Tailscale Introduces Free Personal Plan for Individuals, Restructures Pricing for Clarity
What happened
Between the Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025 captures of Tailscale's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: 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. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new plan, package change) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 15, 2026) lists Standard at $8, Premium at $18, Mullvad at $5 and Add more tagged resources at $1.
Tailscale's previous recorded change was "Tailscale Removes GitOps for ACLs from Premium Plan, Impacting Advanced Access Control Features" (Q3 2024). Tailscale has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Openvpn and Aws also changed their Cybersecurity & Identity Management pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Personal · PlanAddedNo - free plan- free plan
- Personal · PackagingPackage change
Pricing page reorganized with Personal/Business tabs - separated personal use plans from business plans
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Plan | No - free plan | - free plan | Added |
| Personal | Packaging | Pricing page reorganized with Personal/Business tabs - separated personal use plans from business plans | Package change | |
Values as written on Tailscale's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Tailscale's pricing page (tailscale.com) from Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where - free plan now appears.
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Tailscale, the last 90 days
Full history- Jan 12, 2026packagingTailscale Updates Trial Messaging to 'First Two Weeks Free' for Personal Plus, Starter, and Premium Plans
- Q3 2025improvedTailscale Introduces Custom Pricing for Enterprise Plan Device Limits and Add-On Devices
- Q1 2025improvedTailscale Introduces Just-in-Time Access API for Enhanced Security and Temporary Elevated Access to Resources
- Q4 2024packagingTailscale Introduces Free Personal Plan for Individuals, Restructures Pricing for Clarity · this change
- Q3 2024packagingTailscale Removes GitOps for ACLs from Premium Plan, Impacting Advanced Access Control Features
Across Cybersecurity & Identity Management in the same window
All Cybersecurity & Identity Management changes- OpenvpnJan 12Openvpn Restructures Pricing Page to FAQ-Based Disclosure, Enhancing Clarity for Users
- AwsJan 11Aws Kendra Expands Free Tier to Include GenAI Enterprise Edition, Offering 750 Hours for First 30 Days
- OpenvpnJan 12Openvpn Introduces $200 Promotional Discount for New Customers on First Purchase
Questions about this change
Did Tailscale raise prices in January 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new plan, package change.
What changed on Tailscale's pricing page between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025?
Personal plan: No - free plan → - free plan, added; Pricing page reorganized with Personal/Business tabs - separated personal use plans from business plans. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Tailscale change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Tailscale in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Tailscale Removes GitOps for ACLs from Premium Plan, Impacting Advanced Access Control Features" in Q3 2024; Tailscale has been tracked since 2024-10-01.