Vyatta sells a subscription edition that includes all the functionality of the open source version as well as a graphical user interface, access to Vyatta's RESTful API's, Serial Support, TACACS+, Config Sync, System Image Cloning, software updates, 24x7 phone and email technical support, and training.

The Vyatta system is intended as a replacement for Cisco IOS 1800 through ASR 1000[3] series Integrated Services Routers (ISR) and ASA 5500 security appliances, with a strong emphasis on the cost and flexibility inherent in an open source, Linux-based system[4] running on commodity x86 hardware or in VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Open Source Xen and KVM virtual environments.

[6][7] In September 2021, AT&T supplier Ciena Corporation announced an agreement to acquire the Vyatta talent and assets.

[8][9] The free community Vyatta Core software (VC) was an open source network operating system providing advanced IPv4 and IPv6 routing, stateful firewalling, secure communication through both an IPSec based VPN as well as through the SSL based OpenVPN.

[11] In March 2018, ATT released a new open source project based on the proprietary Brocade version of Vyatta under the name DANOS.