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Pomerium vs Nginx Proxy Manager: catalog facts
Pomerium	Nginx Proxy Manager
Freemium The open-source version is free to self-host, with paid commercial plans.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Clientless access with no VPN client to install Works with any OIDC identity provider	Certificates are requested and renewed without touching a config file Access lists put authentication in front of services that have none
Requires an existing identity provider Configuration assumes familiarity with reverse proxies and OIDC	Advanced Nginx configuration has to go into a custom snippet box Ships as a Docker image; there is no packaged install
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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