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VPN Provider	Rating	Min cost/mo	Try Free	HQ	Connects	Countries	Servers	Allows p2p	Logs	OpenVPN	BitCoin	Encryption	Kill switch	Leak Protection	US Speed %	Int'l Speed %	Trust Pilot	Our Review	More Comments	Website
ExpressVPN	5stars	667.00	30 days	BVI	3	94	2,000	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	AES-256	Yes	Yes			6.60	Go-expressvpn	Recommended by privacytools.io	Visit-EXPRESSVPN
Private Internet Access VPN	5stars	291.00	07 days	USA	5	30	3,111	Yes	No	Yes	Yes & gift cards	256-bit	Yes	Yes			7.80	Go-privateinternetaccess	Best Android VPN app, EFF sponsor	Visit-PRIVATE INTERNET ACCESS
IPVanish	4stars	519.00	07 days	USA	10	60	1,000	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	AES-256	OSX only	Yes	28.48	7.84	6.80	Go-ipvainsh	Recommended by Anonymous	Visit-IPVANISH
NordVPN	5stars	275.00	30 days	Panama	6	62	4,454	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	AES-256	Yes	Yes	5.36	1.50	7.20	Go-nordvpn	Recommended by privacytools.io; Double VPN & Tor over VPN	Visit-NORDVPN
PureVPN	4stars	245.00	07 days	Hong Kong	5	140	750	Yes	Zyes	Yes	Yes	AES-256	Yes	Yes			9.50	Go-purevpn	Split Tunneling,streaming & gaming	Visit-PUREVPN
VyprVPN	3stars	667.00	01 c	Switzerland	5	70	700	Yb		Yes	No	AES-256			83.94	21.66		Go-vyprvpn	Fast in US and worldwide
HideMyAss	2stars	526.00	30 days	UK	2	190	923	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
Perfect Privacy		1,118.00	07 days	y	25	23	41	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256			64.14	9.39			Recommended by privacytools.io
F-secure		300.00		y															z
Invisible Browsing VPN		408.00		y															z
VPN.ac		480.00	07 days	Romania	6	17	61	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
AirVPN		482.00	03 days	Italy	3	16	162	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256			90.56	5.99			Recommended by privacytools.io
OverPlay	3stars	495.00	05 days	UK	1	48	67	Yes		Yes	No							Go-overplay	z
SwitchVPN		495.00	30 days	India	5	31		Some blocking		Yes	Yes								z
BlackVPN		511.00	14 days	Hong Kong	3	19	27	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256			56.91	16.03			Recommended by privacytools.io
Buffered		660.00	30 days	Hungary	5	26				Yes	No	Blowfish-256							z
Ironsocket		699.00	07 days	Hong Kong	3	35	50	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
CactusVPN		699.00	30 days	Moldova	3	4	16	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256			95.23	13.76			Very fast in US
ProtonVPN		888.00	60 days	Switzerland	5	14	112	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256							Recommended by privacytools.io
Anonine		999.00	01 b	Seychelles	5	22	80			Yes	Yes								z
AnonVPN		999.00	01 b	USA	1	3		Yes		No	No								z
BeeVPN		1,550.00	01 b	Denmark	1	4		Yes		No	Yes	AES-256							z
Blockless		416.00	01 b	Canada	1					No	No								z
Boxpn		999.00	01 b	Seychelles	3	22	80	Yes		Yes	Yes	Blowfish-128							z
BTGuard	2stars	995.00	01 b	USA	1	3	5	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
CrypticVPN		999.00	01 b	USA	1	15	18			Yes	Yes				83.96	8.88			Fast in US
CryptoStorm		700.00		Iceland	1	10	18	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							Recommended by privacytools.io
Faceless.ME		888.00	01 c	Cyprus	1	3		Yes		Yes	No								z
FinchVPN		999.00	01 c	Malaysia	1	20	54	Some blocking		Yes	Yes				22.89	5.69			z
FlowVPN		999.00	01 c	UK	4	41	90			Yes	No	See Note							z
Freedom-IP		999.00	01 c	y	5	40				Yes	Yes	See Note							z
Freedome		999.00	01 c	Finland	3	19		Some blocking		Yes	No	AES-256							z
GetFlix		999.00	01 c	Canada	1	20	26				No								z
GhostPath		999.00	01 c	USA	1	44	138			Yes	Yes								z
GoTrusted		599.00	01 c	USA	1					No	No								z
IncognitoVPN		999.00	01 b	USA	3	24	35			Yes	No								z
Integrity.st		999.00	01 b	Sweden						Yes	Yes	Blowfish-256							z
IntelliVPN		999.00	01 c	y	1					No	No								z
Internetz.me		999.00	01 b	Germany	3	6	17			Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
IntroVPN		999.00	01 b	USA	1	7	9			Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
IPredator		800.00	01 c	Sweden	2	1	50	Yes		Yes	Yes								z
My Expat Network		800.00	01 b	UK	3	4				Yes	No				16.86	14.34			z
MyIP.io		999.00	01 c	USA	1	10				Yes	No								z
NEXTGenVPN		999.00	01 b	Seychelles	1	11		Some blocking		Yes	No								z
UpperSafe VPN		999.00	01 c	Singapore	3			Yes		No	No	See Note							z
oVPN.to		999.00	01 b	y	25	12	36	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
PrivatePackets.io		300.00	01 b	British Indian Ocean	25	7	0			Yes	No								z
PrivateVPN		298.00	01 c	Sweden	4	20	34	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
Proxy.sh		500.00	01 b	Seychelles	3	40	300	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							Recommended by privacytools.io
PRQ		999.00	01 b	Sweden	1					Yes	No								z
RA4W VPN		999.00	01 b	USA	1	20	31			Yes	Yes								z
RootVPN		999.00	01 b	Netherlands	25					Yes	Yes	AES-128							z
SecureVPN.com		799.00	01 c	y	5	6	6			Yes	No								z
SecureVPN.to		999.00	01 b	y	25	23	34	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256			58.96	13.92			z
SecurityKISS		888.00	01 c	Ireland	1	16	68			Yes	Yes	Blowfish-128							z
SmartVPN		695.00	01 b	Morocco	1	18	20			Yes	Yes								z
Steganos		999.00	01 c	Germany	1			Yes		No	No	AES-256							z
SumRando		999.00	01 c	Mauritius	1	7				Yes	Yes	AES-128							z
SurfEasy		649.00	01 c	Canada	5	13		Yes		Yes	No								z
TorVPN		300.00	01 c	UK	4	7	7	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
TunnelBear		499.00	01 c	Canada	5	18	20	No		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
TVWhenAway		1,100.00	01 b	UK	1					No	No								z
Unblock-Us		499.00	01 b	Barbados	1					No	No								z
Unspyable		999.00	01 b	USA	1	11		Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
VanishedVPN		999.00	01 b	y	3			Some blocking		Yes	No								z
VIP72		999.00	01 b	y	1	13	17			Yes	Yes								z
VPN.sh		999.00	01 b	UK	1	15	42	No		Yes	No								z
VPNJack		549.00	01 c	USA	1	1		No		No	No	MPPE-128							z
VPNMe		999.00	01 b	USA	5					Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
VPNShazam		999.00	01 b	Israel	5	60	330	Some blocking		Yes	No								z
DooVPN		999.00	01 day	y	1	2				No	No								z
LibertyShield		999.00	01 day	UK	1	10	10			No	Yes								z
VPN Master		999.00	01 day	USA	1	14	14			No	Yes	See Note							z
VPNUK		999.00	01 day	UK	2	24	100			Yes	Yes								z
FrostVPN		999.00	03 days	USA	3	16	54	Some blocking		Yes	Yes								z
Insorg		999.00	03 days	y	1	17	17			Yes	Yes								z
LibertyVPN		999.00	03 days	USA	1	83		No		Yes	No								z
NVPN		999.00	03 days	Bosnia	1	34	51	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
TigerVPN		888.00	03 days	Slovakia	1	42	62	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
Tunnelr		500.00	03 days	USA	5	9	15			Yes	No	AES-256			86.24	20.63			Fast in US
Unblock VPN		999.00	03 days	Czech Republic	1	7	21	Some blocking		Yes	No								z
VPNBaron		999.00	03 days	Romania	3	6		Yes		Yes	Yes								z
WindScribe		750.00	03 days	Canada	25	50	339			Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
WorldVPN		999.00	03 days	UK	5	45	100	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	See Note							z
StrongVPN	3stars	700.00	05 days	USA	1	21	387			Yes	Yes								z
AceVPN		458.00	07 days	USA	2	22		Some blocking		Yes	No								z
Astrill VPN		583.00	07 days	Seychelles	2	54	254	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-128							z
AzireVPN		999.00	07 days	Sweden	5	4	26	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							Recommended by privacytools.io
ChillGlobal		999.00	07 days	Germany	1	15					No								z
EarthVPN		399.00	07 days	Northern Cyprus	3	32	432	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256							Recommended by privacytools.io
FoxyProxy		999.00	07 days	USA	25	55		Yes		Yes	No								z
HotVPN		999.00	07 days	y	1					Yes	Yes								z
In-Disguise		999.00	07 days	Belize	1	22	25	Some blocking		Yes	Yes								z
Ivacy		166.00	07 days	Hong Kong	5	40	250	Yes		Yes	Yes	See Note							z
IVPN		833.00	07 days	Gibraltar	5	12	21	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							Recommended by privacytools.io
LeVPN		495.00	07 days	Hong Kong	2	114	350	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
LimeVPN		999.00	07 days	Hong Kong	20	10	19	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
LiquidVPN		499.00	07 days	USA	8	11	45	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
Newshosting		999.00	07 days	USA	2					Yes	Yes	AES-256			93.12	7.34			Very fast in US
OctaneVPN		999.00	07 days	USA	5	44	108	Yes		Yes	Yes	See Note							z
OneVPN		499.00	07 days	Hong Kong	3	59	390			Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
Seedboxes.cc		999.00	07 days	Cyprus	2	7		Yes		Yes	Yes								z
ShadeYou		217.00	07 days	Netherlands	5			Yes		Yes	Yes								z
Torguard	3stars	499.00	07 days	USA	5	43	1,600	Yes		Yes	Yes				98.15	13.90		Go-torguard	Very fast in US
UnoTelly		493.00	07 days	Canada	1	30		No		Yes	No								z
VPN Land		417.00	07 days	Canada	5	11	400	Some blocking		Yes	No								z
VPN Unlimited		399.00	07 days	USA	5	54	1,000	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
VPN.Asia		600.00	07 days	Belize	2	18	294			Yes	Yes								z
VPNArea		492.00	07 days	Bulgaria	5	56	186	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256			0.00	22.73			z
VPNTunnel		999.00	07 days	Seychelles	5	18	80	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	Blowfish-64			91.32	25.51			Recommended by privacytools.io; very fast in US and worldwide
WASEL Pro		750.00	07 days	Netherlands	1			Yes		Yes	No								z
WifiMask		999.00	07 days	Netherlands	1			Yes		Yes	No	AES-256							z
ZoogVPN		300.00	07 days	UK	5	13	20	Some blocking		Yes	No	AES-256							z
ZorroVPN		999.00	07 days	Belize	5	49		Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256			55.89	10.50			z
ZPN		199.00	07 days	UAE	5	20		No		Yes	No	AES-256							z
Celo		999.00	10 days	Australia	5	13	14	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
OVPN.com		999.00	10 days	Sweden	4	6	39	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							Recommended by privacytools.io
Trust.Zone		333.00	10 days	Seychelles	3	30	108	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							Recommended by privacytools.io
VPN Shield		399.00	10 days	Poland	5	11	9	No		Yes	No								z
AnonymousVPN		1,200.00	14 days	Seychelles	3	20	20	Yes		Yes	No								z
BolehVPN		325.00	14 days	Malaysia	3	13	35	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256			0.00	7.78			z
Hide.me		499.00	14 days	Malaysia	5	24	88	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							Recommended by privacytools.io
Identity Cloaker		999.00	14 days	Czech Republic	1	12	31			Yes	No	AES-256							z
SaferVPN		599.00	14 days	y	3	24	150			Yes	Yes	AES-256			93.45	10.70			Very fast in US
Unlocator		416.00	14 days	Denmark	25	6					No								z
VikingVPN		999.00	14 days	USA	8	3	56	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256			77.09	31.40			Fast inside and outside USA
VPN.cc		999.00	14 days	Malta	2	59	903			Yes	No								z
Zenmate		749.00	14 days	Germany	1	12	19			No	No								z
IBVPN		999.00	15 days	Romania	1	43	95	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	Blowfish-256			57.89	8.55			z
SuperVPN		800.00	15 days	USA	5	45	475	Some blocking		Yes	No				7.34	8.71			Slow speeds
Avast Secureline		999.00	30 days	Czech Republic	1	19	27			Yes	No	AES-256							z
Avira Phantom VPN		599.00	30 days	Germany	25	20				Yes	No	AES-256							z
Encryptme		999.00	30 days	USA	25					Yes	No								z
CryptoHippie		999.00	30 days	USA	1		12			Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
CyberGhost		290.00	30 days	Romania	1	30	1,800	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
DefenceVPN		249.00	30 days	Barbados	2	7		Some blocking		Yes	No								z
Disconnect.me		500.00	30 days	USA	3					No	Yes	AES-256							z
DotVPN		888.00	30 days	Hong Kong	3		700			No	No								z
FlyVPN		999.00	30 days	USA	1	30	150	Yes		Yes	No	See Note							z
FrootVPN		299.00	30 days	Sweden	3	19		Yes		Yes	Yes								Recommended by privacytools.io
GooseVPN		323.00	30 days	Netherlands	1	31	55	Some blocking		Yes	No								z
GoVPN		999.00	30 days	Germany	3	8	27			No	No								z
Hide My IP		999.00	30 days	USA	1	42	71			Yes	Yes								z
HideALLIP		999.00	30 days	y	1	37	150	Yes		No	Yes								z
HideIPVPN		417.00	30 days	USA	3	5	28	Some blocking		Yes	Yes								z
Hola!VPN		888.00	30 days	y	1					No	No								z
Hotspot Shield	1star	888.00	30 days	y	5					No	Yes								z
IPinator		999.00	30 days	USA	5	12	84			Yes	No								z
Mullvad		550.00	30 days	Sweden	5	20	82	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256			93.50	14.29			Recommended by privacytools.io; very fast in US
My Private Network		746.00	30 days	Hong Kong	3	43				Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
Netshade		999.00	30 days	USA	1	7	13			No	No								z
ProXPN		625.00	30 days	Netherlands	1	16	21			Yes	Yes	Blowfish-512							z
SlickVPN		242.00	30 days	USA	5	46	151	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256			94.51	2.94			Very fast in US, but not outside US
Smart DNS Proxy		208.00	30 days	Seychelles	5	30		Some blocking		Yes	No								z
Speedify		999.00	30 days	USA	5	24	119	No		No	No								z
SunVPN		999.00	30 days	USA	2	10	12	No		Yes	No	AES-256							z
TorrentPrivacy		999.00	30 days	Seychelles	1	3	10	Yes		Yes	No								z
TotalVPN		599.00	30 days	UK	3	18	38			Yes	No	See Note							z
Traceless.me		999.00	30 days	Germany	6	11	11			Yes	Yes								z
VPN.ht		334.00	30 days	Hong Kong	3	18	122	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256			34.78	13.70			Recommended by privacytools.io; slow in US
VPN4All		2,188.00	30 days	Netherlands	1	50	500	Some blocking		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
VPNAUS		999.00	30 days	Australia	1	4	4			Yes	No	See Note							z
VPNTraffic		999.00	30 days	y	1	73		Yes		Yes	No								z
WiTopia		583.00	30 days	USA	1					Yes	No	AES-256							z
Anonymizer		667.00	45 days	USA	6			Yes		Yes	No								z
Norton WiFi Privacy		416.00	60 days	USA	1					No	No								z
PrivateTunnel		888.00	90 days	USA	10					Yes	Yes	Blowfish-128							z
Seed4.Me		999.00	90 days	Taiwan	3	16		Some blocking		Yes	Yes	See Note							z
TGVPN		999.00	90 days	UK	3	5	6	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
VPNSecure		999.00	90 days	Australia	10	29	46	Yes		Yes	Yes	AES-256							z
Betternet		299.00	01 c	Canada	25					No	No								z
Opera (Browser) VPN		888.00	01 c	Norway	25					Yes	No								z
Unseen Online		999.00	01 c	USA	1	9	15			Yes	No								z
VPN Gate		888.00	01 c	Japan	25	24	7,670	Some blocking		Yes	No	AES-256							z
ActiVPN		999.00	01 b	France	5	13	20			Yes	Yes								z
Anonine		543.00		UK															z
Hamachi		999.00		x															z
Private WiFi		999.00		x															z
Privatoria		274.00		Czech Republic															z
VPNtunnel.se		600.00		Sweden															z
ZenVPN		999.00		x															z
SpyOff	3stars	999.00		y														Go-spyoff	z
	Rating		Try Free	HQ				Allows p2p	Logs	OpenVPN	BitCoin	Encryption	Kill switch	Leak Protection	US Speed %	Int'l Speed %	Trust Pilot

What Each Column Means in the VPN Comparison Table

Below you can read about what each column means as used in the VPN comparison table above.

Rating

Our rating out of 5 stars based on all the factors you can see in the table and read about below. The more stars our of five, the better the VPN. The very best VPN services are rated as 5 stars.

Min. Cost (Minimum Cost)

This refers to the minimum monthly cost you can get with a subscription for the VPN. This usually means paying for an annual subscription in advance. The longer the period of the plan you take, the lower the price you pay.

Discount

This is the savings you get expressed as a percent when you buy the VPN at its minimum cost versus paying month-to-month. This discount includes any special discounts extended especially to Cogipas readers.

The longer the period of the plan you take, the better the discount you get. Some VPN services now offer 2-year, 3-year and even "lifetime" plans for the biggest discounts around.

Try Free

Expressed in number of days, this column captures any free trial periods or money-back guarantee periods offered by the VPN.

While a free trial differs from a money-back guarantee, the end result is the same - you can try the VPN risk-free to make sure it's good for you - so it makes sense to present this information in the same column as the number of days.

A true or "pure" free trial means you should not have to provide any payment details (such as a credit card number or PayPal acount) to use the VPN for a specified period. In contrast, a money-back guarantee usually means that you initially pay for the service, but can ask for your money-back without hassle for a specified period of time.

HQ (Headquarters)

This means where the VPN service is based and has it corporate headquarters. Generally speaking, this means the legal jurisdiction to which it is subject.

Some people prefer to avoid VPN services based in the United States or any countries that have cooperative spying arrangements such as the so-called "Five Eyes" countries or broader international intelligence-gathering networks known as Nine Eyes & Fourteen Eyes.

Five Eyes: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United Station
Nine Eyes: Five Eyes above plus Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Norway.
Fourteen Eyes: Nine Eyes above plus Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden.

Connections

The maximum number of devices you can have connected to the VPN service at the same time.

For instance, if a VPN service allows "5 simultaneous connections" this means you could connect to the VPN service at the same time on your desktop computer, a tablet, a couple of smartphones and a gaming console.

We would say 3 is the absolute minimum number of connections these days, but the more connections you get means better value for money if all other things - especially price - remain equal.

Countries

The number of different countries in which the VPN service has servers.

A high number of countries may be especially important for those wishing to stream local content that is available around the globe. The more countries the VPN service offers, the more options you have for "geo-spoofing" your location and accessing local-only content.

You will sometimes see a VPN service advertise that they have a higher number of server locations than they do countries. That simply means that they offer more than one location in the same country. For example, it is common for a VPN service to offer many different VPN server locations (think cities) in larger countries such as the US and UK.

Servers

The number of actual VPN servers in total that the VPN provider operates. A VPN service could have a single VPN server in a country or location or have hundreds of them.

This number is difficult to independently verify and is based on information provided by the VPN services themselves.

# of IPs (Number of IP Addresses)

The number of virtual IP addresses the VPN service has at its disposal. Generally speaking, the higher number of IP addresses in the available pool, the better as each time you connect to the VPN you have a higher likelihood of obtaining a brand new IP address which helps obfuscate your online presence and prevent the tracking and profiling of your activities.

Like the Servers number above, this is based on information provided by the VPN providers themselves.

Allows p2p (Torrent File-sharing)

This indicates whether the VPN service allows peer-to-peer (P2P) torrent file-sharing on its service. Not all VPN providers allow P2P activity, so it is important to pay attention to this element if you want to protect your torrent downloading with a VPN.

Logs

According to its privacy policies and practices, does the VPN service keep records (or "logs") of its customers' activities when they are connected to the VPN?

We highly recommend you choose a no-log VPN service (sometimes called zero-logs or zero-logging). Also be aware that a VPN service may say they have a no-logging policy, but may keep logs or turn them over to authorities in certain cases. This is why we recommend choose a VPN service whose no-logging claims have been confirmed or otherwise verified.

OpenVPN

Does the VPN service support the OpenVPN protocol? This is the safest available open-source VPN protocol in wide use today.

Bitcoin

Does the VPN service accept Bitcoin or other "anonymous" payment methods such as gift cards?

Very privacy-conscious consumers may wish to pay for their VPN service without having to provide any personal information to the VPN service (such as credit card or PayPal information) and keep their identity hidden.

Encryption

Indicates the level of encryption employed by the VPN service. At a minimum, look for 256-bit levels of encryption.

Killswitch

Does the VPN service support a feature that cuts off your Internet connection when the VPN connection drops? This feature is also referred to sometimes as network lock.

This is a feature which prevents your true IP address from leaking in the event the VPN disconnects for whatever reason. Read more about VPN Kill Switch features.

DNS Pro. (DNS Protection)

Another feature supported by some VPN services that prevents your true IP address from leaking while using the VPN.

Learn more about DNS Leaks and how to prevent them.

TOPS Score

This column refers to a score for VPN services derived from That One Privacy Site (or ‘TOPS’ for short).

To arrive at these figures, we downloaded TOPS' Simple VPN Comparison Chart and then transposed the Simple Comparison portion of it into a new spreadsheet via Paste > Values. This kept the raw scores intact.

Here are the range of scores per Category from best (green cells in the TOPS table) to worst (red cells in the TOPS table). As you will note, the lower the raw score, the better.

Under the PRIVACY umbrella, score varied by Category as follows: Jurisdiction from 0 to 5, Logging from 0 to 7 and Activism from 0 to 5.
Under the TECHNICAL umbrella, scores varied by Category as follows: Service Config from 0 to 6, Security from 0 to 4 and Availability from 0 to 5.
Under the BUSINESS umbrella, scores varied by Category as follows: Website 0 to 17, Pricing 0 to 8 and Ethics 0 to 7.

You could question why the Website category is given so much more weight with a score up to 17 (for example, that’s twice as much weight as the logging factor) but we are not here to question the wisdom of ThatOnePrivacyGuy. His credentials and reputation are beyond reproach.

We then took an aggregated score; basically we summed up the individual Category scores to come up with an overall total. The best possible score was 0 (i.e., if a VPN received the best awarded score in each Category) and the lowest possible score was 64 (if a VPN was awarded the lowest score for each category). We then calculated a percentage score based on the following formula % = (64-X) / 64 where X was the VPN’s score.

In other words, the higher the % score in this column, the better as assessed by TOPS.

TOPS Rank

This rank comes from simply ranking the VPN services by sorting them from best score to worst, so they were ranked from first to one hundred eighty-fifth.

Our Review

A link to a detailed, in-depth review of the VPN service, either on our website or to another review we trust.

Comments

This column of the VPN comparison table contains any additional notes of interest about the VPN service. For example, if the VPN is recommended by privacytools.io, we will highlight this important fact in these Comments.

Conclusion

Is our VPN comparison table perfect? Probably not.

But it has a lot of information that lets you easily compare and contrast different VPN services very quickly.

If you see anything you think is inaccurate, leave a Comment below and include the source of your corrected information such as a link to the VPN service's website with the data or a trusted source of VPN information. Thanks!

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