# NetFoundry AI visibility in Developer Tunnels & Localhost Ingress

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

[Website](https://netfoundry.io/)

Latest AI responses: 2026-05-19 – 2026-10-27 (Grok Search through 2026-05-19)
Prompts: 25
Runs: 6


## Platforms

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

Rank: 9
Total brands: 10
Measured responses: 150
Presence percent: 2.666666666666667
Share of voice percent: 1.1940298507462688
Average position: 43.625
Docs presence percent: 0
Blog presence percent: 0
Brand mention percent: 0


## Profile

Overview: NetFoundry is a Charlotte, NC-based company and the creator of OpenZiti, the world's most widely used open-source zero-trust networking software. Founded in 2016, it operates a dual-product portfolio: the NetFoundry Platform, a cloud-native Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) for enterprise zero-trust overlay networking, and zrok, an open-source developer-tunnel tool built on OpenZiti that enables secure localhost and service sharing without opening firewall ports. NetFoundry serves over 2,000 organizations, including 8 of the 10 largest U.S. banks, processing over 1 billion sessions per month across 100+ global Points of Presence. In April 2025, the company raised its first external funding, a $12 million Series A from SYN Ventures, after operating self-funded since inception.
Product summary: NetFoundry is the commercial developer and operator behind OpenZiti—the leading open-source zero-trust networking framework—and zrok, an open-source developer tunneling product. In the Developer Tunnels vertical, zrok enables developers to securely share local services, web servers, and files over the internet with no firewall ports opened, using OpenZiti's zero-trust overlay for identity-based mutual TLS. For enterprises, the NetFoundry Platform provides a managed NaaS that replaces VPNs, secures APIs, connects IoT/OT, and enables app-embedded zero-trust networking through multi-language SDKs.


### Key capabilities

- Open-source zero-trust developer tunnel (zrok) with public HTTPS shares and private token-gated shares
- Outbound-only connections — no open inbound firewall ports required
- Identity-based mutual TLS (mTLS) for all sessions via OpenZiti overlay
- App-embedded zero-trust SDKs (Go, C, C#, Java, Node.js, Swift, Python)
- Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) with 100+ PoPs and up to 99.95% SLA
- Self-hosted, hybrid, and on-premises deployment options including air-gapped sites
- FIPS-compliant encryption option for government and regulated environments
- Identity-based microsegmentation and lateral-movement prevention
- Built-in PKI (X.509 enrollment, revocation, renewal) with optional external CA/IdP support
- API-first orchestration via web console, REST API, or existing DevOps tooling



### Target users

- Developers needing secure localhost or local-service sharing without firewall changes
- DevOps and DevSecOps engineers embedding zero-trust into CI/CD pipelines
- Software/IoT solution providers (ISVs) embedding secure connectivity into products
- Enterprise IT/SecOps teams replacing VPNs and managing microsegmentation
- OT/IIoT operators connecting industrial devices and edge infrastructure securely
- Cloud architects securing multi-cloud workloads, APIs, and AI agent deployments



### Key use cases

- Localhost and local service sharing over the internet without firewall changes (zrok)
- Zero-trust VPN replacement for B2B and partner connectivity
- Secure API exposure and zero-trust API security
- IoT/OT device connectivity and identity-based micro-segmentation
- Secure remote management and DevOps/DevSecOps pipelines
- AI, MCP server, and LLM secure deployment enclaves
- Software provider / ISV embedding secure customer connectivity into products
- Multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud secure workload connectivity

Integrations ecosystem: NetFoundry integrates with major cloud providers including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, IBM Cloud, DigitalOcean, and Alibaba Cloud. SDKs are available for Go, C, C#/. NET, Java/JVM, JavaScript/Node.js, Swift (iOS/macOS), and Python, enabling app-embedded zero-trust. Deployment is supported on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, and Windows. The underlying OpenZiti project provides Helm charts for Kubernetes. The zrok developer-tunnel product is self-hostable on Linux, Docker, or Kubernetes, with a managed hosted tier at myzrok.io.
Pricing summary: NetFoundry offers a 30-day free trial with up to 10 endpoints and 1 TB of data. Business and Partner tiers are quote-based with no publicly listed prices; SLAs up to 99.95% and 24×7 support are included. Deployment options span cloud NaaS, hybrid, and on-premises (including air-gapped). The zrok developer tunnel is available as a free, open-source self-hosted install (Apache 2.0) or via the hosted myzrok.io service, which includes a generous free tier.
Review summary: NetFoundry has a limited but positive public review footprint. On G2, it holds a 4.0/5 from 8 reviews, with the majority being 5-star; critical reviews reference historical operational issues unrelated to the product itself. On PeerSpot, it averages 9.0/10 (4.5/5), with reviewers praising its stability, reasonable pricing, and simplicity of zero-trust network creation. Gartner Peer Insights reviewers highlight 3–4× throughput improvements over legacy VPNs and ease of management. The main improvement area noted across platforms is the absence of a built-in firewall capability.
Competitive positioning: NetFoundry occupies a distinct position in the Developer Tunnels & Localhost Ingress vertical through its open-source zrok product, which is built on the OpenZiti zero-trust overlay rather than traditional reverse-proxy tunneling. Where ngrok and Cloudflare Tunnel focus on developer convenience and SaaS delivery, NetFoundry/zrok emphasizes security-first architecture: outbound-only connections, mutual TLS, identity-based access, and optional self-hosting on Linux, Docker, or Kubernetes. The backing enterprise platform (NetFoundry NaaS) gives it an enterprise credibility that pure-play tunnel tools lack, and the Apache 2.0 open-source model differentiates it from most commercial tunnel competitors. The trade-off is that onboarding complexity and brand awareness in the developer-tunnels segment are significantly lower than for ngrok or Cloudflare Tunnel.
Limitations: No built-in firewall capability—reviewers note an additional network control layer is required for full internet access control. Pricing for the enterprise platform is entirely quote-based with no self-serve tiers published, limiting transparent evaluation. Brand awareness in the developer-tunnel segment is low relative to ngrok or Cloudflare Tunnel, reflected in very thin public review volume. zrok hosted service (myzrok.io) limits and pricing are not fully documented in public sources. The product surface spans a wide range from lightweight developer tunneling (zrok) to full enterprise NaaS, which can create positioning ambiguity for evaluators.


### Source urls

- https://netfoundry.io/
- https://netfoundry.io/company/
- https://netfoundry.io/products/netfoundry-pricing/
- https://netfoundry.io/docs/zrok/intro
- https://github.com/openziti
- https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/28/netfoundry-raises-12m-bring-secure-zero-trust-networking-cloud-applications/
- https://tracxn.com/d/companies/netfoundry/__RvL05ncaNh92KdnmOsjCfMmlT6H_-1dQ7GQD00cVlRc
- https://www.g2.com/products/netfoundry-network-as-a-service-naas/reviews
- https://www.peerspot.com/products/netfoundry-platform-reviews
- https://netfoundry.io/customer-stories/digibee/
- https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/178154-56

Research approved: 2026-05-06T17:53:53.473+00:00


### Customer outcomes

| Customer | Summary | Metric |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Digibee | Replaced site-to-site VPNs for all B2B customer connectivity on their iPaaS platform; security reviews went from deal blockers to a competitive advantage, with customers able to onboard without changing firewalls or networks. | Not available |
| CERM | Moved to Infrastructure-as-Code automation including customer connectivity, eliminating S2S VPN and firewall port requirements for all MIS printing and labeling customers. | Not available |



### Reviews breakdown

| Platform | Score | Score max | Review count | Url |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| G2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | https://www.g2.com/products/netfoundry-network-as-a-service-naas/reviews |
| PeerSpot | 4.5 | 5 | 2 | https://www.peerspot.com/products/netfoundry-platform-reviews |



### Review themes



#### Praised

- Stable and reliable with no reported downtime
- Simple zero-trust network creation without hardware
- Reasonable and competitive pricing
- Easy onboarding without firewall or VPN changes
- Strong performance vs. legacy VPNs (reported 3–4× throughput gains)
- Open-source foundation builds trust and flexibility
- Responsive customer support and customization assistance



#### Criticized

- No built-in firewall capability requires additional security layer
- Lacks native internet access control
- Very low public review volume limits peer validation
- Quote-only enterprise pricing reduces transparency
- Mixed employee/employer reviews raise historical org stability questions




### Company facts

Founded year: 2016
Hq: Charlotte, NC, United States


#### Founders

- Galeal Zino
- David Hart
- Robert Caamano
- Olaf Luetkehoelter
- Michael Hallett
- Michael Kochanik

Employees range: 51-200
Total funding: $12M
Valuation: Not available
Arr: Not available
Customer count: ~2,000
Status: Private (Series A)


Readiness: Not available


## Ranking

| Display name | Pair count | Total pairs | Presence percent | Avg position |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 65 | 150 | 43.333333333333336 | 17.333333333333332 |
| ngrok | 54 | 150 | 36 | 11.901315789473685 |
| Tailscale | 49 | 150 | 32.666666666666664 | 24.333333333333332 |
| Pinggy | 24 | 150 | 16 | 29.839285714285715 |
| LocalXpose | 20 | 150 | 13.333333333333334 | 18.974358974358974 |
| Teleport | 9 | 150 | 6 | 23.64 |
| NetBird | 4 | 150 | 2.666666666666667 | 23.9 |
| Inlets | 4 | 150 | 2.666666666666667 | 26.9 |
| NetFoundry | 4 | 150 | 2.666666666666667 | 43.625 |
| PageKite | 0 | 150 | 0 | Not available |



## Platform breakdown

| Platform | Prompt count | Presence rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| google-ai-mode | 1 | 4 |
| perplexity | 0 | 0 |
| google-ai | 0 | 0 |
| bing-copilot-search | 0 | 0 |
| chatgpt-search | 0 | 0 |
| xai-search | 3 | 12 |



## Strengths





## Gaps

| Prompt text | Competitor presence count |
| --- | --- |
| Which tunneling platforms have official Kubernetes operators or Helm charts for production ingress? | 6 |
| Which localhost tunneling services have unlimited bandwidth on their paid tiers? | 5 |
| Which secure access tools provide identity-aware proxies for SSH, databases, and Kubernetes API access? | 5 |
| Which tunneling tools have the best traffic inspection and request replay features for debugging webhooks? | 5 |
| Which tunneling tools handle long-running production deployments without dropping connections? | 4 |



## Topic scores

| Topic name | Prompt count | Cited prompt count |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability | 5 | 1 |
| Developer Experience | 5 | 2 |
| Integrations & Ecosystem | 5 | 1 |
| Performance & Reliability | 5 | 0 |
| 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-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Pinggy | 1 |
| LocalXpose | 2 |
| ngrok | 7 |



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search

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



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| LocalXpose | 2 |
| Pinggy | 6 |



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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 2 |
| NetFoundry | 5 |



##### Perplexity





##### Google-ai

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



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| ngrok | 3 |
| Tailscale | 5 |
| Inlets | 7 |



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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| LocalXpose | 1 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### Xai-search

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


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


#### Brand position by platform

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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 2 |



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### 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-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: 54



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| LocalXpose | 4 |
| Pinggy | 7 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search





##### Xai-search

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


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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 3 |



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| Tailscale | 3 |
| NetBird | 4 |



##### Xai-search




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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### Xai-search

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


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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Pinggy | 2 |



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### Xai-search

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


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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### Xai-search

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


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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

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



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### Xai-search

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


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


#### Brand position by platform

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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

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



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai

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



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

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



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### Xai-search

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


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


#### Brand position by platform

Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: 75



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

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



##### Perplexity

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Tailscale | 1 |
| Teleport | 2 |
| Cloudflare | 3 |



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### Xai-search

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


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


#### Brand position by platform

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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 1 |
| Cloudflare | 4 |
| Pinggy | 8 |



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 2 |
| Pinggy | 5 |



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 8 |



##### Xai-search

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


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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

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



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| LocalXpose | 1 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### Xai-search

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


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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

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



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### Xai-search

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


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


#### Brand position by platform

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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

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



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### Xai-search

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


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


#### Brand position by platform

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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

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



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai

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



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### Xai-search

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


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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 11 |



##### 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-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: 45



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

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



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 2 |
| Cloudflare | 5 |



##### Bing-copilot-search

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



##### Chatgpt-search

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1 |
| ngrok | 3 |
| Tailscale | 5 |
| 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-mode: Not available
Perplexity: Not available
Google-ai: Not available
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: Not available



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

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



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| ngrok | 4 |
| Pinggy | 8 |
| LocalXpose | 9 |



##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai

| Display name | Position |
| --- | --- |
| LocalXpose | 3 |



##### Bing-copilot-search





##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### Xai-search

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


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



#### Platform rows



##### Google-ai-mode





##### Perplexity

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



##### Google-ai





##### Bing-copilot-search

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



##### Chatgpt-search

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



##### Xai-search

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





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| https://github.com/openziti/helm-charts/issues/272 | issues with self hosted kubernetes deployment (zrok, ziti ... | 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 | github | 0 | 0 |
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## Response excerpts

| Prompt text | Platform | Excerpt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Which tunneling platforms can expose Kubernetes services without configuring a load balancer or ingress controller? | google-ai-mode | Deploy zrok on Kubernetes \| NetFoundry DocumentationTunnel Kubernetes workloads \| NetFoundry Documentation... |



## Competitor excerpts

| Platform | Competitor name | Excerpt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| google-ai-mode | ngrok | ngrok * * Official Support: Yes (Maintained directly by ngrok) * Mechanism: The official ngrok Kubernetes Operator * Deployment Method: Official Helm chart (`ngrok/ngrok-operator`) * Production Ingress Features: Acts as a f... |
| google-ai-mode | Tailscale | Tailscale * * Official Support: Yes (Maintained directly by Tailscale) * Mechanism: Tailscale Kubernetes Operator * Deployment Method: Official Helm chart (`tailscale-operator`) or... |
| perplexity | Tailscale | Tailscale Kubernetes Operator — supports Layer 7 HTTP/HTTPS and Layer 3 TCP/UDP ingress to a tailnet. |
| google-ai | ngrok | ngrok * Official Tools: ngrok Kubernetes Operator & Helm Chart ( `charts.ngrok.com` ) * Production Ingress Approach: The ngrok operator watches standard Kubernetes `Ingress` objects (and Gateway API resources). |
| bing-copilot-search | ngrok | ...rms with official Kubernetes support for production ingress are Cloudflare Tunnel (via _cloudflared_ Helm chart) and ngrok (via the _ngrok Kubernetes Operator_ and Helm chart). Both provide maintained, production-ready integrations for... |
| chatgpt-search | Cloudflare | The clearest officially supported choices are Cloudflare Tunnel (`cloudflared`), ngrok Kubernetes Operator, and Tailscale Kubernetes Operator. |
| chatgpt-search | ngrok | The clearest officially supported choices are Cloudflare Tunnel (`cloudflared`), ngrok Kubernetes Operator, and Tailscale Kubernetes Operator. |
| google-ai-mode | Pinggy | Notable options include: * * Pinggy : Offers a Pro tier starting around $3.00/month that features unlimited data transfer along with multi-protocol support (HTTP/HTTPS, TCP, UDP, TLS) and custom/wildcard domains. |
| google-ai-mode | LocalXpose | Pinggy vs Ngrok: The Best Localhost Tunneling Tools * LocalXpose : Provides a Pro plan (roughly $8.00/month when billed annually) that features unlimited bandwidth alongside... |
| perplexity | ngrok | ...icing at $2 per tunnel per month and says paid tunnels have unlimited bandwidth [1]. Be careful not to confuse “unlimited” endpoints or usage with unlimited bandwidth: ngrok, for example, bills for data transfer beyond its included allowance [2][3]. |
| bing-copilot-search | Pinggy | Pinggy and LocalXpose are the two major localhost tunneling services that explicitly offer _unlimited bandwidth_ on their paid tiers. Ngrok, by contrast, caps bandwidth even on its paid plans, while other services like Serveo or localhost.run... |
| bing-copilot-search | LocalXpose | Pinggy and LocalXpose are the two major localhost tunneling services that explicitly offer _unlimited bandwidth_ on their paid tiers. Ngrok, by contrast, caps bandwidth even on its paid plans, while other services like Serveo or localhost.run... |



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