# Twingate review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Zero trust network access to replace a company VPN Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Twingate is a zero trust network access service that lets staff reach private apps, servers and cloud networks without a traditional VPN. Admins define resources and who may reach them, and client apps connect users directly to those resources. It ships apps for desktop, mobile and Chrome. - **Category:** Remote Desktop - **Made by:** Twingate (since 2019) - **Website:** https://www.twingate.com - **Runs on:** Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you grow past 5 users, as the free Starter plan stops there. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Twingate has a free plan, and paid plans start at $5 per user / month (page's yearly view; monthly not shown). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Starter plan: free for up to 5 users and 50 resources, with conditional access controls and split tunneling. - **Free trial:** 14-day trial on Home, Teams and Business. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $0 | Up to 5 users and 50 resources, with peer-to-peer connections, split tunneling and conditional access. | | Home | $15 per month for up to 7 users | For homelabs, adds service accounts, exit networks and device posture checks. Non-commercial use only. | | Teams | $5 per user / month (page's yearly view; monthly not shown) | Up to 100 users, SSO via Google Workspace, SaaS app gating and automated least-privilege policies. | | Business | $10 per user / month (page's yearly view; monthly not shown) | Up to 500 users, IdP provisioning, SSO via Okta or Entra ID, endpoint integrations and just-in-time access. | | Enterprise | Custom | Custom account sizes, custom MSA and SLAs, invoice payment, geoblocking and static IPs. Sold through sales. | Read from https://www.twingate.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Twingate before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **15% off with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page labels yearly billing on Teams and Business as 15% off. Source: https://www.twingate.com/pricing ## Key features - **VPN replacement:** Staff reach office networks, cloud VPCs and other private resources through Twingate clients instead of a VPN gateway. - **Least-privilege access rules:** Access is granted per resource and per user or group, and the Teams plan adds automated least-privilege policies. - **Device and identity checks:** Conditional access is on every plan, with native device posture checks and endpoint integrations on higher plans. - **Identity provider sign-in:** Teams supports SSO through Google Workspace; Business adds Okta, Entra ID and automatic user provisioning from the IdP. - **Privileged access to infrastructure:** The Business plan lists privileged access for Kubernetes, SSH, databases and web apps, marked with an asterisk on the pricing page. - **Apps for most platforms:** The download page lists Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and a Chrome client. ## Good for - Teams retiring a legacy VPN for access to private resources - Small startups and homelabs: the free plan covers 5 users - Companies that sign in through Okta, Entra ID or Google Workspace ## Worth knowing - The free Starter plan stops at 5 users and 50 resources. - Teams is capped at 100 users and Business at 500; larger accounts need Enterprise through sales. - The Home plan is limited to non-commercial use. - Only one set of prices is shown; the monthly-billing prices behind the yearly view are not displayed. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Twingate is a zero trust access service meant to replace a company VPN, free for up to 5 users and 50 resources. Past that it caps at 100 users on Teams and 500 on Business, and only one set of prices is shown. - **Value for money: C.** Teams is $5 per user a month on the page's yearly view and Business is $10, inside the category's $2.78 to $18 range. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Starter is free for 5 users and 50 resources, with conditional access and split tunneling. A tiny team can stay on it. - **Features: B.** VPN replacement, least-privilege rules, device and identity checks and privileged access to infrastructure cover the core of the job. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You deploy connectors, connect an identity provider and write access rules first. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Windows, macOS, Linux, iPhone, Android and a browser extension, with Okta, Entra ID, Google Workspace, Kubernetes and SSH. No full web console client is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Twingate's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among remote desktop apps - Twingate's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 49 of the 85 other remote desktop apps we grade, and level with 19. - It stands best on features (B, above 55 of 85) and worst on value for money (C, above 7). - Its paid plans start at $5 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8.33 for the category: 16 of the 44 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/remote-access ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Twingate you would be making servers in dozens of countries, kept fast and private. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $60 a year. - You could not: Servers in dozens of countries, kept fast and private. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace among them, and has an API. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, Kubernetes, SSH **Tags:** VPN, Public API ## Alternatives - [Tailscale](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tailscale): Private network that links your devices, servers and teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/tailscale-vs-twingate) - [NetBird](https://toolgpa.com/tools/netbird): Open-source zero trust networking built on WireGuard. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/netbird-vs-twingate) - [ZeroTier](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zerotier): Peer-to-peer virtual networks for devices, servers and sites. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/twingate-vs-zerotier) - [Zscaler Private Access](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zscaler-private-access): Zero trust access to private apps without a VPN. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/twingate-vs-zscaler-private-access) - [Teleport](https://toolgpa.com/tools/teleport): Identity-based access to servers, databases and Kubernetes. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/teleport-vs-twingate) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.twingate.com/pricing - https://www.twingate.com - https://www.twingate.com/download - https://www.twingate.com/about Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/twingate Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).