Tailscale Reviews

My main use case for Tailscale is access to internal resources and supporting clients, having replaced two different VPN products I was using previously.

I have a number of applications that are running within my network. I have used the split DNS for accessing internal resources or supporting clients.

Using split DNS with Tailscale has helped me manage access and support my clients by being able to use my internal DNS servers easily within the network without needing to have full tunnel connections. It has worked great for exposing particular applications to clients who are shared to particular nodes on my tailnet.

The best feature Tailscale offers is the ease of use for managing WireGuard and the fact that the key management is completely transparent, both for the WireGuard tunnel connection and for the SSH functionality.

The transparent key management and SSH functionality have benefited me by completely eliminating a manual, tedious step of needing to manage keys, which felt like a significant security risk that something could go wrong in the key management process. With Tailscale, it just happens and works.

Tailscale has positively impacted my organization and consulting work by making remote connections easy, significantly reducing the friction and making this very reliable, even behind difficult networks with CGNAT or other situations that make establishing connections difficult using other means.

I think if there was a streamlined mechanism to self-host the control plane, that would be a significant help in certain regulatory environments where customers feel unsure about having an external party control authentication onto the tailnet. Even with Tailnet Lock, there is still a concern that there are parts of the control plane that are opaque.

I have been using Tailscale since September of last year.

Tailscale is stable.

I have not hit the limits of Tailscale's scalability, which works well under automation and infrastructure as code. It is scalable from the perspective I am able to see.

I have not had much of a need to interact with customer support, but the only thing that I have used it for is to establish a custom OIDC identity provider, and the response felt quick and professional.

I previously used self-hosted WireGuard and OpenVPN connections because they had difficulty getting through in particular CGNAT connections, and that was the initial impetus for looking at Tailscale.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was straightforward and seemed fair for the value that the product provides.

My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

I do not have any metrics to share. Qualitatively, it definitely feels as though time troubleshooting connectivity has decreased.

Support issues related to connectivity have dropped by about half, and while I do not have an exact measure, the amount of time spent working on connectivity issues has decreased significantly.

I did not purchase Tailscale through the AWS Marketplace.

I also evaluated Twingate and ZeroTier before choosing Tailscale.

My advice to others looking into using Tailscale is to give it a try and make sure that it suits your needs, but overall, it feels like a stable product that greatly simplifies VPN and remote connectivity needs. I would rate this product a nine out of ten.

I have been using Tailscale for approximately one to one and a half years for one of my projects. My main use case for Tailscale during that project was connecting different GCP GKE clusters. I had different production, staging, and testing clusters, and we wanted a way to easily connect to any of the clusters. Tailscale allowed us to easily access any of the clusters we wanted from a local system.

I chose Tailscale for this setup because I was searching for different projects to connect different clusters, and I found Tailscale online. There were quite good reviews about Tailscale, which was one of the reasons I chose it to connect different clusters. Tailscale is quite easy to deploy and get started with.

The setup process and documentation for Tailscale stood out to me because the documentation is quite good and the setup is quite easy. You just need to install a single binary on your system and you are ready to go. You can easily connect to any of the systems that you want.

The best features Tailscale offers for me are how easily we can connect to different clusters and different systems. If I have a system somewhere around the globe and I want to connect directly from my local system, it is quite easy. I just need to have Tailscale binary on my system, and I can connect to that specific system.

I did not face any issues with latency or connection reliability while using Tailscale; it was quite seamless for me. Connecting was quite easy.

I discovered some ACL features while exploring Tailscale later on, and I think they are quite good. We can configure some IPs through which we can connect, and I think that is one of the good features Tailscale has.

I think Tailscale is quite good for me as I am not a power user. I have mostly used it for basic use cases, and I feel that nothing is missing for me. If there were any power users who have used Tailscale extensively, they might give some feedback on what can be improved upon, but for me, it was good and suitable. I cannot think of anything that needs to be improved upon.

I have been working in my current field for more than four years.

Tailscale is stable.

Regarding Tailscale's scalability, we did not use it at a large scale since our team is small, but I think it is good.

Tailscale customer support is good.

I did not previously use a different solution because we directly went with Tailscale. We did not have any other solution before that.

My main use case for Tailscale during that project was mostly about connecting different GCP GKE clusters. I had different production, staging, and testing clusters, and we wanted a way through which we could easily connect to any of the clusters. Tailscale allowed us to easily access any of the clusters we wanted from a local system.

The time saved by using Tailscale is significant because earlier, when we wanted to connect different clusters, we used to run GCP commands to connect them. With Tailscale, it was quite easy. We were still running the command, but we did not need the specific command anymore because it was just Tailscale binary, and it was quite easy to connect to any of the clusters we wanted. We have seen a return on investment from Tailscale since it was a time-saving tool for us. We did not need different GCP commands to connect to different clusters; it was just a single Tailscale binary through which we were connecting, making it a time-saving solution.

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing for Tailscale is that since our team is quite small, about ten people, we did not take any license and the cost was zero for us because we were using Tailscale's open-source version.

Before choosing Tailscale, I thought about evaluating other options, but there was another tool called WireGuard, which Tailscale is based upon. I did not look for any other tool further because I felt that Tailscale was good and would do my job.

I advise others looking into using Tailscale to go for the documentation and just read over the things, as it is quite easy to set up. I think anyone can set up Tailscale. Tailscale is a good tool to use, and it is quite friendly without hassle to set it up. My rating for this review is nine out of ten.

My main use case for Tailscale is accessing my home network when I'm outside. Essentially, it functions as a VPN.

I use Tailscale to access my home network by connecting to a main machine that runs Tailscale, which is separate from my home server. This allows me to connect to it even when my home server goes down, and it serves as a subnet router so I can access my home network through that single machine instead of connecting every single virtual machine to the same Tailscale network.

In my opinion, the best features Tailscale offers are its ease of use and quick setup. You essentially just need to run a command and you're connected to Tailscale network, and I love MagicDNS as well. Ease of use, MagicDNS, and the subnet router capabilities are very good.

I appreciate that MagicDNS helps me avoid memorizing IP addresses, and the subnet router allows me to use one device to connect to the entire network. For example, if I have a smart TV that cannot install Tailscale, I can access it through my subnet router machine. I set it up this way because I only have Tailscale installed on that entry point machine, which serves as the gateway to my network.

Tailscale has made managing and accessing my home network easier compared to using OpenVPN before. Previously, I had to manage everything myself, run the server, and keep it operational. If the server ever went down, I couldn't access my home network. With Tailscale, the situation is similar, but I don't have to expose any ports; I just connect a device to Tailscale servers. The main difference is that I don't have to run the VPN server since Tailscale does it for me, connecting my devices through their service. It's really great that I don't have to worry about all the setups.

I appreciate how their login system works. Tailscale services are fast, and since processing is done on the clients rather than the servers, they can focus on providing a good, reliable service. I don't think I've ever faced downtimes or connection issues from another country.

Tailscale does a great job for free-tier users, and the 100 device limit is very fair. However, I think improvements could be made in the support for UI clients, especially on Linux machines. In Windows and macOS, the UI support is good, but Linux is more customizable and has a unique setup, and I feel like I never have a good UI to interact with when using Linux desktops, which is unfortunate.

I've been working in my current field for about four years.

Tailscale is stable for me.

I feel Tailscale would handle adding more devices or users in the future easily, and I am confident of it. As a free-tier user, I have tested my limits, connecting the maximum amount of devices, and everything performed great. After that, I switched to subnet routing, allowing one device to forward traffic into my home network, which also circumvented device limits.

I never interacted with Tailscale's customer support because I never needed to. Tailscale is that reliable, and their documentation answers any questions I have.

I previously used OpenVPN before switching to Tailscale. I liked OpenVPN, but setting it up in a production environment was more of a learning experience rather than a complete permanent solution. You always find yourself wondering what improvements could be made. While OpenVPN is fine for production use, I'd say a managed service is more professional because it provides guarantees and reduces concerns. I switched to Tailscale out of curiosity, wanting to try WireGuard, and I was sold after just one to two minutes of setup.

Before choosing Tailscale, I evaluated other options, including OpenVPN. I was familiar with running my own VPN solution and considered using WireGuard directly on my home network or opting for Tailscale, which uses WireGuard in the background. I wanted something that worked correctly the first time, so I chose Tailscale while planning to tinker with WireGuard later.

My advice for others looking into using Tailscale is simple: just do it. Spin up a virtual machine, run the one-line command that Tailscale provides, and see how it works because it's so intuitive that nobody can mess it up.

I've seen a return on investment with Tailscale in terms of time saved and less maintenance required. I learned a lot from installing and maintaining OpenVPN, which sometimes required extensive hands-on configuration and problem-solving. 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. Every return on investment with Tailscale is time saved and reliability from the managed service.

I wouldn't say I have an experience with pricing, setup costs, or licensing because I use the free tier. My needs have never exceeded the free tier as I am the single maintainer of my home network and server, which is beneficial.

I think Tailscale is an awesome product; I use it every day and have it implemented in my home network. As long as the free tier stays the same, I don't see myself switching from it.

I use Tailscale to connect from outside my local network. I set it up on my server and on multiple clients, including my smartphone (iPhone), laptop, MacBook, and TVs, as well as my parents' TVs which are far from my home. Basically, all the devices that I use to connect to my server.

For the most part, I use it to connect to my media server, which contains a collection of media. I also use it as a DNS server. Since my server has DNS, it spreads to all the devices which I am connected to.

I also use it to connect via SSH to start other clients via Wake-on-LAN. I have been using it every day since June 2025, and it has never given me a problem. I also contacted support for some questions, and the support was great. I am actually really impressed by the product and its support.

The features that I love the most are the simplicity of setting it up. I can do it in about two minutes. I just download the app on the client, use a QR code or a key, and set it up. Another feature is Tailnet, which allows me to manage the devices and organize them.

Because I have been using it since June 2025 and never used it before, coming from a very basic level of knowledge, it was really simple to learn and set up. For me, using Tailscale on all my devices is a definite choice.

I do not think there is anything that I wish would have been better because, honestly, for my use case, it has everything I need. I read that people complain about the maximum number of users that can use it under one account, but that is not my use case. For my use case, it has nothing more that I need. It has everything, and it is perfect for my use case.

I have been using Tailscale since I built my home server, which was in June 2025.

Tailscale is really stable.

Until now, with 20 devices, I still have not encountered any limitation. There is no limitation for now.

I only used customer support one time to ask a question that I do not remember, honestly, but the customer support is really great since they responded really quickly and provided very explanatory answers.

At my home, I never used any other service, but in my previous job, I used OpenVPN. However, it was already set up. I did not know how to set it up. It was a bit more problematic because it had connection problems, but I do not have much experience to analyze and talk about it.

Setting up a Tailscale environment took me maybe 10 minutes on the server and two minutes for every device. With about 20 devices, I set up all my environments in about an hour. If I had to use another VPN service, for example WireGuard, I can assume that it would have taken me far more than an hour, something like two hours at least. That is double the time, and Tailscale takes half the time to set up.

We were really engaged with this product. We talked about everything in my opinion, so I do not think there is anything that I would like to add to Tailscale.

As I said, I only use the basic license, so I cannot give any metrics on ROI. But if I had to think about a company or an organization that uses it, I would think that it surely gives a good ROI since it is really a good application and a good service.

Until now, all costs have been free. I never used a license. I never purchased or bought anything more than the basic free license.

I evaluated WireGuard, which I know is the base of Tailscale, but I chose Tailscale since it is more simple, as I said during this interview. That is the main and only reason I chose Tailscale over WireGuard bare metal.

For my use case, these are the main features that I use and have discovered so far. I do not think I have anything more to add in this area.

I would say to use it because, in my case, it really helped my organization with my setup. I would really suggest people use Tailscale if they ask me. I rate this product a 9.

We have been using Tailscale for about four or five months, and we have been using it from the beginning.

For our main use case, we use Tailscale because it creates a peer-to-peer VPN mesh where we host our AWS infrastructure behind it, so the general web cannot directly access it. It is only accessible from authorized systems, such as the one that I have.

A specific example of how we use Tailscale for this peer-to-peer VPN mesh in my daily work is that the entirety of our AWS infrastructure and systems that we use to build at Flyra are behind a private VPN that is accessible using Tailscale. The general web cannot access it, so we ensure that there is nothing unauthorized accessing our servers. Authorized and recognized systems are only able to access the infrastructure and the resources that we want restricted, and that is where Tailscale comes in.

About my main use case, I am fully aware that it is end-to-end encrypted. We maintain access using ACLs, which allows us to fine-tune the fine-grained rules for who can connect and to what.

The best features Tailscale offers are highlighted by the fact that setting up Tailscale was straightforward, at least once you are following the documentation and the guides. 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. The complex site-to-site connections are replaced using VPNs, and we can SSH into our remote desktops or SSH into our EC2 machines in our AWS regions in a secure way.

About the features that make Tailscale stand out for me, with access control lists, we can fine-grain what can be accessed and by whom. It solved our base use case, which is keeping our secured infrastructure behind a private VPN, and that is why we started using it in the first place.

Tailscale has had more positive impacts on my organization regarding security.

Regarding how Tailscale can be improved, I think for free users, there are some limited options. However, we have a paid policy, so we pay Tailscale every month. At some point, we may want to host our own coordination servers, which Tailscale does not have right now. However, it is just a general consideration, and I doubt that we will have that problem soon.

Regarding the needed improvements for paid users, I think things are acceptable. The limits could be higher for free users, and that is all.

I have been a software developer for about two years, and that represents full-time experience.

My advice to others looking into using Tailscale is that if there is a use case where you want to secure your private EC2 instances, the workflows, your Git repositories, and sensitive data, Docker images, Maven builds, Gradle builds, and so forth, behind and away from the general internet and onto your private cloud, Tailscale can act as that link, allowing you access to that private information from authorized systems while also fine-graining that control. I would rate this product a nine out of ten.

I use Tailscale to securely access remote Linux servers for tasks like SSH and system management without exposing services to the public internet. I also access a Linux server with the help of the RDP protocol.

I mainly use Tailscale to securely connect device to device, and it provides authentication and access control between multiple machines, which I found very helpful.

When I mention authentication and access control, it allowed me to access servers from anywhere without worrying about network restrictions and reduced the time spent on setup and troubleshooting.

The biggest benefit of Tailscale is simplicity; it is quick to set up and provides a stable and secure connection. I can set it up with only one command without any manual configuration, which is where I think it is very helpful.

Tailscale has improved remote access efficiency and reduced the complexity of managing secure connections across systems, which is the main point from my perspective.

The only drawback I found is that the subnet routing option in Tailscale is too advanced and sometimes requires advanced networking concepts. A person needs to fully understand it to configure it properly.

I have been using Tailscale for several months from a different account to access remote servers and to test connectivity between systems.

I chose Tailscale because it simplifies VPN setup, and I did not have to deal with port forwarding or complex firewall configurations, which saved a lot of time for me.

When I needed to access a remote Linux server from a different network, instead of configuring port forwarding or a traditional VPN, I used Tailscale to connect securely and directly. It allowed me to perform tasks like SSH access and system checks without exposing the server publicly. I would rate this product a 10 out of 10.

My main use case of Tailscale is for creating a VPN between Kubernetes services in Oracle Cloud, other servers, and my PC to connect with them, and I also use it to expose some services, so instead of port forwarding some services of Kubernetes, I use Tailscale, which makes things very easy and usable.

Regarding exposing services, I use Grafana and for Tailscale, I expose that service so I can access it through the VPN instead of port forwarding the service. I also use it to expose a Kafka UI service, and I use Kafka in my job.

The best feature I like in Tailscale is the Tailscale operator, which is a very intelligent way to connect your Kubernetes cluster with any other device.

In my job, Tailscale has reduced the amount of work and headache of having a VPN between servers and cloud, so instead of following a longer and complex process of having a site-to-site VPN and a device with a fixed public IP to connect with the cloud and other spots in Morocco, especially in Tangier, Tailscale simplifies all of that.

It reduces work, so I was supposed to have a complex job that requires technical knowledge to do some networking tasks, but Tailscale provides a very straightforward solution to avoid a lot of work.

I still do not have any issues in mind that need improvement, but if I think about a new feature or something to be improved in the future, I may share it with you.

I have been using the solution for about seven months.

Tailscale is very stable in my experience.

Tailscale's scalability is actually so good; I have not faced any downtime or issues, so every time I use Tailscale, I get what I expect.

Before Tailscale, I used Headscale, which is an open-source implementation of Tailscale. I deployed Headscale to avoid dependencies, but it had many downsides; it did not have an operator for Kubernetes and needed many features, so Headscale was not enough. I also used OpenVPN, but it does not have the integrations and intelligence that Tailscale has, so I am satisfied with Tailscale and I will continue to use it for many months.

I evaluated Headscale, but it was not enough compared to Tailscale.

I think it is a very good solution; however, I think a ten is something very perfect, and I feel Tailscale has many things to do in the future, such as getting more integrations into other things.

For others looking to use Tailscale, I want to tell them you will not regret it ever; Tailscale is a very good and useful solution.

I think it saves me time and money since the current tier I use is the free one, so it saves money and time, and that is good. I give this review a rating of eight out of ten.