Zwall has two editions. Zwall Community is the public open-source edition: you build it from source and operate it yourself, with up to three registered Agents per Manager. Zwall Enterprise is the commercial edition for hosting providers and infrastructure teams that need a deployment matched to their environment. There is no public list price and no online checkout.
Zwall Community is the edition you can clone and run. Zwall Enterprise is a separate commercial codebase. They share a Manager-and-Agent model. They do not share every capability.
Shared operating model
Manager-and-Agent model
Community
Free / Open Source
zwallctlEnterprise
Custom Pricing
Zwall Community is free because it is the public open-source edition. You provide the Linux hosts, PostgreSQL, TLS certificates, and operations. The AGPL-3.0-only license applies.
Zwall Enterprise uses Custom Pricing because commercial deployment depends on the environment you run — hosts, Agent profiles, and operating model. We do not publish a list price. We do not sell Zwall through a public checkout.
No public list price
No online checkout
Which edition fits the hosts you run?
Check Enterprise triggers
Evaluate Zwall Enterprise if you need Hosting Agent observation, AI Preview, signed-release admission, more than three Agents, or a commercial deployment conversation for the estate you actually run.
Hosting nodes to observe. Hosting Agent is Enterprise.
Operator-controlled investigation. AI Preview is Enterprise.
Verified-release admission. Enterprise is designed around signed releases. Community is a source build.
Fourth Agent. Community rejects a fourth registration.
Commercial relationship
Talk to an Engineer about hosts, Agent profiles, and operating model.
No trigger / within Community boundary
Choose Zwall Community if you are evaluating the platform, running a lab, or operating a small self-managed fleet within three registered Agents per Manager. Virtualization on KVM/libvirt exists in Community.
Evaluate Zwall CommunityTrigger present
Custom Pricing. Talk to an Engineer — no checkout.
Shared surfaces stay on both editions. Hosting observation, AI Preview, and signed-release admission are Zwall Enterprise. Community is capped at three registered Agents per Manager.
Edition capabilities. Community Agent limit is enforced. Enterprise Agent count is licensed; it is not published here.
| Capability | Zwall Community | Zwall Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| License / commercial | AGPL-3.0-only; Free / Open Source | Commercial; Custom Pricing |
| Agents per Manager | 3 (enforced) | Licensed entitlements |
Manager, console, /api/v1, zwallctl | Yes | Yes |
| Virtualization Agent (KVM/libvirt) | Yes (source install) | Yes |
| Hosting Agent observation | No | Yes |
| AI Preview | No | Yes, off by default |
| Signed-release database admission | No | Yes |
| Public repository | zwall-net/zwall-community | Private product tree |
License / commercial
Community AGPL-3.0-only; Free / Open Source
Enterprise Commercial; Custom Pricing
Agents per Manager
Community 3 (enforced)
Enterprise Licensed entitlements
Manager, console, /api/v1, zwallctl
Community Yes
Enterprise Yes
Virtualization Agent (KVM/libvirt)
Community Yes (source install)
Enterprise Yes
Hosting Agent observation
Community No
Enterprise Yes
AI Preview
Community No
Enterprise Yes, off by default
Signed-release database admission
Community No
Enterprise Yes
Public repository
Community zwall-net/zwall-community
Enterprise Private product tree
If Zwall Enterprise is the fit, the path is a technical conversation about the environment you run. We do not publish onboarding timelines, support hours, or contract terms on this site.
Evaluate Zwall
Evaluate Zwall on this site and in Docs.
Identify edition
Identify whether Community or Enterprise matches the hosts you run.
Describe environment
Describe the environment — host profile, Agent intent, operating model.
Talk to an Engineer
Talk to an Engineer.
Talk to an EngineerCommercial scoping
Commercial scoping happens after that conversation.
On the contact form, tell us whether you are looking at hosting, virtualization, mixed infrastructure, or evaluation. Do not send passwords, API keys, or customer logs.
Pricing is the decision page. Architecture, Hosting, Virtualization, AI Preview, admission, and Docs carry the technical proof.
Product
Yes. Zwall Community is free and open source. You host it yourself. It supports up to three registered Agents per Manager.
No. Zwall Community is the public open-source edition. It is not a time-limited Enterprise preview.
Zwall Community supports up to three registered Agents per Manager. A fourth registration is rejected. This is not an unlimited free tier.
No. Zwall Enterprise uses Custom Pricing. There is no public list price.
Yes. Evaluate, lab, or run a small self-managed fleet within three Agents. Virtualization on KVM/libvirt exists in Community.
Evaluate Enterprise if you need Hosting Agent observation, AI Preview, signed-release admission, more than three Agents, or a commercial deployment conversation.
No. The Hosting Agent is Zwall Enterprise.
No. AI Preview is Zwall Enterprise. It is operator-controlled and does not apply firewall rules.
No. There is no public checkout. Community is cloned from GitHub. Enterprise starts with Talk to an Engineer.
You describe the environment you run — hosts, Agent profiles, operating model. Commercial scoping happens after that conversation. This site does not publish contract terms, support hours, or onboarding timelines.
Talk to an Engineer about your environment, or evaluate Zwall Community from source.
3 Agents per Manager