Certified PartnerTwingate implementation partner in India
We architect, deploy and manage Twingate Zero Trust Network Access for Indian enterprises — replacing legacy VPNs with least-privilege access to private apps, cloud infrastructure and DevOps resources. 45+ deployments delivered.
Employee. Access is granted to the specific applications this person's IdP group is entitled to. Everything else on the network stays invisible.
Contractor. One named resource, a device posture check, and an expiry date on the policy — so access ends without anyone having to remember to revoke it.
CI/CD service account. The pipeline authenticates as itself and reaches one deployment host. No bastion, no long-lived SSH key, no human credential in a secrets store.
What Problems Does Twingate Solve?
Four situations behind most Twingate projects we run in India. Select one to see how we handle it.
Your VPN gateway is a public target
Every concentrator has a public IP that gets probed continuously, and a critical CVE in a major VPN vendor now arrives on a predictable cadence. Patching it is an emergency every time.
Twingate runs alongside the existing VPN, not instead of it on day one. We move user groups across in waves, verify each one, and the concentrator is decommissioned only when nothing routes through it any more.
VPN access is all-or-nothing
Once a user is on the tunnel they are on the network. One stolen credential and an attacker can reach the finance file server from a marketing laptop.
Resource-level policies mapped to your existing IdP groups. Access is granted to individual hosts and ports, not subnets — and we produce the access matrix as a project deliverable, so someone other than the person who built it can review it.
Contractors need access you can't scope
Agencies, auditors and offshore developers get a VPN account because there is no smaller unit to give them — and it stays live long after the engagement ends.
Time-bound and just-in-time access policies with device posture checks, scoped to named resources. Access expires on a date rather than on someone remembering to revoke it.
Engineers are still going through bastion hosts
Jump servers to patch, SSH keys nobody has rotated, and CI/CD pipelines holding credentials broad enough to reach production.
Connectors deployed via Terraform or the Twingate Kubernetes Operator, with secure service accounts for pipelines. Bastions come out, and access is defined in the same repository as the infrastructure it protects.
How Does Twingate Work?
Twingate has four components: a Controller that authorises every request, Connectors deployed inside your network, lightweight Clients on user devices, and a global Relay network. Connectors make only outbound connections, so no inbound firewall ports are opened.
Twingate vs Your Current VPN
The difference is architectural, not featural. A VPN puts a user on the network; Twingate connects a user to a resource.
| Legacy VPN concentrator | Twingate ZTNA | |
|---|---|---|
| Network exposure | Public IP, permanently probed | No inbound ports; the Connector dials out only |
| Access granularity | Network or subnet | Individual resource, port and protocol |
| Traffic path | Hairpinned through the concentrator | Direct peer-to-peer; Relay only as fallback |
| Performance under load | The concentrator is the bottleneck | No central chokepoint to size or scale |
| Contractor scoping | Separate account, full tunnel | Time-bound, resource-scoped, posture-checked |
| Patch exposure | Vendor CVE means an emergency window | No self-hosted gateway to patch |
| DevOps and CI/CD | Bastion hosts and static SSH keys | Service accounts, Terraform, Kubernetes Operator |
| Cutover risk | Rip and replace | Runs side by side; decommission when ready |
A VPN is not wrong for every case. If you have a handful of users, one office and one datacentre, the operational simplicity may still win. Twingate earns its place when access is distributed, contractors are involved, or infrastructure lives in more than one cloud.
Twingate vs Other ZTNA Options
Twingate and Tailscale build direct peer-to-peer paths. Cloudflare Access and Zscaler Private Access broker every session through their own edge. That single architectural choice drives most of the difference in cost, latency and data path.
| Twingate | Tailscale | Cloudflare Access | Zscaler ZPA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | ZTNA, identity-aware resource policy | Mesh VPN (WireGuard) | Proxied via Cloudflare edge | Proxied via Zscaler cloud |
| Traffic path | Direct peer-to-peer | Direct peer-to-peer | Vendor edge, 300+ PoPs | Vendor cloud |
| Policy unit | Resource, port and protocol | Device / ACL | Application | Application |
| Best fit | Least-privilege access to private apps without re-architecting the network | Engineer-led device meshes | Estates already on Cloudflare; clientless browser access | Large enterprises needing full inline inspection and FedRAMP |
| Indicative list price | $5–$10 / user / month | Comparable at small scale | ~$3–$7 / user / month | ~$20–$40 / user / month |
| Where it is not the answer | Full inline traffic inspection, or SWG/CASB consolidation | Enterprise access governance and audit trails | Where a vendor-edge data path is a residency problem | Cost-sensitive mid-market |
Twingate rates are its published list prices. The Cloudflare and Zscaler figures are market-observed ranges rather than published rate cards, and move with volume and term. Verify current pricing with each vendor before budgeting.
What Twingate Services Does NetNXT Provide?
Every Twingate capability we deploy maps to a service practice with its own delivery team.
Zero Trust Network Access
Resource inventory, Connector placement and least-privilege policy design — the core Twingate build.
Explore ZTNA →Zero Trust Architecture
Twingate as one control inside a wider zero-trust programme spanning identity, device and network.
Explore Zero Trust →Identity & Access Management
IdP integration, SCIM provisioning and the group model that Twingate policies are written against.
Explore IAM →Cloud Security
Connectors across AWS, Azure, GCP and Kubernetes, so private subnets stop needing public exposure.
Explore Cloud Security →Twingate also underpins our Compliance Automation and Unified Endpoint Management practices — device posture is where those three meet.
Why Buy Twingate Through a Partner?
A fair comparison, including the places where buying direct is perfectly reasonable.
| Direct from Twingate | Through NetNXT | |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | USD, by credit card. Invoice billing on Enterprise plans only. | INR invoice with GST, so finance can claim input tax credit. |
| Plan sizing | Self-serve to Business (500 users); Enterprise is contact-sales. | All tiers quoted, sized against actual resource count rather than headcount. |
| Architecture | Your team, working from documentation. | Connector placement, IdP mapping and resource inventory designed before anything is switched on. |
| VPN migration | Self-service, with no cutover plan. | Phased wave migration with a rollback point at every wave. |
| Policy design | A blank console. | Access matrix built from your existing IdP groups and delivered as documentation. |
| DevOps integration | Terraform provider and docs. | Modules written into your existing IaC repository and pipeline. |
| Support | Vendor support on vendor hours. | IST-hours first line. We hold the vendor escalation, not you. |
| Audit evidence | You assemble it. | Access-review exports and policy documentation as a project deliverable. |
Under about 50 users, with a single cloud and no compliance obligation, Twingate's self-serve path is genuinely fine and you should use it. The partner case starts where the resource inventory, the IdP mapping or the audit trail becomes someone's full-time problem.
How Long Does a Twingate Implementation Take?
Two to six weeks end to end for a typical 200–500 user organisation. Select a phase to see its deliverables.
Discovery & resource inventory
- Every private resource users actually reach, mapped to owner, port and protocol
- Current VPN policy export, translated into resource-level intent
- A list of what was reachable that nobody knew was reachable
- Dependency list for anything that will block a clean cutover
Typical end to end: 2–6 weeks for a 200–500 user organisation.
Does Twingate Keep Data in India?
Your traffic does. Twingate's control plane does not. Twingate connects users directly to resources peer-to-peer, so when an employee in Bengaluru reaches a server in a Mumbai datacentre, the data never leaves India.
The constraint most people miss: the Controller and Relay are Twingate-hosted, with no India-region or self-hosted option. Authorisation metadata is processed outside India, and relayed fallback connections may leave the country when a direct path cannot be established.
Whether that satisfies your DPDP Act obligations is your counsel's determination, not ours. We document the data flows and tell you which resources will and will not take a direct path — so the assessment gets made on evidence.
Need the evidence for an audit?
We map every resource to its actual connection path, measure the peer-to-peer success rate across your estate, and produce the documentation your compliance team is being asked for.
How Much Does Twingate Cost in India?
Twingate publishes its rates, so we will too. Teams is $5 per user per month and Business is $10, both with roughly 15% off on annual billing. Enterprise is custom-quoted.
| Starter | Teams | Business | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $5 / user / mo | $10 / user / mo | Custom |
| Maximum users | 5 | 100 | 500 | Custom |
| Resources | 50 | 100 | 300 | Custom |
| Remote networks | 10 | 20 | 100 | Custom |
| Admin users | 1 | 3 | 10 | Custom |
| SSO | Social login | Google Workspace | Okta, Entra ID, JumpCloud + SCIM | Custom |
| Device posture | — | Native | Native + CrowdStrike, Intune, Jamf, Kandji, SentinelOne | Full |
| Log retention | 24 hours | 7 days | 30 days | 12 months |
| SIEM / S3 export | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| DNS filtering | — | — | Add-on | Add-on |
| Geoblocking | — | — | — | Yes |
| Invoice billing | — | — | — | Yes |
The user cap forces the tier, not the features
Business stops at 500 users. Plenty of Indian enterprises land on Enterprise for headcount alone rather than for any capability they need — which makes it a negotiation, not a rate card. Get that quoted before you plan the rollout, not after.
Resource count is the hidden constraint
Business allows 300 resources. Estates that map every host individually, rather than by DNS subdomain or CIDR, exhaust this well before the user cap. Resource design at architecture stage routinely saves a whole tier.
Log retention drives the compliance answer
Business retains 30 days of network logs. If your auditor expects twelve months, that is either Enterprise or a SIEM export configured on day one. Deciding this in month nine is expensive.
Rates are Twingate's published list prices, exclusive of tax, verified August 2026. Confirm current pricing at twingate.com/pricing. INR figures are indicative and move with the exchange rate.
Case Studies We Have Delivered
Real migrations, real constraints, published outcomes.
Distributed logistics network
Warehouses, on-road fleets, third-party depots and remote staff on a flat network behind an overloaded VPN. Replaced with Twingate ZTNA and full segmentation in 60 days.
Access became smoother, security became stronger, and warehouse operations ran with zero disruption during peak hours after implementation.
Read the full case studyAI workflow automation
A mid-sized Indian logistics operator with fragmented ERP, WMS and TMS systems, manual dispatch coordination and no structured SLA tracking. Rebuilt as connected, automated workflows.
The shift from manual, disconnected processes to a structured automated workflow system was not incremental — it was foundational.
Read the full case studyTwingate as Code
Access that lives in the same repository as the infrastructure it protects, reviewed in the same pull request.
Terraform & Pulumi
Connectors, resources and access policies provisioned through native providers. Access changes go through review, and drift is visible.
Kubernetes Operator
Resources and access declared as CRDs alongside the workloads, so cluster access stops being a separate system of record.
Secure service accounts
CI/CD pipelines get narrow, revocable access to specific hosts instead of a broad VPN credential or a long-lived SSH key nobody rotates.
Frequently Asked Questions
NetNXT is a Twingate partner based in India, with 45+ Zero Trust Network Access deployments delivered. We handle resource inventory, Connector architecture, IdP integration, phased VPN migration and ongoing managed operations, with IST-hours first-line support and INR invoicing with GST.
Twingate's Teams plan is $5 per user per month and Business is $10 per user per month, both with roughly 15% off on annual billing. Starter is free for up to 5 users. Enterprise, required above 500 users, is custom-quoted. A 250-user Business deployment on annual billing is about $2,125 per month.
Twingate is a VPN replacement, not a VPN. A VPN places a user on the network and trusts them with everything on it. Twingate authorises each connection individually and connects the user to a single resource, so a compromised credential does not grant lateral movement across the network.
Two to six weeks end to end for a typical 200–500 user organisation. Twingate itself installs in under 15 minutes; the schedule is driven by resource inventory, access policy design and migrating users off the existing VPN in waves. Cloud-only estates with no legacy VPN move fastest, at two to three weeks.
Yes. Twingate replaces the remote-access function of all three, and runs alongside them during migration rather than requiring a cutover. Connectors are deployed behind the existing firewall, users move across in waves, and the concentrator is decommissioned once traffic logs confirm nothing routes through it. Site-to-site tunnels between fixed locations are assessed separately during discovery.
Application traffic stays in India when both the user and the resource are in India, because Twingate connects them directly peer-to-peer rather than routing through a vendor edge. However, Twingate's Controller and Relay infrastructure are vendor-hosted with no India-region option, so authorisation metadata is processed outside India.
Both build direct peer-to-peer connections, but they solve different problems. Tailscale is a mesh VPN organised around devices and ACLs, suited to engineer-led networks. Twingate is ZTNA organised around resources and identity-aware policy, with the access governance, device posture integrations and audit trail that enterprise security teams need.
No. Twingate installs alongside an existing VPN with no conflict, which is why we run every enterprise migration in parallel. Users switch by enabling the Twingate client; anyone not yet migrated continues on the VPN. The concentrator is decommissioned at the end of the project, not the beginning.
Connectors cluster for load balancing and failover, so we deploy at least two per remote network in any production build. If one fails, sessions move to another Connector serving the same network. Single-Connector deployments are fine for a pilot and are a single point of failure in production.
Yes. Twingate integrates with Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, JumpCloud, OneLogin and Keycloak, with SCIM provisioning so group membership drives access automatically. Note that the Business plan or above is required for Okta, Entra ID and SCIM — the Teams plan supports Google Workspace only.
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