EVE-NG Pro is a subscription-based service. As of early 2026, the licensing model typically follows these parameters:

| Feature | EVE-NG Community | EVE-NG Pro | |--------|----------------|-------------| | Multi-user | ❌ | ✅ (RBAC) | | Clustering | ❌ | ✅ (distributed labs) | | Hot lab (no reboot on changes) | ❌ | ✅ | | Native HTML5 client | Basic | Full-featured | | API access | Limited | Full REST API | | User activity logging | ❌ | ✅ | | Custom node icons/templates | Basic | Advanced | | VM snapshot/rollback | ❌ | ✅ | | High availability | ❌ | ✅ | | Support | Community | Commercial |

: Unlike the free version, you can connect and disconnect cables while nodes are running , saving hours during complex lab builds.

Sales engineers deploy a copy of a customer's existing network (300+ VMs) onto an EVE-NG Pro server in AWS. They overlay a new SD-WAN solution to prove it works before the customer buys hardware.

For a deep dive into specific version updates, you can check out detailed release highlights on sites like CloudMyLab Are you planning to host EVE-NG on a local server

This is a life-saver. In the Community edition, taking a snapshot is basic or non-existent in the way Pro handles it. In Pro, you can take a snapshot of your entire lab (20 routers, 5 firewalls) in one click.