Who Perplexity recommends for VPN services.
Updated 9 October 202615 Perplexity answers
We asked Perplexity 5 buyer prompts 3 times each on 9 October 2026, with live web search on, and counted every product its 15 usable answers named. This page is Perplexity alone; the full ranking compares every engine and quotes every answer.
Who Perplexity recommends.
| # | Product | Share of answers | Avg. position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proton VPNprotonvpn.com | 93% 14 of 15 answers | |
| 2 | Surfsharksurfshark.com | 93% 14 of 15 answers | |
| 3 | NordVPNnordvpn.com | 80% 12 of 15 answers | |
| 4 | Private Internet Accessprivateinternetaccess.com | 80% 12 of 15 answers | |
| 5 | ExpressVPNexpressvpn.com | 73% 11 of 15 answers | |
| 6 | Mullvadmullvad.net | 60% 9 of 15 answers | |
| 7 | NordLayernordlayer.com | 20% 3 of 15 answers | |
| 8 | IVPNivpn.net | 20% 3 of 15 answers | |
| 9 | CloudConnexaopenvpn.com | 20% 3 of 15 answers | |
| 10 | CyberGhostcyberghostvpn.com | 20% 3 of 15 answers | |
| 11 | Perimeter 81perimeter81.com | 7% 1 of 15 answers |
What this does and does not show.
- Counted from Perplexity’s 15 usable answers of 15 planned.
- Products level on share of answers and average position share a rank: the measurement shows no difference between them.
- Counted as one product under reviewed spellings: “OpenVPN CloudConnexa” as CloudConnexa; “CyberGhost VPN” as CyberGhost; “ExpressVPN for Business” as ExpressVPN; “Mullvad VPN” as Mullvad; “Private Internet Access (PIA)” and “Private Internet Access (PIA) Business” and “Private Internet Access for Business” as Private Internet Access; “Proton VPN Business” and “Proton VPN for Business” as Proton VPN; “Surfshark Business” and “Surfshark Business VPN” and “Surfshark for Business” as Surfshark.
- AI answers vary from run to run and with each person’s history and settings. This is what Perplexity answered on 9 October 2026, asked fresh each time, not what every user will see.
- One engine and one month. Another engine, or next month, can name different products.
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