NordLayer vs Cloudbrink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NordLayer
This business tool offers flexible and easy-to-implement cybersecurity solutions for organizations of any size. It focuses on secure remote access and sensitive data transmission, simplifying network access security with a user-friendly interface and quick deployment.
- Flexible cybersecurity tools
- Secure remote access
- Easy deployment
- Intuitive interface
- Cross-OS compatibility
- Scalable solutions
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NordLayer provides flexible and easy-to-implement cybersecurity tools for businesses of any size or work model developed by the standard of NordVPN. We help organizations of all sizes to resolve sensitive data access and transmission challenges by providing a modern secure remote access solution focused on the Security Service Edge of cybersecurity services. Network access security made simple Easy to Start - Deployment under ten minutes - Step-by-step guidelines, onboarding content, and 24/7 available expert support - Simple and intuitive interface for end-users and administrators Easy to Combine - All popular OS versions are supported - Browser extension and manual configuration available - Compatible with existing cybersecurity solutions Easy to Scale - No limits on servers - Easy and instant member, server, or feature activations with a few clicks - Azure provisioning and Okta support for convenient user management
Cloudbrink
This software-only platform offers high-performance, zero-trust access to business applications for remote users. It combines application performance with robust security, ensuring authenticated access based on user and device identity. The solution leverages advanced protocols and a distributed network to significantly boost performance for remote workers.
- High-performance zero-trust access
- Software-only solution
- Application performance enhancement
- User and device authentication
- Role-based access controls
- Software-defined WAN
- Cost reduction
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Cloudbrink provides a high-performance and strong zero-trust access to business applications for users from anywhere. Cloudbrink is a completely software-only solution that combines application performance and zero-trust security into a single platform. Cloudbrink ensures users and devices are authenticated before providing any role-based access controls. Cloudbrink protocols overcome the slow downs that come from even the slightest packet loss in the network. Along with a true software-defined WAN and thousands of POPs, no one else can match the quality of experience that can deliver a 30x performance boost for your remote workers. Cloudbrink reduces costs on multiple fronts. There are no expensive hardware appliances like VPN concentrators needed. The thousands of PoPs are spun up and spun down as required to give you ultra-fast access to PoPs only when you are online. And the ability to consolidate SD-WAN, VPN, and ZTNA technologies into a single software solution again reduces costs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cloudbrink at 5.0 against NordLayer's 2.7. Cloudbrink also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.5 vs 16.0). NordLayer's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cloudbrink holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NordLayer has 27 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NordLayer ships an update every 6 weeks, Cloudbrink every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | NordLayer | Cloudbrink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nordvpn S.A. | Cloudbrink Inc |
Customer experience
NordLayer
Cloudbrink
In-app purchases
NordLayer
No in-app purchases
Cloudbrink
No in-app purchases








