How to Compare VPNs for a Small Business

Compare these, in this order

• Jurisdiction. The country a provider is based in determines what it can be compelled to hand over. This matters more than any speed number.
• Logging policy. Look for a no-logs claim that has been independently audited, and check the audit date. An unaudited claim is marketing.
• Simultaneous connections. Count your devices, then your team's. Per-device limits are where plans get outgrown.
• Kill switch. Cuts your connection if the tunnel drops, instead of silently leaking traffic.
• Server locations. Only matters if you need a specific country. Otherwise a big server count is a vanity number.

What the review sites do not tell you

Most VPN comparison content is paid placement, ours included in the sense that we earn a commission on the provider we list. Treat any ranking, here or elsewhere, as a starting point rather than a verdict. The logging policy and the audit are checkable facts. Rankings are opinions.

Where a VPN does not help

A VPN encrypts traffic between you and the VPN server. It does not stop phishing, it does not secure a weak password, and it does not make you anonymous to a site you log into. Two-factor authentication and a password manager prevent more real-world breaches than a VPN does.