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Tailscale
A private network that sets itself up
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What Tailscale is
Identity-based zero-trust connectivity over WireGuard: devices join a private mesh in minutes without opening ports or running a VPN concentrator.
What Tailscale has cost
We have read this pricing page 15 times since Jan 2021, including archived copies of it. Each figure below was pulled from the page itself, not from a summary of it.
- $10/moJan 2021 · Connectivity · 1 reading · archived page
The entry plan changed name here, from Connectivity to Team. That is a different plan, so the two prices are not a rise or a cut.
$5†Aug 2021 – Jan 2023 · Team · 4 readings · archived pageThe entry plan changed name here, from Team to Starter. That is a different plan, so the two prices are not a rise or a cut.
$6/moJul 2023 – Jan 2026 · Starter · 6 readings · archived pageThe entry plan changed name here, from Starter to Standard. That is a different plan, so the two prices are not a rise or a cut.
$8/moJul 2026 – Sept 2026 · Standard · 4 readings · archived page
† The page showed this figure beside a monthly/annual switch and did not say which one it belonged to, so we publish the number without claiming a billing period. Readings like this are shown but never compared, which is why they never produce a price change.
Gaps are ours, not the vendor's: where a capture was unreadable, or the price could not be tied to a plan at all, no reading was recorded rather than a guess. See every price change we can stand behind.
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Tailscale alternatives
Other tools in security & privacy that cover similar ground. Full comparison.
Where Tailscale sits on price
Entry prices across Security & Privacy, cheapest first.
- WorkOSFree
- Bitwarden$1.65
- Keeper Security$2
- 1Password$2.99*
- Proton Pass$2.99
- Dashlane$4.99*
- Tailscale$8
- NordLayer$8
- Cloudflare$25
- Clerk$25
11 of these 13 prices were read from the vendor's own pricing page; the rest are marked * and are indicative. The median is taken across the 10 verified prices in Security & Privacy. 4 more tools in this category do not publish an entry price and are not plotted. Showing the 10 cheapest.
Tailscale pricing questions
- How much does Tailscale cost?
- Tailscale starts at $8 a month on its Standard plan, billed monthly. That figure was read from tailscale.com's own pricing page on 21 September 2026.
- Does Tailscale have a free plan?
- Yes. Tailscale publishes an ongoing free tier — not a countdown trial. Limits vary by plan, so check what the free tier covers before you commit.
- What is Tailscale used for?
- Identity-based zero-trust connectivity over WireGuard: devices join a private mesh in minutes without opening ports or running a VPN concentrator. People mainly use it to secure remote access, set up a business vpn, manage devices.
- What are the best alternatives to Tailscale?
- The closest alternatives in the same category are Cloudflare, 1Password, Bitwarden, Auth0. 1Password starts lower at $2.99 a month; Bitwarden starts lower at $1.65 a month. Cloudflare, Bitwarden and Auth0 publish a free plan.