ProtonVPN
Norton Secure VPN
Surfshark VPN
CyberGhost VPN
NordVPN
ExpressVPN
IPVanish Alternatives
There are a lot of VPN services in the market, yet each one may work differently for most people. Let’s discover some of the IPVanish alternatives:
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Proton VPN
Based in Switzerland, Proton VPN touts itself as a high-speed VPN hosted by 1,500 servers in 61 countries. The official website claims all their apps are open source (meaning their code is open to inspection) and that they are audited. There’s a 30-day money-back guarantee for paid Proton VPN plans, which range from $60 to $330 a year (paid in euros). They come with an ad-blocker, which is a neat addition, seeing how ads are another way to fingerprint a user. The flagship feature of Proton VPN is “Secure Core.” It uses “hardened data centers” in Switzerland, Sweden, and Iceland, presumably preventing an adversary from compromising them and extracting user data or metadata.
There is also a free plan, powered by 24 servers in 3 countries and medium speed. In addition, the same company operates Proton Mail, so you can use the same account if you’re already registered there.
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NordVPN
A VPN company founded in 2012, boasting 5,200 servers in 60 countries. The ownership structure is a can of worms, with headquarters strewn across UK, Panama, and Lithuania. NordVPN has recently set transparency standards on the VPN market, going through two app audits. It claims to be the first VPN company to have an independent audit of its no-logs policy. Soon after, other VPN companies started boasting the same, despite not having audits to back it up with.
NordVPN leads the market in educating the public about cybersecurity, internet freedom, and online censorship. There is also a bug bounty program — you can earn up to $50,000 if you discover a critical bug in NordVPN. The bug reporting rules are convoluted, and you can easily forfeit your reward.
You may use up to 6 devices per NordVPN account. You can watch all streams, regardless of whether they are geo-restricted or not, through NordVPN. Ad-blocker is a given. There are browser extensions as well.
Prices range from $40 to $140 yearly (paid in euros). You can wait for a holiday deal and grab one of the multi-year plans for a huge discount (we’re talking 60 percent off). NordVPN accepts all major payment methods, including PayPal and cryptocurrencies. There is a 30-day money-back guarantee.