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In addition, they also log ‘connection data’ (your username and original IP address) for troubleshooting purposes, but they say they erase it every few hours. has a nice logs policy, which is detailed yet clear with simple language. Certainly something to keep an eye on, but it seems fine for the moment and there’s no mandatory data retention laws. However, there’s reports that Malaysia’s becoming more hardline, and has censored the internet in the past. On the one hand, it’s completely outside 14-eyes, which means it’s out of reach of the US’s sneaky subpoena’s and NSA. SSTP isn’t open-source, is owned by Microsoft, but again can get past firewalls if that’s an issue for you. However, it’s currently only available on desktops. SoftEther is a newer protocol than OpenVPN that’s open-source, more flexible, can get past firewalls, and may be faster. It seems to default to IKEv2 due to its speed, though most regard OpenVPN as slightly more secure.īut it also offers a couple of interesting protocols, SoftEther and SSTP. includes the top 2 protocols, OpenVPN and IKEv2. uses the default AES-256 encryption, which is considered military-grade. Privacy & Securityįirst let’s look at the technical aspects: Protocols/Encryption: ‎OpenVPN, IKEv2, SoftEther and SSTP protocols with AES-256 encryption

They come in a bit low on country numbers. has a strong set of features, including 1,400+ servers, torrenting on almost servers, kill switches on 3 platforms and an average 5 connections.

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have kill switches not just on Windows and Mac, but Android also. This prevents your IP address from being exposed.

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Whether the VPN software can disable your connection to the network in the event you disconnect from the VPN server.

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The only exceptions are: Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, and the free US server (not the paid one). allows torrenting on almost all servers, which is nice. If you need more, IPVanish offers 10 and some even offer unlimited. How many devices can be connected to a server (or number of servers) based on a single VPN account or subscription.ĥ is the average number across VPNs. Number of connections allowed: 5 (1 on free) The top VPNs have 50+ countries for more diversity, like IPVanish’s 60+.įor the free version, there’s just 4 countries available: Canada, Netherlands, Singapore, and USA. This is fairly middle-of-the-road, and a bit low for the number of servers involved. How many countries the total number of servers cover, regardless of how many are located in a single country. It’s only beaten by the likes of NordVPN with over 5,000 servers. This is definitely on the high end of the scale. Support said they couldn’t tell us the total server numbers, but they clearly state they’ve got 1,400 servers on their website, so we’re gonna say at least this. How many active servers are available to connect to across all countries, regardless of their physical location. In this section we look at the key features all VPNs have and see how fares. has average speeds overall, with no definite patterns across regions or metrics. Latency was just below average in all regions.

Asia even had a substantial speed increase. Upload speeds were well above average for Asia and South America, but below average for Europe and well below average for the US.

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How does VPN measure up?įirst up, let’s take a look at download speeds: VPNĭownload speeds were above average for South America and average for Europe and Asia, but were below average for the US. We also compared these results against the average of other VPN tests. Sadly, VPN doesn’t have any African servers to test. These are the results of our baseline test: We ran each test 5 times to increase reliability. Then we tested various VPN servers across the globe. This is measured in milliseconds (ms) and a lower number is better.įirst we ran a baseline test using a default 100mbps internet connection in Chicago, IL.

Ping (or latency): Tested by “pinging” the server, it’s the amount of time it takes for it to receive and process your request.

This is also measured in megabytes per second (mbps) and a higher number is better.

Upload speed: The rate at which data is transferred to the server from your device.

This is measured in megabytes per second (mbps) and a higher number is better.

Download speed: The rate at which data is transferred from the server to your device.

To measure speed, we tested the 3 main speed indicators: VPNs tend to (with some exceptions) decrease your internet speed, due to all the extra encryption and servers involved.

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