Poll Which VPN service would you recommend? Why?

[roger_m]

Me too, Roger. Also, their speed is not so good. It has been mentioned that their speed is slow. For instance in restoreprivacy.com

I've had no speed issues, but I have with several other VPNs.

 

[omidomi]

Marketing hype, they are good but not the best. The top two are IVPN and Mullvad VPN.


1- a VPN doesn't make you safer, they make you less distinguishable. VPNs have nothing to do with security, it is just about privacy.
2- They don't conflict, they can run one over the other. Personally i use Tor over a VPN.

Whats about Unlimited vpn?

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

Whats about Unlimited vpn?

Never tried and to be honest, when you use the top contenders, you don't look below.

 

[roger_m]

I have found out why Windscribe take a long time to reply to support tickets. This is from their latest response to my support ticket, which they took 3 and a half days to reply to.

We have a team of 4 people doing support for 18 million users.

With that many users, obviously they can afford to employ a lot more support staff.

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

I have found out why Windscribe take a long time to reply to support tickets. This is from their latest response to my support ticket, which they took 3 and a half days to reply to.

And if they are that busy means there is a lot of issues

 

[roger_m]

And if they are that busy means there is a lot of issues

Yes, but with so many users it could be only a tiny percent of users having issues, for it to be a lot.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

I am using SurfEasy VPN and the speed is fabulous. The monthly plan is for $1.99 which is very good. My main concern is that the company was acquired by Opera back in 2015, so I am not very sure about its security. Maybe one of the awesome members here have something to say about it?

 

[blackice]

Yes, but with so many users it could be only a tiny percent of users having issues, for it to be a lot.

Also with that many users, how many actually pay? They are one of the only respectable fremium brands. I would guess that the lion’s share of that 18 million don’t pay a dime.

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

That can make Hotspot Shield one of the best VPN.

uh , no thanks, i won't touch Hotspot Shield even with a pole.

 

[Paul.R]

Use Mullvad, only down side is Sweden ( 14 eyes country).

Good to mention:
ExpressVPN
Windscribe
Perfect Privacy
Vpn.ac

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

Use Mullvad, only down side is Sweden ( 14 eyes country).

Not a big deal since you can be really anonymous for their registration procedure.
Also some VPNs pretend to be in non-14 eyes countries but in fact legislatively they are or their server are.

 

[Dex4Sure]

Been using TorGuard, works fine for what I need, which is mainly to get past geographic restrictions... Just recently exploited Indian location to get YouTube Premium for less than 2 dollars a month. Pretty hilarious how Google has overlooked it.

 

[amirr]

@verifieda Here are others that are good. VPNMentor is an independent review site. They are on YouTube as well.
What do you think about them?

Best VPN Services in 2026: Tested & Reviewed by Experts

Explore the best VPN services for Android, iPhone, Mac, PC, Firestick & more. These VPNs are fast, safe, and ideal for torrenting, streaming, and gaming.

www.vpnmentor.com

Top10VPN: VPN Reviews You Can Trust

Our VPN experts have spent thousands of hours researching, testing and reviewing VPN services. See our recommendations and protect your online privacy.

www.top10vpn.com

CyberInsider | Reliable cybersecurity news and resources

LATEST NEWS Reliable cybersecurity news and in-depth resources, written by industry experts. Explore news topics Cyberinsider resources

restoreprivacy.com

 

[Vincent Valentine]

• Paid : Mullvad
• Free/Paid : ProtonVPN

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

@verifieda @H7ZXJX7 All those sites are worthless, they have no clues about VPNs , they just list those heavily marketed...proof? the most popular VPNs used among real privacy/anonymity paranoids aren't even listed...sum it all...

and again PCmag lot of crap as usual...

 

[Azure]

I have found out why Windscribe take a long time to reply to support tickets. This is from their latest response to my support ticket, which they took 3 and a half days to reply to.

With that many users, obviously they can afford to employ a lot more support staff.

Yeah, it does sound like they need more staff.

Hopefully this is true and they actually focus on development



Time will tell i guess.

 

[Azure]

i find the debate about "what is best VPN" so very curious
the list of best VPNs was established 10 years ago
and the top ones has not changed in that 10 years
this is another case of "maybe there is something better out there" and "i am addicted to playing with softs so why not ?" behaviors
why can't people just stick to the fundamentals and common sense ?
oh, i forgot, they are people

because NordVPN happened.

 

[Azure]

lmao, that isn't noteworthy one single bit

it doesn't affect either of us. But for those users that had it for years (might go as far as 8 years) and were greatly disappointed by the issues that were reveal they would probably like to research and discuss alternatives.

 

[Azure]

VPN is all about feelings... feeling that if one uses VPN then they are safer

That's pretty much what I feel many VPN provider go for whenever they say "We use military-grade encryption the same used by the U.S. military".
It's that kind of wording that seems design to make users feel secure.

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

There is one Japanese university maintained and curated VPN completely free
It offers what people need at zero cost

Used it before i went for Mullvad, but the speed is very fluctuating, reason of my change.