Tailscale vs Tencent Cloud VPN Gateway
Tailscale
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| Figure | Tailscale | Tencent Cloud VPN Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 8 | 12 |
| Spec score · Business VPN Software | 9.4 (#5) | 7.4 (#74) |
| Encryption | Tailscale says its WireGuard-based connections are end-to-end encrypted and that it cannot read users’ traffic. | The VPN tunnel uses Internet Key Exchange (IKE) and IPsec to encrypt transmitted data. |
| Founded | 2019 | 1998 |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Integrations | Official integration documentation covers cloud servers, containers and virtual machines, serverless apps, databases, code environments, firewalls, web servers, NAS devices and MDM. | Tencent lists VPC and Direct Connect as services that VPN Connection can integrate with. |
| Support | Tailscale provides documentation, a support request form, community channels, and plan-dependent support levels; Premium lists priority support. | The VPN Connections documentation offers contact sales and ticket submission for help. |
Plans
Tailscale
- PersonalFree
- Standard$8 a month
- Premium$18 a month
- Additional tagged resources$1 a month
- Add more tagged resources$1 a month
- Mullvad$5 a month
- Mullvad add-on$5 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Tencent Cloud VPN Gateway
- Pay-as-you-go, 5–100 Mbps gatewayPrice not published
- Pay-as-you-go, 200–1,000 Mbps gatewayPrice not published
- Pay-as-you-go, 2,000–3,000 Mbps gatewayPrice not published
- Monthly subscription, 5 Mbps gatewayPrice not published
- Monthly subscription, 10 Mbps gatewayPrice not published
- Monthly subscription, 20 Mbps gatewayPrice not published
- Monthly subscription, 50 Mbps gatewayPrice not published
- Monthly subscription, 100 Mbps gatewayPrice not published
- Monthly subscription, 200 Mbps gatewayPrice not published
- Monthly subscription, 500 Mbps gatewayPrice not published
In their own words
Tailscale
Tailscale is a zero-config VPN for connecting users and devices across a network. It uses WireGuard to form low-latency peer-to-peer connections, which Tailscale says are end-to-end encrypted so it cannot read users’ traffic. Administrators can use access control lists to specify which users may connect to which devices. Supported identity providers handle authentication, and SCIM supports user and group provisioning. Monitoring features include configuration audit logs, network flow logs, webhooks, and log streaming to SIEM partners. Device posture information can be used in connectivity rules. Taildrop transfers files between devices, while node sharing lets users share a node without exposing it to the public internet. The service runs on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. Personal is free forever for non-commercial use and supports up to six users; Standard costs $8 per user per month. Premium costs $18 per user per month and includes priority support.
Tencent Cloud VPN Gateway
Tencent Cloud VPN Gateway has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.