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Tailscale Demo - Admin Console - Access Control Management
Tailscale's admin console allows administrators to configure and manage ACLs (Access Control Lists) easily. The intuitive UI enables secure policy editing, previewing changes, and defining user groups and permissions for seamless network access control.
Tailscale Demo - Admin Console - Machines Overview
Get a centralized view of all devices connected to your Tailscale network. The Machines tab provides real-time connectivity status, IP addresses, OS versions, and SSH access control, ensuring efficient device management.
Tailscale Demo - Admin Console - User Management
Manage your organization's users effortlessly with Tailscale's admin console. Assign roles, monitor last-seen status, and enforce security policies to ensure secure and organized access control within your tailnet.
Tailscale Demo - Native Apps - iOS and Android
Stay connected securely on the go with Tailscale’s mobile apps for iOS and Android. Easily log in, view connected devices, and enable exit nodes to route traffic through your tailnet for enhanced security and privacy.
Tailscale Demo - Native Apps - macOS
Tailscale's macOS app integrates seamlessly into the menu bar, offering quick access to your private network. Connect instantly, manage exit nodes, and access remote devices securely from your Mac.
Tailscale Demo - Native Apps - Windows
Tailscale’s Windows app provides a streamlined way to connect to your private network. With an intuitive system tray interface, users can quickly manage their connections, access devices, and configure exit nodes.
How to get started with Tailscale in under 10 minutes.
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How to get started with Tailscale in under 10 minutes.
Tailscale Exit Nodes.
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Tailscale Exit Nodes.
Explanation of Tailscale Serve and Tailscale Funnel.
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Explanation of Tailscale Serve and Tailscale Funnel.
An introduction to Tailscale ACLs. We'll discuss ACL tags, ACL tests, and much more.
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An introduction to Tailscale ACLs. We'll discuss ACL tags, ACL tests, and much more.
An explanation of Tailscale SSH. We'll discuss ACL tags, web console access and more.
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An explanation of Tailscale SSH. We'll discuss ACL tags, web console access and more.
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Swet S.
SS
Salesforce
Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Effortless Remote Access for Home Networks"
What do you like best about Tailscale?

Being able to install it on my Mac mini (home server of sorts) and use the subnets to be able to access my routers, and generally act like Im at my house, while away. Also this works for my NAS, I can not remove any exposure to it from the internet, and allow only LAN access, which allows me to access it remotely with TS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tailscale?

Tailscale is good for small “home scale” networks. I find it very cumbersome for large scale networks (eg at production scale networks) where you have to want to do more advanced stuff like DNS routing, granular ACLs, etc. Some of it is technically possible with Tailscale but it is very cumbersome and doesn’t scale well. For personal use, I think netbird and zerotier to be functionally similar and different pros/cons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prajwal S.
PS
Cloud Solutions Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Streamlined Local VPN Setup, Needs Better Connectivity"
What do you like best about Tailscale?

I really like how Tailscale is simple to use. It’s straightforward with a Mac desktop, where you just plug in your credentials and the client's credentials, and you’re good to go. The software has simple installations and clear guides. The setup was really easy with the documentation provided, and everything went smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tailscale?

Sometimes it might be a blocker, I would say. You might be blocked out every now and then. For example, maybe they have some caches, so they keep your credentials locally for around forty-eight hours or seventy-two hours, so you might be logged out. Network isolation or something needs to be taken care of. That could be improved for better connectivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jim E M.
JM
Digital Marketing & Server Management
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Stupidly Simple Setup!"
What do you like best about Tailscale?

I thought that a WordPress installation was Stupidly Simple. I was ready to spend a few hours learning the TS (TailScale) dashboard and it's implementations. I think that I'm all of 15 minutes in and have 4 devices already connected.

For the devices such as my managed switch that don't have a way to add the TS client it's ridiculously east to sub net to it through one of my NAS's or PC. I can't seem to find anything negative to say about my experience so for. I'll be curious as time goes by to see if I'm ever connected to the DERP server. Great job TailScale team! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tailscale?

I can't seem to find any at this time to report. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David S.
DS
Client Product Specialist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Experience using TailScale"
What do you like best about Tailscale?

probably that is not that complicated to use, once you get the context its pretty straight forward Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tailscale?

probably the process of disconnecting, its always turned on and sometimes you do not need the VPN as youll probably be doing other tasks that do not require VPN Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kelvin Ngoc Nguyen L.
KL
Staff Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easier to use and easier to set up"
What do you like best about Tailscale?

It's fast, straightforward, and lightweight. Easy to implement as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tailscale?

Nothing comes to mind. It's very smooth so far in my team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David C.
DC
Devops Engennear
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best Tools for Multi-Cloud Network Integration"
What do you like best about Tailscale?

It scales effortlessly as your team or infrastructure grows. I also appreciate how powerful and flexible the access control policies are—you can define very granular permissions to suit almost any security need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tailscale?

Should improve a multi tailnet option to split environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
AC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easy to use VPN for humans and machines"
What do you like best about Tailscale?

Tailscale is incredibly easy to set up and in almost all cases just works. The ACLs allow fine grained control between users and devices, regardless of where they live on the network, which massively reduces the admin burden of maintaining IP lists and allows security teams audit who has access to what and apply the principle of least privilege.

The staff at Tailscale are very friendly and it's clear they want to build what their users want. The calls we have had with their teams have been very productive and it really feels like they value our feedback when deciding how to build features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tailscale?

A lot of Tailscale's features (e.g. magic DNS) are inherently tied to the tailnet DNS name, which can make integration with existing services more difficult. We'd love it if Tailscale integrated with our own domain name as this would make everything work transparently! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"It is just perfect a few clicks an you have your VPN network"
What do you like best about Tailscale?

Very easy to setup.

It is secure.

Works fast.

Is robust and secure

Service is lightning fast and resultive! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tailscale?

Nothing I can think about. Everything is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Perfect software, nice people"
What do you like best about Tailscale?

I can ssh into my raspberry PIs, or any other server, from any of my devices, and it's safe and simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tailscale?

Minor nit: I wish they would alias admin.tailscale.com to https://login.tailscale.com/admin/machines Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nick D.
ND
Control Systems Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Secure and easy to use"
What do you like best about Tailscale?

Deploying and configuring tailscale on remote stations is quick and simple. The system is very reliable, works exactly as needed and the connection is quick and allows realtime data monitoring from remote sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tailscale?

Convenience features like grouping systems and preventing certain specific stations from seeing eachother exist but are more complex than it should be to set up Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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