Twingate

What Twingate is for

Twingate is a tool for reaching private resources from outside the office. It is aimed at people who need to get to internal cloud services, on-premise applications or other systems that are not published to the public internet. The developer presents it as a more secure alternative to a VPN.

Access is set up per resource rather than for the whole network. The listing frames this around least-privileged access, meaning each person gets only what they need.

Reaching private cloud and on-prem apps

Private applications can run in a cloud account or on hardware in an office, and Twingate connects to either through an encrypted connection. According to the listing, the resource does not need a public IP address, so it stays off the open internet.

The developer says this works regardless of device platform or network, so the same private resource can be reached from different kinds of devices and connections.

Sign-in and two-factor checks

Sign-in can use your company's identity provider or a public identity authority. On any resource you can add 2FA or MFA. The developer says this needs no changes to the application being protected.

Access auditing and performance claims

Access to private resources is audited, according to the listing. The developer also describes Twingate's network performance as exceptional. That is the developer's own claim and has not been checked here.