- You don't have to maintain the infra yourself. It is maintained by system experts, vs the necessity to learn such knowledge yourself
- You are going to get features earlier, as Tailscale is the leading implementation, and Headscale is trying to maintain compatibility
- You have a promise of a certain level of support depending on your plan, rather than relying on an open source community with no responsibility to provide support
It feels like Tailscale isn't trying to gatekeep the technology, they are trying to sell all the things that simplify/provide value for people who would like to use the technology.
- You don't have to maintain the infra yourself. It is maintained by system experts, vs the necessity to learn such knowledge yourself
- You are going to get features earlier, as Tailscale is the leading implementation, and Headscale is trying to maintain compatibility
- You have a promise of a certain level of support depending on your plan, rather than relying on an open source community with no responsibility to provide support
It feels like Tailscale isn't trying to gatekeep the technology, they are trying to sell all the things that simplify/provide value for people who would like to use the technology.