NordLayer

Avantages

Je l'utilise depuis plusieurs années pour me connecter quand je suis en voyage ou depuis un réseau pas sécurisé

Inconvénients

Un peu difficile pour installation et pas beaucoup des pays pour se connecter

Avantages

J'apprécie la simplicité d'utilisation, une fois installée NordLayer VPN est très simple.

Inconvénients

Le prix est un poil cher. Mais la qualité du logiciel vaut la peine.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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).

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

User interface is very simple and straightforward. Easy to install and deploy. Team management is also easy.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

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Avantages

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...)

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

The software delivers on everything we need. There's nothing to complain about.

Avantages

NordLayer integration is fairly easy. The App is straightforward and easy to use on both computer and phone. Seamless login with Azure AD SSO.

Inconvénients

More control over how the admin settings apply to users could be improved. For example, I may want a subset of users to see only the dedicated VPN Gateway and have another group of users able to see all country gateways. Some settings are all or nothing and it would be better to be able to have more control. Having to download the MSI package for an RSS feed is a little wonky. It would be an improvement to be able to easily preconfigure settings and have a custom-built MSI for mass deployment in an enterprise environment. For example to be able to set the Protocol to IKEv2 instead of Automatic. Have had issues with Automatic Protocol since it pretty much defaults to NordLynx which doesn't seem as stable. Most issues we come across are resolved by switching the protocol off Automatic (NordLynx) to IKEv2. Lastly, it would be nice if setting the Automatic update setting would just automatically update the app instead of notifying the user that an update is available. Users without admin rights on the machine can't perform the update and are continually prompted that there is an update.

Avantages

This allows us to easily manage VPN connections for remote employees without having to run a dedicated VPN service in our office. This keeps our bandwidth needs in office lower. It’s also super easy to manage our users using this software. Very customizable, with us being able to add dedicated IPs as needed.

Inconvénients

We had a unique situation where we wanted to connect some of our multimedia devices to this service (Firestick, Apple TV), but we were unable to because no app was available to connect these. I know a NordVPN app exists on these devices, but it would be nice if a NordLayer one did as well. Or, if we could sign into NordLayer through the NordVPN app.Also, I can’t seem to find a way to request the app cycle your IP to another address. We have had issues where websites we connect to seem to have blocked the IP address currently used.

Avantages

The ease of use for both the admin configuration and the end user setup portion. Inviting new users is easy and teaching them how to connect to the VPN is quick. The network quality is also impressive. Our primary use is for our VoIP system, and there are no latency issues compared to local workers.

Inconvénients

I don't have any cons. NordLayer has met all of our needs and I have never needed support, the product has just worked as advertised.

Avantages

I mostly like the ease of use and the pro features like having company gateways with dedicated IPs in different locations worldwide.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

Super fast VPN, we are able to host and stream with no issues and very little delay. Straight forward user panel and very friendly support.

Inconvénients

The Mac App though the Appstore has caused me some issues in my MDM environment. The start with computer start features turns off sometimes and it is recommended to add the programs manually to the start up program on System Preferences. Also is there a way to link the app and the device so it will not sign out on occasion. Dropbox app has a way of doing this, and it remains signed in, even if your Mac Keychain is reset (in the case I user gets locked out of Mac and needs to use recovery / FileVault keys to gain access).

Avantages

Ease of setup, how easy it is to obtain a static IP address in a country that we needed. Very easy for all users to use the software. Great customer support that replies in a short time and answers the questions.

Inconvénients

Nothing to note, we didn't find anything so far that we don't like.

Avantages

Ease of installment and deployment and adding team members

Inconvénients

Failure to connect to the internet when VPN is on -- does not happen as frequent though and is usually resolved by restarting the application

Avantages

We made an extensive search looking for products like this. Finally this was the selected one, because it fit perfectly with our needs, and besides is really easy to use, Multiplatform and nice price.

Inconvénients

Sometimes we have some issues depending on the computer and we need to modify the settings on the app. Minor issue.We need to dig about more possibilities like the Remote Desktop, now only made a heavy use of the VPN.

Avantages

The ease of setup allows you to get a VPN up and running for your company within minutes. Getting a gateway means you'll have a static IP for all of your VPN users, making it easy to poke holes in your firewall/add IPs to your cloud allowlists to get your users connected to your assets securely.

Inconvénients

The app requires updates constantly, which is annoying to end users and tech support. A third party app is required to manage updates silently.

Avantages

It is very easy to access the vpn with NordLayer tool. VPN gateways can be changed within a second.

Inconvénients

There are so many updates and sometimes it it slow.

Avantages

Easily manage user access and a breeze to setup

Inconvénients

No negative experiences as of the moment.

Avantages

I am a personal user of NordVPN. Although my home router provides security, I wanted an additional layer of security for myself and my family. This allows me to feel safer, particularly when we use our smartphones outside of our home Internet connection.

Inconvénients

It's annoying to keep having to connect each time and there is a bit of a slowdown in data on smartphone, but it's a "con" that I will live with in order to have the security I want.

Avantages

NordLayer makes it easy to implement a company VPN and secure company communications and traffic at a reasonable price. Great customer support makes it even easier.

Inconvénients

Monitoring reporting is very limited, requiring the use of other tools if that’s important to your organization.

Avantages

NordVPN Teams is my favorite VPN because the data security and online privacy feature provided by this VPN is the best.We can change our IP adress and bypass geoblocks easily with Nord VPN. Online gaming experience is best while using NordVPN.

Inconvénients

The internet connection gets reduced to a great amount while using NordVPN.

Avantages

The UI is very nice and easy to use. Easy to setup and remove access. Works well on all devices.

Inconvénients

The seperation of nord and teams is a little confusing. You can't tell at a glance on the device which "service" is being used.

Avantages

easy vpn usage, was easy to roll out with team

Inconvénients

pricing is a little high, I heard from staff they sometimes get kicked out of VPN

Avantages

It works. It is easy to install and runs on both Mac and windows.

Inconvénients

Configuring new gateways. The documentation for Azure is outdated.