Comparison
Teleport-style access, plus patching and evidence, in one plane
Teleport is excellent at access, and access is all it does. Praxis gives you comparable brokered access (short-lived certs, recording, JIT) and runs the rest of the fleet too.
Last verified: July 28, 2026
Teleport sets a high bar for brokered infrastructure access: short-lived certificates, session recording, and just-in-time flows across SSH, Kubernetes, databases, and web apps, with a large ecosystem around it. It does not inventory, patch, or collect compliance evidence for the hosts behind that access. Praxis matches the core access model and folds it into a plane that also runs patching, repositories, and evidence.
| Capability | Praxis | Teleport |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted, no call-home | ● | ◐community self-host; enterprise self-host is quote/heavy |
| Multi-distro (Debian + Enterprise Linux) | ● | ○does not patch/manage OS |
| Patch lifecycle (staged rings, rollback) | ●staged rings + rollback; APT/DNF scope | ○ |
| Access governance + OpenBao-backed SSH certs | ● | ●strong; at parity |
| Compliance evidence + governed remediation | ● | ○ |
| Signed air-gap content transfer | ● | ○ |
| Public, transparent pricing | ● | ○quote-only (community edition free) |
● full · ◐ partial · ○ none / not native
Where Teleport wins
- Deeper, more mature access feature set.
- Protocol breadth: Kubernetes, databases, web apps.
- Larger ecosystem.
Where Praxis wins
- Access is one part of a full fleet plane: inventory, patching, repos, compliance evidence.
- You don't buy and integrate a separate patch tool.
- Self-hosted with no quote-gate.
Choose Teleport if you need best-in-class access across many protocols and nothing else.
Choose Praxis if you want good, integrated access bundled with Linux fleet ops and evidence.
Honest caveat: On pure access we are at parity, not ahead of Teleport, and Praxis interactive sessions are single-worker in 1.0.