Tailscale vs Twingate
Tailscale
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| Figure | Tailscale | Twingate |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 5 |
| Spec score · Business VPN Software | 9.4 (#5) | 9.3 (#7) |
| Spec score · Connectivity Solutions | 8.8 (#8) | 8.7 (#9) |
| Company | Tailscale identifies itself as Tailscale Inc.; the company page describes connecting coworkers, company databases, and family members as use cases. | Twingate says it began building the product in 2019 and is remote-first, with a core team in Redwood City, California. |
| Company legal name | The maker identifies itself as Tailscale Inc. | Crunchbase identifies the legal name as Twingate Inc. |
| Documentation depth | The documentation includes technical references for ACL policy syntax, CLI, API, OAuth clients and tsnet plus production, security and integration guides. | The documentation site contains architecture explanations, deployment guides, cloud-provider and homelab guides, API references, security policies and use-case sections. |
| Founded | 2019 | 2019 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Identity integrations | SSO and MFA can use existing providers including Google, Microsoft AD, GitHub, Okta and OneLogin. | Official integrations include Okta, Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID, OneLogin, Duo, JumpCloud, Keycloak, Google, GitHub, LinkedIn and Microsoft 365. |
| Product | Tailscale describes itself as a zero-config VPN that works with almost anything. | 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. |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.4 out of 5 from 739 ratings | 4.4 out of 5 from 34 ratings |
| Rating on G2 | 4.6 out of 5 from 31 reviews | 4.6 out of 5 from 83 reviews |
| Rating on Gartner Peer Insights | 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review | 4.4 out of 5 from 3 ratings |
| Rating on Google Play | 4.4 out of 5 from 4.58K reviews | 3.8 out of 5 from 290 reviews |
| Rating on Trustpilot | 3.9 out of 5 from 25 reviews | 3.4 out of 5 from 1 review |
| Paid from | 8 | 5 |
| Support | Tailscale provides documentation, a support request form, community channels, and plan-dependent support levels; Premium lists priority support. | The pricing page lists community and basic support, and says Enterprise includes priority support and offers additional support options. |
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
Twingate
- StarterFree
- Home$15 a month
- Teams$5 a month
- Business$10 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
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.