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Alternatives to Teleport
24 cybersecurity tools sit alongside Teleport in this directory. Below is what separates each from Teleport on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 4
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Teleport starts at
- On request
Why people look past Teleport
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Teleport entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Teleport carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 4 of the 24 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Zero-trust mesh VPN built on WireGuard with identity-based access
- Can be used without paying; Teleport cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Teleport does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than quote.
- 4 tiers to Teleport's 2.
Manage secrets and protect sensitive data
- Can be used without paying; Teleport cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Teleport does not.
- Sold on a open-source model rather than quote.
The identity platform for builders
- Can be used without paying; Teleport cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $6/user/month (annual minimum $1,500), where Teleport does not.
- 5 tiers to Teleport's 2.
Unified identity and device management for hybrid workforce.
- Publishes an entry price of $9/user/month, where Teleport does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 5 tiers to Teleport's 2.
Free TOTP two-factor authentication app that gained optional cloud sync in 2023
- Can be used without paying; Teleport cannot.
- Sold on a Free, no in-app purchases model rather than quote.
- 1 tier to Teleport's 2.
Real-time transaction fraud and financial crime detection for banks and payment processors
- 1 tier to Teleport's 2.
Every Teleport alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teleport (this page) | On request | Quote | 2 | |
| TailscaleIf you want simple encrypted connectivity between machines rather than certificate-based authorisation and session recording | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Teleport |
| HashiCorp VaultIf the core need is secrets and dynamic database credentials rather than interactive session access and audit | Free | Open-source | 2 | vs Teleport |
| OktaIf identity and SSO are the gap and infrastructure-level access is already handled elsewhere | Free, then $6/user/month (annual minimum $1,500) | - | 5 | vs Teleport |
| JumpCloudIf you want directory, device management and access in one product for a smaller estate | $9/user/month | Subscription | 5 | vs Teleport |
| Google Authenticator | Free | Free, no in-app purchases | 1 | vs Teleport |
| Feedzai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teleport |
| Entrust Identity as a Service | $2/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs Teleport |
| Featurespace ARIC Risk Hub | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teleport |
| Dahua Technology | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teleport |
| Genetec Security Center | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teleport |
| Envysion | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teleport |
| IDnow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teleport |
| Delinea | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Teleport |
| DTiQ | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teleport |
| Hanwha Vision | On request | One-time purchase | 1 | vs Teleport |
| BeyondTrust | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teleport |
| HID Global | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teleport |
| Fenergo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teleport |
| iDenfy | On request | Per verification | 1 | vs Teleport |
| March Networks | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teleport |
| Jumio | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teleport |
| Eagle Eye Networks | On request | Per camera per month | 1 | vs Teleport |
| Camio | $4.99/month | Per camera per month | 2 | vs Teleport |
| Beyond Identity | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teleport |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Teleport badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (4)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Tailscale , Free
- HashiCorp Vault , Free
- Okta , Free, then $6/user/month (annual minimum $1,500)
- Google Authenticator , Free
What you would be giving up
Teleport is most often brought in for removing long-lived ssh keys and shared database passwords so that offboarding an engineer takes one action in the identity provider, producing session recordings and per-user database audit trails as direct evidence for soc 2 or fedramp, giving contractors or on-call engineers time-boxed, approved access to production instead of standing admin rights, replacing a flat vpn with per-resource authorisation across servers, kubernetes and internal web apps. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Teleport is broadly right and the question is cost, the Teleport pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Cybersecurity category lists everything the directory holds, and best cybersecurity tools ranks them.
Teleport runs on linux, macos, windows, kubernetes, cloud. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Teleport alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Teleport?
- 24 other cybersecurity tools are listed in this directory, led by Tailscale, HashiCorp Vault, Okta, JumpCloud. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Teleport?
- 4 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Tailscale, HashiCorp Vault, Okta, Google Authenticator.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Teleport?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Teleport?
- Teleport is most often brought in for removing long-lived ssh keys and shared database passwords so that offboarding an engineer takes one action in the identity provider, producing session recordings and per-user database audit trails as direct evidence for soc 2 or fedramp, giving contractors or on-call engineers time-boxed, approved access to production instead of standing admin rights, replacing a flat vpn with per-resource authorisation across servers, kubernetes and internal web apps. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Teleport?
- HashiCorp Vault is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Teleport alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Cybersecurity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Teleport against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Teleport covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every cybersecurity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Cybersecurity category, 24 tools beside Teleport. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.