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Teitunnel vs Tailscale Funnel
Teitunnel and Tailscale Funnel compared — ports, custom domains, logins, inspection and bandwidth — and when each fits.
Tailscale Funnel makes a service on a Tailscale device reachable from the public internet
at a ts.net name. It's part of Tailscale, so it's a natural choice when your devices are
already on a tailnet. Teitunnel is an app for Cloudflare Tunnel, reachable at a random
address or on your own domain.
| Teitunnel | Tailscale Funnel | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | free, open source | on every Tailscale plan |
| Names | random trycloudflare.com, or any name on your domain | *.ts.net names in your tailnet only |
| Public ports | 443 (HTTPS); TCP services through Cloudflare | 443, 8443 and 10000 |
| Bandwidth | no cap on tunnel traffic | "non-configurable bandwidth limits" |
| Set up | the app, or a Cloudflare account for your own domain | Tailscale 1.38.3+, MagicDNS, HTTPS certificates, a funnel attribute in the policy file |
| Logins for visitors | Cloudflare Access, free up to 50 users | none: Funnel is public; Tailscale Serve keeps it private to the tailnet |
| Inspect and replay | the inspector | no |
| Desktop app | macOS, Windows, Linux | Tailscale's app; Funnel is set up from the CLI |
Checked 2026-09-26
From Tailscale Funnel's documentation. Tailscale's pages are the final word.
When Funnel fits better
- Your devices are on a tailnet already, and a
ts.netname is fine. - You want one tool for private access (Serve) and the occasional public share (Funnel).
When Teitunnel fits better
- You want your own domain, or several names for one computer.
- Visitors should sign in, or machines should pass with a service token.
- You want to see and replay requests, share a folder, or keep a static copy online while the computer is off.
Both can run on the same computer: a Funnel on one port and a Teitunnel route on another.
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