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Product	Teleport by Teleport View product	Tailscale SSH by Tailscale View product
Overview
What it is	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.	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	Zero Trust Cryptographic Infrastructure Access	Identity-Aware Zero Trust SSH Access Solution
Best for	DevOps, Engineering, Enterprise	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	Software; Cloud SaaS; Linux; Software; Cloud SaaS; Linux	Cloud Control Plane / Mesh; Embedded in Tailscale client
Data residency	Self-Hosted Linux / Cloud SaaS (US, EU, Global)	Metadata in cloud; traffic peer-to-peer
Key features
What it offers	Zero trust infrastructure access Identity-based SSH/RDP access Short-lived certificates Full session recording Privileged Access Zero Trust Secure Access SSH Security	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	Active DirectoryOktaGitHubAWSAzureGCPKubernetesSSH	Linux serversmacOSDeveloper workstations
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIFedRAMP ModerateHIPAAISO 27001PCI-DSS	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Active DirectoryOktaGitHubAWS	Tailscale ACLsOktaMicrosoft Entra IDGoogle Workspace
Industries	DevOpsEngineeringEnterprise	TechnologyDevOpsCloud InfrastructureFinancial ServicesHealthcareSoftware Development
Regions	GlobalUSEU	Global
Vendor
Company	Teleport	Tailscale
Headquarters	Oakland, California, USA	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Company size	500+	201-500
Founded	2015	2019

Teleport

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Tailscale SSH

by Tailscale

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Overview

What it is

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.

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

Teleport

Zero Trust Cryptographic Infrastructure Access

Tailscale SSH

Identity-Aware Zero Trust SSH Access Solution

Best for

Teleport

DevOps, Engineering, Enterprise

Tailscale SSH

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

Pricing

Pricing model

Teleport

Contact Vendor

Tailscale SSH

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Teleport

Tailscale SSH

Deployment

Deployment options

Teleport

SaaSCloud

Tailscale SSH

Cloud

Deployment details

Teleport

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

Tailscale SSH

Cloud Control Plane / Mesh; Embedded in Tailscale client

Data residency

Teleport

Self-Hosted Linux / Cloud SaaS (US, EU, Global)

Tailscale SSH

Metadata in cloud; traffic peer-to-peer

Key features

What it offers

Teleport

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

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

Teleport

Tailscale SSH

Single sign-on (SSO)

Teleport

Tailscale SSH

Role-based access (RBAC)

Teleport

Tailscale SSH

Multi-tenant

Teleport

Tailscale SSH

Mobile app

Teleport

Tailscale SSH

Supported platforms

Teleport

Active DirectoryOktaGitHubAWSAzureGCPKubernetesSSH

Tailscale SSH

Linux serversmacOSDeveloper workstations

Compliance

Teleport

SOC 2 Type IIFedRAMP ModerateHIPAAISO 27001PCI-DSS

Tailscale SSH

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Teleport

Active DirectoryOktaGitHubAWS

Tailscale SSH

Tailscale ACLsOktaMicrosoft Entra IDGoogle Workspace

Industries

Teleport

DevOpsEngineeringEnterprise

Tailscale SSH

TechnologyDevOpsCloud InfrastructureFinancial ServicesHealthcareSoftware Development

Regions

Teleport

GlobalUSEU

Tailscale SSH

Global

Vendor

Company

Teleport

Tailscale SSH

Tailscale

Headquarters

Teleport

Oakland, California, USA

Tailscale SSH

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company size

Teleport

500+

Tailscale SSH

201-500

Founded

Teleport

2015

Tailscale SSH

2019