Warpgate
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Warpgate, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Warpgate's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Open-source Warpgate | Free | All features included · Self-hosted · Free forever |
| Maintainer Access | — | Two hours of email-based maintainer assistance per month · One-business-day initial response target · No emergency incident coverage · €650 / month |
| Priority Support | — | Agreed coverage hours · Same-business-day initial response target · Coverage and capacity agreed in support order · Starts at €2,000 / month |
| Production Readiness Review | — | One production environment · One identity provider · Up to three protocol families · Proposed €3,500 one time |
The facts
Each one read from Warpgate's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- The product lists SSO, role-based access control, built-in two-factor authentication, brute-force protection and just-in-time session approvals.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Client access
- Users can connect with standard clients or use a browser-based terminal and web interface without installing a Warpgate client app.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Credential encryption
- Credentials are stored as-is by default; when encryption is enabled they remain encrypted in the database, API and UI, with decryption on demand for target connections.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Warpgate runs as a single binary or Docker image on infrastructure operated by the customer.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Encryption limitation
- At-rest encryption protects leaked database dumps, backups, replicas and misplaced database files, but does not protect against a compromised Warpgate node.checked 3 Oct 2026
- License and support
- Warpgate is free and open source under Apache-2.0, and paid offerings provide maintainer support rather than additional product features.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Warpgate is a transparent proxy and bastion for internal infrastructure that centralizes access assignment and auditing.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Scaling
- Multiple nodes can run behind a load balancer for high availability and horizontal scaling, using a shared MySQL or PostgreSQL database.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Session recording
- The site says recordings are available for SSH, Kubernetes, RDP and VNC; database activity is exposed through query logs and HTTP sessions are not replayed.checked 3 Oct 2026
- SSO integrations
- Its OIDC documentation names Google Accounts, Sign in with Apple, GitLab, Microsoft Azure, Okta and Authentik as provider examples.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Supported targets
- It provides access to SSH, HTTPS, RDP, VNC, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL and MySQL targets.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Support scope
- Listed support prices cover deployments of up to 1,000 targets, while larger deployments are priced separately.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker and location
- The site imprint identifies Eugen Pankov Softwareentwicklung in Düsseldorf, Germany, as the owner of warpgate.null.page.checked 3 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Session approvals
- Administrators can require approval for each target connection, and approval behavior differs by protocol.checked 3 Oct 2026
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