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Spec score 8.4 #17 of 81 in Firewall Software

Spec sheet

Product
VyOS is an open-source networking operating system for bare-metal, cloud, and edge deployments.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Intended users
The Alliance subscription is aimed at IT service providers, including managed service providers, cloud service providers, system integrators, consultancies, and IT outsourcers.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Free plan
YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · vyos.io
Integrations
The site lists deployment platforms including KVM, Hyper-V, VMware, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OpenStack, and Dell NativeEdge.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Support
Subscriptions provide access to VyOS network engineers through a support portal, with committed response times and additional channels or technical account management at higher support levels.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Founded
2013Read 28 Sep 2026 · vyos.io
Access model
vpnRead 22 Sep 2026 · vyos.io
Admin control level
advancedRead 22 Sep 2026 · vyos.io
Audit logs
YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · vyos.io
Auditability
The site describes VyOS configurations as plain text and its APIs as documented, allowing changes to be reviewed, versioned, and audited.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Automation
Automation options include REST and GraphQL APIs, Ansible, Salt, Netmiko, NAPALM, Terraform, cloud-init, Shell, and Python.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Company history
VyOS says engineers forked the last community Vyatta release and shipped VyOS 1.0 on December 22, 2013.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Firewall and NAT
VyOS provides stateful and zone-based IPv4/IPv6 firewalls and source and destination NAT, including NAT64, NAT66, and carrier-grade NAT.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Free releases
The rolling release and VyOS Stream are free for everyone; the rolling release is intended for labs, evaluation, and non-critical use, while Stream is a technology preview.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
LTS access
LTS images are available to subscribers, contributors, and VyOS for Good members.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Routing
Routing features include BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, RIP, MPLS, EVPN, and segment routing.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Security maintenance
The company says supported LTS releases continue receiving security fixes through sponsored extended support for their Debian base versions and packages it builds from source.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Site-to-site networking
YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · vyos.io
Support lifecycle
Each major LTS release is supported for three years with security and bug fixes delivered through minor releases.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Supported platforms
bare metal,virtualized,cloud,edgeRead 22 Sep 2026 · vyos.io
VPN and tunneling
The platform supports IPsec, WireGuard, OpenVPN, L2TP/IPsec, VXLAN, GENEVE, GRE, IPIP, and SIT tunnels.Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io

Plans and prices

Corporate Price not published Unlimited deployments · Single company Read 22 Sep 2026 · vyos.io
Global Price not published Unlimited deployments · Multiple subsidiaries · Multiple geographic regions Read 22 Sep 2026 · vyos.io
Corporate (5-year commitment) $8,000 a year 5-year commitment; 20% discount Unlimited on-premises deployments in one company within one jurisdiction · bare-metal and virtual images · best-effort email/web support Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Corporate (3-year commitment) $9,000 a year 3-year commitment; 10% discount Unlimited on-premises deployments in one company within one jurisdiction · bare-metal and virtual images · best-effort email/web support Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Corporate (annual) $10,000 a year Annual Unlimited on-premises deployments in one company within one jurisdiction · bare-metal and virtual images · best-effort email/web support Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Global (5-year commitment) $12,800 a year 5-year commitment; 20% discount Unlimited on-premises deployments across affiliates and regions · bare-metal, virtual and cloud-init images · best-effort email/web support Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Global (3-year commitment) $14,400 a year 3-year commitment; 10% discount Unlimited on-premises deployments across affiliates and regions · bare-metal, virtual and cloud-init images · best-effort email/web support Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Global (annual) $16,000 a year Annual Unlimited on-premises deployments across affiliates and regions · bare-metal, virtual and cloud-init images · best-effort email/web support Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io
Alliance $25,000 a year Annual; starting at Unlimited client-environment deployments · NBD SLA for first 3 tickets/month · engineering chat · technical account manager · 8 professional-services hours/year · 3 VCNE vouchers Read 9 Oct 2026 · vyos.io

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