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Tailscale pricing
Tailscale publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 29 August 2026, Tailscale pricing is free across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
Tailscale plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
| Enterprise | Free | 5 | +$0/month, 5 more features |
| Standard | $8/month | 6 | +$8/month, 6 more features |
| Premium | $18/month | 7 | +$10/month, 6 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Personal
FreeThe entry tier. It covers up to 6 users, unlimited devices per user, 1,000 ephemeral resource minutes per month, basic acl groups (3), community support.
Enterprise
FreeOver Personal, this tier adds:
- Custom pricing
- Unlimited resources
- Advanced security features
- Dedicated support
- Custom SLAs
Standard
$8/monthOver Enterprise, this tier adds:
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited devices
- 1,000 ephemeral resource minutes per month
- 10 ACL groups
- Device posture integrations
- Email support
Premium
$18/monthOver Standard, this tier adds:
- Unlimited users and devices
- 10,000 ephemeral resource minutes per month
- 300 ACL groups
- Network flow logs
- Just-in-Time access
- Priority support
Where Tailscale stops being free
Personal, Free
- Up to 6 users
- Unlimited devices per user
- 1,000 ephemeral resource minutes per month
- Basic ACL groups (3)
- Community support
Standard, $8/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited devices
- 10 ACL groups
- Device posture integrations
- Email support
How that compares in Networking
Too few networking tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tailscale (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| MikroTik RouterOS | On request | One-time purchase, per licence level | - | vs Tailscale |
| Cisco Meraki | On request | quote, hardware plus mandatory recurring licence | - | vs Tailscale |
| PRTG Network Monitor | On request | Per sensor tier, billed monthly on an annual contract | - | vs Tailscale |
| OpenVPN | Free | Open source core is free; Access Server billed per simultaneous connection | - | vs Tailscale |
| Icinga | Free | Open source core, with paid repository, module and support subscriptions sold separately | - | vs Tailscale |
| pfSense | Free | Open source Community Edition, free; commercial Plus edition sold separately by Netgate | - | vs Tailscale |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Tailscale badges page.
Before you pay for Tailscale
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between Free and $18/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Tailscale runs on linux, macos, windows, ios, android, api, web. The full record is on the Tailscale review, and the rest of the category is under best networking tools.
Tailscale pricing questions
- How much does Tailscale cost?
- Tailscale publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Personal up to $18/month for Premium. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Tailscale have a free plan?
- Yes. The Personal tier costs nothing and covers up to 6 users, unlimited devices per user, 1,000 ephemeral resource minutes per month. Paying starts at $8/month for Standard.
- What is the difference between Personal and Enterprise on Tailscale?
- Enterprise costs Free against Free, and adds custom pricing, unlimited resources, advanced security features, dedicated support.
- Is the Premium plan on Tailscale worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is unlimited users and devices, 10,000 ephemeral resource minutes per month, 300 acl groups, network flow logs. It costs $18/month against $8/month for Standard. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which networking tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 networking tools listed alongside Tailscale have a free tier: OpenVPN, Icinga, pfSense.
- What am I actually paying for with Tailscale?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Tailscale review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does Tailscale charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Tailscale prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Tailscale against before paying?
- The closest networking tools in this directory are MikroTik RouterOS, Cisco Meraki, PRTG Network Monitor, OpenVPN. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Tailscale covering price, platforms and features.