VPN for a small team, WireGuard or Tailscale?
Both are modern, fast VPN options. WireGuard is the open standard you self-host, Tailscale is a commercial service on top of WireGuard that abstracts config away. For a small team without a network engineer, Tailscale ships faster.
Try this first
- 1WireGuard: self-host on a Linux VPS or a firewall (PfSense, OPNsense, MikroTik). Free software, you manage configs, keys, peer routes. Fine for network-savvy people.
- 2Tailscale: account, app on each laptop, peer discovery via your SSO (Microsoft 365, Google, GitHub). Free up to 3 users (check current limits on tailscale.com), paid per user per month above. Keys are managed for you.
- 3For a small team (3-15): Tailscale runs in 30 minutes, WireGuard takes half a day the first time. Tailscale pricing is reasonable for SMB.
- 4For a team with a network-skilled IT person and on-prem firewall: WireGuard via PfSense/OPNsense is free and gives full control.
- 5Both can coexist: Tailscale for laptop remote access, WireGuard for gateway VPN into a specific office subnet.
When to bring us in
Tailscale ACL config for a team with customer data or compliance constraints we write often, scoped per user and device posture. Ask us.
See also
- Wi-Fi drops randomly across the officeFirst rule out whether it is the access points or the internet connection itself. Different fix.
- One room or corner has no or bad Wi-FiNot always "add another AP"; often one is poorly positioned, or there is a metal wall in the way.
- Internet is suddenly slow for everyoneThree suspects: your provider, a colleague soaking the line, or a backup or update kicking in unexpectedly.
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