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What it does
Twingate provides identity-based zero-trust access to private cloud and on-premises applications, networks and infrastructure without exposing inbound public ports.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Product
Twingate describes its product as zero trust network access that retires VPNs, jump hosts, and IP allowlists by binding connections to verified identities and individual resources.Read 29 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Deployment
The product can be deployed using Docker scripts, Terraform, Helm Charts, and other methods.Read 29 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Free plan
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Paid from
5Read 20 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Support
The pricing page lists community and basic support, and says Enterprise includes priority support and offers additional support options.Read 29 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Headquarters
Redwood City, California, United StatesRead 23 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Founded
2019Read 23 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Company
Twingate says it began building the product in 2019 and is remote-first, with a core team in Redwood City, California.Read 29 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Access policy
Its security policies can combine authentication, device security, location, and time or usage controls at resource, group, or network level.Read 29 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Admin API
The public Admin API is GraphQL at each tenant's /api/graphql/ endpoint and supports management of networks, connectors, resources, users, groups, devices, policies and service accounts.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
API authentication
API tokens have read-only, read/write or read/write/provision permission levels and can be restricted to up to 10 IP or CIDR ranges.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
API limits
The documented default API throttles are 60 read requests and 20 write requests per minute, with HTTP 429 responses when exceeded.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Client platforms
The client documentation lists macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android, with Android support also covering ChromeOS.Read 29 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Client support limit
The client documentation says clients older than 12 months are unsupported and cannot connect to the Twingate service.Read 29 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Client support window
Clients older than 12 months are unsupported and may be blocked from connecting to the service.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Cloud integrations
Cloud integrations include AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean and Coder.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Company founding and headquarters
Twingate says it was founded in 2019 and has its core headquarters in Redwood City, California.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Company legal name
Crunchbase identifies the legal name as Twingate Inc.Read 21 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Company size
LinkedIn lists Twingate as privately held with 51–200 employees and 89 employee profiles.Read 21 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Connections
Twingate says direct peer-to-peer tunnels connect users and resources without routing traffic through its cloud.Read 29 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Connector deployment
Connectors run behind the firewall as Docker containers or Linux systemd services, with deployment options for Kubernetes, Azure Container Instances, AWS ECS Fargate and AWS AMIs.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Continuous policy checks
Security Policies can require reauthentication, MFA, trusted devices, approved operating systems, geoblocking and usage limits.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Device security integrations
Device posture integrations include CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Microsoft Intune, Kandji, Jamf, 1Password and Hexnode.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Direct tunnels
The service creates direct peer-to-peer tunnels when possible and uses relays when direct connectivity is unavailable.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
DNS and monitoring integrations
Twingate lists NextDNS, Cloudflare, DNSFilter, Amazon S3, Datadog and PagerDuty integrations.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Documentation depth
The documentation site contains architecture explanations, deployment guides, cloud-provider and homelab guides, API references, security policies and use-case sections.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Funding
Twingate announced a $42 million Series B round led by BOND on April 14, 2022, with WndrCo, 8VC and SignalFire participating.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Identity integrations
Official integrations include Okta, Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID, OneLogin, Duo, JumpCloud, Keycloak, Google, GitHub, LinkedIn and Microsoft 365.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Infrastructure integrations
Twingate lists Terraform, Pulumi, Kubernetes, GitHub and GitLab integrations for infrastructure and CI/CD automation.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Limit: Android client issues
Google Play reviews mention repeated authentication, Android Auto incompatibility, an ineffective browser-open button and intermittent reconnect loops.Read 21 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Limit: diagnostic visibility
A Gartner comparison review says Twingate lacks detailed traffic and troubleshooting logs, making diagnosis harder.Read 21 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
Limit: mobile notifications
An Apple reviewer says the app does not warn when disconnected, leaving dependent services unknowingly unavailable.Read 21 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Limit: signup and DNS complaints
The Trustpilot reviewer reports confusing billing and trial selection, intrusive signup prompts, mobile usability bugs and DNS delays of roughly 15–30 seconds.Read 21 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
Network exposure
The product page states that its model uses zero open inbound ports and outbound-only connections.Read 29 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Notable product update
The changelog records official Pulumi and OpenTofu support in June 2024 and AWS S3 export of DNS-filtering logs in May 2024.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Open-source status
The platform is proprietary; Twingate publishes source for its tap-windows6 component under GPLv2 rather than releasing the whole product as open source.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Praise: deployment and usability
G2 reviewers repeatedly describe Twingate as easy to deploy and easy for end users, including AWS deployments.Read 21 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Praise: reliability
Gartner reviewers praise high reliability, rare outages, fast triage and responsive support.Read 21 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
Rating on Apple App Store
4.4 out of 5 from 34 ratingsRead 21 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Rating on G2
4.6 out of 5 from 83 reviewsRead 21 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Rating on Gartner Peer Insights
4.4 out of 5 from 3 ratingsRead 21 Oct 2026 · gartner.com
Rating on GetApp
5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviewsRead 21 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Rating on Google Play
3.8 out of 5 from 290 reviewsRead 21 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
Rating on Microsoft Marketplace
4.8 out of 5 from 81 ratingsRead 21 Oct 2026 · marketplace.microsoft.com
Rating on Trustpilot
3.4 out of 5 from 1 reviewRead 21 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
Resource-level access
Access policies can be applied to individual Resources and user Groups rather than granting access to an entire network.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
SDKs and CLIs
Twingate documents Python and JavaScript command-line interfaces plus GraphQL clients, and provides Terraform and Pulumi providers and a Kubernetes operator.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Security and compliance
Twingate's Trust Center lists DORA, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 compliance resources.Read 29 Sep 2026 · twingate.com
Security assurance
Twingate states that it undergoes annual SOC 2 audits and has a SOC 2 Type 2 report available to customers on request.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Security testing
The company says Hacker House performs recurring white-box analysis, reverse engineering, fuzzing, vulnerability discovery and threat modeling.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Self-hosting boundary
Customers self-host Connectors in their own networks, while the Twingate control plane and relay infrastructure remain hosted services.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Supported clients
Clients are provided for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android and ChromeOS, with a Chrome-compatible browser extension.Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
System requirements
The September 2026 requirements page lists Windows 10 21H2, macOS 14, Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04, Debian 9+, Fedora 40+, iOS 18 and Android 14 as minimum supported versions.Read 21 Oct 2026 · help.twingate.com

Plans and prices

Starter Free Up to 5 users · Up to 50 Resources · macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android and more · peer-to-peer connections · split tunneling · conditional access controls Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Home $15 a month per month Up to 7 users · secure service accounts · exit networks · native device posture checks · MFA · non-commercial use Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Teams $5 a month per user per month; yearly billing shown as 15% discount Up to 100 users · Google Workspace SSO · SaaS application gating · device posture checks · MFA · automated least-privilege policies Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Business $10 a month per user per month; yearly billing shown as 15% discount Up to 500 users · IdP provisioning · Okta and Entra ID SSO · device and endpoint integrations · service accounts · JIT policies · exit networks · DNS filtering add-on Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com
Enterprise Priced on request custom per user per month Custom account sizes · custom MSA and SLA · invoice billing · geoblocking · static IP add-on · privileged access for Kubernetes, SSH, databases and web apps · priority support Read 21 Oct 2026 · twingate.com

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