Team size · published prices only
Business VPN pricing for 5 users
What a team of 5 actually pays per person for a business VPN or zero-trust access, once the minimum user counts and the required fixed charges on the vendors' own pricing pages are put back in.
Other team sizes: 10 users · 25 users. Any other number goes into the calculator.
Quick answer. At 5 users, the 15 paid per-user plans we hold in US dollars work out at between $4.16 and $22.00 per person per month, with a middle figure of $8.00. The cheapest is Firezone Team at $4.16 per person, published at $4.16 per user on annual billing.
As a whole bill, 5 people cost $21 a month on that plan and $110 a month on the most expensive one (NordLayer Premium) — a difference of $3,211 over three years. Two of those 15 plans cost a team of this size more per person than the figure on the vendor's own page. All of them add a monthly charge the vendor requires on top of the per-user price.
Every plan a team of 5 can buy, in price order
| Vendor and plan | Type | Published per user | Min users | Fixed charge | Effective / user at 5 | Above published | 3-year cost for 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firezone Starter | Zero-trust network access | $0.00 | — | — | $0.00 | — | $0 |
| OpenVPN CloudConnexa Starter | Zero-trust network access | $0.00 | — | — | $0.00 | — | $0 |
| Tailscale Personal (Free) | Zero-trust network access | $0.00 | — | — | $0.00 | — | $0 |
| Firezone Team | Zero-trust network access | $4.16 | — | — | $4.16 | 1.0x | $749 |
| Twingate Teams | Zero-trust network access | $4.25 | — | — | $4.25 | 1.0x | $765 |
| Windscribe ScribeForce ScribeForce | Business VPN | $5.00 | — | — | $5.00 | 1.0x | $900 |
| UTunnel VPN Basic (Access Gateway) | Zero-trust network access | $6.00 | 5 | — | $6.00 | 1.0x | $1,080 |
| GoodAccess Essential | Zero-trust network access | $7.00 | 5 | $49.00 optional | $7.00 | 1.0x | $1,260 |
| OpenVPN CloudConnexa Essential | Zero-trust network access | $7.00 | — | — | $7.00 | 1.0x | $1,260 |
| NordLayer Lite | Zero-trust network access | $8.00 | 5 | — | $8.00 | 1.0x | $1,440 |
| Tailscale Standard | Zero-trust network access | $8.00 | — | — | $8.00 | 1.0x | $1,440 |
| UTunnel VPN Standard (Access Gateway) | Zero-trust network access | $8.00 | 5 | — | $8.00 | 1.0x | $1,440 |
| Twingate Business | Zero-trust network access | $8.50 | — | — | $8.50 | 1.0x | $1,530 |
| OpenVPN CloudConnexa Premium | Zero-trust network access | $9.50 | — | — | $9.50 | 1.0x | $1,710 |
| GoodAccess Premium | Zero-trust network access | $11.00 | 5 | $49.00 optional | $11.00 | 1.0x | $1,980 |
| Tailscale Premium | Zero-trust network access | $18.00 | — | — | $18.00 | 1.0x | $3,240 |
| NordLayer Core | Zero-trust network access | $11.00 | 5 | $40.00 required | $19.00 | 1.7x | $3,420 |
| NordLayer Premium | Zero-trust network access | $14.00 | 5 | $40.00 required | $22.00 | 1.6x | $3,960 |
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Euro pricing
Ranked separately. We do not convert currencies, so these plans are not comparable with the table above.
| Vendor and plan | Type | Published per user | Min users | Fixed charge | Effective / user at 5 | Above published | 3-year cost for 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetBird Free | Zero-trust network access | €0.00 | — | — | €0.00 | — | €0 |
| NetBird Team | Zero-trust network access | €6.00 | — | — | €6.00 | 1.0x | €1,080 |
| NetBird Business | Zero-trust network access | €12.00 | — | — | €12.00 | 1.0x | €2,160 |
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How that is worked out
Nothing else is added. Optional add-ons are shown in the tables and left out of every computed figure, and so are taxes, which none of these vendors publishes. Every figure here is a floor. The full method is at Method.
What 5 people cost in total
| Position | Vendor and plan | Monthly bill | Per person | Three-year cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | Firezone Team | $21 | $4.16 | $749 |
| Middle of the table | Tailscale Standard | $40 | $8.00 | $1,440 |
| Most expensive paid plan | NordLayer Premium | $110 | $22.00 | $3,960 |
What is still free at 5 users
- Firezone Starter is published at no charge up to 6 users. It appears in the table above at $0.00.
- OpenVPN CloudConnexa Starter is published at no charge up to 5 users. It appears in the table above at $0.00.
- Tailscale Personal (Free) is published at no charge up to 6 users. It appears in the table above at $0.00.
A free tier is only in these tables where the vendor publishes it as a plan with a stated user limit. We do not compute a price for a plan past the limit its own page states.
Whether the minimum seat count still bites at 5
A team of 5 sits exactly on the line. 5 is the largest minimum anyone here bills (GoodAccess, NordLayer and UTunnel VPN), so this is the smallest headcount at which no plan charges you for a seat nobody uses — one person fewer and it does. Below that line the arithmetic is different: at two users, 7 of the 15 paid plans that fit bill for more people than the team has, which turns NordLayer Core’s published $11.00 into $47.50 a person — 4.3 times. At 5 the same plan is $19.00. Why the smallest teams pay the most per person works through that.
What a required fixed charge costs each person at 5
- NordLayer Core: $40.00 a month (Server with Dedicated IP), which is $8.00 per person at 5 users on top of the published $11.00 — a total of $19.00 each.
- NordLayer Premium: $40.00 a month (Server with Dedicated IP), which is $8.00 per person at 5 users on top of the published $14.00 — a total of $22.00 each.
That is the one line on the bill that does not scale. The same $40.00 is $20.00 per person for a team of two and $0.40 for a team of a hundred, which is most of why the gap between advertised and actual closes as a team grows.
Where the published price holds at this size: Firezone, Twingate, Windscribe ScribeForce, UTunnel VPN, GoodAccess and OpenVPN CloudConnexa charge what they advertise for a team of 5.
What changes if the team is not exactly 5
| Team size | Paid plans that fit | Lowest per user | Middle | Highest | Costing more than advertised |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 users | 15 | $4.16 | $15.00 | $55.00 | 7 |
| 5 users — this page | 15 | $4.16 | $8.00 | $22.00 | 2 |
| 10 users | 15 | $4.16 | $8.00 | $18.00 | 2 |
| 25 users | 15 | $4.16 | $8.00 | $18.00 | 2 |
| 50 users | 15 | $4.16 | $8.00 | $18.00 | 2 |
| 100 users | 13 | $4.16 | $8.00 | $18.00 | 2 |
The per-user prices themselves barely move between these rows. What moves is how far a minimum seat count and a fixed charge are spread: 7 of the 15 paid plans that fit a two-person team cost it more than the advertised figure, against 2 of 15 at 5. Open the calculator at 5 users to put your own number in.
Who this is not for
This is not a list of the best products for a team of 5. It is every plan we could compute at that size, in price order. We have not used these products, we do not rate them, and no position on this page is for sale. If price is not your constraint, this page will not help you.
Sources
- Firezone pricing page. checked 2026-08-21
- OpenVPN CloudConnexa pricing page. checked 2026-09-05
- Tailscale pricing page. checked 2026-08-21
- Twingate pricing page. checked 2026-08-21
- Windscribe ScribeForce pricing page. checked 2026-08-21
- UTunnel VPN pricing page. checked 2026-08-21
- GoodAccess pricing page. checked 2026-08-21
- NordLayer pricing page. checked 2026-08-21
- NetBird pricing page. checked 2026-08-21
Related
- The calculator, opened at 5 users
- Business VPN cost for 10 users
- VPN pricing for 25 employees
- Zero-trust plans for this size band, in order
- Every vendor we hold
- What a business VPN price leaves out
- How the ordering is produced
Written by Kaz (pen name). Figures are copied from providers' published pricing pages on the dates shown. We have not used these products. Corrections: contact form.