Which VPN actually protects your privacy?

An independent, transparent comparison of VPN tools across privacy, security, transparency, value and ethics. Every cell is scored by a published rubric and backed by primary sources. We take no money from the VPNs we list.

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37 services independently verified. Tip: tick two or more rows to compare them side-by-side.

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		Privacy					Security						Transparency					Value			Ethics

IVPN Gibraltar	99/100	None	None	None	Yes	Cash + crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	2× (2025)	Yes	Yes	?	$4.00	30 days	No	Clean	Consistent
NymVPNMixnet Switzerland	98/100	None	None	None	Yes	Cash + crypto	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	3× (2024)	?	?	Untested	$2.25	?	No	Clean	Consistent
ExpressVPN British Virgin Islands	96/100	None	None	None	Yes	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Partial	4× (2025)	Yes	Yes	?	$2.49	30 days	No	Clean	Consistent
hide.me Malaysia	96/100	None	None	None	Yes	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	3× (2024)	Yes	Yes	?	$2.69	30 days	Yes	Clean	Consistent
Proton VPN Switzerland	95/100	None	None	None	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	2× (2025)	?	Yes	?	$2.99	30 days	Yes	Clean	Consistent
Mullvad Sweden	93/100	14 Eyes	None	None	Yes	Cash + crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	2× (2025)	Yes	Yes	Proven	$5.80	14 days	No	Clean	Consistent
NordVPN Panama	89/100	None	None	None	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	3× (2025)	Yes	Yes	?	$3.09	30 days	No	Clean	Consistent
Private Internet Access United States	88/100	5 Eyes	None	None	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	3× (2025)	Yes	Yes	Proven	$2.03	30 days	No	Clean	Consistent
Windscribe Canada	87/100	5 Eyes	None	Some	Yes	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	3× (2024)	?	Yes	?	$5.75	3 days	Yes	Clean	Consistent
CyberGhost VPN Romania	84/100	None	None	None	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	3× (2025)	Yes	Yes	Untested	$2.03	45 days	No	Clean	Consistent
AirVPN Italy	82/100	14 Eyes	None	None	Yes	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	None	Yes	?	?	$3.19	30 days	No	Clean	Consistent
Surfshark Netherlands	78/100	9 Eyes	None	None	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	2× (2025)	Yes	Yes	?	$1.99	30 days	No	Clean	Consistent
Mozilla VPN United States	76/100	5 Eyes	None	Logs	No	Cards only	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	2× (2023)	?	?	?	$4.99	30 days	Yes	Clean	Consistent
Bitdefender VPN Romania	75/100	None	None	None	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	1× (2025)	?	?	?	$2.92	30 days	Yes	Clean	Consistent
TunnelBear Canada	75/100	5 Eyes	None	None	No	Cards only	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	No	2× (2025)	?	Yes	Proven	$3.33	30 days	Yes	Clean	Consistent
ZoogVPN Greece	74/100	None	None	None	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	1× (2026)	?	No	?	$2.49	7 days	Yes	?	Consistent
OVPN United States	73/100	5 Eyes	None	None	Yes	Cash + crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	None	Yes	Yes	Proven	$4.90	10 days	No	Clean	Consistent
TorGuard United States	73/100	5 Eyes	None	None	Yes	Cash + crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Partial	None	Yes	?	Untested	$4.27	7 days	No	Clean	Consistent
PureVPN British Virgin Islands	72/100	None	None	None	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	3× (2023)	?	Yes	Untested	$1.99	31 days	No	Overclaims	Contradictory
AzireVPN Sweden	71/100	14 Eyes	None	None	No	Cards only	Yes	No	?	?	?	Yes	?	1× (2026)	Yes	Yes	Untested	$4.05	7 days	No	?	?
Cloudflare WARP United States	68/100	5 Eyes	None	Logs	Yes	Cards only	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Partial	2× (2025)	?	Yes	?	$4.99	None	Yes	Clean	Consistent
AdGuard VPN Cyprus	65/100	None	None	None	No	Crypto	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Partial	None	?	No	?	$2.99	30 days	Yes	Clean	Consistent
PrivadoVPN Iceland	65/100	None	None	None	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	None	?	No	Untested	$1.11	30 days	Yes	?	Consistent
VyprVPN United States	64/100	5 Eyes	None	None	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	1× (2018)	No	?	?	$3.00	30 days	No	?	?
HMA (HideMyAss) United Kingdom	63/100	5 Eyes	None	Some	No	Cards only	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	1× (2020)	No	?	Untested	$2.99	30 days	No	?	Consistent
IPVanish United States	63/100	5 Eyes	None	None	No	Cards only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	2× (2025)	No	Yes	Untested	$2.19	30 days	No	Overclaims	Contradictory
Trust.Zone Seychelles	63/100	None	None	None	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	None	?	No	?	$1.77	10 days	No	?	Consistent
PrivateVPN Sweden	61/100	14 Eyes	None	None	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	None	No	No	?	$2.00	30 days	No	?	Consistent
VPN Unlimited (KeepSolid) United States	57/100	5 Eyes	None	None	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	None	?	?	Untested	$5.00	30 days	No	?	Consistent
Ivacy VPN Singapore	55/100	None	None	None	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	None	?	?	Untested	$1.17	30 days	Yes	Overclaims	Contradictory
VPN.ac Romania	53/100	None	None	Some	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	None	No	No	?	$3.75	7 days	No	Clean	Contradictory
StrongVPN United States	51/100	5 Eyes	None	None	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	None	No	?	Untested	$3.97	30 days	No	?	?
Hotspot Shield United States	49/100	5 Eyes	None	Some	No	Cards only	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	?	No	1× (2023)	No	No	?	$2.99	45 days	Yes	Overclaims	Contradictory
Astrill VPN Liechtenstein	47/100	None	None	Some	No	Crypto	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	None	Yes	No	?	$12.50	None	No	?	Contradictory
Avast SecureLine VPN Czech Republic	45/100	None	None	Logs	No	Cards only	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	None	No	No	Untested	$3.99	30 days	No	Overclaims	Contradictory
Hola VPN Israel	26/100	None	Logs	Logs	No	?	No	No	Yes	No	No	?	No	None	?	No	?	$2.99	14 days	Yes	Overclaims	Contradictory
NostrVPNMesh Decentralised (no provider)	n/a	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	Yes	None	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Clean	Consistent

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