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Dev Tunnels vs NGrok

Can Visual Studio dev-tunnels replace Ngrok yet?

Thinking out loud

Source: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-for-asp-net-core-projects/
Taken from https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-for-asp-net-core-projects/

Visual Studio Dev Tunnels NGrok
SSL/HTTPS ✔ ✔
tunnels unlimited 1 per license
2 per agent
(more for paid)
TCP Connections ? up to 100
bandwidth restriction ? (likely unlimited) ✔ 1 GB / monthly
Maximum uptime unlimited 2 hours (free)
Authentication ✔ ✔ (Paid only, 50 MAU)
request log ❌ ✔
replay requests ❌ ✔
inspect requests ❌ ✔
random URLs ✔ ✔
custom URLs ❌ ✔ (Paid only)
durable URLs ✔ (Might not be reliable) ✔
automatically start/stop ✔ ❌

(All as of writing this article in January 2023, table is subject to change)

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