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Product	Okta Privileged Access by Okta View product	Tailscale SSH by Tailscale View product
Overview
What it is	Try Okta Privileged Access free: a cloud privileged access management with session recording. See who it suits and how it stacks up against other IAM tools.	Tailscale SSH helps teams with audit compliance. Explore features like MFA check-ins and keyless SSH access, cloud deployment and the closest ZTNA competitors.
Product type	Cloud Privileged Access Management	Identity-Aware Zero Trust SSH Access Solution
Best for	Cross-industry, Cloud Operations, DevOps, Enterprise IT	Technology, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Financial Services, Healthcare, Software Development
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS; Cloud-delivered SaaS PAM service	Cloud Control Plane / Mesh; Embedded in Tailscale client
Data residency	Global; US; EU; APAC; Australia	Metadata in cloud; traffic peer-to-peer
Key features
What it offers	Just-in-time infrastructure access Ephemeral SSH/RDP certificates Session recording Zero standing admin Ephemeral SSH/RDP keys Session logging	Keyless SSH access Identity provider authentication Declarative access control rules MFA check-ins Session recording and replay Tamper-proof audit trails Keyless SSH server management Centralized terminal access control
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Linux & Windows ServersKubernetes Nodes	Linux serversmacOSDeveloper workstations
Compliance	SOC 2PCI DSSISO 27001SOX	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	AWSAzureGCPKubernetesLinuxWindowsOkta SSO	Tailscale ACLsOktaMicrosoft Entra IDGoogle Workspace
Industries	Cross-industryCloud OperationsDevOpsEnterprise IT	TechnologyDevOpsCloud InfrastructureFinancial ServicesHealthcareSoftware Development
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Okta	Tailscale
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Company size	6,000+	201-500
Founded	2009	2019

Okta Privileged Access

by Okta

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Tailscale SSH

by Tailscale

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Overview

What it is

Okta Privileged Access

Try Okta Privileged Access free: a cloud privileged access management with session recording. See who it suits and how it stacks up against other IAM tools.

Tailscale SSH

Tailscale SSH helps teams with audit compliance. Explore features like MFA check-ins and keyless SSH access, cloud deployment and the closest ZTNA competitors.

Product type

Okta Privileged Access

Cloud Privileged Access Management

Tailscale SSH

Identity-Aware Zero Trust SSH Access Solution

Best for

Okta Privileged Access

Cross-industry, Cloud Operations, DevOps, Enterprise IT

Tailscale SSH

Technology, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Financial Services, Healthcare, Software Development

Pricing

Pricing model

Okta Privileged Access

Contact Vendor

Tailscale SSH

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Okta Privileged Access

Tailscale SSH

Deployment

Deployment options

Okta Privileged Access

SaaSCloud

Tailscale SSH

Cloud

Deployment details

Okta Privileged Access

Cloud SaaS; Cloud-delivered SaaS PAM service

Tailscale SSH

Cloud Control Plane / Mesh; Embedded in Tailscale client

Data residency

Okta Privileged Access

Global; US; EU; APAC; Australia

Tailscale SSH

Metadata in cloud; traffic peer-to-peer

Key features

What it offers

Okta Privileged Access

Just-in-time infrastructure access
Ephemeral SSH/RDP certificates
Session recording
Zero standing admin
Ephemeral SSH/RDP keys
Session logging

Tailscale SSH

Keyless SSH access
Identity provider authentication
Declarative access control rules
MFA check-ins
Session recording and replay
Tamper-proof audit trails
Keyless SSH server management
Centralized terminal access control

Platform & access

API access

Okta Privileged Access

Tailscale SSH

Single sign-on (SSO)

Okta Privileged Access

Tailscale SSH

Role-based access (RBAC)

Okta Privileged Access

Tailscale SSH

Multi-tenant

Okta Privileged Access

Tailscale SSH

Mobile app

Okta Privileged Access

Tailscale SSH

Supported platforms

Okta Privileged Access

Linux & Windows ServersKubernetes Nodes

Tailscale SSH

Linux serversmacOSDeveloper workstations

Compliance

Okta Privileged Access

SOC 2PCI DSSISO 27001SOX

Tailscale SSH

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Okta Privileged Access

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesLinuxWindowsOkta SSO

Tailscale SSH

Tailscale ACLsOktaMicrosoft Entra IDGoogle Workspace

Industries

Okta Privileged Access

Cross-industryCloud OperationsDevOpsEnterprise IT

Tailscale SSH

TechnologyDevOpsCloud InfrastructureFinancial ServicesHealthcareSoftware Development

Regions

Okta Privileged Access

Global

Tailscale SSH

Global

Vendor

Company

Okta Privileged Access

Okta

Tailscale SSH

Tailscale

Headquarters

Okta Privileged Access

San Francisco, California, USA

Tailscale SSH

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company size

Okta Privileged Access

6,000+

Tailscale SSH

201-500

Founded

Okta Privileged Access

2009

Tailscale SSH

2019