# ngrok AI visibility in Developer Tunnels & Localhost Ingress

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

[Website](https://ngrok.com/)

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: 2
Total brands: 10
Measured responses: 150
Presence percent: 36
Share of voice percent: 22.18430034129693
Average position: 12.03076923076923
Docs presence percent: 23.333333333333332
Blog presence percent: 7.333333333333333
Brand mention percent: 0


## Profile

Overview: ngrok is a cloud networking platform founded in 2015 that began as a developer tool for exposing localhost services to the internet via secure tunnels and has since evolved into a full Universal Gateway. It enables developers and engineering teams to instantly put local applications, APIs, and services online without firewall changes, open ports, or complex infrastructure setup. The platform now encompasses secure tunnels, a programmable API gateway with CEL-based traffic policy, an AI gateway for LLM provider routing, Kubernetes ingress, traffic observability, and global load balancing. Trusted by teams at Databricks, Zendesk, GitHub, Microsoft, Twilio, Okta, and Zoom, ngrok serves millions of developers worldwide and approximately 30,000 paying customers as of its 2022 Series A. It is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Coatue.
Product summary: ngrok is an all-in-one cloud networking platform that provides secure tunnels, a programmable Universal Gateway, an AI Gateway, Kubernetes ingress, and traffic observability. Its lightweight agent and native SDKs connect services running anywhere to a global network, enabling developers to expose localhost, route and authenticate traffic, test webhooks, and deliver APIs and AI model endpoints—all without modifying firewalls or standing up separate proxy infrastructure.


### Key capabilities

- Secure tunnels: expose any localhost port to a public URL without firewall changes or open inbound ports
- Universal Gateway with CEL-based Traffic Policy for routing, auth, rate limiting, WAF, and header manipulation
- AI Gateway for routing, securing, and load-balancing LLM provider traffic (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.)
- Kubernetes Operator supporting standard Ingress and Gateway API resources
- Real-time Traffic Inspector with request/response replay for webhook debugging
- Global load balancing with automatic endpoint pooling and DDoS protection
- Native Agent SDKs for Go, Python, Java, Node.js, and Rust enabling embedded ingress
- Multi-protocol support: HTTP/S, TCP, TLS, WebSockets, gRPC, SSH, MQTT
- Enterprise access controls: RBAC, SSO/SCIM, mTLS, IP restrictions, audit logs, data residency
- Structured traffic log export to Datadog, CloudWatch, and Azure Monitor



### Target users

- Individual developers and hobbyists building and testing web apps locally
- Software engineering teams needing secure remote access to development environments
- Platform and DevOps engineers managing Kubernetes ingress and API gateway infrastructure
- AI/ML engineers routing and managing LLM provider traffic
- Enterprise ISVs and SaaS teams requiring secure connectivity into customer networks
- IoT and embedded/field device engineers needing remote device access without VPNs



### Key use cases

- Sharing localhost apps with a public URL for demos, reviews, and stakeholder previews
- Testing and debugging webhooks locally with live traffic and request replay
- API gateway for production traffic routing, authentication, and observability
- AI/LLM gateway for multi-provider routing, failover, and rate-limit management
- Kubernetes ingress and Gateway API controller for cloud and on-prem clusters
- Site-to-site connectivity for accessing APIs and databases in customer networks
- IoT and device gateway for field devices without open inbound ports or VPNs
- Secure remote SSH/RDP access to devices and servers

Integrations ecosystem: ngrok offers a broad integration ecosystem organized across: (1) Event destinations — Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, AWS Firehose, AWS Kinesis, Azure Logs Ingestion; (2) SSO/IdP — Okta (OIDC, SAML, SCIM), Auth0, Azure AD/Entra ID, Salesforce, JumpCloud, FusionAuth, Curity, Descope, Frontegg; (3) Kubernetes ingress — EKS, GKE, AKS, DigitalOcean, MicroK8s, Rancher, Linkerd, Argo CD, Consul, Spectro Cloud; (4) Webhook verification for 60+ providers including Stripe, GitHub, Shopify, Twilio, Slack, HubSpot, Zendesk, Zoom, PagerDuty, and many more; (5) Agent SDKs for Go, Python, Java/Kotlin, Node.js, and Rust; (6) Terraform provider and Docker Desktop app; (7) OAuth providers including GitHub, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitch; (8) Database tunneling for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB; (9) Framework guides for FastAPI, Flask, and Laravel.
Pricing summary: Three self-service tiers: Free ($0, $5 one-time credit, 3 endpoints, 1 GB transfer, 20k HTTP requests, interstitial on HTTP endpoints); Hobbyist ($8/month billed annually or $10/month, $10 monthly credit, 3 endpoints, 5 GB transfer, 100k HTTP requests, no interstitial); Pay-as-you-go ($20/month base with $20 included credit, unlimited endpoints and team members, additional usage billed at $0.10/GB data transfer, $1 per 100k HTTP requests, $2 per 100k TCP connections, $0.02/active endpoint hour). Custom domains cost $0.01/hour after 744 included hours. Enterprise pricing with volume discounts, committed SLAs, HIPAA BAAs, and on-premises deployment available via contact sales. Dedicated on-call support add-on starts at $200/month.
Review summary: On G2, ngrok holds a 4.1/5 rating across 12 reviews, with 75% giving 5 stars. Reviewers consistently praise its simplicity—single-command tunnel setup, ease of webhook testing, and the ability to share local work instantly. Critical feedback centers on billing opacity and unexpected charges, slow email support, and some complexity around custom domain and routing configurations. Trustpilot captures a 2.8/5 from 7 reviews, heavily weighted by billing and support complaints, but the sample is too small to be statistically representative. Developer community sentiment (Twitter/X, Discord) is broadly enthusiastic, with many developers describing ngrok as an indispensable tool.
Competitive positioning: ngrok is the de facto standard for developer tunneling and localhost ingress, having expanded well beyond its original tunneling roots into a full-stack Universal Gateway platform. It competes on breadth (secure tunnels + API gateway + AI gateway + Kubernetes ingress + traffic policy in one platform), global network reach, and a massive developer mindshare advantage built over a decade. It is cited in the official docs of Microsoft, GitHub, Okta, Shopify, Zoom, and Twilio, giving it a network-effect moat that pure-tunnel alternatives (Inlets, PageKite, Pinggy, LocalXpose) cannot match. Against broader networking platforms (Cloudflare, Tailscale, Teleport), ngrok differentiates on developer ergonomics, zero-config tunneling, and its expanding programmable traffic policy layer. Its AI Gateway launch in 2024–2025 signals an upmarket move toward LLM infrastructure teams.
Limitations: Free tier is highly restricted ($5 one-time credit, 3 endpoints max, interstitial page on HTTP endpoints, 1 GB data transfer, 20k requests). Billing complexity and unexpected charges are a recurring user complaint, including difficulty controlling tunnel creation leading to surprise line items. Support is email-only with slow response times (one user cited 7–10 day turnaround), and no real-time chat or phone support on standard plans. Custom domain routing configuration is reportedly complex. The platform has been used by bad actors for phishing (a noted abuse vector inherent to any public tunneling service). On-premises / self-hosted deployment is only available on custom enterprise contracts.


### Source urls

- https://ngrok.com/
- https://ngrok.com/pricing
- https://ngrok.com/customers
- https://ngrok.com/customers/databricks
- https://ngrok.com/customers/zendesk
- https://ngrok.com/docs/integrations
- https://github.com/ngrok
- https://www.g2.com/products/ngrok/reviews
- https://tracxn.com/d/companies/ngrok/__K2JcI6tby2pYXYdVITup5U92diBRHd2EeqWhHY9agPQ/funding-and-investors
- https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ngrok
- https://www.clay.com/dossier/ngrok-funding
- https://www.trustpilot.com/review/ngrok.com

Reviewed at: 2026-05-06T17:53:53.257+00:00


### Customer outcomes

| Customer | Summary | Metric |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Databricks | ngrok enabled Databricks to eliminate public IP requirements and accelerate enterprise customer onboarding. The team evaluated 17 alternative solutions before selecting ngrok, which provided out-of-box TCP, HTTPS, and WebSocket support. | Customer deployments accelerated from months to hours/days; several years of engineering work saved vs. building in-hous |
| Zendesk | Zendesk standardized on ngrok across its global engineering team, eliminating proxy troubleshooting overhead and enabling new engineers to onboard in 15 minutes. Usage expanded from 10 engineers in 2015 to 200 across Melbourne, Montreal, Dublin, and Singapore. | 20x growth in engineering users (10 to 200 engineers); 15-minute new hire onboarding |



### Reviews breakdown

| Platform | Score | Score max | Review count | Url |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| G2 | 4.1 | 5 | 12 | https://www.g2.com/products/ngrok/reviews |
| Trustpilot | 2.8 | 5 | 7 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/ngrok.com |



### Review themes



#### Praised

- One-command tunnel setup with zero configuration
- Instant localhost-to-public-URL sharing for demos and reviews
- Request replay for fast webhook debugging
- Reliable, consistent uptime across global locations
- Multi-protocol support (HTTP, TCP, TLS, WebSockets)
- Embeddable SDKs for programmatic tunnel creation
- Broad webhook and IdP integration ecosystem



#### Criticized

- Billing opacity and unexpected charges from uncontrolled tunnel creation
- Slow email-only support with 7–10 day response times
- Complex custom domain routing configuration
- Interstitial warning page on free-tier HTTP endpoints
- Limited debug information when tunnels fail
- Basic features locked behind higher subscription tiers
- Platform misused by bad actors for phishing and scam pages




### Company facts

Founded year: 2015
Hq: San Francisco, CA, USA


#### Founders

- Alan Shreve

Employees range: 51-200
Total funding: $50M
Valuation: Not available
Arr: Not available
Customer count: 30,000+ paying; millions of developers
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 | 2 | 8 |
| bing-copilot-search | 1 | 4 |
| google-ai-mode | 8 | 32 |
| perplexity | 15 | 60 |
| chatgpt-search | 14 | 56.00000000000001 |
| xai-search | 14 | 56.00000000000001 |



## Strengths

| Prompt text | Platform count | Avg position |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What tunneling tools work best for developers building integrations with external APIs that need to call back to localhost? | 2 | 1 |
| Which tunneling tools have the best traffic inspection and request replay features for debugging webhooks? | 5 | 1.2 |
| Which tunneling tools support TCP, UDP, and other non-HTTP protocols for game servers, MQTT, or databases? | 2 | 3 |
| Which tunneling solutions offer the lowest latency by leveraging a global edge network? | 2 | 4.5 |
| I need to share a demo of an app running on my laptop with a remote client — what are my options? | 3 | 10 |



## Gaps

| Prompt text | Competitor presence count |
| --- | --- |
| What tunneling solutions integrate well with edge platforms or CDNs to combine tunneling with caching and WAF? | 4 |
| Which secure access tools provide identity-aware proxies for SSH, databases, and Kubernetes API access? | 4 |
| Which secure access platforms have the smoothest CLI experience for everyday developer workflows? | 3 |
| What are the most reliable tunneling platforms for production-grade ingress, not just dev testing? | 3 |
| Which secure access platforms work with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform for repeatable network setup? | 3 |



## Topic scores

| Topic name | Prompt count | Cited prompt count |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability | 5 | 2 |
| Developer Experience | 5 | 4 |
| Integrations & Ecosystem | 5 | 4 |
| Performance & Reliability | 5 | 4 |
| Setup & First Run | 5 | 5 |



## 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: 1
Perplexity: 3
Chatgpt-search: 6
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: 1
Perplexity: 3
Chatgpt-search: 2
Xai-search: 16



#### 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: 4
Chatgpt-search: 1
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: 42



#### 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: 2
Perplexity: Not available
Chatgpt-search: 7
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: 2
Chatgpt-search: 3
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: 1
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: 12



#### 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: 3
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: Not available
Perplexity: 2
Chatgpt-search: 5
Xai-search: 21



#### 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: Not available
Perplexity: 4
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: 6



#### 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: 6
Perplexity: 2
Chatgpt-search: 1
Xai-search: 11



#### 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: 1
Bing-copilot-search: Not available
Google-ai-mode: 1
Perplexity: 1
Chatgpt-search: 1
Xai-search: 2



#### 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: 3
Chatgpt-search: 1
Xai-search: 26



#### 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: 6
Perplexity: 3
Chatgpt-search: 8
Xai-search: 1



#### 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: 1
Perplexity: 4
Chatgpt-search: Not available
Xai-search: 58



#### 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: 1
Chatgpt-search: 1
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: 1
Chatgpt-search: 7
Xai-search: 35



#### 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: 70



#### 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: 3
Google-ai-mode: 1
Perplexity: 1
Chatgpt-search: 1
Xai-search: 11



#### 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: 4
Xai-search: 2



#### 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

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| https://ngrok.com/use-cases/share-localhost | Preview, test, and share apps on localhost instantly \| ngrok | ngrok.com | https://izgwnlozsmjmqjsnddmg.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/domain-logos/9dbab6f8-54b2-49a0-8181-89a0ed130318/979b9e43-50a8-4cc5-a118-f96736cc3b48/458a6d19908f674fa1c266c6f93bb289d2da5825.png | commercial | comparison | 16 | 16 |
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| https://github.com/ngrok/ngrok-operator | GitHub - ngrok/ngrok-operator: The official ngrok Kubernetes Operator · 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 | listicle | 12 | 12 |
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| https://ngrok.com/docs/share-localhost/inspection | Inspect Traffic and Replay Requests - ngrok documentation | ngrok.com | https://izgwnlozsmjmqjsnddmg.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/domain-logos/9dbab6f8-54b2-49a0-8181-89a0ed130318/979b9e43-50a8-4cc5-a118-f96736cc3b48/458a6d19908f674fa1c266c6f93bb289d2da5825.png | commercial | documentation | 7 | 7 |
| https://github.com/ngrok/ngrok-docs/blob/main/share-localhost/tunnels.mdx | ngrok-docs/share-localhost/tunnels.mdx at main · ngrok/ngrok-docs | 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 | documentation | 6 | 6 |
| https://ngrok.com/pricing | ngrok Pricing — API Gateway, Tunnels & Kubernetes Ingress | ngrok.com | https://izgwnlozsmjmqjsnddmg.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/domain-logos/9dbab6f8-54b2-49a0-8181-89a0ed130318/979b9e43-50a8-4cc5-a118-f96736cc3b48/458a6d19908f674fa1c266c6f93bb289d2da5825.png | commercial | documentation | 6 | 6 |



## Response excerpts

| Prompt text | Platform | Excerpt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Which localhost tunneling services have unlimited bandwidth on their paid tiers? | chatgpt-search | ...grok.io/pricing) ## Other options to consider \| Service \| Paid bandwidth policy \| Important caveat \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| ngrok \| Pay-as-you-go supports continued transfer \| Transfer is metered at $0.10/GB after 5 GB included; it is not unlimited incl... |
| Which tunneling platforms can expose Kubernetes services without configuring a load balancer or ingress controller? | chatgpt-search | Kubernetes 2. ngrok A good option for developer environments, demos, webhooks, and public APIs. |
| Which tunneling tools handle long-running production deployments without dropping connections? | chatgpt-search | ## 2. ngrok Best managed tunnel reliability Provides automatic reconnection, connection health monitoring, and redundant agents that can distribute connections across instances and regions. |



## Competitor excerpts

| Platform | Competitor name | Excerpt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| google-ai-mode | Cloudflare | Cloudflare Tunnel (via the `cloudflared` daemon) is the industry-standard and most deeply native solution that connects private or cloud-hosted origin servers directly to an edge platform while simultaneously enforcing caching , Web Application... |
| perplexity | Cloudflare | The best fits are Cloudflare Tunnel and Azure Front Door Premium with Private Link. |
| chatgpt-search | Cloudflare | ## Best options to consider ## 1. Cloudflare Best all-in-one fit Cloudflare Tunnel + CDN + WAF Cloudflare Tunnel (`cloudflared`) creates outbound-only connections from your server to Cloudflare. |
| google-ai | Tailscale | Tailscale (with Tailscale PAM / Access Controls) * Overview: A zero-trust overlay network built on WireGuard that integrates identity providers to manage infrastructure access. |
| perplexity | Teleport | Teleport is the clearest match: its identity-aware proxy supports SSH, database protocols, and the Kubernetes API, with access governed by user identity and permissions. |
| chatgpt-search | Teleport | The main options to evaluate are Teleport, StrongDM, Boundary by HashiCorp, and Pomerium. |
| google-ai-mode | Teleport | Teleport Review 2026: Zero Trust Access for DevOps Teams[Zero Trust Access to Servers, Kubernetes Clusters, and Cloud \| Teleport](https://goteleport.com/platform/zero-trust-acces... |
| perplexity | Tailscale | Tailscale is a strong pick for everyday developer use centered on connecting to machines. |
| perplexity | Teleport | Teleport is worth considering when developers need a single CLI for multiple protected resource types. |
| chatgpt-search | Teleport | ## My shortlist ## 1. Teleport Best all-round infrastructure CLI Teleport's `tsh` is a strong choice if you routinely work across SSH servers, Kubernetes clusters, and databases. |
| chatgpt-search | Tailscale | ## 2. Tailscale Best for frictionless SSH Tailscale is particularly appealing when your main goal is to reach development machines, private services, and lab environments without managing a traditional VPN workflow. |
| google-ai-mode | Cloudflare | Cloudflare Tunnel (`cloudflared`) * * Best For: Public-facing web services, APIs, and micro-segmentation without exposing origin IPs. |



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