What is the cheapest functional VPN?
What is the cheapest functional VPN?
It's so difficult with so many options and all these bullshit "discounts", coupled with the fact that different VPNs charge different prices based on what country you're connecting from...
What is the cheapest functional VPN you've come across? Bonus points if it supports IPv6.
Imho, 'cheapest' and 'useful' are rarely a great combo for a VPN.
I mho, Mullvad is the best available, at 5€/month.
Close second, I would place Proton VPN.Most of the others are just, well, I don't care much about their existence.
52 0 ReplyPersonnaly I would recommend pia for VPN torrenting, it's not private but it's good for this use case
3 0 ReplyWhy do you say PIA isn't private?
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Imho, 'cheapest' and 'useful' are rarely a great combo for a VPN.
Yeah I never understood why people have this mindset.
Like looking for security, but then buying the cheapest option?
2 0 ReplyPeople have limited funds. It's as simple as that.
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Mullvad. It does not not really get cheaper if you want something reliable.
16 0 ReplyMullvad is fairly expensive though. If you want cheaper slightly cheaper go with a 1 or 2 year subscription of Proton VPN.
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Proton has a free package with unlimited bandwidth. It doesn't offer as many countries or advanced features but it works just fine.
14 0 ReplyAnother vote for Mullvad, here. It's arguably one of the best VPNs out there and at 5 bucks a month, you really can't go wrong. If you want cheaper than that, you have bigger problems than a VPN.
13 0 ReplyMullvad no longer has port forwarding.
3 0 ReplyWhich is only really needed for hosting a torrent, something most people don't do. Most VPN users do not even know what torrenting is and most torrent users are leechers so they don't use it either.
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PIA is $40/yr and if you're just dodging hollywood lawyers, it is perfect for that. I can easily saturate my 1Gbps connection. It's a well known service so some companies block their IPs and you'll get captchas but I think that's unavoidable.
If you have state actors interested in your activities, keep shopping.
10 0 ReplyI think they just jumped about $10 a year, I was just renewed for $50 a few weeks ago.
2 0 ReplyMaybe it's a cyber Monday deal, they're advertising 3.33/mo
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Note that PIA has extremely limited options if you want to be connectable on private trackers
1 0 ReplyTheir port forwarding works for me, but you're right. It takes some knowledge to make it work.
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AirVPN has a pretty good reputation AKAIK, and their 2-year plans are cheaper than Mullvad and Proton.
10 0 ReplyMullvad. Supports IPv6, €5/month no matter how long you pay for or from what country.
9 0 ReplyTailscale.
9 0 ReplyAgreed. I have a VPS exit node for 4$/month, took an hour to set up, never once come within a mile of hitting my bandwidth cap on it.
The clients run on everything.
5 0 ReplySurprised this isn't at the top. Perhaps I'm too used to r/selfhosted
3 0 ReplyI'm surprised too. Since it's a mesh VPN, you can set up your exit node anywhere you like.
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i'd say Mullvad is the better choice, Surfshark if you want better speeds (from my personal experience, also depending on location)
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7 0 ReplyMost VPN software is free. OpenVPN is FOSS and a popular product.
What are you trying to achieve?
7 0 ReplyIt's no use. "VPN" means gateway/MITM service, just like "crypto" means digital tulip mania.
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for what purpose? if it's just bypassing your ISP, a free VPS + wireguard and you're golden.
6 0 ReplyBeen using Air/Eddie for a while, it's been solid... Not the best interface perhaps, but a wide selection of servers globally..
5 0 ReplyTor. Or use gnunet's 'vpn' function with friends in other countries.
4 0 ReplyA car with a thumbstick, I guess.
1 0 ReplyI just bought adguard vpn for 5 year. Cost me 35$. Includes adguard private dns and adguard family license.
Imo, its worth it for me. Good speed but no wireguard support.
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