Tailscale ditches MAU pricing for seats, hikes Standard to $8/user/month
What happened
Between the Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026 captures of Tailscale's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Device limits changed from capped (100 + per-user allotment) to Unlimited across all plans; new ACL Groups (3/10/300/Custom) and tagged/ephemeral resource metrics introduced; 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. Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit increase, feature added, 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.
It lands 47 days after Tailscale's previous change, "Tailscale clarifies Personal plan: 50 tagged resources to start" (May 18, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Tailscale Doubles Free Plan to 6 Users, Absorbs $5 Personal Plus Tier" (Apr 13, 2026). Tailscale has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Google Cloud also changed their Cybersecurity & Identity Management pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- All plans · LimitLimit increase
Device limits changed from capped (100 + per-user allotment) to Unlimited across all plans; new ACL Groups (3/10/300/Custom) and tagged/ephemeral resource metrics introduced.
- Enterprise, Standard · FeatureChangedEnterprise-onlyincluded
- Starter, Standard · Packaging+33%$6$8/month
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All plans | Limit | Device limits changed from capped (100 + per-user allotment) to Unlimited across all plans; new ACL Groups (3/10/300/Custom) and tagged/ephemeral resource metrics introduced. | Limit increase | |
| Enterprise, Standard | Feature | Enterprise-only | included | Changed |
| Starter, Standard | Packaging | $6 | $8/month | +33% |
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 Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where "Enterprise-only" becomes "included".
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Tailscale, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 15, 2026packagingTailscale drops Premium support, launches SLA-backed Silver, Gold, Platinum t...
- Oct 12, 2026improvedTailscale adds Custom tailnet subdomains to Enterprise plan
- Jul 4, 2026improvedTailscale ditches MAU pricing for seats, hikes Standard to $8/user/month · this change
- May 18, 2026improvedTailscale clarifies Personal plan: 50 tagged resources to start
- Apr 13, 2026packagingTailscale Doubles Free Plan to 6 Users, Absorbs $5 Personal Plus Tier
Across Cybersecurity & Identity Management in the same window
All Cybersecurity & Identity Management changesQuestions about this change
Did Tailscale raise prices in June 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit increase, feature added, package change.
What changed on Tailscale's pricing page between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026?
Device limits changed from capped (100 + per-user allotment) to Unlimited across all plans; new ACL Groups (3/10/300/Custom) and tagged/ephemeral resource metrics introduced; Enterprise, Standard feature: Enterprise-only → included, changed; Starter, Standard packaging: $6 → $8/month (+33%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Tailscale change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 2 other pricing-page changes for Tailscale in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Tailscale clarifies Personal plan: 50 tagged resources to start" on May 18, 2026; Tailscale has been tracked since 2024-10-01.