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inletsCloudflare Tunnel
Paid

Commercial product with flat-rate subscription pricing.

 Freemium

cloudflared is free and open source, and Cloudflare Tunnel is available on Cloudflare's…

Self-hosted, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • You run the tunnel server, so traffic stays under your control
  • HTTP and pure TCP tunnels without rate limits
  • No inbound ports opened; the daemon connects outbound to Cloudflare
  • Works behind carrier-grade NAT where port forwarding is impossible
  • Paid subscription required
  • Self-hosted mode needs a public VM to run the server
  • Requires a Cloudflare account and a domain on Cloudflare
  • Your traffic passes through Cloudflare, which is a dependency and a trust decision
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
Account needed Account needed
Not stated if it works offline Needs internet

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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