Ngrok

San Francisco, California, United States

Ngrok is a globally distributed reverse proxy platform that creates encrypted tunnels and consolidates load balancing, API gateway, and firewall capabilities for applications, APIs, and network services.

It supports HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, and TLS traffic, OAuth, OIDC, and JWT authentication, rate limiting, IP restrictions, webhook verification, endpoint load balancing, a Kubernetes Ingress Operator, Agent SDKs, and real-time traffic inspection with request replay.

According to our data, Ngrok ranks 20th among the load balancers we track.
It has 0.2% of the load balancer market share and is detected on 0.01% of all websites.

It is especially popular in Indonesia, appearing on 0.4% of all websites in the country.

πŸ’Έ Pricing

Ngrok is available in both free and paid versions.

Free version βœ”οΈ 1GB data transfer, 20K HTTP/S requests per month
Hobbyist
(5GB transfer, 100K HTTP/S reqs)
$10/month
Pay-as-you-go
(5GB+ transfer, 100K+ HTTP/S reqs)
$20+/month

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† Ngrok Awards

⚑ Sites Using Ngrok

We have data on 565 websites that use the Ngrok load balancer. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Ngrok is elcorteingles.es.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 elcorteingles.es #1,979 Spain Spanish
2 deodap.in #9,406 India English
3 jockey.in #10,050 United States English
4 creately.com #17,362 Australia English
5 elcorteingles.pt #24,237 Spain Portuguese
6 owalalife.com #28,940 English
7 vipbags.com #31,804 India English
8 westside.com #32,180 India English
9 myraymond.com #38,187 India English
10 kushals.com #39,352 India English
11 primeriti.es #44,871 Spain Spanish
12 instore.co.in #45,444 India English
13 stand-prive.com #47,402 France French
14 wellversed.in #51,338 India English
15 universityhealth.com #55,671 United States English
16 crossword.in #59,415 India English
17 bakker.com #60,140 France French
18 willemsefrance.fr #65,542 France French
19 pensionsinfo.dk #65,623 Denmark Danish
20 mermaid.ai #71,344 English

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Ngrok:

Most of the sites using Ngrok are from Indonesia, the United States, and India.

  • Indonesia 27.2%
  • United States 25.4%
  • India 12.1%
  • United Kingdom 5.8%
  • Germany 3.4%
  • Australia 2.6%
  • France 2.2%
  • United Arab Emirates 1.6%
  • Poland 1.4%
  • Other 18.3%

Most Ngrok users speak English, Malay, or German.

  • English 61.4%
  • Malay 23.5%
  • German 3%
  • French 2.3%
  • Spanish 1.2%
  • Polish 1.2%
  • Dutch 1.1%
  • Italian 0.9%
  • Portuguese 0.9%
  • Other 4.5%

The Ngrok load balancer is especially popular on .com top-level domains.

  • .com 61.9%
  • .org 4.8%
  • .in 3.7%
  • .co.uk 3%
  • .de 2.5%
  • .com.au 1.8%
  • .net 1.6%
  • .io 1.2%
  • .us 1.1%
  • Other 18.4%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Ngrok include online shopping, fashion and beauty, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Online Shopping 36.5%
  • Fashion/Beauty 19.7%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 9.5%
  • Business 7.3%
  • Blogs/Wiki 3.6%
  • Travel 3.6%
  • Software/Hardware 3.6%
  • Sports 2.9%
  • Internet Services 1.5%
  • Other 11.8%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Ngrok alternatives.

RankName
1
Varnish
Stockholm, Sweden

An open-source HTTP accelerator and reverse caching proxy that caches content from web servers to reduce load times, and supports native TLS termination and Kubernetes deployments.

FreeOpen source$$$
11
Google Front End
Mountain View, California, United States

Google's globally distributed reverse proxy that accepts client connections at the network edge and routes requests to Google services.

$$$
12
Istio
San Francisco, California, United States

An open-source service mesh that secures, connects, and monitors services in Kubernetes, virtual machines, and multi-cloud environments.

FreeOpen source
15
HAProxy
Newton, Massachusetts, United States

An open-source load balancer and reverse proxy for TCP and HTTP-based applications.

FreeOpen source$$$
19
Kong Gateway
San Francisco, California, United States

An API gateway that manages, secures, and routes API traffic using a cloud-native, platform-agnostic architecture.

FreeOpen source$105+/month

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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Ngrok from?

Ngrok is from San Francisco, California, United States.

Can I use Ngrok for free?

Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.

How much does it cost?

Ngrok is priced from $10 per month for the Hobbyist plan.

Which country uses Ngrok the most?

The majority of Ngrok users are from Indonesia.

Who uses Ngrok?

According to our data, Ngrok is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as elcorteingles.es, deodap.in, and jockey.in.

What are the alternatives to Ngrok?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Ngrok may include HAProxy, Istio, and Varnish.

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