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Tailscale
Tailscale Inc. is a software company based in Toronto, Ontario. Tailscale develops an open-source software-defined mesh virtual private network (VPN) and a web-based management service. The company provides a zero config VPN as a service under the same name.
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Tailscale at a glance
Tailscale is a cybersecurity company, founded in 2019. Xcout recorded 172 job postings from Tailscale in the last 90 days, naming tools such as CyberArk, Jira, GitHub.
Hiring at Tailscale
Xcout recorded 172 job postings from Tailscale in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since July 2026.
Tools named in Tailscale's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it — see Tailscale's hiring signals →
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 100 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 380 scale-up technology companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Tailscale’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
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Tech stack
Tailscale competitors
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NetBird GmbH is a computer and network security company founded in 2021 that provides an open-source, zero-trust VPN alternative with integrated OpenID and MFA support. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, the company secures network management for thousands of teams worldwide.
Perimeter 81 is a Zero Trust Network Access vendor providing secure cloud-based networking solutions for modern businesses.
Toggle Inc. develops and operates a private, high-speed, open-source VPN service designed for online security and internet privacy.
Pritunl develops an enterprise-grade, open-source distributed OpenVPN, WireGuard, and IPsec server platform providing secure remote access and VPC peering.
TouchVPN Inc. provides a virtual private network (VPN) service that secures internet connections, unblocks geo-restricted websites, and protects user data across multiple platforms.
Nettica provides a cloud-based virtual private network (VPN) service built on WireGuard technology that allows users to build and manage their own secure networks, relays, and tunnels. The platform serves individuals, remote employees, and enterprises by offering features such as role-based access control, DNS services, multi-cloud management, and NAT traversal.
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