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Firezone vs headscale: catalog facts
Firezone	headscale
Freemium A free tier is available. Larger deployments require a paid plan.	Free Free and open source under a BSD 3-clause licence. The Tailscale clients it works with are…
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Per-resource access policies driven by your identity provider Gateways run next to your own resources, so traffic does not detour	Removes the dependency on Tailscale's hosted control server Works with the standard Tailscale clients on every platform
The control plane is hosted by the vendor; full self-hosting is not supported Paid tiers are required beyond the free plan's limits	Aimed at a single tailnet for self-hosters, not a multi-tenant deployment No graphical administration interface in the core project
Downloadable app, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: BSD-3-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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