SaaS plans that undercut every ngrok tier. Generous free limits that don't pinch on request rate. And a self-host path that's never been gated behind a paywall.
MFA, RBAC, audit log, and the full inspector are on every tier — including Hobby. We charge for tunnel count, bandwidth, and retention. We don't charge to turn on the security features.
All prices in USD. Annual plans: 2 months free (pay 10, get 12). Bandwidth overage after plan limit: $0.02 / GB (half ngrok's effective rate). No per-request fees, ever.
The binary, the dashboard, the migrations, the agent — all MIT + Apache-2.0. Support tiers are for teams who want a throat to choke when Postgres does something odd at 3am.
Both products have unique sweet spots. Here's our honest take on which we win, which we don't.
Us: 3 tunnels, 50 GB/mo, custom domain, unlimited requests.
ngrok: 1 tunnel, rate-capped, ephemeral subdomain.
Us: $5/mo Pro, 20 tunnels, webhook verify.
ngrok: ~$10/mo Personal.
Us: MVP-stage, April 2026.
ngrok: decade-old, extremely reliable.
Us: free forever, MIT + Apache-2.0.
ngrok: no self-host.
A tunnel is one concurrent agent session. If you're running three services exposed simultaneously, that's three tunnels. Restarting your agent doesn't count as a new one — we reuse the slot within a short grace window.
Your tunnels keep working. On Hobby we throttle to 10 Mbps for the rest of the month (never terminate). On paid tiers we bill overage at $0.02/GB, which is roughly half what ngrok charges effectively. You can set a cap in the dashboard if you want hard limits.
Hobby's marginal cost to us is measured in cents/user/month. We're committing in writing that pricing changes to existing Hobby accounts require 90 days' notice and always offer a grandfathered tier. Self-host is the hedge — if we ever did turn evil, you clone the repo and run it yourself.
Not currently — we're on Stripe only, monthly or annual. Crypto / wire / lifetime are on the roadmap for enterprise deals; talk to us if the standard checkout doesn't work for your procurement.
Yes — free Pro tier for verified students, maintainers of popular OSS projects, and registered non-profits. Email hey@21tunnel.com with a link to your GitHub or organization and we'll flip the switch within a day.
14-day Team trial, no credit card. Invite up to 10 teammates. If it's not working for you, downgrade to Hobby or Pro with one click — we don't convert silently.
Start on Hobby in under a minute. Or clone the repo and run the whole platform yourself — free forever.