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Upgrade from Fortinet to Tailscale

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Why teams switch From Fortinet to Tailscale

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With Fortinet, a single misconfigured rule can expose internal services. Tailscale is private by default. No open ports or exposed gateways. 

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Tailscale connections are always-on. No dropped sessions, reauth prompts, or reconfiguring every time a device restarts.

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Get seamless multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-prem connectivity. Deploy in minutes and see how Tailscale just works.

Fortinet has a broader attack surface and higher risk

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FortiGate, as an inline device, broadens the attack surface by adding another target that attackers might try to exploit. FortiGate itself remains an internet-facing entry point and must be secured, while being a security chokepoint for both the control plane and data plane.

All traffic goes through a FortiGate access proxy, which also acts as an enforcer of access policies. In other words, the control plane and data plane both flow through FortiGate. Tailscale’s data plane doesn’t flow through a gateway—encrypted, direct connections form Tailscale’s mesh network.

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Stop manually exposing internal services, instead use Tailscale’s automatic peer-to-peer connections. It works across any cloud, data center, or home network. Instantly connect devices even behind NATs, firewalls, or CGNAT—all without constant maintenance of network appliances.

Who else is switching?

Tailscale is the secure connectivity tool of choice for thousands of organizations, from ambitious startups to major enterprises, including Fortune 100 companies. There's a reason why they choose Tailscale to accelerate their growth without sacrificing security.


Pricing that works for everyone

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For individuals who want to securely connect personal devices, for free.

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Starter

For small teams seeking an easy-to-use and quick-to-deploy secure network access solution.

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For growing teams seeking advanced service/resource-level networking and identity-aware access controls.

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For organizations seeking advanced user and posture management, robust compliance, and dedicated support.


Frequently asked questions

Over 10,000 Engineering & IT teams use Tailscale’s networking software to secure their work from anywhere, reduce developer disruption, and protect critical infrastructure. Want to learn more? Read our frequently asked questions, or talk to a member of our team.

By using Tailscale with WireGuard, you can replace all these traditional site-to-site configurations with a secure, high-performance mesh network. This combination ensures a level of security that you can trust.

To get started, configure a Tailscale subnet router in each location. Tailscale handles all the key management and routing necessary to create a multi-site mesh network automatically.

Need more support? Our Solutions Engineering team can provide onboarding sessions for a seamless transition. Get in touch with our team today.

If you’re stuck in an annual contract, no problem. Reach out to our team with a copy of your current contract and get Tailscale for free until your current contract expires, for up to 6 months.

Tailscale has completed a SOC 2 Type II audit covering AICPA’s trust services criteria for security, availability, and confidentiality.

As Tailscale does not store customer data, only metadata, Tailscale doesn’t have any services in scope for HIPAA or PCI. US-based healthcare customers do not need and Tailscale does not execute business associate agreements (BAAs) with our US-based healthcare clients.

Tailscale can be a supporting safeguard for your HIPAA-compliant system to provide integrity and encryption for electronic protected health information transmitted over an electronic communications network.

Tailscale does not store credit card information and instead uses Stripe to securely process transactions.

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