SysWard
Start free with 2 agents. No credit card required.
Upgrade when your fleet outgrows the free tier — or stay on free forever. No contracts, no per-seat fees, no surprise charges. Cancel any time from your dashboard.
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| Feature | Free | Business | Self-Hosted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agents (Linux hosts) | 2 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Price | $0 | $1/agent/mo | $1/agent/mo |
| Credit card to start | No | Yes | Contact sales |
| CVE vulnerability alerting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exploitability-ranked patch queue | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Group-based patching & scheduling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audit trail of every action | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2FA on every user | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited sub-users | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email + Slack + generic webhook alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Runs behind your firewall | Self-Hosted only | Self-Hosted only | ✓ |
| Air-gapped deployment supported | Self-Hosted only | Self-Hosted only | ✓ |
| No data leaves your network | Self-Hosted only | Self-Hosted only | ✓ |
Frequently Asked Questions
What counts as an "agent"?
One agent = one Linux host you want SysWard to monitor and patch. Physical or virtual machine, container host, cloud instance — if it has its own package manager you control, it's one agent. Containers themselves are not counted; SysWard manages the host.
What happens when I hit the agent limit on the free plan?
The 3rd agent's registration is rejected with a clear "upgrade to add this host" message. Your existing 2 agents keep reporting and patching normally — we never silently downgrade or stop scanning a host you're already monitoring. Upgrade to Business and the new host registers immediately.
How does SysWard handle security?
2FA available on every user account. All traffic is SSL/TLS-encrypted. Passwords are bcrypt-hashed. The agent is open-source so you can audit what it sends. We never store credentials for hosts — the agent runs locally and reports out, no inbound SSH from us. See our security page for details.
Is there an on-prem / self-hosted option?
Yes. The SysWard Appliance is a fully self-hosted build that runs behind your firewall on your own VM or hardware. Same features as the cloud product. No data leaves your network. Air-gapped deployments supported. See the appliance page.
Where is my data stored? (data residency)
Cloud: the SaaS product runs in U.S. data centers; agents only send package inventories and host metadata, never the contents of files or environment variables. Self-hosted: all data stays on the appliance VM in your environment — we have no visibility into it.
Do you support sub-users? Is there an extra charge?
Yes — invite as many users to your organization as you need. There's no per-seat charge; pricing is per-agent only. Sub-users get their own 2FA, audit-logged actions, and a temporary-password invite flow.
What payment methods do you accept?
Credit cards via Stripe and PayPal. We don't process payments on our own servers, so your card details never touch us.
Are there any contracts?
No. Month-to-month, pay as you go. Upgrade, downgrade, or cancel any time from your dashboard.
What is your refund policy?
Contact [email protected] and we'll refund recent charges — no scripted runaround.