Community Edition
Talos Linux, free and open source (MPL-2.0)
$0forever
Self-hosted, community supported
Get startedIncludes
- Unlimited clusters & nodes
- Minimal attack surface
- Community support
Fair and transparent pricing
Talos Linux
Free community edition, or Enterprise Linux with compliance and 24/7 support
Enterprise
Enterprise Linux
Talos Enterprise Linux — compliance, support, and Omni fleet management on the same open-source OS.
$1,000/ node / year
Minimum 10 nodes · flat per-node pricing · volume discounts available
Contact usEvery plan includes
- Fleet management with Omni, included
- CVE SLAs
- Signed attestations
- 24/7 support
- FIPS 140-3 compliant builds
- SBOM + curated VEX
- Commercial IP indemnity
- Built for NIS2 & CRA
Talos Omni
Cluster management for Talos Linux
Omni · Hobby
Solo and small setups
$10/ month
Up to 10 nodes · 2 users
Get startedIncludes
- Talos Linux community edition
- Omni cluster management
- Community support
Omni · Startup
Growing teams, self-serve
$25/ node / month
Up to 50 nodes · unlimited clusters
Get startedIncludes
- Everything in Hobby
- Up to 50 nodes
- Unlimited clusters
Included
Omni · Enterprise
Included with Talos Enterprise Linux above.
Included
Part of the enterprise license above
See Enterprise LinuxIncludes
- Everything in Startup
- Enterprise assurance & support
- On Talos Enterprise Linux
Omni · Edge
Large fleets of distributed edge nodes
Contact us
Enterprise · distributed edge scale
Contact usIncludes
- Priced for edge scale
- Secure node enrollment
- Enterprise support
Hobby and Startup run on Talos Linux community edition. For FIPS 140-3 compliant builds, CVE SLAs, indemnity and 24/7 support, choose Talos Enterprise Linux above.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Talos Linux community edition is free and open source under MPL-2.0, and stays that way. Enterprise Linux is the same codebase with a commercial layer on top.
The commercial tier of Talos Linux: $1,000 per node per year, with a 10-node minimum and flat per-node pricing. It adds FIPS 140-3 compliant builds, SBOMs with curated VEX, signed attestations, CVE SLAs, commercial IP indemnity, 24/7 support, and Omni fleet management, included.
Both. The full Omni management plane is included with Talos Enterprise Linux. Omni is also available standalone on Talos Linux community edition through the Hobby and Startup plans, without the enterprise assurance layer.
Standalone Omni (Hobby, Startup) manages clusters on the free community OS. Enterprise Linux adds FIPS-compliant builds, CVE SLAs, indemnity, signed attestations, and 24/7 support on top.
No. Talos Hypervisor runs VMs directly on Talos Linux without Kubernetes. Open source, with an alpha at TalosCon and general availability in December.
Yes. Enterprise Linux and Omni run as managed SaaS or fully self-hosted, including disconnected and air-gapped environments.