The Best Google IAP Alternative for Infrastructure Access

Unified cryptographic identity

Teleport provides a unified, zero trust platform for both human and non-human access across any environment.

Teleport integrates with any SSO provider and issues short-lived, cryptographically-stamped certificates. These identities replace static credentials and can be used to securely access infrastructure like SSH servers, Kubernetes clusters, internal web apps, databases, Git repositories, and APIs, regardless of where they are hosted.

Teleport supports ephemeral, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments out of the box, enforcing consistent identity policies across all infrastructure, including dynamic CI/CD chains or Kubernetes clusters.

Teleport issues machine and workload identities to services, bots, and pipelines using standards like SPIFFE and X.509, enabling trusted, time-limited access without the use of OAuth tokens or long-lived service account keys. This removes the need for custom secret management scripts or credential rotation.

Fine-grained access control

Teleport provides fine-grained access control backed by cryptographic identity, eliminating static credentials and unifying access policies across all environments, not just GCP resources.

Teleport enforces access privileges at the protocol, resource, and task level. This means access to SSH servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, or web applications can be authorized not just by who the user is, but what task they are trying to complete.

Device Trust ensures users are connecting to infrastructure using a trusted, approved device and will automatically deny access if the device is untrusted.

Short-lived certs are granted to machines and workloads like AI bots, CI/CD pipelines, and microservices, eliminating the need to manage OAuth tokens or service account keys. Teleport acts as a certificate authority, automating issuance and expiration in real time.

Teleport establishes a unified identity layer enabling engineers to easily jump between infrastructure resources, including GCP instances. Users can request access directly through trusted tools like Slack or Jira, receive short-lived permissions to specific systems, and log in using SSO.

Granular audit logging & recording

Teleport provides detailed audit logging that goes far beyond basic access events. Every connection, whether to a server, Kubernetes cluster, database, or internal app, is tied to a cryptographic identity and logged with rich metadata. These logs apply equally to humans, machines, workloads, and AI agents.

Teleport captures exactly who or what accessed what system, when, from where, and what actions were executed: full command histories, successful/failed queries, and other changes.

Teleport offers session recording and playback for protocols like SSH, Kubernetes, and RDP, with advanced interactive session controls. Every session can be reviewed and replayed like a video, allowing auditors and incident responders to zero in on what transpired. Teleport also offers session moderation and dual authorization for oversight on the most sensitive tasks. This level of detail helps organizations meet strict compliance standards such as SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI DSS, which require tangible proof that access was used appropriately within sensitive resources.

Unified audit logs spanning all infrastructure (e.g., multi-cloud, on-prem, containerized) are readily exportable to SIEMs and monitoring tools, including Teleport Identity Security, supporting real-time alerting and long-term storage.