Pritunl and ZeroTier: what per-server and per-device pricing does to a per-person figure
Two units, one question
- ZeroTier Essential is $18 a month with 10 devices included, then $2.00 per device. Scale is $179 a month with 100 included, then $1.80. Personal is free and limited to non-commercial use.
- Pritunl Premium is $10 a month per host (this site's rows say server), with unlimited users. Enterprise is $70. Community is free for one host.
- Neither page prints a per-user price. Any per-person figure below comes from an assumption this article states, and this site keeps such figures out of its rankings.
- With the assumptions written down, ten people come to $1.80 or $3.80 on ZeroTier and $1.00 on Pritunl Premium, before hosting.
Why a price in one unit does not go into a column sorted by another is the subject of article-07. This article does not repeat it; it does the arithmetic that comes after.
ZeroTier's price list
| Plan | Base per month | Devices included | Each further device | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Free | 10 | — | Personal, non-commercial use. One network, one admin |
| Essential | $18 | 10 | $2.00 a month | Commercial license. 10 networks, five admins |
| Scale | $179 | 100 | $1.80 a month | Commercial license. Unlimited networks, 10 admins |
| Enterprise | Custom | "Sized for 500+ devices" | — | Contact sales |
Registered charities and educational organizations get up to 50% off, per the page.
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Pritunl's price list
| Plan | Per month | Unit | Users |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community | Free | One host | Unlimited |
| Premium | $10 | "Each Pritunl host is billed at $10/month" | Unlimited, unlimited devices |
| Enterprise | $70 | Per host | Unlimited. Adds SSO, automatic failover, site-to-site links and more |
The page's word is "host"; this site's dataset row says "server" and notes the page's word. They mean the same thing. Pritunl is software, and the machine it runs on is yours to provide. What your cloud provider charges for that machine is not inside the $10 or the $70.
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Ten people, one device each, on ZeroTier Essential
Ten devices, all inside the base allowance.
- $18 + 0 x $2.00 = $18 a month
- Divided by ten people: $1.80 each
The assumption is that every one of the ten connects a single laptop and nothing else. One phone added to the network is device number eleven, and the next section applies.
Ten people, two devices each, on the same Essential plan
Twenty devices: ten in the base fee, ten extra.
- $18 + 10 x $2.00 = $38 a month
- Divided by ten: $3.80 each
Same ten people, and the per-person figure went from $1.80 to $3.80. What moved was not the headcount but a fact about your company that no pricing page knows: how many things each person connects. Over three years, $38 x 36 = $1,368.
Fifty people with two devices each is 100 devices. On Essential that is $18 + 90 x $2.00 = $198; on Scale the same 100 devices fit inside the $179 base, or $3.58 a person. The two plans cross at 91 devices: 90 devices on Essential is $178, 91 is $180 against Scale's $179.
Ten people and fifty people on one Pritunl Premium host
One host is one $10 bill, and there is nowhere to enter a headcount.
- Ten people: $10 / 10 = $1.00 each
- Fifty people: $10 / 50 = $0.20 each
- On Enterprise, $70 / 10 = $7.00 and $70 / 50 = $1.40
Three years is $10 x 36 = $360. That covers what you pay Pritunl and nothing else; the cloud instance or physical machine the host runs on is a separate bill, one Pritunl does not publish and your provider's invoice does. Whether one host comfortably carries fifty people is not on the price list either. Terminating a VPN on your own hardware is the subject of article-15; what a cloud provider meters by the hour is in article-17.
Community is free for a single host. Whether a business may run on it is a question for Pritunl's own terms, and the vendor page (d/pritunl) leaves that to the reader.
Side by side: ten people, "per person"
| Setup | Per month | Per person | Assumption |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZeroTier Essential, one device each | $18 | $1.80 | 10 devices |
| ZeroTier Essential, two devices each | $38 | $3.80 | 20 devices |
| Pritunl Premium, one host | $10 | $1.00 | Hosting not included |
| Pritunl Enterprise, one host | $70 | $7.00 | Hosting not included |
Remove the last column and the table lies. This site's per-user rankings have no such column, which is why ZeroTier and Pritunl appear on their own pages (d/zerotier, d/pritunl) with the unit spelled out and stay out of the ordering. VyprVPN Business's five-user bundle gets the same treatment, in article-63.
Who this is not for
If everyone on your team has exactly one device and nobody intends to run a server, this arithmetic does not change your shortlist. Compare the prices that are published per user, at your headcount, and the calculator does that. If your company has more machines than people, or can run its own server, the figures divided out here may come in under any per-user plan on this site. That is a consequence of the unit, not a judgment about the products.
Sources
- https://www.zerotier.com/pricing/ — checked 2026-10-02
- https://pritunl.com/#pricing — checked 2026-10-02
- https://seatbill.com/vpn-pricing/d/zerotier — the dataset row, checked 2026-09-25
- https://seatbill.com/vpn-pricing/d/pritunl — the dataset row, checked 2026-10-02
- https://seatbill.com/vpn-pricing/article-07 — the unit rule
Related on this site
- ZeroTier pricing: free plan limits and paid costs
- Pritunl pricing: server limits, base fees and paid plans
- Per user, per device, or per server — the unit is not the same everywhere
- Is a VPN router the same thing as a VPN concentrator or VPN passthrough?
- What does AWS actually charge for a VPN?
- VyprVPN Business pricing: a $55 bundle for 5 users
- Business VPN cost per user calculator
Written by Kaz (pen name). Published October 2, 2026. Prices were checked on the dates given under Sources. We have not used these products. Corrections: contact form.