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The best VPN Client alternative to Tailscale is OpenVPN Connect, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Tailscale and 12 are VPN Clients so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting VPN Client alternatives to Tailscale are WireGuard, Outline VPN, SoftEther VPN and WG Tunnel.

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  1. OpenVPN Connect icon

    OpenVPN Connect

     786 likes

    OpenVPN Connect provides flexible VPN solutions to secure your data communications, whether it's for Internet privacy, remote access for employees, securing IoT, or for networking Cloud data centers.

    63 OpenVPN Connect alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    OpenVPN Connect vs Tailscale Comments
    dess
    Negative
    5

    Tailscale is a VPN-based mes SDN, while OpenVPN is just VPN and nothing more.

    mzs_47
    1

    This uses the hub-spoke or centralized setup, now with decentralized VPNs using wireguard,there is no reason to continue with this.

    Persons
    Positive
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    Openvpn has a very different use case than tailscale. Tailscale is for multiple services and openvpn is used for 3 different services at ounce. Well tailscale is for multiple services at ounce.

    • OpenVPN Connect is Freemium and Open SourceTailscale is Freemium and Proprietary
    • OpenVPN Connect is Security-focused and LightweightTailscale is not according to our users
  2. WireGuard icon

    WireGuard

     280 likes

    Implements modern cryptographic standards, maintains a small codebase for security auditing, ensures fast cross-platform VPN performance, supports embedded and enterprise environments, offers easy deployment, IPv4/IPv6, secure key exchange, and mobile app support.

    64 WireGuard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenWrt
    • Alpine Linux
    • Slackware
    • Termux
    • OpenBSD
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    WireGuard vs Tailscale Comments
    dess
    Negative
    5

    Tailscale is a VPN-based mesh SDN (which relies on Wireguard as VPN tech), while Wireguard is just VPN and nothing more.

    ikaz
    2

    Tailscale is built on top of WireGuard.

    • WireGuard is Free and Open SourceTailscale is Freemium and Proprietary
    • WireGuard is LightweightTailscale is not according to our users
  4. Outline VPN icon

    Outline VPN

     39 likes

    Journalists need safe access to information to research issues, communicate with sources, and report the news. Outline lets news organizations easily provide their network safer access to the open internet.

    184 Outline VPN alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Homebrew
    • F-Droid
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    OpenVPN Connect icon
    OpenVPN Connect

    OpenVPN Connect provides flexible VPN solutions to secure your data communications, whether it's for Internet privacy, remote access for employees, securing IoT, or for networking Cloud data centers.

    https://openvpn.net
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  6. SoftEther VPN icon

    SoftEther VPN

     125 likes

    SoftEther VPN ("SoftEther" means "Software Ethernet") is one of the world's most powerful and easy-to-use multi-protocol VPN software. It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, FreeBSD and Solaris.

    60 SoftEther VPN alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. WG Tunnel icon

    WG Tunnel

     16 likes

    This is an alternative Android Application for WireGuard and Amnezia VPN with added features. Built using the wireguard-android library and Jetpack Compose, this application was inspired by the...

    62 WG Tunnel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    Home
     
  9. Amnezia VPN icon

    Amnezia VPN

     21 likes

    Combines classic VPN, free regional access, and easy self-hosted setup inside one open-source app. Built for censorship-heavy environments, it uses an enhanced WireGuard protocol, supports many platforms, offers region switching, and passed 7ASecurity audits.

    72 Amnezia VPN alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Tinc VPN icon

    Tinc VPN

     28 likes

    tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and encryption to create a secure private network between hosts on the Internet.

    54 Tinc VPN alternatives

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  11. Netmaker icon

    Netmaker

     11 likes

    Netmaker is a tool for creating and managing virtual networks. Netmaker consists of a server, an agent, and a UI. You spin up the Netmaker server and then install netclient (the agent) on your computers. Netmaker will do the rest.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  12. OnionHop icon

    OnionHop

     1 like

    V3 is a ground-up rebuild on a new cross-platform UI stack, with a much smarter connection engine and a far wider set of censorship-resistant transports.

    100 OnionHop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  13. TunnlTo icon

    TunnlTo

     3 likes

    TunnlTo is a Windows WireGuard VPN client built for split tunnelling.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. Anywherelan icon

    Anywherelan

     3 likes

    Anywherelan (awl for brevity) is a peer-to-peer mesh VPN for connecting your own devices to each other, at the IP level, from wherever they are. A laptop behind a NAT, a home server, an old phone — give each one a stable .

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
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  15. Netrinos icon

    Netrinos

     1 like

    A zero-configuration private network that lets you reach all your devices from anywhere, with no port forwarding, DDNS, or router changes.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    A list of all the system in your private network including their DNS names and status.
     
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