Firezone
by FireZone · Open-source zero trust access built on WireGuard
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Overview
Firezone is a zero trust access platform built on WireGuard that replaces a VPN. Gateways are Linux binaries deployed next to the resources you want reachable, and access is granted through per-resource policies. Clients for desktop and mobile connect via NAT hole punching, so resources are not exposed to the internet.
- Best for
- Teams replacing a VPN with policy-based zero trust access built on WireGuard
- Pricing
- Starter is free, Team is $5 per user/month ($4.16 per user/month billed annually), and Enterprise is contact-sales with a 30-day trial.
- Runs on
- Web
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Entire product is open source and can be audited
- Clients for macOS, Windows, Linux, Android, ChromeOS and iOS
- Load balancing and automatic failover with two or more Gateways
- Free Starter tier for up to 6 users, no credit card required
Trade-offs
- Directory sync for Google, Entra ID and Okta is Enterprise-only
- Starter caps at 6 users, 1 admin and omits full-tunnel routing
- Team plan stops at 500 users; larger estates need Enterprise
- Connected clients capped at 3 per user on Starter, 5 on Team
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Firezone’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The Firezone pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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