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inlets vs Pinggy: catalog facts
inlets	Pinggy
Paid Commercial product with flat-rate subscription pricing.	Freemium Free tunnels with changing URLs; Pinggy Pro adds persistent URLs, with a 7-day trial.
Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Command line
You run the tunnel server, so traffic stays under your control HTTP and pure TCP tunnels without rate limits	Works over plain SSH without installing a client Supports HTTP, TCP, UDP and TLS tunnels
Paid subscription required Self-hosted mode needs a public VM to run the server	Free tunnel URLs change on reconnect Hosted service only; not self-hostable
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Hosted service
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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