# Zscaler Private Access review (2026): is it worth it? > Zero trust access to private apps without a VPN Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) is a zero trust network access service from Zscaler. It brokers one-to-one connections between authorized users and specific private apps, so users do not join the corporate network. It is sold to organizations, with pricing given on request after a demo. - **Category:** Remote Desktop - **Made by:** Zscaler - **Website:** https://www.zscaler.com/products-and-solutions/zscaler-private-access - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want to remotely control a personal computer, as this is a business security service. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing Zscaler Private Access's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **App-level access:** Connects authorized users directly to specific applications, so the corporate network and the apps are not exposed to the public internet. - **AI-assisted app segmentation:** Discovers applications automatically and suggests app segments and policies to limit lateral movement. - **Privileged Remote Access:** Gives remote workers and third parties clientless access to RDP, SSH and VNC production systems. - **Browser Access:** Lets users reach private apps through a browser, alongside lightweight client software. - **Private Service Edge:** Brings the same direct user-to-app, least-privileged access to users who are on premises. - **Business continuity:** Keeps policy-enforced access to critical applications available during connectivity outages. ## Good for - Enterprises replacing VPNs and VDI for private app access - Organizations giving contractors clientless RDP or SSH access - Companies already using Zscaler's wider security platform ## Worth knowing - No prices are published; the page offers a demo request and sales contact only. - The product page does not list supported client platforms or a free trial. - It is a business security service, not a tool for remotely controlling a personal computer. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Zscaler Private Access gives staff access to private apps without a network-wide VPN, with app-level rules and browser access. No prices are published, the page lists no client platforms or trial, and it is a business security service, not a personal tool. - **Value for money: C.** No price is published: the page offers only a demo request and sales contact, so value sits at C. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial is listed on the product page. - **Features: B.** App-level access, app segmentation, privileged remote access, browser access and a private service edge cover the core of private app access. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It is a business service that needs connectors, policies and a sign-in provider to be set up. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** The page lists web and AWS and Azure only, with no client platforms named. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Zscaler's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among remote desktop apps - Zscaler Private Access's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 6 of the 85 other remote desktop apps we grade, and level with 6. - It stands best on features (B, above 55 of 85) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/remote-access ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Zscaler Private Access you would be making servers in dozens of countries, kept fast and private. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 73 of the 85 other remote desktop apps grade higher. - You could not: Servers in dozens of countries, kept fast and private. - You could not: A fast, secure link to another computer through any network. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with AWS, Microsoft Azure **Tags:** VPN, Remote desktop ## Alternatives - [Twingate](https://toolgpa.com/tools/twingate): Zero trust network access to replace a company VPN. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/twingate-vs-zscaler-private-access) - [Absolute Secure Access](https://toolgpa.com/tools/absolute-secure-access): Zero trust network access and SSE for hybrid workers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/absolute-secure-access-vs-zscaler-private-access) - [Ivanti Connect Secure](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ivanti-connect-secure): Enterprise SSL VPN gateway for secure remote access. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ivanti-connect-secure-vs-zscaler-private-access) - [FortiClient](https://toolgpa.com/tools/forticlient): Fortinet endpoint agent for VPN, ZTNA and endpoint protection. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/forticlient-vs-zscaler-private-access) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.zscaler.com/products-and-solutions/zscaler-private-access Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/zscaler-private-access Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).