How to Get Pricing and Buy Netgate Products

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Netgate publishes pricing pages for its software and services, but the path differs by product: pfSense Plus has a dedicated pricing page, TNSR pricing is handled through sales contact, and consulting/training has its own pricing page. The site also surfaces "Buy Now" and subscription options as purchase routes. If you already know which product family you need, go straight to the matching pricing page; if you need TNSR at scale, expect to contact sales rather than self-serve.

Where Netgate pricing lives

Netgate's site links to three separate pricing destinations, which map to different offerings:

Pricing page What it covers
pfSense Plus pricing The all-in-one firewall, router, and VPN software
TNSR software pricing The high-performance software router
Services and training pricing Consulting and training

This split matters because pfSense Plus and TNSR are positioned for different jobs. pfSense Plus is described as an all-in-one network firewall, router, and VPN solution suited to home, remote worker, business, and service provider connectivity. TNSR is a high-performance software router aimed at demanding service provider and business edge, campus, data center, and cloud environments where high-speed routing and encrypted traffic handling are required.

Buying pfSense Plus

pfSense Plus is the more self-serve path. The site presents it as:

  • An all-in-one firewall, router, and VPN solution
  • Suitable for home, remote worker, business, and service provider use
  • Equipped with router and firewall features typically found only in expensive commercial routers
  • Extensible with third-party packages for block lists, content filtering, intrusion prevention, and policy-based routing
  • Installable and maintainable via a web GUI
  • Available for on-premises and cloud deployment

Because it is managed through a web GUI and supports both on-premises and cloud deployment, the practical decision is less about "can I buy it" and more about which deployment target and support level you need. Check the pfSense Plus pricing page for the current options.

Buying TNSR

TNSR is the product where pricing is not published as a self-serve number. The site states: "Contact sales for pricing." That is a deliberate signal — TNSR is aimed at environments where requirements vary widely, so pricing is scoped rather than listed.

What TNSR offers, per the site:

  • Vector Packet Processing (VPP) with Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK), enabling up to two orders of magnitude speed gain over traditional kernel-based packet processing
  • Software scalable to 10, 25, 40, 100 Gbps and beyond
  • Suitable for edge and core routing, site-to-site VPN, cloud connectivity, and large-scale NAT
  • Managed through CLI and/or RESTCONF API
  • Positioned as achieving super-scale routing "without the six-figure price tag"

If your requirement is high-speed routing or encrypted traffic handling at 10 Gbps and above, contacting sales is the intended first step, not a checkout page.

Services, training, and consulting

Netgate also lists a pricing page for services and training, covering consulting. This is the route to take if you need help with deployment, migration, or want formal training rather than just software. The site does not publish specific rates in the material available, so treat that page as the entry point for a quote or program details.

Choosing between the two software options

The site provides a direct comparison path: each product page links to "Compare with" the other. The core distinction:

  • pfSense Plus — all-in-one firewall, router, and VPN; web GUI management; broad feature set; home through service provider.
  • TNSR — high-performance software router; CLI and/or RESTCONF API management; built for high-speed routing and encrypted traffic at scale.

A useful rule of thumb from the positioning: if you want an easy-to-maintain firewall/router/VPN with a GUI and third-party package extensibility, pfSense Plus is the fit. If you need 10–100 Gbps+ routing performance and API-driven management, TNSR is the fit — and you will need to contact sales for pricing.

What to do next

  1. Decide which product family matches your use case (pfSense Plus vs. TNSR).
  2. For pfSense Plus, open the pfSense Plus pricing page and review the listed options.
  3. For TNSR, use the contact sales route to get scoped pricing.
  4. If you need consulting or training, go to the services and training pricing page.
  5. Use the "Compare with" links on each product page if you are still deciding between the two.

The site's own framing — "Find the Right Secure Networking Software for Your Needs" — reflects that the purchase decision starts with matching software to environment, not with a single price list.