ClearOS
The facts below are what the maker publishes about ClearOS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From ClearOS's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Community | — | 75+ open-source features/apps · Webconfig remote management · Upstream security fixes · Automatic updates |
| Business Bronze | — | 85+ apps · 5-year lifecycle support |
| Business Silver | — | Everything in Bronze · Commercial content-filter URLs · Commercial IDS signatures · Commercial antivirus/antispam rules · Remote configuration backup · Dynamically managed VPN |
| Business Gold | — | Everything in Silver · ClearCARE Level I support · 8/5 technical support · Email and remote-login support · One-business-day support response |
| Business Platinum | — | Everything in Gold · ClearCARE Level II support · Phone support · Four-hour support response · Remote system-monitor alerts · Remote file-security audit alerts |
| ClearOS 7 Community | Free | 64-bit · $0/mo |
| ClearOS 7 Home | $4 a month | 64-bit · $4/mo |
| ClearOS 7 Business | $8 a month | 64-bit · $8/mo |
The facts
Each one read from ClearOS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Architecture
- ClearCenter describes ClearOS as based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Business edition
- ClearOS 7 Business uses tested code, is designed for production and critical deployments, and is professionally supported by ClearCARE.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Central management
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Cloud and backup
- The marketplace lists Dropbox Sync, Google Apps Account Sync, Dynamic DNS, and Remote Data Backup.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Community edition
- ClearOS 7 Community uses new untested code, participates in update testing, and is supported by the ClearFoundation Community.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Core roles
- ClearCenter describes ClearOS as a way to manage network, gateway, and server functions on one device.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- ClearCenter says ClearOS runs on the user's hardware and presents download, install, register, configure, and run as its setup steps.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Hardware partnership
- ClearOS is offered with HPE ProLiant servers through a partnership between HPE and ClearCenter.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Home edition
- ClearOS 7 Home is focused on home office use, includes commercial add-ons for home use, and offers optional professional support.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Marketplace
- The ClearOS homepage says its application marketplace offers over 100 apps.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Network features
- The marketplace lists network apps including firewall, DHCP server, DNS server, Multi-WAN, OpenVPN, and port forwarding.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Outbound control
- advancedchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Product
- ClearOS is an open source server operating system with a graphical web interface and an application marketplace.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Rule direction
- bothchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Security features
- The marketplace lists intrusion detection, gateway antivirus, antiphishing, content filtering, and a premium gateway antimalware app by Kaspersky.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Target users
- ClearCenter presents ClearOS for business, government, education, and nonprofit organizations.checked 8 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Trial
- The homepage offers ClearOS 7 Home and Business downloads for 30 days.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- linuxchecked 22 Sep 2026
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