{"question": "best vpn services for small businesses", "category": "vpn-services", "category_name": "vpn services", "audience": "small-businesses", "audience_name": "small businesses", "engine": "Claude (Anthropic) with web search", "model": "claude-opus-5", "asked_at": "2026-10-19T22:56:18Z", "permalink": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/s/vpn-services-small-businesses-2026-10-19", "question_page": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/q/vpn-services/small-businesses", "brands_named": [{"position": 1, "brand": "Tailscale", "label": "recommended"}, {"position": 2, "brand": "WireGuard", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 3, "brand": "Twingate", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 4, "brand": "NordLayer", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 5, "brand": "Okta", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 6, "brand": "Entra ID", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 7, "brand": "OpenVPN", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 8, "brand": "Check Point SASE", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 9, "brand": "Perimeter 81", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 10, "brand": "Surfshark", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 11, "brand": "Harmony SASE", "label": "mentioned"}], "sources_cited": [{"url": "https://www.esecurityplanet.com/networks/best-vpn-for-small-business/", "domain": "esecurityplanet.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.techradar.com/pro/vpn/best-cost-effective-cloud-vpn-solutions-for-small-businesses-in-year", "domain": "techradar.com", "source_type": "review"}, {"url": "https://blog.openvpn.net/best-vpn-small-businesses", "domain": "blog.openvpn.net", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://comparitech.com/vpn/guides/cloud-vpn", "domain": "comparitech.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/SASE-and-Remote-Access/Check-Point-Launches-Game-Changing-SASE-Solution-Delivering-2x/m-p/194899/highlight/true", "domain": "community.checkpoint.com", "source_type": "community"}, {"url": "https://www.costbench.com/software/business-vpn/tailscale/", "domain": "costbench.com", "source_type": "other"}], "answer_text": "First, the thing that decides the answer: \"business VPN\" covers two different products. One is **remote access** - letting staff reach internal servers, a NAS, a database, or an office network from anywhere. The other is a **privacy VPN** - encrypting traffic on hotel/airport Wi-Fi and masking IPs. Most small businesses asking this actually want the first, so I'll lead there.\n\n**For remote access / connecting your team to internal resources:**\n\n1. **Tailscale** - my default recommendation for teams with any technical competence. It's a WireGuard-based mesh network; install the client on each device and they can reach each other directly, no gateway server to run or office hardware to configure. Free for personal use up to a small number of users, then roughly $6-8/user/month for the Standard business tier (check their pricing page - the third-party numbers I found vary). The main catch is that it's device-to-device rather than a traditional \"tunnel to the office,\" which occasionally confuses compliance questionnaires.\n2. **Twingate** - the better pick if you want zero-trust access control with a friendlier admin UI and resource-level permissions (this person gets the CRM, not the w", "answer_truncated": true, "measurement": "One answer from one engine on one date. Not a ranking and not a claim about the world; brands the engine did not name are not recorded.", "limitation": "Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included.", "alerts": {"name": "Answer Watch Pro", "price_usd": 79, "period": "month", "gets": "daily change alerts for up to 5 brands in what one AI answer engine says, history, CSV export. Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included", "url": "https://bikoosh.com/answers"}}