Tailscale
By Tailscale
A mesh VPN built on the WireGuard protocol that connects devices directly to one another peer-to-peer instead of routing traffic through a central gateway. A lightweight agent runs on each device, with a hosted coordination server (or self-hosted Headscale alternative) handling key exchange and an ACL-based access policy.
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- Product type
- Software
- Deployment
- AgentSaaS
- Organization size
- IndividualSMBMid-marketEnterprise
- Pricing tier
- Freemium
How Tailscale measures up against the full SASE, SSE & Zero Trust Network Access taxonomy.
- Zero trust private app access — supported
- Grants access to specific internal applications per-request instead of the whole network, replacing VPN.
- Secure web gateway (SWG) — not supported
- Inspects and filters general internet-bound traffic for malware and policy violations.
- SD-WAN connectivity — not supported
- Provides software-defined branch and site connectivity into the security fabric.
- Cloud-delivered enforcement — not supported
- Enforces policy from a global network of cloud points of presence close to the user.
- CASB-style SaaS controls — not supported
- Extends visibility and data controls into sanctioned SaaS applications.
- Inline data loss prevention — not supported
- Inspects web and private-app traffic for sensitive data leaving the organization.
- Unified policy engine — supported
- Applies one consistent identity- and context-aware policy across all traffic types.
Alternatives
Other SASE, SSE & Zero Trust Network Access tools with overlapping capabilities, sized for similar teams.
Appears in stacks
Real-world stacks that include Tailscale.