| VPN | VLAN |
|---|---|
| Helps to group workstations that are not within the same locations into the same broadcast domain | Related to remote access to the network of a company |
| Means to logically segregate networks without physically segregating them with various switches | Used to connect two points in a secured and encrypted tunnel |
| Saves the data from prying eyes while in transit and no one on the net can capture the packets and read the data | Does not involve any encryption technique but it is only used to slice up your logical network into different sections for the purpose of management and security |
