tailscale.com

Tailscale

Who runs Tailscale, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest Zero trust network access alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
NetBird

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Tailscale

Tailscale tailscale.com

The connectivity platform for devs, IT, and security teams. Zero Trust identity-based access that deploys in minutes and scales to every resource. Start free.

Wikidata: Canadian software business

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Tailscale tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

5 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 10 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool
  • Marketing and email tracking

    Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Tailscale

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Tailscale, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than TailscaleNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

9 of the 60 sites closest to Tailscale match.

  1. 01
    bsclink.cn Top 10K Chinese No trackers

    零信任_安全办公平台_远程安全访问_SASE方案_终端安全-白山云

    基于零信任理念和白山云全球边缘网络,「网络+安全+服务+情报」一体化建设,更安全、更快速、更经济地保障企业全球化高效办公,确保分布在全球各地的用户都能随时随地、快速安全地访问企业本地和云上资源。

    Compare bsclink.cn with Tailscale →
  2. 02
    hide.me English No trackers

    World's Fastest VPN and Privacy Protection | hide.me

    Surf the web securely without third-parties spying on you.

    Compare hide.me with Tailscale →
  3. 03
    Mullvad mullvad.net English No trackers

    Mullvad VPN - Privacy is for the people

    Free the internet from mass surveillance and censorship. Fight for privacy with Mullvad VPN and Mullvad Browser.

    Compare Mullvad with Tailscale →
  4. 04
    bsgslb.com Top 10K Chinese No trackers

    零信任_安全办公平台_远程安全访问_SASE方案_终端安全-白山云

    基于零信任理念和白山云全球边缘网络,「网络+安全+服务+情报」一体化建设,更安全、更快速、更经济地保障企业全球化高效办公,确保分布在全球各地的用户都能随时随地、快速安全地访问企业本地和云上资源。

    Compare bsgslb.com with Tailscale →
  5. 05
    Proton proton.me Top 10K English No trackers

    Proton: Privacy by default

    Over 100 million people use Proton to stay private and secure online. Get a free Proton account and take back your privacy.

    Compare Proton with Tailscale →
  6. 06
    Psiphon psiphon.ca No trackers

    Psiphon

    Open source, and trusted by millions: a censorship-resistant VPN that works where others fail.

    Compare Psiphon with Tailscale →
  7. 07
    Windscribe windscribe.com English No trackers

    VPN service that's fast, reliable, & effective | Windscribe

    Protect your privacy, stream global content, and mask your location with the best VPN service. Enjoy fast speeds and servers in over 135 locations.

    Compare Windscribe with Tailscale →
  8. 08
    Mysterium mysterium.network Top 10K English No trackers

    Open Web Protocol - Mysterium Network

    An open-source ecosystem of protocols, tools and infrastructure to liberate the web. Our node network empowers both builders and users to access free information.

    Compare Mysterium with Tailscale →
  9. 09
    Proton VPN protonvpn.com English No trackers

    The best VPN for speed and security

    Get fast, secure VPN service in 140+ countries. Download our free VPN now — or check out Proton VPN Plus for even more premium features.

    Compare Proton VPN with Tailscale →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Tailscale’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Tailscale uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Tailscale adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 15 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,208
Vector
384-d
Query
40 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Tailscale’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

Proton VPNMysteriumWindscribePsiphonProtonbsgslb.comMullvadhide.mebsclink.cn

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CMS
  • Sanity page source: cdn.sanity.io/
JavaScript frameworks
  • Next.js page source: /_next/static/
  • React implied by Next.js (page source: /_next/static/)
Marketing automation
  • HubSpot TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:40…
Payments
  • Stripe TXT stripe-verification=5fcd1c876b6a81bf6ec1888417271c54c1a7186b90e858e18…
Hosting
  • Vercel header x-vercel-id: fra1:fra1:fra1::iad1::hlgmk-1793956491311-acfc47fa8a17
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx/1.30.3
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=nffRaFBNr1PtD33kaEsaD9CvW1YDeLVUva1REQB…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=HHC0j5mcC05kfiQfxmiYUfsicdbGYAJyh0gKySbCcDM
  • Notion TXT notion-domain-verification=5N4i2ZyFxTIAh8yjBjVknqRdZp9BFylUmFFV3h6M3sg
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-3qK0xjzrDgu9vT3wfpM2P0g2
  • Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:40…

Sitemaps

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