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Teleport

Modern identity-aware access for SSH, Kubernetes, databases, and apps

ToolPrivileged Access ManagementCloud, Self-hosted, Open source

Pricing: Community edition free for companies under 100 employees and under $10M revenue. AWS Marketplace entry $50,000/yr (25-user minimum, 2026); usage-based quote (active users, workloads, resources) otherwise.

Reviewed by the Cyber Vendor Guide editorial team against the public sources cited below · Last reviewed February 2026 · How we review listings

What is Teleport?

Teleport is a modern infrastructure access platform that unifies SSH, Kubernetes, database, and application access behind a single identity-aware proxy. It replaces VPNs, bastion hosts, and shared credentials with short-lived certificates tied to SSO identity. Teleport is open source at its core (Apache 2.0), with a commercial Enterprise tier that adds FedRAMP support, IdP hosting, and advanced policies. It is popular with DevOps and SRE teams operating at cloud-native scale.

Best for: DevOps and SRE teams replacing bastion hosts, VPNs, and shared SSH keys

Pros

  • Excellent developer experience; cloud-native design
  • Open source core with strong enterprise tier
  • Short-lived certs eliminate shared credentials and password sprawl
  • Broad protocol support (SSH, K8s, DB, apps) in one tool

Things to check

  • Enterprise features require the paid tier
  • Complex to operate at scale without dedicated SREs
  • Self-hosted HA setup requires Postgres/etcd expertise
  • Smaller integration catalog than legacy PAM vendors

Reported in public reviews and vendor documentation. See sources below.

Key Features

Identity-aware proxy for SSH, Kubernetes, databases, web apps
Short-lived certificates tied to SSO (SAML, OIDC, AD)
Session recording and replay
Just-in-time access requests and approvals
RBAC with Kubernetes-native role definitions
Device trust with TPM-backed hardware keys
Headless authentication for CI/CD and machine workloads
Access Monitoring dashboards and anomaly detection
Passwordless auth with WebAuthn and biometrics
Self-hosted or cloud-hosted deployment

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Key facts

Pricing
Community edition free for companies under 100 employees and under $10M revenue. AWS Marketplace entry $50,000/yr (25-user minimum, 2026); usage-based quote (active users, workloads, resources) otherwise.
Model
Open Source + Per-user tiers
Founded
2015
Cloud
Yes
Self-hosted
Yes
Open source
Yes
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