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Product	Tailscale SSH by Tailscale View product	HashiCorp Boundary by HashiCorp View product
Overview
What it is	Tailscale SSH helps teams with audit compliance. Explore features like MFA check-ins and keyless SSH access, cloud deployment and the closest ZTNA competitors.	Looking for Zero Trust software? HashiCorp Boundary by HashiCorp provides session recording and service discovery for Secure Access. Compare features and alternatives.
Product type	Identity-Aware Zero Trust SSH Access Solution	Zero Trust Identity-Based Infrastructure Access Gateway
Best for	Technology, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Financial Services, Healthcare, Software Development	DevOps, Cloud Engineering, FinTech, Enterprise IT, SaaS
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud Control Plane / Mesh; Embedded in Tailscale client	Software; Cloud (HCP); Linux; Docker; Open-source software; HCP cloud managed; Self-hosted Linux
Data residency	Metadata in cloud; traffic peer-to-peer	Self-Hosted / HCP Cloud (US, EU, Global)
Key features
What it offers	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	Zero trust infrastructure access Identity-based proxying Vault dynamic credential injection Session recording Service discovery SSH Security Zero Trust Secure Access
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 serversmacOSDeveloper workstations	LinuxKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPDatabasesSSH+1 more
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Tailscale ACLsOktaMicrosoft Entra IDGoogle Workspace	HashiCorp VaultTerraformConsulOktaEntra IDAWSKubernetes
Industries	TechnologyDevOpsCloud InfrastructureFinancial ServicesHealthcareSoftware Development	DevOpsCloud EngineeringFinTechEnterprise ITSaaS
Regions	Global	GlobalUSEU
Vendor
Company	Tailscale	HashiCorp
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	201-500	250,000+ (parent: IBM)
Founded	2019	2012

Tailscale SSH

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HashiCorp Boundary

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Overview

What it is

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.

HashiCorp Boundary

Looking for Zero Trust software? HashiCorp Boundary by HashiCorp provides session recording and service discovery for Secure Access. Compare features and alternatives.

Product type

Tailscale SSH

Identity-Aware Zero Trust SSH Access Solution

HashiCorp Boundary

Zero Trust Identity-Based Infrastructure Access Gateway

Best for

Tailscale SSH

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

HashiCorp Boundary

DevOps, Cloud Engineering, FinTech, Enterprise IT, SaaS

Pricing

Pricing model

Tailscale SSH

Contact Vendor

HashiCorp Boundary

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Tailscale SSH

HashiCorp Boundary

Deployment

Deployment options

Tailscale SSH

Cloud

HashiCorp Boundary

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Tailscale SSH

Cloud Control Plane / Mesh; Embedded in Tailscale client

HashiCorp Boundary

Software; Cloud (HCP); Linux; Docker; Open-source software; HCP cloud managed; Self-hosted Linux

Data residency

Tailscale SSH

Metadata in cloud; traffic peer-to-peer

HashiCorp Boundary

Self-Hosted / HCP Cloud (US, EU, Global)

Key features

What it offers

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

HashiCorp Boundary

Zero trust infrastructure access
Identity-based proxying
Vault dynamic credential injection
Session recording
Service discovery
SSH Security
Zero Trust
Secure Access

Platform & access

API access

Tailscale SSH

HashiCorp Boundary

Single sign-on (SSO)

Tailscale SSH

HashiCorp Boundary

Role-based access (RBAC)

Tailscale SSH

HashiCorp Boundary

Multi-tenant

Tailscale SSH

HashiCorp Boundary

Mobile app

Tailscale SSH

HashiCorp Boundary

Supported platforms

Tailscale SSH

Linux serversmacOSDeveloper workstations

HashiCorp Boundary

LinuxKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPDatabasesSSH+1 more

Compliance

Tailscale SSH

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR

HashiCorp Boundary

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Tailscale SSH

Tailscale ACLsOktaMicrosoft Entra IDGoogle Workspace

HashiCorp Boundary

HashiCorp VaultTerraformConsulOktaEntra IDAWSKubernetes

Industries

Tailscale SSH

TechnologyDevOpsCloud InfrastructureFinancial ServicesHealthcareSoftware Development

HashiCorp Boundary

DevOpsCloud EngineeringFinTechEnterprise ITSaaS

Regions

Tailscale SSH

Global

HashiCorp Boundary

GlobalUSEU

Vendor

Company

Tailscale SSH

Tailscale

HashiCorp Boundary

HashiCorp

Headquarters

Tailscale SSH

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

HashiCorp Boundary

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

Tailscale SSH

201-500

HashiCorp Boundary

250,000+ (parent: IBM)

Founded

Tailscale SSH

2019

HashiCorp Boundary

2012