Most customers should choose NetBox Cloud as it completely offloads operational effort – deployment, upgrades, security, scaling, and more. You get access to the newest, most secure version of NetBox each release cycle and push button lifecycle operations with zero administrative overhead.
If you have policy or technology requirements for NetBox to be deployed inside your infrastructure, you should consider NetBox Enterprise.
If you are operating a fully secure, air gapped network environment with no connectivity of any kind to the internet, then NetBox Enterprise Air Gap Edition is the best fit for your use case.
NetBox Community is an Open Source product and free to use On-Premises through the NetBox Open Source Community. You can learn more about NetBox Community here.
NetBox Cloud is a managed solution where we host NetBox on our secure, scalable, cloud platform. We offer a free version of NetBox Cloud with basic functionality that you can try here. If you are looking for advanced features, production scale usage, or reduced operational overhead from running NetBox Community, please contact our sales team.
Similarly, NetBox Enterprise is a self-managed, enterprise grade solution that includes features to streamline NetBox operations, secure and scale your NetBox deployment, and add valuable capabilities to NetBox for enterprise grade use cases. Like NetBox Cloud, NetBox Enterprise is fully supported by the NetBox Labs team. To learn more about NetBox Enterprise, please contact our sales team, or get familiar with NetBox in our free trial.
A device is any piece of hardware installed within a site or a rack that you want to track and manage in NetBox
An IP address is a single IPv4 or IPv6 host address that you want to track and manage in NetBox
It typically represents an IP address as configured on a network interface
It does not include network prefixes (subnet definitions) or the available unmanaged IP addresses inside those prefixes
A request is an individual authenticated call against the NetBox REST or GraphQL APIs.
It does not include unauthenticated or web browser UI traffic
Change Management in NetBox enables teams to implement a review and approval process for changes before they are merged into NetBox.This allows teams to effectively collaborate on changes directly in NetBox while also providing an auditable record of changes, including reviews and approvals.
An operational branch is a branch that can actively be worked with. This includes active branches in which changes can be applied, as well as merged branches that can no longer accept changes but that can still be reverted. Operational branches do not include archived branches that can no longer accept changes, or be modified or reverted.
Cloud Connectivity, ServiceNow Integration, and Splunk Integration are available as paid addons in Professional and Enterprise subscriptions. Custom plugins, multi-region failover, extended version support, and dedicated Slack channel are available as paid addons in Enterprise subscriptions.
ServiceNow Integration is available as a paid addon in Professional, Enterprise, and Air Gap Edition subscriptions. Custom plugins, extended version support, and dedicated Slack channel are available as paid addons with Enterprise or Air Gap Edition subscriptions.
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We’re really passionate about helping anyone who needs NetBox get started on their Network Automation journey. If you are a small startup or a nonprofit, we’d love to talk to you about what you need!