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Tailscale pros and cons

Vendor: Tailscale
4.4 out of 5
 

Tailscale Pros review quotes

reviewer2797194 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer
Jan 18, 2026
The security is valuable, as there are many providers available, but Tailscale fulfills the requirements that we had, allowing us to access and expose internal apps without exposing them to the general internet.
UA
Software engineer
Mar 22, 2026
For my organization, we use Tailscale for our database as a secure way to access our VPC, and it is an easy, lightweight, and very useful way for everyone to connect and disconnect with a very nice UI.
João Guedes - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 22, 2026
With Tailscale, I set it up and forget it because it just works, allowing me to avoid worrying about the whole VPN aspect of my home network architecture.
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reviewer2811057 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Support / Sysadmin
Mar 23, 2026
Tailscale has positively impacted my organization by making the previously unusable doorbell with the cloud solution fast and reliable for remote access.
Hamza Rahman - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Support Engineer at a security firm with 11-50 employees
Mar 23, 2026
Tailscale is a very solid framework and is very useful for smaller companies if they want to start out or even bigger companies who want to have a robust network of devices that they want to manage.
reviewer2811270 - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Mar 24, 2026
Tailscale has really helped in terms of security because users can be in another part of the world and, instead of them connecting to the company environment through the local network there, they can switch on their Tailscale and once they switch on their Tailscale, they don't have to connect over their internet; they just go through Tailscale to access company infrastructures.
Matthew Luong - PeerSpot reviewer
Freelance Web Developer and IT Support Specialist at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Mar 24, 2026
Tailscale has been helping my organization a lot, primarily for security, as I do not have to open up any port in my router, which is really helpful.
NB
Student at Auburn University
Mar 25, 2026
This quick setup with Tailscale has saved me probably days of work that I would have spent learning how to configure traditional VPN solutions, more traditional solutions like WireGuard, where I would have had to learn their entire configuration process and it would have taken days just to set that up.
 

Tailscale Cons review quotes

reviewer2797194 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer
Jan 18, 2026
Regarding how Tailscale can be improved, I think for free users, there are some limited options.
UA
Software engineer
Mar 22, 2026
I feel the speed of the control servers are a bit too slow.
João Guedes - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 22, 2026
However, I think improvements could be made in the support for UI clients, especially on Linux machines.
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reviewer2811057 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Support / Sysadmin
Mar 23, 2026
I initially got introduced to Tailscale in high school when I needed access to services running on my server, but due to deep packet inspection being in place, I could not use Tailscale.
Hamza Rahman - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Support Engineer at a security firm with 11-50 employees
Mar 23, 2026
Currently, if Tailscale goes down, our services are not operable.
reviewer2811270 - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Mar 24, 2026
Sometimes you might need to restart your entire system for it to connect.
Matthew Luong - PeerSpot reviewer
Freelance Web Developer and IT Support Specialist at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Mar 24, 2026
One thing I want Tailscale to improve is their user interface for Arch Linux, which is one of the devices I have that I installed Tailscale on, but they do not have the native package with full features, a capability I really want them to develop.
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Student at Auburn University
Mar 25, 2026
I think Tailscale can be improved by enhancing the free side of things.