# Dev Tunnels vs NGrok

> Can Visual Studio dev-tunnels replace Ngrok yet?

2024-02-29 · Tim Cadenbach · https://www.tcdev.de/blog/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio/

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<figcaption>Taken from https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-for-asp-net-core-projects/</figcaption>
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<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 39.1875px;">Visual Studio Dev Tunnels</td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 39.1875px;">NGrok</td>
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<td style="width: 37.62%; height: 19.5938px;">SSL/HTTPS</td>
<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /></td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /></td>
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<td style="width: 37.62%; height: 58.7812px;">tunnels</td>
<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 58.7812px;">unlimited</td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 58.7812px;">1 per license<br />2 per agent<br />(more for paid)</td>
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<td style="width: 37.62%; height: 19.5938px;">TCP Connections</td>
<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 19.5938px;">?</td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 19.5938px;">up to 100</td>
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<td style="width: 37.62%; height: 19.5938px;">bandwidth restriction</td>
<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 19.5938px;">? (likely unlimited)</td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /> 1 GB / monthly</td>
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<td style="width: 37.62%; height: 19.5938px;">Maximum uptime</td>
<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 19.5938px;">unlimited</td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 19.5938px;">2 hours (free)</td>
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<td style="width: 37.62%; height: 19.5938px;">Authentication</td>
<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /></td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /> (Paid only, 50 MAU)</td>
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<td style="width: 37.62%; height: 19.5938px;">request log</td>
<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="❌" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-3.gif" /></td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /></td>
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<td style="width: 37.62%; height: 19.5938px;">replay requests</td>
<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="❌" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-3.gif" /></td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /></td>
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<td style="width: 37.62%; height: 19.5938px;">inspect requests</td>
<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="❌" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-3.gif" /></td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /></td>
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<td style="width: 37.62%; height: 19.5938px;">random URLs</td>
<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /></td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /></td>
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<td style="width: 37.62%; height: 19.5938px;">custom URLs</td>
<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="❌" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-3.gif" /></td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /> (Paid only)</td>
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<td style="width: 37.62%; height: 39.1875px;">durable URLs</td>
<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 39.1875px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /> (Might not be reliable)</td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 39.1875px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /></td>
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<td style="width: 37.62%; height: 19.5938px;">automatically start/stop</td>
<td style="width: 31.4408%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="✔" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-2.gif" /></td>
<td style="width: 30.9392%; height: 19.5938px;"><img alt="❌" class="imgs" src="/blog/img/legacy/dev-tunnels-in-visual-studio-inline-3.gif" /></td>
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<p>(All as of writing this article in January 2023, table is subject to change)</p>