What does Tailscale cost for teams?

Personal Pro: $5/user/month. Free tier covers 3 users and 100 devices.

Headscale as alternative?

Yes, the open-source self-hosted variant of Tailscale. Worth it if you don't want a US vendor, but extra maintenance.

Tailscale + corporate VPN?

Coexist mostly without issue. Tailscale runs as userspace WireGuard, no clash with corporate VPN.

Guide

Make OpenClaw remotely accessible via Tailscale

Want to use OpenClaw on the go — phone on the train, laptop in a hotel? Tailscale is the elegant solution. Here's the setup.

Manuel Streit

/ May 11, 2026 / 3 min read

About this guide

Expose OpenClaw daemon and canvas safely via Tailscale mesh: setup, ACLs, mobile pairing and best practices.

Install Tailscale

On the OpenClaw server (Mac mini, Linux VM):

brew install tailscale  # macOS
sudo tailscale up

On Linux: curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh. You get a MagicDNS URL: hostname.tailnet.ts.net.

Add mobile devices

Install the Tailscale app on iPhone/iPad/Android, sign in with your Tailscale account. Devices appear in the tailnet, can reach the OpenClaw server.

Expose canvas via Tailscale

tailscale serve --bg http://127.0.0.1:18789

Canvas now visible at https://hostname.tailnet.ts.net — only to tailnet members.

ACLs for granular control

Tailscale admin panel → Access Controls. Per group define which devices see what. Example: sales team sees the canvas, IT sees the daemon API, externals see nothing.

Off-switch on loss

If a staff member loses their phone: Tailscale admin → Device → "Disable". Immediate loss of tailnet access.