Name: NordLayer
Rating: 4.6 (93 reviews)

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Updated 13th October 2025

What is NordLayer?

NordLayer is a software designed to provide network security solutions for businesses by offering secure remote access to company resources, enabling management of network permissions, and safeguarding sensitive data through encryption. The software supports flexible integration with existing infrastructure, allowing administrators to monitor and control user activity, configure dedicated servers, and apply custom security policies. NordLayer helps organizations address the need for secure connections among distributed teams, protection against unauthorized access, and centralized oversight of network traffic, supporting business continuity and compliance requirements across various environments.

Overall experience with NordLayer

Forensic Analyst

<50M USD, IT Services

FAVORABLE

“NordLayer Provides Simple VPN Experience but Per-User Pricing May Be High”

5.0

Mar 2, 2026

I have been a customer of Nord for a while now. NordPass, NordVPN, and NordLayer are some of the most useful VPN/security services I have used. NordLayer really helped me implement a VPN at my company back when I was still part of it. This is what we have been using since dropping our prev. tool.

Director of IT

<50M USD, Services (non-Government)

CRITICAL

“Customer Support Limited to Email With No Live or Phone Assistance”

3.0

Apr 28, 2026

Support is lacking - via email only - nothing live or over the phone, very very strange..

About Company

Company Description

NordLayer is an adaptive network access security solution for modern businesses developed by the standard of NordVPN. We help organizations of all sizes enhance their internet security and modernize network and resource access with technical improvements aligning with the best regulatory compliance standards. Helping organizations to adopt FWaaS, ZTNA, and SWG principles, NordLayer is focused on the Security Service Edge of cybersecurity services. Quick and easy to integrate with existing infrastructure, hardware-free, and designed with ease of scale in mind, NordLayer meets the varying growth pace and ad-hoc cybersecurity requirements of agile businesses and distributed workforces today.

Company Details

Year Founded

2019

Head office location

New York, United States

Website

https://nordlayer.com/

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The thing I like the most about it NordLayer that it is simple to use and it does the job of a VPN very well. It also has many other services like a cloud firewall, a secure gateway, and some great speeds, at least in my experience.There were also some great prices in my experience.

The overall ease of management on the web portal.

Easy to deploy, high performance, highly compatible with our existing tech stack and requires almost no maintenance.

I did not like that NordLayer has a sort of steep price curve that would get too expensive after a while. They charge on a per-user basis, which makes it too expensive if I want all of the features.

Support methods. Support is limited to a business product.

Cost is high compared to similar solutions Not many in-depth technical knobs to tweak behavior for unique scenarios doesn't work in niche scenarios requiring some custom tooling for use.

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<50M USD

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NordLayer Provides Simple VPN Experience but Per-User Pricing May Be High

Manager, It Security And Risk Management

50M-1B USD

Software

Solution Offers Ease for Staff But Lacks Advanced Features for Specialized Needs

Mar 12, 2026

We originally purchased this as a solution for staff needing to impersonate locations for web development, compliance, and marketing purposes, but as our internal VPN began to show its age this became a low effort easy deployment solution to replace our traditional vpn.

IT Security & Risk Management Associate

NordLayer delivers secure, easy to manage access with reliable performance and simplified deployment for remote teams.

Apr 10, 2026

Our overall experience with NordLayer has been very positive. The platform made it easy to secure remote access across our org without the complexity of traditional VPN configs. Deployment was smooth, and the centralized management console gave us clear visibility and control over user access.

Travel and Hospitality

Simple VPN Setup Offers Accessibility for Non-Technical Restaurant Employees

4.0

Jan 2, 2026

Needed a VPN service that we could set up quickly and that was reasonably scalable as we continue to grow.

Clear Security Features and Admin Controls Benefit Small Business Users of Nord

Dec 1, 2025

Reasonably priced VPN tool with the admin controls needed for small businesses.