Nebula
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Nebula, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Nebula's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Managed Nebula Free | Free | Up to 100 hosts · 2 routes for external hosts · managed lighthouse · SSO · web management interface · per host |
| Nebula (self-hosted open source) | Free | Self-hosted overlay networking · connect any number of hosts |
| Managed Nebula Pro | $1 a month | Unlimited hosts · up to 100 routes · priority support · guaranteed uptime · per host |
| Managed Nebula Enterprise | Priced on request | Unlimited hosts · custom routes · dedicated Slack support channel · network design and setup · feature and integration requests · Custom pricing |
The facts
Each one read from Nebula's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access model
- vpnchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Admin control level
- standardchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Compliance option
- Nebula can be built in Go FIPS 140-3 mode, and the project says deployments can use NIST P-256 certificates and handshakes for compliance requirements.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Cryptography
- Its default configuration uses elliptic-curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange and AES-256-GCM.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Identity
- Nebula uses a PKI model and host certificates to identify and authorize peers, with mutual certificate validation and security-group firewall rules.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The official documentation describes SSO integration for Managed Nebula, and the pricing page lists feature and integration requests as an Enterprise offering.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The documentation presents Nebula as a way for groups of hosts to communicate securely across the internet, with firewall definitions similar to cloud security groups.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The GitHub repository lists the MIT license.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Managed alternative
- Managed Nebula adds automated certificate management, SSO integration, and a web UI for teams that do not want to run the infrastructure themselves.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Network model
- Nebula is a mutually authenticated peer-to-peer layer 3 virtual network based on the Noise Protocol Framework.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Peer discovery
- Discovery nodes help peers find routes and can use UDP hole punching to connect through many firewalls or NATs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Nebula is a self-hosted overlay networking tool for connecting hosts with on-demand encrypted tunnels across IP networks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting requirement
- An overlay network should have at least one Lighthouse host to help peers discover routes and assist with NAT traversal.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The repository security policy directs vulnerability reports to HackerOne and says the security team will investigate and respond.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Traffic and firewall
- It supports TCP, UDP, and ICMP through a TUN adapter with split tunneling and a host firewall using group-based rules.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- Nebula is packaged for Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and FreeBSD, and runs on x86, ARM, MIPS, PPC, and RISC hardware.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linux,macOS,Windows,FreeBSD,iOS,Androidchecked 22 Sep 2026
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