Black Friday and Cyber Monday is an excellent time to get various software cheaper and VPN is not an exception. It’s easy to get lost among all the great offers and flashy ads and end up with a product that might not necessarily fit your needs and you’ll end up wasting money. That’s why I want to share with you this great vpn comparison table I found on r/VPN.
Bonus: unethical life pro tip if you get a VPN - if you need some type of expensive software, but you do not want to pirate, make sure to check out prices while connected to different countries via VPN! I know for a fact that sometimes US prices are lower than UK, but make sure to check out countries in Europe or South America as well.
How to choose a VPN?
The table has all main providers as well as some smaller ones and evaluates them on various criteria. All you have to do is define what you need from a VPN and which criteria is most relevant to you. Most importantly this table also includes all the special offers so it will save you money for sure.
If you are unclear what to pay the most attention to while choosing a VPN, here are some aspects that I find the most important:
Audited no log policy - one of the main reasons for using a VPN is privacy and security of personal details, hence it is important that your VPN provider does not keep any logs on you. Meaning - as little information as possible should be recorded. Many providers claim they have a no-log policy, however it is very important for that policy to be independently audited. Make sure to check your provider’s ToS and privacy policy - there are cases when sneaky providers claim they have no logs, but when you check the documentation it turns out that logs are kept!
Jurisdiction - it is no less important where the VPN provider is based as they have to answer to the country’s data laws. If the company is based in a country with many data retention laws and policies in place to violate citizens’ privacy, it’s not good news for you. To maintain as much privacy as possible, look for a score 5 in jurisdiction criteria. It is always better to be safe than sorry, as in some countries VPN can be randomly forced to start logging data.
Servers owned - if you’re getting a vpn you most likely want to reach geo-restricted content, that is why it’s important to make sure that a VPN has many locations and many servers. The better the country coverage the more content for you! Moreover, if there are more servers they do not get over-crowded often, hence the speeds tend to be better.
What is not included in the VPN table but I think is important, is how many devices one subscription covers. Make sure to pay attention to that as well, it’s the best if one sub covers VPN needs for the whole family.
Hope it helps!