ngrok
ngrok provides a secure unified ingress platform that enables developers to deliver applications and APIs with a single line of code, combining reverse proxy, firewall, and API gateway capabilities.
At a Glance
- Software Developers
- DevOps Engineers
- Platform Engineers
- Enterprises
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AI Tools by ngrok
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ngrok AI Gateway
Hosted AI Model Routing Layer
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Latest News
Traffic Policy pricing drops by 10x and idle custom domains become free.
Launch of the new ngrok.ai AI Gateway experience.
AI Gateway: New feature to attach provider keys directly to AI Gateway keys.
Securing internal Kubernetes connections with pod identity variables in Traffic Policy.
Products & Services
The core tunneling service that creates a secure, public URL for a local web server.
A unified gateway for hosted AI models (OpenAI, Anthropic) and self-hosted models (Ollama, vLLM) with observability and access controls.
Simplifies Kubernetes ingress with global load balancing, DDoS protection, and secure connectivity.
A developer-defined API gateway powered by a Traffic Policy engine to manage traffic, authentication, and security.
Market Position
ngrok positions itself as a developer-first, frictionless alternative to complex networking infrastructure, allowing 'ingress without infrastructure' with a single command.
Leadership
Founders
Alan Shreve
Founder & CEO of ngrok. Previously an early engineer at Twilio where he worked on distributed systems. Created ngrok in 2013 as an open-source project while learning the Go programming language. Studied Computer Science at the University of Michigan.
Executive Team
Alan Shreve
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Founder of ngrok. Early Twilio engineer. Expertise in large-scale distributed systems.
Peter Shafton
Chief Technology Officer
Experienced in large-scale distributed systems and cloud computing. Previously at Twilio and Cisco.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Alan Shreve created ngrok in 2013 as an open-source project while working as an engineer at Twilio. He wanted to learn the Go programming language and needed a tool to test webhooks and local services. The project grew organically to over 5 million users before the company raised its first venture funding in 2022.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription-based and usage-based (Pay-as-you-go). Includes monthly/annual plans and per-active-endpoint/bandwidth billing.
Pricing Tiers
Basic tunneling for individual developers, 1 endpoint, 1GB bandwidth.
Adds custom domains and basic authentication.
Includes IP restrictions, OAuth, and higher traffic limits.
Usage-based pricing for active endpoints and traffic.
SSO/SAML, advanced security, custom SLAs, and dedicated support.
Target Markets
- Software Developers
- DevOps Engineers
- Platform Engineers
- Enterprises
- Startups
- Testing Webhooks
- Previewing Apps & Websites
- Secure Remote Access
- API Delivery & Governance
- Kubernetes Ingress
- AI Model Management
- GitHub
- Zoom
- Twilio
- Okta