All five projects can get a WireGuard® server online behind a web UI. Here’s an honest look at what each one actually does — and where they stop being enough once VPN access has to work for a whole team, not just the admin running it.
If you’re comfortable being the only admin, and everyone connecting can import a config file or scan a QR code themselves, any of these four will get a WireGuard® server online for free.
The fastest way to get a single WireGuard® server online with a friendly UI: client list, QR codes, Tx/Rx charts, and 2FA on the admin login, all in one Docker container. Great for a server you run yourself — there’s no fleet view across devices, no non-admin client experience, and no way to hand someone VPN access without also handing them a config file to import. AGPLv3, free.
A Python/Vue dashboard for monitoring and managing one or more WireGuard® servers you already run — peer scheduling, ping/traceroute tools, TOTP for the dashboard login, and support for AmneziaWG. It’s built for visibility into servers you personally administer, not for handing a one-click client to non-technical staff or isolating multiple customers. Apache-2.0, free.
The most flexible of the four: multiple WireGuard® interfaces, MikroTik & pfSense backends, OAuth/LDAP/Passkey login, Prometheus metrics, and a REST API with webhooks. A strong choice if your team is comfortable wiring up its own monitoring. It manages interfaces, not a client fleet — end users still install and configure the official WireGuard® app themselves. MIT, free.
The strongest built-in monitoring of the four — real-time peer status, bandwidth graphs, shift-based time policies, and even a small zero-trust gateway for internal web apps — plus TOTP and anti-brute-force protection on the admin login. Still one panel per deployment: no dedicated client apps, no multi-tenant customer isolation, and its MFA protects the panel, not the tunnel itself. MIT, free.
wg show and guessValenius side by side with the four alternatives introduced above — wg-easy, WGDashboard, WireGuard Portal, and WireGuard WebAdmin — across the capabilities that matter most once VPN access has to scale beyond a single admin.
| Feature | Valenius | wg-easy | WGDashboard | WireGuard Portal | WireGuard WebAdmin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| License & cost model | Open-core — AGPLv3 core, free; Pro automation is paid | Free — AGPLv3, no paid tier | Free — Apache-2.0, no paid tier | Free — MIT, no paid tier | Free — MIT, no paid tier |
| Native desktop & mobile client apps | Yes — Windows, Linux, macOS, Android & iOS | No — the official WireGuard® app with an imported config or QR code | No — the official WireGuard® app with an imported config or QR code | No — the official WireGuard® app with an imported config or QR code | No — the official WireGuard® app with an imported config or QR code |
| One-click connect without admin rights | Yes — privileged service + tray/menu app, per-user profiles | No — end users install and import a config into the official WireGuard® app themselves | No — end users install and import a config into the official WireGuard® app themselves | No — end users install and import a config into the official WireGuard® app themselves | No — end users install and import a config into the official WireGuard® app themselves |
| Live fleet presence (online/offline per device) | Yes — heartbeat + long-poll, seconds-fresh | Basic — connected/last-handshake status only, no persistent device identity or push | Basic — connected/last-handshake status only, no persistent device identity or push | Basic — connected/last-handshake status only, no persistent device identity or push | Basic — connected/last-handshake status only, no persistent device identity or push |
| Zero-touch peer provisioning (key, IP & config generated automatically) | Yes — cert-based sidecar enrollment, no .conf editing (Pro) | Partial — one click in the UI, per peer, single server | Partial — batch creation & scheduled jobs, admin-driven | Partial — automatic IP & config generation per interface | Partial — invitation links with QR codes, admin-driven |
| AI assistant integration (built-in MCP server) | Yes — connect Claude, Gemini, OpenAI or Mistral; same tokens, scopes & audit trail as the API (Pro) | No | No | No | No |
| Management REST API for automation | Yes — whole admin surface, scoped tokens, OpenAPI 3.1 spec readable without a token (Pro) | Partial — exists, but documented as not yet stable and without a published spec | Partial — API-key based, GET/POST only, docs still in progress | Yes — full REST API with a Swagger (OpenAPI 2.0) spec | Partial — REST API v2 advertised, no published spec found |
| Multi-tenant isolation for MSPs | Yes — isolated customers on one host, per-customer licensing (Pro) | No — single-tenant by design | No — multi-server visibility, not customer isolation | No — multiple interfaces, not a tenant/customer model | No — multi-user roles, not customer isolation |
| mTLS-secured management plane | Yes — internal CA, every management call mutually authenticated (Pro) | No | No | No | No |
| Server-enforced VPN session MFA (gates the tunnel itself) | Yes — fail-closed, configurable per group (Pro) | No — protects the admin panel login, not the tunnel | No — protects the admin panel login, not the tunnel | No | No — protects the admin panel login, not the tunnel |
| Admin panel authentication | OIDC + TOTP, included in the free edition | TOTP 2FA only | TOTP 2FA only | OAuth, LDAP & Passkey — no built-in TOTP documented | TOTP 2FA (OIDC listed as “coming soon”) |
| Automatic fallback port (UDP 443) with client retry | Yes — a resilience layer none of these four offer (Pro) | No | No | No | No |
| Config encryption at rest on the client | Yes — every platform, both editions | No — relies on the OS’s standard WireGuard® app/config storage | No — relies on the OS’s standard WireGuard® app/config storage | No — relies on the OS’s standard WireGuard® app/config storage | No — relies on the OS’s standard WireGuard® app/config storage |
| Remote forced disconnect (“kill tunnel”) | Yes — liveness-ping-confirmed, works even if the client is unreachable (Pro) | Partial — disable or delete the peer in the UI | Partial — restrict or delete a peer, schedulable | Partial — disable a client seamlessly | Partial — time-based enable/disable |
| Client auto-update | Yes — from your own backend, both editions | No — the client is the official WireGuard® app, updated independently | No — the client is the official WireGuard® app, updated independently | No — the client is the official WireGuard® app, updated independently | No — the client is the official WireGuard® app, updated independently |
| Traffic statistics & dashboards | Yes — per device, customer & fleet, configurable retention (Pro) | Yes — Tx/Rx charts, Prometheus metrics | Basic — built for server monitoring, not fleet reporting | Via Prometheus metrics — no built-in charts | Yes — per-peer bandwidth graphs & history |
| Multiple WireGuard® servers from one panel | Yes — one sidecar per interface/customer (Pro) | No — one instance manages one server | Yes — cross-server dashboard | Yes — multiple interfaces & backends, incl. MikroTik & pfSense | Yes — multiple WireGuard® instances |
| Managed hardware appliance (plug-in box, OTA updates + rollback) | Yes — Raspberry Pi appliance (Pro) | No | No | No | No |
| Commercial support option | Yes — company-backed helpdesk, EU managed cloud option | No — community support only | No — community support only | No — community support only | No — community support only |
This comparison was made in July 2026, based on each project’s public documentation and repository at the time. Open-source tools move fast — wg-easy, WGDashboard, WireGuard Portal, and WireGuard WebAdmin may well have shipped new features since, and none of them were involved in writing this page. Spot something outdated or missing? Let us know and we’ll fix it.
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