- Jun 14, 2011
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ProtonVPN vs Windscribe. Not the Free plans!
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I currently have the free 60 gb plan from Windscribe, when/if they take it away I will move to Proton. So far no issues with Windscribe.
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I voted for Windscribe. In my opinion, both companies appear transparent (but obviously, we can't just take their word for it and we can't really fully prove everything they said either).
Windscribe and Proton have basically the same speed for me, so that's also a tie for me.
However, what gave Windscribe the final point for me is that it is extremely customizable.
It has its own DNS filtering (Proton does have it, but not customizable) in the VPN, which you can tweak what to filter. Furthermore, there are also a lot of tweaks you can do to the connection (6 protocols compared to 3(?) from Proton, a lot of different port options, while Proton has none.) These options allowed Windscribe to do much better in restricted internet conditions.
For example, I went back to China recently and Proton was completely out of reach, however, Windscribe was able to work with its stealth protocol.
Windscribe for me
Windscribe and Proton have basically the same speed for me, so that's also a tie for me.
However, what gave Windscribe the final point for me is that it is extremely customizable.
It has its own DNS filtering (Proton does have it, but not customizable) in the VPN, which you can tweak what to filter. Furthermore, there are also a lot of tweaks you can do to the connection (6 protocols compared to 3(?) from Proton, a lot of different port options, while Proton has none.) These options allowed Windscribe to do much better in restricted internet conditions.
For example, I went back to China recently and Proton was completely out of reach, however, Windscribe was able to work with its stealth protocol.
Windscribe for me
Their CEO has a sketchy past, really cant be trusted (Adult sites).
The company goes back on their word and again cannot be held accountable.
They have horrible customer service, honestly eff them for purposely doing a bad job.
Their VPN has TONs of freeloaders (lifetime pros) using bandwidth so it will always be slower vs non lifetime competitors imo.
Their unprofessional, have had servers sized.
The IPs are blacklisted, but they always rotate them out but you cannot 100% rely on it. Chat GPT regularlly banned with windscribe. Its also slow as hell did i mention? Use something other than wireguard and see how truely slow it is.
They have had servers sized that were unprotected, lol.
Speeds rubberband often, you can see this generally when browsing the web or youtube being slower to load in all assets; its just a slower VPN that even when you report to support they will always blame you or your isp. Reality is run 3-5 other VPNs and test them all at the same time, and you'll see its Windscribe at fault 9/10 times. The VPN is slow, i would position it as a low to med speed vpn and proton as a High speed vpn.
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- Jun 14, 2011
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I can agree with the slow speeds - that's something I have mentioned in my post here.
However I strongly disagree with bad customer service part - I have had a opportunity to exchange a few emails with their cs and with Yegor himself and must say that they were extremely polite and helpful - however this is just my own experience so it might be not representative.
Anyway, if I had to choose just one VPN and had to stick to it for the rest of my life, then I would go for Mullvad
Ive emailed the CEO a few times, always been negative and he outwardly likes to lie in emails to brush of having to help a customer or go the extra mile; always looks for the pathway to say no instead the pathway to a real solution.I can agree with the slow speeds - that's something I have mentioned in my post here.
However I strongly disagree with bad customer service part - I have had a opportunity to exchange a few emails with their cs and with Yegor himself and must say that they were extremely polite and helpful - however this is just my own experience so it might be not representative.
Anyway, if I had to choose just one VPN and had to stick to it for the rest of my life, then I would go for Mullvad
- CEO's adult website past: Windscribe's CEO, Yaroslav Sivak, has a history of creating and running adult websites. This has led to some concerns about the company's commitment to privacy and security.
- No dedicated customer support: Windscribe does not offer dedicated customer support. Instead, users must rely on a knowledge base and ticketing system. This can make it difficult to get help if you have a problem with the service, slow timeframe for solutions ive seen 48+hrs for replies.
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- Jul 2, 2020
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Tried to fiddle with every setting to no avail. Seems like it has been blocked in my country!
- Nov 10, 2017
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That's strange, try contact them about that issues
