slug and priority email support. Self-serve, no contract. |
| Business | $80per seat / year ($8 per seat / month billed monthly) | Directory sync for Google, Entra ID and Okta, device posture checks, log sinks and SIEM integrations; up to 1,000 users, 200 service accounts, 200 sites. Per active seat. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited users, service accounts and sites, SOC 2 and pentest reports, a 99.9% uptime SLA, dedicated Slack or Teams support and white-glove onboarding. |
Read from firezone.dev on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Firezone before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 17% with annual billing
The pricing page shows $50 per seat a year for Team against $5 a month, and $80 against $8 for Business.
Stated on firezone.dev
Works with
- Okta
- Entra ID
- Google Workspace
- Intune
- Splunk
- Datadog
- Elastic
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Common questions
Is Firezone open source?
Yes. Firezone is open source, according to its own site.
Does Firezone have an API?
Yes. Firezone offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.