Perimeter 81 works, but their pricing jumps are brutal for scaling teams. Looking ahead to 2026, you need a ZTNA that integrates cleanly with your existing pipelines and tooling.
Here are the main alternatives I'm tracking:
* **Cloudflare Zero Trust** - Strong for web apps. Terraform support is decent. Their GitLab/GitHub Actions integration for secure access to internal resources is getting better.
* **Tailscale** - Dead simple for engineer access. It's essentially a user-layer overlay. Perfect for securing CI/CD runners and internal tooling. No per-user billing.
* **Twingate** - Similar model, but focuses on resource-level networking. Their connector is lightweight, and the admin setup is fast.
Key points for 2026:
* Avoid per-user licensing if you can. Device-based or flat-rate scales better.
* Your ZTNA should be managed via IaC (Terraform, Pulumi). Manual config doesn't scale.
* Look for native webhook/API support to trigger access reviews from your release management system.
Ship fast, review slower