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Price (cheapest monthly option)
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12-month plan,
$8.32 per month
($99.84 total)
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24-month plan,
$2.50 per month
($60.00 total)
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12-month plan,
$3.25 per month
($39.00 total)
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24-month plan,
$2.88 per month
($69.12 total)
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24-month plan,
$4.17 per month
($100.08 total)
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12-month plan,
$2.85 per month
($34.20 total)
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36-month plan,
$2.78 per month
($100.08 total)
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36-month plan,
$2.75 per month
($99.00 total)
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12-month plan,
$10.00 per month
($120.00 total)
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12-month plan,
$5.00 per month
($60.00 total)
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36-month plan,
$6.00 per month
($216.00 total)
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36-month plan,
€2.75 per month
(€99.00 total)
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36-month plan,
$2.50 per month
($90.00 total)
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24-month plan,
$1.99 per month
($47.76 total)
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13-month plan,
$3.82 per month
($49.66 total)
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60-month plan,
$1.16 per month
($69.60 total)
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36-month plan,
$3.49 per month
($125.64 total)
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36-month plan,
$3.99 per month
($143.64 total)
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Free Trial?
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Terms of Trial
| 7-day free trial is only offered for Android, iOS, and Amazon FireStick devices, which doesn't require a credit card | 3-day free trial; requires a credit card that gets billed after 3 days |
| 7-day paid trial for $0.99 | Free trial for 500MB |
| 7-day trial | 7-day trial for iOS & Android devices | 7-day trial | 7-day trial | 7-day trial | 3-day paid trial for $2.17 | 1-day trial | 7-day trial using Google Play or Apple App Store | 7-day trial | 1 day VPN trial; sign up: ivacyvpn.com/signup |
| 7-day trial |
Money-Back Guarantee?
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Terms of Money-Back Guarantee
| 30-day money-back guarantee | 30-day money-back guarantee | Effective May 1, 2020, IPVanish offers a 30-day money-back guarantee | 31-day money-back guarantee |
| 30-day money-back guarantee | 7-day money-back guarantee | 14-day money-back guarantee for 1-month plans; 45-day money-back guarantee for longer plans |
| 7-day money-back guaranteed (which the website calls a 7-day free trial) | 30-day money-back guarantee |
| 30-day money-back guarantee | 30-day money-back guarantee | 30-day money-back guarantee | 30-day money-back guarantee | 30-day money-back guarantee | 30-day money-back guarantee that requires less than 10GB of bandwidth use and less than 100 sessions (connections) |
24/7 Customer Support?
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Methods of Customer Support
| Email, Live chat | Email, Live chat | Email, Live chat, Telephone | Email, Live chat | Email | Email, Live chat | Email, Live chat | Live chat, Support tickets | Email, Live chat | Email | Email | Email | Email, live chat | Email, Live chat | Email, Live chat | Live chat | Email, Live chat | Email, Live chat, Telephone |
Connection Logs?
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Yes, but logs are deleted on a 30-day rolling basis
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Usage Logs?
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Dedicated IP Address?
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Terms of a Dedicated IP Address
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| Yes, for $1.99 per month |
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| $10 per month | $5 per month | $5 per month | $7.99 per month |
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| Yes, for an extra $1.99 per month | Yes, for $70 dollars/year and which restricts your access to 2 simultaneous connections |
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Own their DNS Servers?
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Double VPN?
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Encryption
| AES-256-CBC | AES-256-GCM | AES-256-CBC | AES-256-CBC | AES-256 | AES-256-GCM | AES-256 | ? | AES-256-CBC | AES-128-GCM/CBC, AES-256-GCM/CBC | AES-256 | AES-256-GCM | AES-256 | AES-256-GCM | AES-256 | AES-256 | AES-256-GCM | AES-256-GCM |
IP Leak Protection
| Yes, except Android devices, which doesn't offer IPv6 leak protection or control over your DNS | Yes, on Windows and Android | Yes, on all supported OSes | ? | DNS | Yes, on IPv4, IPv6, and WebRTC | DNS for Windows, IPv6, WebRTC | Yes | IPv6, DNS | DNS, WebRTC | DNS, WebRTC | ? | IPv4 , IPv6, DNS | IPv4, DNS | IPv6 | Yes, on IPv4, IPv6, and WebRTC | Yes, on IPv4, IPv6, and WebRTC | Yes, on IPv4, IPv6, and WebRTC |
Jurisdiction
| British Virgin Islands | Switzerland | United States | Hong Kong | Canada | United States | United States | Romania | Seychelles | United States | Prague | Italy | Israel | British Virgin Islands | Sweden | Singapore | Panama | United Kingdom (UK) |
Kill Switch
| Yes, which ExpressVPN calls Network Lock and which is available on Windows, macOS, Android, and Linux | Yes, on Windows, macOS, and Android | Yes, for Windows, macOS, and Android | Yes, on Windows and Android | Yes, on macOS, Windows and Android | Yes, for Windows and Android | Yes, for Android 8.0 Oreo and higher, Windows, iOS, macOS | true | Yes, for MacOS, Windows and Linux | true | false | ? | true | true | Yes, for Windows and macOS | Yes, for Windows and Android | true | Yes, on Windows, macOS, and Android |
Means of payment
| Bitcoin, Credit card, Paypal, Paymentwall | Credit card, Paypal, UnionPay | Credit card, Paypal | Credit card, Paypal | Credit card, Bitcoin | Credit card, Bitcoin, PayPal, Amazon Pay | Credit card, PayPal, Bitcoin | Paypal, Credit card, Bitcoin | Credit card, Bitcoin, PayPal, Alipay, WebMoney | Credit card, Cryptocurrency, Amazon Pay | ? | Credit card, Cryptocurrency, PayPal | Credit card, Cryptocurrency, PayPal | Credit card, Cryptocurrency, PayPal, Google Pay, Amazon Pay | Credit card, PayPal, Bitcoin | Credit card, Paypal, Bitpay, AliPay, Paymentwall, Cryptocurrency | Credit card, Amazon Pay, Cryptocurrency, AliPay, UnionPay, Prepaid card, iTunes, Google Play | Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Discover, Paypal |
# of Countries
| 94 | 64 | 51 | 140 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 89 | 64 | 55 | 34 | 22 | 34 | 64 | 60 | 56 | 59 | 190 |
# of Locations
| 160 | 70 | 75 | 180 | ? | 61 | 80 | 112 | ? | ? | 55 | ? | ? | 160 | ? | 100 | 76 | 290 |
# of Servers
| 3000 | 700 | 1400 | 2000 | 1800 | 3380 | 400 | 5986 | 115 | 3000 | 41 | 237 | 700 | 1040 | 100 | 1000 | 5677 | 1000 |
Platform(s) Support
| Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS | Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS | Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS | Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS | Windows, macOS, iOS, Android | Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS | Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS | iOS, Android, Linux, macOS, Windows | Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS | Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS | Windows, macOS, Android, iOS | Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS | Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS | Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS | Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS | Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android | Windows 7 SP1 or later, macOS 10.10 or later, Android 5 or later, iOS 9 or later, Linux, Routers that support VPNs or flashed with Tomato, OpenWrt, DD-Wrt, or other custom firmware |
Peer to Peer?
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Yes, on just 8 locations
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Port Forwarding?
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Yes, $0.99 per month
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Yes, for free but only if you buy a dedicated IP address
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Yes, for free
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Yes, for an extra $1 dollar per month
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Protocol(s) Supported
| IKEv2, L2TP/IPsec, OpenVPN TCP/UDP | OpenVPN, Chameleon v2, IKEv2, L2TP/IPsec, PPTP | OpenVPN, L2TP/IPsec, IKEv2, PPTP | IKEv2, L2TP/IPsec, OpenVPN, PPTP, SSTP | OpenVPN, IKEv2 | OpenVPN, PPTP, IPSEC/L2TP, SOCKS5 | IKEv2, OpenVPN, KeepSolid Wise, TCP/UDP, WireGuard, IPSec | OpenVPN, IKEv2, WireGuard | OpenWeb, StealthVPN, Wireguard, OpenVPN, OpenConnect, L2TP/IPSec, Cisco IPSec, IKEv2, PPTP, SSTP | OpenVPN, SSTP, L2TP, IPsec | Open VPN, IPSec | ? | IKEv2, OpenVPN, L2TP, IPSec, PPTP | IKEv2, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks | PPTP, L2TP, IKEv2, IPSec, OpenVPN | OpenVPN TCP, OpenVPN UDP, PPTP, L2TP/IPsec, SSTP, IKEv2 | OpenVPN TCP, OpenVPN UDP, IKEv2/IPsec, NordLynx (WireGuard) on Linux | OpenVPN, IKEv2/IPsec |
# of Simultaneous Connections
| 5 | 5 | Unlimited | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Unlimited | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Split Tunneling?
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Yes, for Windows and macOS
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Yes, on Windows and Android
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Yes, but only web browser traffic
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Yes, on Android
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Streaming Supported?
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Streaming Service(s) Tested
| Amazon Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, Disney+, ESPN, HBO, Hulu, ITV Player, Netflix, Spotify | Amazon Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, Hulu, Netflix, YouTube | YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, BBC iPlayer, Aazon Prime Video | Amazon Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix | | Netflix US, Netflix Jupan, BBC iPlayer, Amazon Prime | UK BBC iPlayer, US Hulu, US Netflix, US Amazon Prime, ESPN+, HBO, Hotstrar, Popcornflix, Rai.tv, Sony Crackle, Disney Plus | | Netlfix, YouTube, HBO | Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney | YouTube, Netflix | | BBC iPlayer, Hulu, Netflix, US Amazon Prime, HBO, US YouTube | BBC iPlayer, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO, YouTube, Kodi, Hotstar, CBS | BBC iPlayer, Netflix, Kodi, Hulu, HBO, Amazon Prime | | | Netflix, BBC iPlayer, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube |
TOR Over VPN Allowed?
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