Tailscale’s free plan is free because we keep our scaling costs low relative to typical SaaS companies. I know, it sounds too good to be true. Let’s see some details.
Goodbye SSO Tax: How Tailscale Made SSO Free for Everyone
Tailscale eliminates the SSO tax, making all OIDC-compliant SSO identity providers free across every plan. Learn why security shouldn’t be a luxury and how this change aligns with Tailscale’s mission to build a secure internet for everyone.
Open source at Tailscale · Tailscale
Read about Tailscale’s open source projects and commitment. Learn how Headscale helps Tailscale users.
Tailscale raises $160 Million (USD) Series C to build the New Internet
Tailscale has raised $160 million USD ($230 million CAD) in our Series C, led by Accel with participation from CRV, Insight Partners, Heavybit, Uncork Capital — and new investment from Anthony Casalena - CEO of Squarespace.
Tailscale Services
Securely connect to and manage access to your internal resources using Tailscale Services.
Tailscale Funnel
Securely route internet traffic to local services using Tailscale Funnel.
Digging into how Tailscale encrypts its state file on Windows, Apple, and Linux
Tailscale's latest version encrypts more data at rest, making it harder for attackers to potentially clone your nodes. Here's how it works.
Tailscale: How it works
Understand the entire Tailscale system, how it works, how we built it, and its benefits compared to legacy VPNs. Use this article as a guide to quickly build your own Tailscale replacement.
Why CrabNebula Cloud is now free: Tauri, the CRA, and our move to a foundation - CrabNebula
CrabNebula Cloud is now free. Here's how the EU Cyber Resilience Act, our role as a Tauri open-source steward, and our move to a foundation led to the decision.
We're making Tailscale faster
Tailscale performance updates reduce memory use, increase throughput, and speed startup with multi-queue, writev, and netmap caching.
Pricing
See exactly what you pay. No hidden fees, no traffic limits on fair usage. Flexible plans that scale with your business. Check rates »
SaaS Pricing Models & How They Affect Valuation
Even if people haven’t heard of software as a service (SaaS), chances are they have used one. That’s what makes SaaS such a powerhouse in the world of digital assets. The SaaS business model relies on recurring subscriptions for its income. Subscribers pay to essentially lease software that is hosted in the cloud. This means there are no […]
Why free stuff makes us irrational
When something is free, people feel a positive glow — and standard cost-benefit analyses go out the window.
Free for Developers
Developers and Open Source authors now have a massive amount of services offering free tiers, but it can be hard to find them all to make informed decisions.
Free for Developers
Developers and Open Source authors now have a massive amount of services offering free tiers, but it can be hard to find them all to make informed decisions.
This started up as a write-up for a cool hack I made (Atproto DID + Tailscale, coming soon 😎), but like many times before it started taking a life of its own, about how an integration of small scale networks is a more sustainable version of "internet scale" than large tech monopoly data centers.
Increasing lot sizes of our digital homes
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