Business Model
Sustainable open core model: free for individuals, paid for professionals and enterprises.
NetSim Pricing
Free
$0 forever
Perfect for students and hobbyists
- Full simulator engine
- All vendor CLIs
- 10 basic labs
- Up to 15 devices per topology
- AI Copilot (BYOK)
- Local storage only
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Pro
$15 /month
For professionals and power users
- Everything in Free, plus:
- 35+ advanced labs (HCIE, BGP)
- Unlimited devices
- AI Copilot included
- Cloud sync across devices
- Priority support
Enterprise
Custom
For organizations and academies
- Everything in Pro, plus:
- SSO / SAML integration
- Instructor dashboard
- LMS integration (LTI)
- Custom lab creation
- Dedicated support
ZN Pricing
Developer
$0 forever
For individual developers
- MCP interception proxy
- Basic policy enforcement
- Local audit logs
- Community support
- 1 agent endpoint
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Team
$49 /month
For small teams deploying AI agents
- Everything in Developer, plus:
- Advanced policy rules
- Cloud audit log storage
- Up to 10 agent endpoints
- Email support
Enterprise
Custom
For organizations at scale
- Everything in Team, plus:
- Unlimited endpoints
- SSO / SAML integration
- Post-Quantum cryptography
- Dedicated support & SLA
Revenue Streams
SaaS Subscriptions
Recurring revenue from Pro and Ultra tier subscriptions hosted at app.netsim.dev.
Enterprise Licenses
Custom deployment and white-label solutions for training academies and enterprises.
ZN API Access
Usage-based pricing for enterprises deploying ZN security layer with their AI agents.
Commercial Licenses
Dual licensing for the open source core - commercial license for organizations requiring non-AGPL terms.
Open Core Strategy
AGPL v3 licensed core engine
Why Open Source?
- • Builds trust with security-conscious users
- • Enables community contributions and audits
- • Reduces vendor lock-in concerns
- • Creates a larger ecosystem of users and integrations
AGPL v3 Protection
- • Prevents cloud providers from offering competing SaaS
- • Requires derivative works to remain open source
- • Commercial license available for proprietary use
- • Free for personal and educational use