Documentation
QuadScale vs Traditional VPN
Compare Zero Trust mesh networking with legacy VPN architectures.
Key differences
- Traditional VPNs hairpin traffic through centralized gateways; QuadScale prefers direct peer paths
- VPNs often grant broad network access after login; QuadScale enforces resource-level policies
- VPNs require inbound ports and static routes; QuadScale agents are outbound-only
- VPN appliances are operationally heavy; QuadScale is API and Terraform friendly