2 categories · RankedNordLayer
NordLayer is a network security platform for business, positioned in the zero trust network access and SASE categories · nordlayer.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Cloudflare One is first at 53%.
Cloudflare One is first at 36%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
No model named it for this buyer.
Why models recommend it
“Simple administration and transparent pricing matter more than the deepest ZTNA controls.”Perplexity Sonar · Paraphrase question · alternative
“NordLayer | Cost-conscious, straightforward for SMB/mid-market”Kimi K2 · Scale-constrained question · alternative
“Also has a free version and is suitable for smaller organizations”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Simple, Budget Option ... Easy to deploy, SOC 2-certified”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Avoid pure "VPN-like" tools (e.g., NordLayer) if you want full Zero Trust”Grok 4.20 · Paraphrase question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as NordLayer, over the 57 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 36 | View → | |
| 46 | 21 | View → | |
| 23 | 1 | View → | |
| 20 | 2 | View → | |
| 17 | 1 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 2 | View → | |
| 11 | 1 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of NordLayer →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on NordLayer's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- business
- Price stated
- Lite $8 user/month; Core $11 user/month; Premium $14 user/month; Enterprise offer from $6 user/month
- Starting price
- 8
- Free plan or trial
- 14-day money-back guarantee
- Certifications
- ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting
- 40+ countries, up to 60 countries, over 40+ global locations
- Customers named
- Hostinger, Eldorado.gg, CMHA, SoundCloud, Rebrandly, DataWalk, Whatagraph, Omnisend
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 52 of the 57 answers that named NordLayer and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
164 of the 164 domain citations in answers naming NordLayer came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 436 | undated | DLP, SASE | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 371 | undated | SASE, ZTNA | ||
| Comparison | 68 | undated | SASE, ZTNA | ||
| Case study | 38 | undated | |||
| Report or ebook | 16 | undated | SASE, DLP | ||
| Template or tool | 14 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 2 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 1 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 1 | undated | |||
| News or press | 1 | undated |
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page nordlayer.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.