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Ngris vs ngrok, Cloudflare Tunnel & others

Looking for a ngrok or Cloudflare Tunnel alternative? See why teams switch to Ngris — traffic replay, static egress IPs, a built-in WAF, and identity-aware SSO are included, not billed as add-ons.

Price comparison at a glance

$8/mo
Others — base plan
3 endpoints, 5GB, no WAF, no SSO, no custom domains.
$50+/mo
Others + add-ons
The same features Ngris includes, billed as extras.

Feature-by-feature comparison

FeatureNgrisOthers
Protocols
HTTP/1.1
HTTP/2
HTTP/3 / QUIC
TCP tunneling
UDP tunnelingLimited
WebSocket
Security & Firewall
WAF / FirewallIncludedPaid add-on
Rate limitingBuilt-inPaid add-on
Circuit breaker
JWT validation
API key auth
IP restrictions
Custom error pages
Edge caching
Identity & Access
Per-endpoint auth (6 modes)Basic
Per-endpoint RBACBuilt-inPaid per user
OAuth providers (Google, GitHub, Azure, Okta)Limited
SSO / SAMLBuilt-inPaid per user
MFA / 2FA
Team membersEnterprise
Traffic & Observability
Traffic inspector
Request replay
AI traffic analysis
Multi-agent load balancing
Routing rules (path, header, IP)
TLS & Certificates
Auto ACME (Let's Encrypt)
Custom TLS certificatesFreePaid add-on
Wildcard endpoints
Billing & Business
Integrated billing (Stripe)
Support / helpdeskBuilt-inPaid add-on
Interstitial page (ads)NeverFree tier

Real-world cost: typical production setup

5 endpoints, WAF, SSO for 3 users, custom domains, traffic inspector.

$70+/mo
Others (base + add-ons)
Base plan + WAF + SSO + domains + support.

Switch in 60 seconds

1

Install Ngris

One egress-only binary — no daemon, no inbound ports.

curl -fsSL https://ngris.com/install.sh | sh
2

Same CLI pattern you know

Point the agent at a local port and you're live on the edge.

ngris http 3000
3

WAF, SSO, inspector & replay — automatically

No extra config needed. All features enabled out of the box.

No paywall. No sales call.

Get started in 60 seconds. No credit card, no interstitial page — just tunnels.

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