NordLayer
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Mas Idayu H.
Verified UserOil & Energy · 10000+ employees
Remote workstation is great with NordLayer
Verified reviewer
- iPhone, Android, Linux, and Macintosh are all supported devices for this VPN, which allowed me to run the same VPN across all of my gadgets and get an excellent connection
- Even during a trial version, NordLayer offers the most reliable IP address selection from various countries
- Currently, the only details accessible are a detailed description of the remote device's CPU and RAM and its connection time
- Counting the time spent on a machine or in a group over a given period is problematic
- Last week, it was impossible to identify whose computers had been accessed
Fred L.
Verified UserFinancial Services · 11-50 employees
Fantastically easy to use but support not always helpful with backend issues
With all staff suddenly working remotely, we needed a secure option that allowed a dedicated gateway for remote staff to use. NordLayer allowed us to configure 50 staff easily and without any major disruption to business thanks to useful team admin interface and ease of setup/installation via the Windows and Linux client.
The online user interface and the software interface itself are easy enough for all staff to navigate, in particular admin can restrict settings within the app to ensure correct use and reduce tickets from staff having issues connecting
- Downtime on our dedicated UK Gateway has been frequent enough that we had to provision a backup server located in France which we end up using several times a month
- Support not always helpful and tend to refer to basic troubleshooting when clearly a server issue
Switched From
Went from having a small number of staff who needed remote access to the entire workforce and Nord was much easier to scale for the whole team.
Why they chose it
"Based on a recommendation from a partner and our sister company were also making the switch to Nord at the time."
Lawrence C.
Verified UserE-Learning · 51-200 employees
Good VPN but lacking features and customisation
Verified reviewer
- User interface is very simple and straightforward
- Easy to install and deploy
- Team management is also easy
- Having used NordVPN, it seems it has less features
- Customer support is very unhelpful
- When trying to use other protocols, they don't always work
Benoît B.
Verified UserBanking · 11-50 employees
Useful and secured VPN - used for security in a banking software environment
Easy to setup, easy to deploy, easy to manage, and secured.
- Easy to setup, easy to manage access for teams and members
- The dedicated VPN server with static IP address
- New members joining the team are activated with only a few actions and are ready to work within a few minutes
- The security is really important to us, and we rely on NordLayer to access protected IT resources securly
- We also appreciate the availability on multiple devices (smartphone, Windows, Mac OS
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- Sometimes, the network fails to establish connection and we need to reboot the computer to get network back - mainly after application updates
- But it seems that since latest versions we don't encounter this issue as much as we did
Switched From
We switch to get a really simple tool, easy to manage and to deploy
Chris H.
Verified UserPackage/ Freight Delivery · 11-50 employees
Doesn't get in the way of your day today work
Excellent. Easy to setup. Easily forgotten once connected. I never think; will I be able to do my work today? Will I be able to complete my work before the VPN provider kicks me off my dedicated IP? I haven't needed to contact support. As far as I know, we've only had a handful of issues connecting which were solved by a local (home) router reboot.
- We as a team love that NordLayer doesn't get in the way of our work
- Previous VPN providers we used were constantly causing issues
- Once connected to NordLayer's VPN, you forget that you are connected
- This is, in our opinion exactly what a VPN should do
- The software delivers on everything we need
- There's nothing to complain about
Switched From
PureVPN was rubbish. Constant disconnections. Slow traffic. Approximately 10pm every night you would loose connection. Once you got disconnected, you could only reconnect once support disconnected you. Which sometimes could be several hours wait. The disconnecting got so bad, that one of the devs at PureVPN gave me a beta version of their app which allowed us to disconnect ourselves. It was a terrible product. Always getting in the way
Why they chose it
"Good reputation, one of the team used it personally. The product seemed to suit our needs perfectly and it has."
Joel D.
Verified UserInsurance · 51-200 employees
Great solution for site to site connections
It's mostly great. The channel account manager has been helpful, was able to connect me to the right people in support to get me up and running.
- The ability to connect the VPN in a router in order to connect a device to their VPN that otherwise wouldn't support VPN on its own
- Their desktop clients are easy enough to use, even on Linux (which is entirely done in the terminal using the command line interface)
- Hard to use without a static IP
- I intend on getting a static IP later, but for now I have been holding off
- Every time my public IP changes, I need to get level 2 support to update the VPN server to connect to the new IP
- They say they'll have a feature in the portal some time next year allowing me as the admin to update it myself, but I'll probably have a static IP by then
Switched From
I sort of switched from Tailscale. Was using Tailscale in another device. I tried using Tailscale in a router, but after several attempts, I was still unsuccessful at it.
Why they chose it
"More versatile than an SD-WAN."
Andy M.
Verified UserHealth, Wellness and Fitness · 1001-5000 employees
Best security tool on the market
I have it on every work computer that I use for it to work and protect all of the software that I use.
- Very good and usefull tool for every network security needs
- It's a very reliable software that i cannot recommend enough
- I don't have any specific negative aspects to say about the software
- It's a very good tool for everyday security
Sally G.
Verified UserHealth, Wellness and Fitness · 501-1000 employees
Good VPN connection
I have been using it for a year and It's very good, it provides a reliable VPN connection. The interface is very user friendly too.
- It's very simple to use and provides a stable and reliable VPN connection
- I really like that it doesn't lower your normal Internet speed at all like other apps do
- When you use it for the first time and haven't logged it yet, by default it is on "always on VPN" which means it disables your Internet until it's connected to the VPN
- It does have the option to disable it, however, it's a little hard to see, so if you don't know about it, you will be without Internet connection and not realizing why
Rebeca C.
Verified UserHospital & Health Care · 11-50 employees
Best way to keep a safe connection at work
Verified reviewer
NordLayer is the perfect way to keep a safe connection, specially while handling private data from patients, wherever I'm at
Sometimes it logs off automatically, which requires a new connection to make sure I'm able to keep a safe connection while I work
Florian S.
Verified UserInternet · 11-50 employees
Great and reliable VPN service
Verified reviewer
I mostly like the ease of use and the pro features like having company gateways with dedicated IPs in different locations worldwide
- I have to re-login from time to time on my devices
- But I'm not sure if this is something NordLayer is responsible for or the OS
Switched From
Because of the pro features.
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