Yes, Tailscale has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes up to 6 users, up to 3 ACL groups, and up to 50 tagged resources. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $4.00/mo.
About
Tailscale is a zero trust identity-based connectivity platform built on WireGuard that connects devices, servers, workloads, and services across remote teams, multi-cloud environments, CI/CD pipelines, edge devices, and AI workloads. It provides secure peer-to-peer connections, subnet routers and exit nodes, split tunneling, MagicDNS, ACLs, Tailscale SSH, Kubernetes ingress and egress, Kubernetes API proxy, Funnel, device posture, logging, and integrations with identity providers and MDM tools.
The free Personal plan is intended for non-commercial use and includes unlimited user devices, up to 6 users, up to 3 ACL groups, up to 50 tagged resources, and 1,000 minutes per month for ephemeral resources. It also includes access to nearly all features, with basic support, while paid plans add higher limits, SCIM, advanced roles, logging features, and platform extensions such as PAM, CI/CD connectivity, workload connectivity, IoT edge connectivity, and Aperture for AI governance.
- Unlimited user devices
- Up to 6 users
- 50 tagged resources
- 1,000 ephemeral minutes monthly
- 3 ACL groups free
- Basic Tailscale SSH
- MagicDNS and split tunneling
- WireGuard-based mesh networking
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a genuinely usable monthly plan rather than a short trial: it is free forever, but it still has clear caps on users, ACL groups, tagged resources, and ephemeral minutes. Compared with the cheapest paid plan at $8 per user per month, it delivers roughly half of that practical value, so about $4/month; a credit card is not explicitly waived, and business accounts can instead start with a 14-day trial.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Unlimited user devices
- Up to 6 users
- Up to 3 ACL groups
- Up to 50 tagged resources
- 1,000 mins per month for ephemeral resources
- Access to nearly all Tailscale features
- Access to SSH and Kubernetes features
See Tailscale pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Standard
- users
- unlimited
- ACL groups
- 10
- ephemeral resource minutes per month
- 1,000
- Unlimited users
- SCIM provisioning
- Up to 10 ACL groups
- 1,000 mins/month for ephemeral resources
- MDM configuration
- Device posture integrations
- Advanced user roles
Premium
- ACL groups
- 300
- ephemeral resource minutes per month
- 10,000
- Up to 300 ACL groups
- 10,000 mins/month for ephemeral resources
- Just-in-time access
- Advanced Tailscale SSH
- Network flow logs
- Log streaming
- Regional routing and traffic steering
- Priority support
Enterprise
- device quantities
- custom
- limits
- custom
- Custom device quantities and limits
- Solutions Engineer consultation
- Custom MSA & SLAs
- Premium support with dedicated professional services
- Custom pricing and bundling
- Pay by invoice
Pricing extracted from Tailscale's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Tailscale free forever?
Yes. Tailscale has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
What happens when you exceed Tailscale's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Tailscale's cheapest paid plan is Standard at $8 / seat / month.
What is Tailscale's free tier worth?
Tailscale's free tier is worth about $4.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 45/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
