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Tailscale

Cybersecurity & Identity Management tailscale.com

Tailscale provides a secure and seamless networking solution for businesses, allowing users to easily connect to their resources from anywhere.

Entry price

Standard · /mo

Plans tracked

2 add-ons

Pricing changes

Latest Q2 '26

Pricing model

Subscription

Free tier available

Pricing Change History

9 changes

20269 changes

Jul 4, 2026

Improvement

Quarterly

Tailscale ditches MAU pricing for seats, hikes Standard to $8/user/month

Added new 'Aperture' AI governance section and 'Platform extensions' (PAM, CI/CD, Workload, Edge & IoT connectivity at scale); SCIM provisioning moved from Enterprise-only to included in Standard plan. Restructured billing from monthly-active-user (MAU) to seat-based pricing; Starter renamed to Standard with per-user price up $6 to $8/month; new tagged-resource add-on at $1/month each beyond 50 free.

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May 18, 2026

Improvement

Weekly

Tailscale clarifies Personal plan: 50 tagged resources to start

Personal plan highlights updated to say 'Up to 50 tagged resources to start', adding 'to start' to clarify this is the baseline included amount before purchasing the new tagged resources add-on.

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Apr 13, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Tailscale Doubles Free Plan to 6 Users, Absorbs $5 Personal Plus Tier

Pricing page headline changed from 'Plans that work for everyone' to 'Plans that work for engineers, IT, security, and home users.' — reflecting shift toward technical/professional audience targeting.

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Jan 12, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Tailscale Updates Trial Messaging to 'First Two Weeks Free' for Personal Plus, Starter, and Premium Plans

Trial messaging updated from 'No credit card required' to 'First two weeks free' for Personal Plus, Starter, and Premium plans

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Jan 12, 2026

Improvement

Quarterly

Tailscale Introduces Custom Pricing for Enterprise Plan Device Limits and Add-On Devices

Enterprise plan auditing support expanded to include Tailscale Kubernetes Operator recording (in addition to Tailscale SSH recording) Enterprise plan add-on device pricing changed from '$0.50 each' to 'Custom based on use case'

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Jan 12, 2026

Improvement

Quarterly

Tailscale Introduces Just-in-Time Access API for Enhanced Security and Temporary Elevated Access to Resources

Just-in-time Access API feature added - provides temporary, time-bound, and audited elevated access to resources using the API or integrations with Slack and GitHub Actions

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Jan 12, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Tailscale Introduces Free Personal Plan for Individuals, Restructures Pricing for Clarity

Personal plan added - free plan for individuals (up to 3 users, 100 devices) Pricing page reorganized with Personal/Business tabs - separated personal use plans from business plans

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Jan 12, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Tailscale Removes GitOps for ACLs from Premium Plan, Impacting Advanced Access Control Features

GitOps for ACLs removed from Premium plan features

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Jan 12, 2026

Improvement

Quarterly

Tailscale Simplifies SSO for Premium, Starter, and Personal Plans to Support Any IdP

Premium plan SSO simplified from 'SSO with advanced IdP' to 'SSO with any IdP' Starter and Personal plans SSO expanded from 'SSO with standard IdP' to 'SSO with any IdP'

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