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Tunnel services without bandwidth limits — top 3 for 2026
If you push files, video, or chatty WebSocket traffic through a tunnel, bandwidth metering kicks in surprisingly fast. ngrok caps free tunnels at 1 GB/month and meters paid tiers. We rank the three tunnel services that don't meter at all, on free vs paid availability and any throughput trade-offs.
lrok
No bandwidth metering on free or Pro. The Helsinki edge box has 1 Gbps unmetered. We don't track or charge for bytes.
wins at
Unmetered on every tier. Predictable cost. Suitable for video / file uploads / dense WebSocket streams.
loses at
Single-region (Helsinki) means cross-Atlantic traffic adds RTT. Not the right pick for low-latency multi-region streaming.
Cloudflare Tunnel
No bandwidth caps either. Multi-region edge means lower RTT globally. Free if you already pay for Cloudflare DNS.
wins at
Multi-region, unmetered, bundled with a domain.
loses at
Setup friction (cloudflared install + DNS migration). No request inspector for dev-loop work.
bore (self-host)
Self-hosted, so 'bandwidth' is whatever your VPS gives you. Hetzner unmetered 1 Gbps boxes start at €5/mo.
wins at
You set the policy. No vendor metering possible.
loses at
Operational overhead. The TCO is your time, not just the VPS.
// verdict
lrok and Cloudflare Tunnel are the two hosted services that don't meter bandwidth in 2026. Pick lrok for one-command setup + reserved subdomains; pick Cloudflare Tunnel if you're already on Cloudflare DNS.