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Product	Tailscale SSH by Tailscale View product	Teleport by Teleport 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.	What does Teleport do? It covers full session recording and short-lived certificates. See typical use cases, cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Product type	Identity-Aware Zero Trust SSH Access Solution	Zero Trust Cryptographic Infrastructure Access
Best for	Technology, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Financial Services, Healthcare, Software Development	DevOps, Engineering, Enterprise
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud Control Plane / Mesh; Embedded in Tailscale client	Software; Cloud SaaS; Linux; Software; Cloud SaaS; Linux
Data residency	Metadata in cloud; traffic peer-to-peer	Self-Hosted Linux / Cloud SaaS (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 SSH/RDP access Short-lived certificates Full session recording Privileged Access Zero Trust Secure Access SSH Security
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	Active DirectoryOktaGitHubAWSAzureGCPKubernetesSSH
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR	SOC 2 Type IIFedRAMP ModerateHIPAAISO 27001PCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Tailscale ACLsOktaMicrosoft Entra IDGoogle Workspace	Active DirectoryOktaGitHubAWS
Industries	TechnologyDevOpsCloud InfrastructureFinancial ServicesHealthcareSoftware Development	DevOpsEngineeringEnterprise
Regions	Global	GlobalUSEU
Vendor
Company	Tailscale	Teleport
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Oakland, California, USA
Company size	201-500	500+
Founded	2019	2015

Tailscale SSH

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Teleport

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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.

Teleport

What does Teleport do? It covers full session recording and short-lived certificates. See typical use cases, cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Product type

Tailscale SSH

Identity-Aware Zero Trust SSH Access Solution

Teleport

Zero Trust Cryptographic Infrastructure Access

Best for

Tailscale SSH

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

Teleport

DevOps, Engineering, Enterprise

Pricing

Pricing model

Tailscale SSH

Contact Vendor

Teleport

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Tailscale SSH

Teleport

Deployment

Deployment options

Tailscale SSH

Cloud

Teleport

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Tailscale SSH

Cloud Control Plane / Mesh; Embedded in Tailscale client

Teleport

Software; Cloud SaaS; Linux; Software; Cloud SaaS; Linux

Data residency

Tailscale SSH

Metadata in cloud; traffic peer-to-peer

Teleport

Self-Hosted Linux / Cloud SaaS (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

Teleport

Zero trust infrastructure access
Identity-based SSH/RDP access
Short-lived certificates
Full session recording
Privileged Access
Zero Trust
Secure Access
SSH Security

Platform & access

API access

Tailscale SSH

Teleport

Single sign-on (SSO)

Tailscale SSH

Teleport

Role-based access (RBAC)

Tailscale SSH

Teleport

Multi-tenant

Tailscale SSH

Teleport

Mobile app

Tailscale SSH

Teleport

Supported platforms

Tailscale SSH

Linux serversmacOSDeveloper workstations

Teleport

Active DirectoryOktaGitHubAWSAzureGCPKubernetesSSH

Compliance

Tailscale SSH

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR

Teleport

SOC 2 Type IIFedRAMP ModerateHIPAAISO 27001PCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Tailscale SSH

Tailscale ACLsOktaMicrosoft Entra IDGoogle Workspace

Teleport

Active DirectoryOktaGitHubAWS

Industries

Tailscale SSH

TechnologyDevOpsCloud InfrastructureFinancial ServicesHealthcareSoftware Development

Teleport

DevOpsEngineeringEnterprise

Regions

Tailscale SSH

Global

Teleport

GlobalUSEU

Vendor

Company

Tailscale SSH

Tailscale

Teleport

Headquarters

Tailscale SSH

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Teleport

Oakland, California, USA

Company size

Tailscale SSH

201-500

Teleport

500+

Founded

Tailscale SSH

2019

Teleport

2015