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Twingate

Score9.1 out of 10

8 Reviews and Ratings

What is Twingate?

Twingate allows businesses to secure remote access to their private applications, data, and environments, whether they are on-premise or in the cloud. Built to make the lives of DevOps teams, IT teams, and end users easier, it replaces outdated corporate VPNs which were not built to handle a world in which "work from anywhere" and cloud-based assets are increasingly the norm.


Twingate’s modern zero trust-based approach to securing remote access focuses on improving security, usability, and maintainability. Distinguishing benefits and features of Twingate include:

  • Software-only solution deploys in minutes without requiring changes to existing infrastructure.
  • Enables least privilege access at the application level, not the broader network level.
  • Centralized management and logging provides control and visibility over the entire enterprise network.
  • Scale up to support more users and resources without worrying about network segmentation or buying new hardware.
  • User connectivity is improved due to split tunneling, no backhauling, and an intelligent client agent that handles authorization and routing activities.
  • Client agents are always on and do not require user interaction.

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Why we left our corporate VPN for Twingate

Pros

  • Eliminates public attack surfaces
  • Granular least-privilege access
  • Fast & Reliable - our international teams have a much faster connection between their machines and our network resources, esp. on the ones on the cloud
  • Easy to deploy & manage - we were able to convert the entire organization to use Twingate in 24hrs

Cons

  • The solution doesn't have access control to servers at the port level (yet)

Return on Investment

  • Directly, we were able to save costs ($70k annually) vs our VPN solution.
  • Indirectly, much better bandwidth between remote workstations and corporate/cloud resources are much faster; improved security posture - we haven't calculated the ROI yet.

Usability

Access management for cloud-based resources

Pros

  • Easy access management for cloud resources, better security than VPN or IP allow lists
  • 2FA via Google Login or OKTA
  • Easy to onboard external team members (contractors, partners, clients, etc)
  • Was easily approved by my partner security teams to use alongside their VPN client with no conflicts.
  • Zero-trust security is a must-have feature these days!
  • You pay for User, not Client or Resources--easy to roll out to all devices used by your users.
  • No more hassle of maintaining IP allow lists for WFH/remote teams

Cons

  • The Linux client was only recently released, so it took a while for my entire engineering team to get on-boarded. Twingate's customer support has been great, and they expedited Linux support based on our feedback.

Return on Investment

  • Better security
  • No more hassle of maintaining IP allow lists for WFH/remote teams
  • Easy Access Management
  • Was easily approved by my partner security teams to use alongside their VPN client with no conflicts.

Best access solution for WFH and remote teams

Pros

  • Super convenient to install and use
  • Excellent customer support
  • Easy access management, and top-notch security

Cons

  • Windows installation had a small glitch, customer support helped quickly resolve the issue

Return on Investment

  • The ROI has been immediate especially since we are all working remotely during the COVID-19 situation.