Comparing Top Overlay VPN Networks: Tailscale, Netbird, Netmaker, Zerotier

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Chapters
00:00 Comparing Overlay VPN Networks Tailscale, Netbird, Netmaker, Zerotier
02:16 What is an Overlay VPN
03:47 Comparing Tailscale Netbird Netmaker Zerotier and Twingate
08:34 A Detailed Look at Tailscale and Netbird features
11:15 Self Hosted Netbird Interface

[SE-]

thank you for the great video. I used Tailscale in the past but switched to Netbird for many reasons. You already mentioned a lot already. For me there is one killa-feature and that is, that the company behind NetBird a German company so they have to stick to the GDPR. I love it!

[tjsimsgm]

Been running netbird from v0.6.0 and it’s great it’s come along way and it’s been extremely stable, the addition of IOS and Android has been amazing

[NonyaDamnbusiness]

ZeroTier is also available for ASUStor NAS devices, OPNsense, and even some retro gaming handheld custom firmwares like ArkOS.

[Reducer]

Timely vid! I've dabbled with Tailscale, primarily because they have a good Terraform module, but I have yet to actually do stuff with this other than testing accessing my home setup from the office. Will check out alternatives.

Tailscale with headscale as coordination server works very well for me. I would like to test netbird but currently it lacks some features that are important for me. E.g. exit nodes (will be available in march) and dual stack networking with IPv4 and IPv6. These features are already running fine with Tailscale and headscale. GoodiesHQ is currently working on an ACL UI Builder which will be integrated into the open source Admin-UI. Interesting times to come :)

[randomnoobpt]

Opened this video exactly because I was made aware of Twingate, but the content I find is sponsored. Will be trying netbird, seems really easy to get things done and should be enough for my needs

[PowerUsr]

My only issue with Tailscale is the ACL syntax isn’t clear from the documentation. The default is a permit any which isn’t great and it doesn’t integrate with firewall rules in pfsense the way ZeroTier does with opnsense.
I’m not writing json rules for ACL…there needs to be a better way to do it and clearer documentation

[marcomoraschi]

very very nice disclosure at beginning. no sponsor here. by the way, nothings bad about sponsorship, I trust some youtubers and also with sponsor it's ok, but knowing before is a great choice.
Thanks, now I can ssee the rest of the video.

[JasonBrown]

Thanks for the video. Would really like to see a performance test comparing Tailscale and Netbird in terms of throughput and LATENCY. Everyon tests throughput, but for some reason you rarely see latency info included. Edit: Netmaker has phone apps for iOS and Android now.

[chrisumali]

Thanks for the demo and info. I am using Twingate, but will try Netbird. Have a great day

[sagarsriva]

I use both zerotier and tailscale on same machines. They work together! zerotier and tailscale also work on my openwrt router

[kofteistkofte]

I've been using Tailscale for a while. Their ACL syntax does require a bit getting used to but does the job really well. But their error messages when I mess up could be better. But after this video, Netbird peaked my intrest. I might try it with a test environment sometime.

[taoi]

Would love to see a follow up to this of the performance of these networks. simple speed tests even.

[bltavares]

I haven't found anything similar to ZeroTier's 6PLANE addressing for container based routing. It's especially useful as it makes use of IPv6 NDP emulation for finding the shortest route between container.

I haven't found any Wireguard-based solution similar yet, but I guess it would not be as seamless as zerotier automatic adressing

[FabioSpelta]

Thank you for the transparency about twingate. Instant sub.

[iglapsu]

good timing. I'm a newbie to networking and just put express VPN configuration files on my Beryl Travel Router using OpenVPN. It was super easy. Not sure if this is related or not, but thought it was cool to be able to do that.

[DarkNightSonata]

is the "Exit Node" feature on the roadmap in Netbird ? I think that is a very important feature to have, or at least its a more common usecase. hopefully it is, because netbird looks very promising.

[hkejhkm]

Zerotier here is the only option here that allows you to self host your controller without having a public IP address, even behind CG NAT.

The "coordination" layer is split into routing and a controller. The routing handles connecting the nodes, and the controller (which counts as another node) authorizes nodes into the network, meaning that you don't have to give them the power of managing your network, just self host your controller and let them do the routing for you. The whole architecture is pretty well though out.

Also there's a self hosted controller web GUI called ztnet that recently popped up, it looks pretty modern and has a lot of features.

[HectorMartinez-xvre]

Would love to see NordVPNs meshnet in vids like this, I’ve been using it for a while now and have no complaints, super easy to setup and get going on all platforms including Linux/CLI.

[JamieStuff]

I've been a happy Tailscale user for quite some time, and have considered going the Headscale route. However, I may well give Netbird a try. (That's what homelabs are for, right?)