genua
Germany
EU
genua is a German IT security company based in Kirchheim near Munich. It was founded in 1992 as a company for network and UNIX administration and is part of the Bundesdruckerei group,...
European Business VPN & Zero Trust Solutions
LANCOM is a German manufacturer of network and security products with its headquarters in Würselen near Aachen. It was founded in 2002 as a management buyout from the former ELSA AG and...
NetBird
Germany
EU
Open Source
Self-Hostable
NetBird is an open-source zero-trust networking platform from NetBird GmbH in Berlin. Mikhail Bragin and Maycon Santos launched it on GitHub in 2021. It connects laptops, servers and cloud machines in a...
Stormshield
France
EU
Stormshield is a French cybersecurity company with its registered office in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus Defence and Space Cyber Programmes. Governments, defence organisations and companies...
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Submit SuggestionBusiness VPN and zero trust access software connects employees, administrators and machines to company networks and applications from outside the office. A classic VPN gateway opens a tunnel into a whole network. Zero trust products grant access per user, device and application instead and check each connection again. The providers on this page are headquartered in Europe: NetBird and genua (Germany), LANCOM (Germany, now Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecurity) and Stormshield (France). They are meant for organisations. VPNs for private users are listed under VPN services.
Business VPN and zero trust providers compared
| Provider | Headquarters | Owner | Good to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetBird | Berlin, Germany | Independent start-up, venture capital | Open-source software on WireGuard with single sign-on and access policies, self-hosted or in the cloud |
| genua | Kirchheim near Munich, Germany | 52 percent Bundesdruckerei | Firewalls, VPN gateways and zero trust access, BSI approvals for German VS-NfD data |
| LANCOM | Würselen near Aachen, Germany | Subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz | Network hardware for WAN, LAN and WLAN, firewalls, VPN and software-defined networking |
| Stormshield | Issy-les-Moulineaux, France | Subsidiary of Airbus | SNS firewalls with IPsec and SSL VPN and zero trust network access, European certifications |
Which fits which need
- A mesh network for teams and servers: NetBird is software that connects devices directly and is the closest match for people who know tools like Tailscale.
- Official security requirements: genua holds BSI approvals for processing German VS-NfD data, and Stormshield offers products certified by European agencies.
- Network equipment for company sites: LANCOM covers WAN, LAN and WLAN hardware plus firewalls, while genua and Stormshield focus on firewalls and VPN gateways.
What to check before choosing
- Clients and access: Does every device need software, or can some users connect through the browser?
- Identity: Look for a connection to the company login system, single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.
- Where the management runs: self-hosted on the company's own servers or in the provider's cloud.
- Certifications: Approvals such as the BSI's matter for public authorities and regulated industries.
What Europe does not offer
The large cloud-delivered zero trust and SASE platforms, where traffic runs through the provider's own global network, come mostly from US companies. The European providers in this directory are either software overlay networks or firewall and gateway products that customers operate themselves. NetBird is also a young company compared with the established network vendors.