EVE-NG 7 cut the free tier to 7 nodes.
netplex. free runs 1,000.
EVE-NG 7 (V7) is a real modernization - Ubuntu 24.04, HTML5 throughout, native console capture. But the free story changed: per EVE-NG's own announcement, the new Freemium tier replaces the old Community Edition, and the free lab drops to a 7-node, single-admin cap. If you relied on free EVE-NG's 63 nodes, that is now 7. netplex.'s free Associate tier runs up to 1,000 nodes, is multi-user, and imports your existing .unl labs in seconds.
EVE-NG 7's free tier is a 7-node, admin-only Freemium - and the 63-node Community Edition is being retired. Per EVE-NG's V7 announcement and release notes, Freemium becomes the new free version with the full Pro feature set but a 7-node cap and a single admin. netplex.'s free tier runs up to 1,000 nodes per lab with real multi-user - roughly 143x the free ceiling - and reads your .unl files directly.
A modern release, a smaller free tier.
netplex. free stays generous.
Community Edition is being retired
EVE-NG has said Freemium is the new Community version and the old-style Community Edition is going end-of-life. The free 63-node CE is on its way out.
Freemium = 7 nodes, admin-only
Freemium carries the full Pro feature set but caps the lab at 7 nodes with a single admin account. It is feature-rich and scale-limited - fine for a tiny lab, tight for realistic multi-vendor topologies.
Rebuilding for V7 anyway?
V7 is a fresh, modernised base. If you are standing it up new, that is the cheapest possible moment to also try a platform that doesn't cap your free labs at 7 nodes.
netplex. free = 1,000 nodes, multi-user
The free Associate tier runs up to 1,000 nodes and multi-user comes with the Team tier - and the .unl labs you already built import in seconds, so nothing is lost.
EVE-NG 7 vs netplex.
The short version.
| Feature | EVE-NG 7 Freemium (free) / Pro |
netplex. tier shown per row |
|---|---|---|
| Free-tier node cap | 7 (Freemium) | Up to 1,000 (Associate) |
| Free-tier users | Admin only — single user | Teammulti-user, RBAC, quotas |
| Old 63-node Community Edition | Being retired (EOL) | Free tier is first-class, no EOL |
| Import your existing EVE-NG labs | It's their own .unl | Yes — .unl imports in seconds |
| Modern UI | HTML5 (V7) | React canvas — all tiers |
| Cost to exceed the free cap | EVE-NG Pro licence | Free to 1,000 · paid tiers for automation/teams |
| Cloud at launch | No AWS yet (promised August) | Recipes incl. Azure, GCP, OCI, bare metal |
| Base OS | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | Targets Ubuntu 26.04 · OS-agnostic app |
EVE-NG facts from eve-ng.net documentation and community sources (2026). netplex. rows are code-verified.
Straight with you
EVE-NG 7 is a genuine, well-executed modernization from a loved product with a big community - Ubuntu 24.04, HTML5 everywhere, native capture. Freemium is generous on features; it's scale that's now limited to 7 nodes. If your free labs fit in 7 nodes, EVE-NG 7 Freemium is perfectly good. The moment you need more nodes, multi-user, or you're rebuilding for V7 anyway, netplex.'s free tier is the softer landing - and it reads your .unl so your existing labs come with you. (EVE-NG 7 facts are from EVE-NG's own V7 announcement and release notes, 2026.)
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