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Alternatives to ngrok
ngrok: Developer infrastructure that routes and secures traffic to your apps, APIs, and AI models, wherever they run. 8 products similar to ngrok, compared on pricing, free tier, API, MCP server, SDK and open source. 8 of 8 have a free tier, 7 of 8 have an API, 7 of 8 offer an MCP server, 1 of 8 is open source.
- Tyk
API management platform and API gateway with AI, MCP and agent traffic governance on a unified control plane.
- Northflank
The runtime platform for autonomous software
- localhost.run
Expose locally running web applications to the internet via SSH tunnels
- Pipedream
The integration layer for AI agents
- Webhook Relay
Webhook gateway that receives, transforms and delivers webhooks to public URLs, private servers or localhost
- LocalOps
AI-native internal developer platform for deploying, monitoring, scaling and resolving incidents on your own AWS, GCP or Azure account.
- Clerk
Authentication and user management for applications
- Unkey
The Developer Platform for Modern APIs
Side by side
| Product | Pricing | Free tier | API | MCP server | SDK | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ngrok | Freemium · from $0 | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Tyk | Usage-based | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Northflank | Usage-based | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| localhost.run | Freemium | yes | no | no | no | — |
| Pipedream | Freemium · from $0 | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Webhook Relay | Freemium · from $8.99/month (Basic, billed yearly at $107.88/year; monthly billing available) | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| LocalOps | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | — | no |
| Clerk | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Unkey | Freemium · from $0/mo | yes | yes | yes | yes | — |
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