# Inlets AI visibility in Developer Tunnels & Localhost Ingress

Canonical: https://devtune.ai/verticals/developer-tunnels-localhost-ingress/inlets

[Website](https://inlets.dev/)

Updated: 2026-10-20T19:59:26.101586+00:00
Prompts: 25
Runs: 6


## Platforms

- google-ai
- bing-copilot-search
- google-ai-mode
- perplexity
- chatgpt-search
- xai-search

Rank: 7
Total brands: 10
Measured responses: 150
Presence percent: 3.3333333333333335
Share of voice percent: 2.218430034129693
Average position: 22.384615384615383
Docs presence percent: 2
Blog presence percent: 0
Brand mention percent: 0


## Profile

Overview: Inlets is a cloud-native tunnel product developed by OpenFaaS Ltd, a UK-based company founded by Alex Ellis. Launched publicly in early 2019, it enables developers and platform teams to expose HTTP and TCP services from private networks—including those behind NAT, firewalls, and corporate proxies—without relying on shared SaaS infrastructure. Unlike managed tunnel services, Inlets runs on servers the user controls, eliminating vendor rate limits and data-privacy concerns. The product family includes inlets Pro for individual and small-team use, Inlets Uplink for Kubernetes-native multi-tenant customer connectivity, and Inlets Cloud for fully managed tunnels. Open-source tooling (inletsctl, inlets-operator) supports automated provisioning on major cloud providers and Kubernetes clusters. It is listed on the CNCF Landscape under Service Proxy.
Product summary: Inlets is a self-hosted HTTP and TCP tunnel platform that lets developers and infrastructure teams securely expose private services to the internet or connect distributed environments—without shared SaaS servers, rate limits, or VPN overhead. It is built natively for containers and Kubernetes.


### Key capabilities

- Self-hosted HTTP (L7) and TCP (L4) tunnels over TLS-encrypted websockets
- Works through NAT, CGNAT, firewalls, corporate HTTP proxies, and captive portals
- Inlets Uplink: Kubernetes-native multi-tenant control plane scaling to thousands of tunnels
- inletsctl: automated VM provisioning for tunnel servers across 8+ cloud providers
- inlets-operator: Kubernetes Operator providing public LoadBalancer IPs for private clusters
- No rate limits, connection throttling, or shared infrastructure
- Both remote forwarding (local → internet) and local forwarding (remote → localhost)
- Built-in Prometheus metrics and monitoring for tunnel health and throughput
- OAuth (GitHub, Google) and IP allowlist authentication for HTTP tunnels
- High-availability support: multiple tunnel client replicas and server redundancy patterns



### Target users

- Individual developers and homelab enthusiasts needing public endpoints without port-forwarding
- Developer advocates and demo engineers sharing live services in workshops or customer demos
- SaaS and ISV platform teams needing connectivity to private customer networks or on-prem deployments
- Platform and DevOps engineers running private or local Kubernetes clusters requiring LoadBalancer IPs
- IoT and edge device operators connecting remote hardware back to a central SaaS
- Small engineering teams seeking a self-hosted ngrok alternative with no rate limits



### Key use cases

- Receiving webhooks from Stripe, GitHub, Slack during local development
- Staging and preview environments with stable public URLs
- SaaS vendor connectivity to private customer on-premises networks or VPCs
- Kubernetes LoadBalancer ingress for local/private clusters (minikube, k3s, KinD)
- Hybrid cloud: tunneling legacy or on-prem services to public cloud workloads
- Homelab and bare-metal internet exposure without IPv4 or port-forwarding
- Remote SSH and RDP access to hosts behind NAT or firewalls
- Multi-cluster ArgoCD management without opening inbound firewall rules

Integrations ecosystem: inletsctl (MIT-licensed CLI) provisions exit-server VMs on DigitalOcean, Scaleway, Google Cloud, AWS EC2, Azure, Linode, Hetzner, and Vultr. The inlets-operator (MIT-licensed Kubernetes Operator) automates public LoadBalancer IPs for local clusters (minikube, k3s, KinD, kubeadm). Helm charts are provided for deploying inlets clients and servers in Kubernetes. Native integrations include Let's Encrypt (automatic TLS via HTTP01 ACME), Prometheus metrics (RED metrics for HTTP tunnels, connection counts for TCP tunnels), systemd for Linux service management, GitHub Actions for private deployment workflows, ArgoCD for multi-cluster GitOps, and Istio Gateway. Supports Docker Compose deployments and container images from ghcr.io.
Pricing summary: Three tiers are available on a monthly (no-commitment) or annual basis. Personal: $25/mo includes 5 tunnels for non-commercial personal/homelab use (no email support). Pro Commercial: $25/mo per tunnel for commercial use, includes email support and a free onboarding call. Inlets Uplink: $250/mo per Kubernetes cluster includes 10 tunnels; additional tunnels cost $25/mo each (volume pricing available). Annual subscriptions offer a reduced rate (~$20/mo equivalent for Personal). A static license for air-gapped environments is available on request. A 50% discount on the first month of Uplink is offered for evaluation via a work email contact.
Review summary: No formal scores on G2, Gartner Peer Insights, or Capterra were found for Inlets. Qualitative testimonials published on the inlets.dev website indicate positive adoption among developers for webhook testing, preview environments, and Kubernetes ingress, as well as SaaS teams using Uplink to reach private customer networks. Community sentiment on GitHub and developer blogs highlights appreciation for the no-rate-limit model, Kubernetes-native design, and local forwarding capability. Recurring friction points noted in community content include the need to manage exit-server VMs and the cost relative to free SaaS alternatives.
Competitive positioning: Inlets differentiates on a fully self-hosted data plane—unlike SaaS tunnels such as ngrok or Cloudflare Tunnel, all tunnel traffic passes through servers the customer owns or provisions, eliminating shared infrastructure, vendor rate-limits, and data-privacy concerns. It is purpose-built for Kubernetes and containers rather than retrofitted, supports both remote and local port forwarding, and offers Inlets Uplink as a Kubernetes-native multi-tenant control plane for SaaS vendors that need to reach private customer environments at scale. Compared to VPN tools such as Tailscale or WireGuard, Inlets connects specific services rather than entire host IP ranges, reducing attack surface without requiring tun devices, iptables, or NET_ADMIN privileges.
Limitations: Users must provision and manage their own exit-server VMs (or pay for cloud compute) unless using Inlets Cloud; this adds operational overhead compared to fully-managed SaaS tunnels. Gumroad-based licenses require internet connectivity to license servers to validate at runtime. Inlets uses TCP/WebSocket rather than UDP, so it does not achieve the raw throughput of WireGuard-based VPNs for high-bandwidth workloads. The product is developed and supported by a very small team (OpenFaaS Ltd, UK), which may limit enterprise support SLAs. Uplink requires a Kubernetes cluster to deploy the control plane, adding a prerequisite for SaaS use-cases. No free tier is available for commercial use.


### Source urls

- https://inlets.dev/
- https://inlets.dev/pricing/
- https://docs.inlets.dev/
- https://docs.inlets.dev/reference/faq/
- https://github.com/inlets
- https://github.com/inlets/inletsctl
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11076587
- https://blog.alexellis.io/2019-my-year-in-review-inlets/
- https://inlets.dev/blog/2023/02/22/tunnels-for-developer-advocates.html

Reviewed at: 2026-05-06T17:53:52.726+00:00


### Customer outcomes

| Customer | Summary | Metric |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Flatfile | Uses Inlets Pro to power staging environments and provide preview build URLs for development workflows. | Not available |
| Riskfuel | Uses Inlets to train machine learning models with millions of data points for clients over secure tunnels. | Not available |
| VSHN | Uses Inlets to connect customers' OpenShift clusters to their product where customer VPCs do not allow any incoming connections. | Not available |
| Sixgill | Uses Inlets Pro to provide secure service and support of their Sense AI Platform deployed through cloud marketplaces. | Not available |



### Reviews breakdown





### Review themes



#### Praised

- Self-hosted data plane with full data privacy
- No rate limits or connection throttling
- Purpose-built for Kubernetes and containers
- Works through NAT, firewalls, and corporate proxies
- Local forwarding as a kubectl port-forward replacement
- Fast setup via inletsctl automated VM provisioning
- Lightweight binary with low RAM footprint
- CNCF Landscape recognized



#### Criticized

- Requires managing and paying for exit-server VMs
- No free commercial tier
- Gumroad license requires internet connectivity at runtime
- Uplink requires a Kubernetes cluster prerequisite
- Small team limits enterprise support depth
- More operational complexity than fully-managed SaaS tunnels




### Company facts

Founded year: 2019
Hq: Peterborough, UK


#### Founders

- Alex Ellis

Employees range: 1-10
Total funding: Not available
Valuation: Not available
Arr: Not available
Customer count: Not available
Status: Private


Readiness: Not available


## Ranking

| Display name | Pair count | Total pairs | Presence percent | Avg position |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 70 | 150 | 46.666666666666664 | 17.18285714285714 |
| ngrok | 54 | 150 | 36 | 12.03076923076923 |
| Tailscale | 52 | 150 | 34.66666666666667 | 22.906976744186046 |
| Pinggy | 27 | 150 | 18 | 25.074626865671643 |
| LocalXpose | 18 | 150 | 12 | 20.96969696969697 |
| Teleport | 9 | 150 | 6 | 23.307692307692307 |
| Inlets | 5 | 150 | 3.3333333333333335 | 22.384615384615383 |
| NetFoundry | 5 | 150 | 3.3333333333333335 | 44 |
| NetBird | 2 | 150 | 1.3333333333333335 | 43.4 |
| PageKite | 0 | 150 | 0 | Not available |



## Platform breakdown

| Platform | Prompt count | Presence rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| google-ai | 0 | 0 |
| bing-copilot-search | 0 | 0 |
| google-ai-mode | 1 | 4 |
| perplexity | 0 | 0 |
| chatgpt-search | 2 | 8 |
| xai-search | 2 | 8 |



## Strengths

| Prompt text | Platform count | Avg position |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What are the most reliable tunneling platforms for production-grade ingress, not just dev testing? | 1 | 3 |



## Gaps

| Prompt text | Competitor presence count |
| --- | --- |
| Which localhost tunneling platforms support custom domains and persistent URLs across restarts? | 6 |
| Which localhost tunneling services have unlimited bandwidth on their paid tiers? | 5 |
| Which tunneling tools handle long-running production deployments without dropping connections? | 5 |
| Which tunneling tools have the best traffic inspection and request replay features for debugging webhooks? | 5 |
| What tunneling tools integrate with identity providers like Okta, Azure AD, or Google Workspace for SSO? | 5 |



## Topic scores

| Topic name | Prompt count | Cited prompt count |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability | 5 | 1 |
| Developer Experience | 5 | 0 |
| Integrations & Ecosystem | 5 | 1 |
| Performance & Reliability | 5 | 1 |
| Setup & First Run | 5 | 0 |



## Prompt results

- Prompt text: Which localhost tunneling services have unlimited bandwidth on their paid tiers?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Pinggy | 1 |
| LocalXpose | 2 |



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| LocalXpose | 2 |
| Pinggy | 3 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| LocalXpose | 2 |
| ngrok | 3 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Pinggy | 1 |
| ngrok | 6 |
| Cloudflare | 7 |
| NetFoundry | 10 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Pinggy | 1 |
| Tailscale | 14 |
| LocalXpose | 18 |
| Cloudflare | 26 |


- Prompt text: Which tunneling platforms can expose Kubernetes services without configuring a load balancer or ingress controller?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: 5
Xai-search: 34



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 3 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| ngrok | 3 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| ngrok | 2 |
| Tailscale | 3 |
| Inlets | 5 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 10 |
| ngrok | 16 |
| Inlets | 34 |
| Tailscale | 35 |


- Prompt text: Which tunneling tools handle long-running production deployments without dropping connections?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 2 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 3 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| ngrok | 4 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Tailscale | 3 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Pinggy | 2 |
| Tailscale | 4 |
| Cloudflare | 44 |


- Prompt text: What tunneling solutions integrate well with edge platforms or CDNs to combine tunneling with caching and WAF?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| Tailscale | 4 |
| ngrok | 42 |
| Pinggy | 46 |


- Prompt text: Which secure access platforms have the smoothest CLI experience for everyday developer workflows?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Teleport | 5 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Teleport | 2 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| Teleport | 3 |
| Cloudflare | 5 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Teleport | 2 |
| Tailscale | 3 |
| Cloudflare | 10 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 22 |
| Teleport | 28 |
| NetBird | 34 |
| Cloudflare | 39 |
| NetFoundry | 75 |


- Prompt text: Which tunneling solutions offer the lowest latency by leveraging a global edge network?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| ngrok | 2 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| Tailscale | 4 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 4 |
| ngrok | 7 |
| Tailscale | 12 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| LocalXpose | 36 |
| Cloudflare | 40 |
| Pinggy | 63 |
| Tailscale | 67 |


- Prompt text: What are the best zero-trust networking solutions that combine tunneling with identity-based access control?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 3 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| Tailscale | 4 |



##### Chatgpt-search





##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| NetBird | 33 |
| Tailscale | 38 |
| Cloudflare | 72 |


- Prompt text: What are the best tunnel solutions for teams that want to share local services with each other during development?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| NetFoundry | 4 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| ngrok | 2 |
| Cloudflare | 4 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| ngrok | 3 |
| Cloudflare | 5 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| LocalXpose | 5 |
| Pinggy | 12 |
| Cloudflare | 18 |
| NetFoundry | 54 |


- Prompt text: Which developer tunneling tools have the best CI/CD integrations for spinning up ephemeral preview environments per pull request?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 3 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 3 |
| Tailscale | 5 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 4 |
| Cloudflare | 7 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| ngrok | 12 |
| LocalXpose | 30 |
| Tailscale | 31 |


- Prompt text: What's the simplest way to expose a local webhook endpoint to a third-party service like Stripe or Twilio for testing?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| LocalXpose | 1 |
| ngrok | 3 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 2 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 5 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Pinggy | 2 |
| Tailscale | 6 |
| Cloudflare | 8 |
| LocalXpose | 9 |
| ngrok | 21 |


- Prompt text: What are the most reliable tunneling platforms for production-grade ingress, not just dev testing?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: 3
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| Inlets | 3 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| ngrok | 4 |
| Tailscale | 5 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| Tailscale | 4 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 6 |
| Cloudflare | 9 |
| Pinggy | 13 |
| Tailscale | 15 |
| LocalXpose | 18 |


- Prompt text: Which localhost tunneling platforms support custom domains and persistent URLs across restarts?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Pinggy | 1 |



##### Bing-copilot-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 3 |
| Pinggy | 4 |



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 3 |
| ngrok | 6 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| ngrok | 2 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 5 |
| Tailscale | 11 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| ngrok | 11 |
| Pinggy | 24 |
| LocalXpose | 37 |
| Tailscale | 38 |


- Prompt text: Which tunneling tools have the best traffic inspection and request replay features for debugging webhooks?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Pinggy | 2 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Pinggy | 2 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 2 |
| LocalXpose | 14 |
| Cloudflare | 30 |


- Prompt text: I need to share a demo of an app running on my laptop with a remote client — what are my options?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 3 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 26 |
| Pinggy | 28 |
| Tailscale | 34 |


- Prompt text: Which secure access tools provide identity-aware proxies for SSH, databases, and Kubernetes API access?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Teleport | 1 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Teleport | 2 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Teleport | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 34 |


- Prompt text: What tunneling tools integrate with identity providers like Okta, Azure AD, or Google Workspace for SSO?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 2 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 3 |
| ngrok | 6 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| ngrok | 3 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 3 |
| Teleport | 4 |
| ngrok | 8 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 21 |
| Tailscale | 31 |


- Prompt text: Which tunneling tools let me get a public HTTPS URL for my local dev server in under a minute?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| ngrok | 4 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| Pinggy | 3 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 12 |
| Pinggy | 13 |
| Cloudflare | 15 |
| ngrok | 58 |


- Prompt text: What tunneling tools work best for developers building integrations with external APIs that need to call back to localhost?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 3 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 2 |
| Tailscale | 6 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 8 |
| Pinggy | 9 |
| Tailscale | 10 |
| LocalXpose | 17 |


- Prompt text: What's the fastest way to expose a localhost server to the public internet for testing webhooks?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Pinggy | 6 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 2 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| ngrok | 7 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 6 |
| LocalXpose | 9 |
| Pinggy | 12 |
| Tailscale | 17 |
| ngrok | 35 |


- Prompt text: Which localhost tunneling solutions don't require me to install a binary or sign up for an account?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 5 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 3 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Pinggy | 3 |
| LocalXpose | 7 |
| Cloudflare | 30 |
| ngrok | 70 |


- Prompt text: What tools let me securely tunnel into a private network from anywhere without setting up a traditional VPN?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Pinggy | 4 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 3 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 3 |



##### Xai-search




- Prompt text: What secure access platforms scale best to hundreds of devices and thousands of users in a corporate network?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 7 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 9 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 34 |


- Prompt text: Which tunneling platforms have official Kubernetes operators or Helm charts for production ingress?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: 7
Xai-search: 42



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 3 |



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Tailscale | 3 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Tailscale | 3 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 3 |
| Tailscale | 4 |
| Inlets | 7 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| ngrok | 11 |
| Tailscale | 22 |
| Inlets | 42 |
| NetFoundry | 45 |
| Pinggy | 48 |


- Prompt text: Which secure access platforms work with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform for repeatable network setup?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| Tailscale | 4 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 5 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 35 |
| Tailscale | 63 |


- Prompt text: Which tunneling tools support TCP, UDP, and other non-HTTP protocols for game servers, MQTT, or databases?


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Pinggy | 5 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| LocalXpose | 1 |
| Pinggy | 2 |
| Cloudflare | 8 |



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| LocalXpose | 1 |
| Tailscale | 6 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 2 |
| Cloudflare | 3 |
| ngrok | 4 |



##### Xai-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 2 |
| Pinggy | 3 |
| LocalXpose | 14 |
| Tailscale | 17 |





## Top sources

| Url | Title | Domain | Logo url | Source vertical | Content type | Citation count | Last30d count |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| https://docs.inlets.dev/reference/inlets-operator/ | Inlets Operator | docs.inlets.dev | Not available | commercial | documentation | 3 | 3 |
| https://github.com/inlets/inlets-operator | GitHub - inlets/inlets-operator: Get public TCP LoadBalancers for local Kubernetes clusters | github.com | https://izgwnlozsmjmqjsnddmg.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/domain-logos/9dbab6f8-54b2-49a0-8181-89a0ed130318/979b9e43-50a8-4cc5-a118-f96736cc3b48/d6188a0ef1e8c5c44f6b7753ba44f74dbfff7c6f.png | commercial | discussion | 2 | 2 |
| https://docs.inlets.dev/ | Overview - Inlets | docs.inlets.dev | Not available | commercial | documentation | 2 | 2 |
| https://docs.inlets.dev/uplink/expose-tunnels/ | Expose tunnels publicly | docs.inlets.dev | Not available | commercial | documentation | 1 | 1 |
| https://docs.inlets.dev/uplink/private-tunnels/ | Access tunnels privately | docs.inlets.dev | Not available | commercial | documentation | 1 | 1 |
| https://docs.inlets.dev/uplink/installation/ | Installation | docs.inlets.dev | Not available | commercial | documentation | 1 | 1 |
| https://inlets.dev/ | Inlets – The Cloud Native Tunnel | inlets.dev | https://izgwnlozsmjmqjsnddmg.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/domain-logos/9dbab6f8-54b2-49a0-8181-89a0ed130318/979b9e43-50a8-4cc5-a118-f96736cc3b48/273510cb0a47f9644efbc1219d95210d39b6559c.png | commercial | blog_post | 1 | 1 |
| https://github.com/inlets/inlets-pro | inlets/inlets-pro: Secure HTTP and TCP tunnels that just work - GitHub | github.com | https://izgwnlozsmjmqjsnddmg.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/domain-logos/9dbab6f8-54b2-49a0-8181-89a0ed130318/979b9e43-50a8-4cc5-a118-f96736cc3b48/d6188a0ef1e8c5c44f6b7753ba44f74dbfff7c6f.png | commercial | discussion | 1 | 1 |



## Response excerpts

| Prompt text | Platform | Excerpt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Which tunneling platforms can expose Kubernetes services without configuring a load balancer or ingress controller? | chatgpt-search | Expose cluster workloads to your tailnet with IngressExpose a Kubernetes cluster workload to the public internet using Tailscale Funnel 4. inlets Useful for self-hosted tunnels and reverse-tunnel architectures. |
| Which tunneling platforms have official Kubernetes operators or Helm charts for production ingress? | chatgpt-search | ## 4. inlets Public TCP / HTTP ingress Official `inlets-operator` watches Kubernetes `LoadBalancer` Services, provisions public cloud VMs as tunnel endpoints, and assigns the resulting public IP to the Service. |
| What are the most reliable tunneling platforms for production-grade ingress, not just dev testing? | google-ai-mode | Inlets Pro (by Packet Fabric / Alex Ellis) * * Best For: Cloud-native Kubernetes control planes, private webhook handling, and hybrid cloud setups. |



## Competitor excerpts

| Platform | Competitor name | Excerpt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| google-ai | Pinggy | Pinggy — _Paid Plans_ * Custom Domains: Supported on the Pro tier. * Persistence: Persistent subdomains, custom domains, and permanent ports are available on paid plans (starting around $2.50–$3/month). |
| bing-copilot-search | Cloudflare | The tunneling platforms that support both custom domains and persistent URLs across restarts are primarily Cloudflare Tunnel, ngrok (paid tiers), Pinggy (paid), LocalXpose, and certain self-hosted/open-source options like frp or Inlets. Free tiers of... |
| google-ai-mode | Cloudflare | Cloudflare Tunnel (`cloudflared`) * * Persistent URLs & Custom Domains: Fully supported. |
| perplexity | Cloudflare | Cloudflare Tunnel — A named tunnel can use a stable hostname on a domain you own. |
| perplexity | ngrok | ngrok — Supports reserved ngrok domains and custom domains you own. Configure the domain once, then use it when starting the tunnel, so you don’t have to rely on a new random URL each time. |
| chatgpt-search | ngrok | ...nt URL \| Cost model \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| Cloudflare Tunnel \| Yes \| Yes, with a named tunnel \| Free core service \| \| ngrok \| Yes \| Yes, with a reserved or static domain \| Free tier and paid features \| \| localhost.run \| Yes \| Yes, with a custom-do... |
| bing-copilot-search | Pinggy | The localhost tunneling services that explicitly offer _unlimited bandwidth_ on their paid tiers are Pinggy and LocalXpose. Ngrok, by contrast, imposes usage-based limits even on paid plans.[Top 10 Ngrok alternatives in 2026 \| Pinggy Blog](ht... |
| bing-copilot-search | LocalXpose | The localhost tunneling services that explicitly offer _unlimited bandwidth_ on their paid tiers are Pinggy and LocalXpose. Ngrok, by contrast, imposes usage-based limits even on paid plans.[Top 10 Ngrok alternatives in 2026 \| Pinggy Blog](ht... |
| google-ai-mode | ngrok | ...er truly unlimited bandwidth on their paid tiers (avoiding strict data caps or metered pay-as-you-go overage models like ngrok), a few prominent providers stand out: [ngrok Pricing — API Gateway, Tunnels & Kubernetes Ingress](https://ngrok.com/pricin... |
| google-ai-mode | LocalXpose | ...ent providers stand out: ngrok Pricing — API Gateway, Tunnels & Kubernetes Ingress * * LocalXpose: Their Pro plan ($8/month) provides multi-protocol tunneling (HTTP/HTTPS, TCP, UDP, T... |
| google-ai-mode | Pinggy | Pricing Plans: Compare LocalXpose Subscriptions and Features * Pinggy: Their Pro plan starts at an affordable tier ($3/month) and explicitly provides unlimited bandwidth/data transf... |
| perplexity | LocalXpose | LocalXpose — its Pro plan advertises unlimited bandwidth [2]. - ngrok — its Pay-as-you-go plan advertises unlimited data transfer, though usage beyond the included amount is billed [3]. Check each provider’s current terms and fair-use limits be... |



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