A consumer VPN protects one person's connection. A business has different
problems entirely: employees working from coffee shops and home networks,
customer data that needs protecting in transit, and no easy way to see who's
accessing what. Here's when that actually matters:
Remote or hybrid teams
Employees checking email at a coffee shop or connecting from home Wi-Fi are each a potential entry point — a business VPN encrypts that traffic across everyone, not just one device.
Handling customer data
If your team touches customer payment info, records, or other sensitive data, encrypting that traffic in transit is a baseline expectation, not an extra.
No visibility into who's connecting
A personal VPN has no admin dashboard. A business needs to see and control access by employee, not just turn a VPN on and hope.
Our Recommendation
NordLayer
- ✓ Centralized team management — invite users, assign access by role, and see who's connected from one dashboard
- ✓ Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) — employees reach only the specific tools they need, not your entire network
- ✓ Site-to-site VPN links remote offices or cloud environments together securely
- ✓ Cloud firewall applies consistent security policy across every remote endpoint, no on-site hardware required
- ✓ Single sign-on (SSO) integration with Google Workspace, Microsoft, and Okta
- ✓ Built on NordVPN's infrastructure — the same encryption standard, extended for teams
Most teams of 10–50 people get fully set up within about an hour. Core plan pricing runs roughly $11/user/month — reasonable for what it replaces, but confirm current pricing directly since it can shift.
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