Proton VPN Review

"Proton VPN or Mullvad VPN are the best choices. Not owned by big companies and are privacy focused to the core!"

"Proton vpn is the goat, proton pass is the goat, the entire proton environment is amazing. I get way better speeds with proton vpn than I did with nord and the UI is so much smoother."

"Proton VPN: Lousy performance. Lousy service. Proton VPN turned my VNPT ADSL into lousy. And their 'Support', when you get any, jsut ignores the problem/s,and when i asked for a frefund after a month of lousy performance and complaints, some arrogant bastard just told me “too late for '30 Day Guarantee'” **Location: Vietnam, VNPT. Wired Cat5, nothing exotic.** **Without Proton (baseline):** * nPerf to Singapore: \~950 Mbps down, \~240 Mbps up, \~48 ms ping. * Browsing + streaming scores in the “good” range. * Cloudflare and other tests: low latency, no packet loss, everything sna..."

"Proton VPN does NOT work in China The proton bots have been out in full force spreading disinformation that proton VPN is a workable VPN solution in China and also downvoting people (including myself) who speak the truth that proton VPN does NOT work in China. I am a former proton user who is fed up with their lies and slimeball sales tactics. For added measure I’ve attached a screenshot of an email response from a proton rep to me last month clearly admitting that their service has been entirely disrupted by the GFW. https://www.reddit.com/r/travelchina/s/kOY837x4LU"

"I highly recommend PROTON VPN best service for torrenting in my opinion and its worth the monthly subscription"

"ProtonVPN let's you use it for free on one computer. They're probably the only entity that I actually trust to care about privacy"

"I've been using ProtonVPN since day one with first pfsense (IPsec) and then Firewalla (Wireguard). rock solid in both cases."

"ProtonVPN has been the most reliable choice for me. I previously tried Surfshark during a Black Friday deal, but ended up requesting a refund because of persistent connectivity issues. After researching on Reddit, the top recommendations were Mullvad and ProtonVPN. I ultimately chose ProtonVPN because the pricing is reasonable and it integrates smoothly with Proton Pass and Proton Mail. As of November 2025, it has been the best VPN experience I’ve had, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a trustworthy and stable VPN service."

"Proton VPN, 100% no questions asked. Open source codebase, full end-to-end encryption, no user data logs, and protected by Swiss data privacy laws which are some of the strictest in the world. The Swiss government practically never honors data requests from foreign government agencies or law enforcement except under very serious circumstances like suspected terrorism. There's a reason white collar criminals hide their money away in Swiss bank accounts. With that said, you can rest easy knowing that they won't be selling your data to other companies either. Your data would be completely use..."

"Same. Chose Proton out of all of them. Haven’t regretted it once. Hasn’t failed me once."

"Mullvad or Proton are top of the list. I've never heard of Witopia but they're US based so they get a hard NO from me. Mullvad and Proton do not log activity and they prove it with 3rd party audits. I read somewhere recently that one of them, Mullvad or Proton, was raided by authorities 2x in the last couple of years. Both times they got nothing. There were no log files to be got."

"Been using Proton for years. Love all their products."

"+1 Switched to proton after its free version outperformed surfshark/nord/express/PIA paid versions (I had access to all). 11 months in and still the right choice. I still try the others from time to time to check in"

"proton is my holygrail"

"I suggest looking into the iOS and macOS guides by PrivacyGuides respectively to optimize the system settings: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/os/ios-overview/ https://www.privacyguides.org/en/os/macos-overview/ Surfshark was not the best idea to be honest, it's owned by the same entity as NordVPN; in general you should be avoiding Tesonet, they also have a data mining arm called Oxylabs. Three companies including Tesonet own most of the VPN market, avoid all three: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/3-companies-control-many-big-name-vpns-what-you-need-to-know/ For VPN I woul..."

"It's not the best in terms of privacy. Mullvad and Proton VPN are the two best in this regard."

"Personally,I am running Ubuntu with Chromium browser,since Chromium browsers are a lot more secure than Firefox based (Gecko).For privacy, you cant go wrong with Librewolf (Mullvald/Tor If you want to be anonymous).You could install Proton VPN (free, best vpn along with Mullvald vpn) as a extension or app."

"Mullvad ja ProtonVPN. Protonilla on ihan kiva ilmainenkin plan jos ei ole tarvetta valita maata itse."

"I have Bitdefender it is a really good I have premium security it scans better than Eset and it has good mobile app as well however wouldn't use the VPN nor securepass because there better options such as Proton VPN and Proton Pass as well Mullvad for a VPN"

"ProtonVPN has been the biggest for accessing things banned in the UK. As for Bitdefender, Amazon also tends to sell keys cheap. As an antivirus it's one of if not the best."

"Been using ProtonVPN and all their other apps. People might scoff at paying for an email, or calander app, but the VPN+Cloud storage is worth it for me. I was also a windscribe user for years and have no complaints"

"Best free ones are gonna be either proton VPN or windscribe free. If you can get a paid Mullvad is only approximately €5 a month ($5.91). All of these are reputable VPNs."

"so yeah as other people are saying it depends, if it is a government or ISP Geo block a VPN will most likely bypass it, that is unless your ISP has blocked VPN port forwarding. Recommendations? i recommend ProtonVPN or Norton (Proton is the best free option)"

"I'm assuming he's mentioning the Proton ecosystem, as well as how protonvpn logs your ip (also your device fingerprint) on registering. Which makes a lot of people think it's a honeypot or some kind of scam. I recently left all of proton services for more trustable services like Mullvad."

"ProtonVPN 🫵🏻👌🏻"

"I'm happy with ProtonVPN."

"Proton VPN is good in free tier. You will not have any nice features like port forwarding, split tunneling or killswitch but it will work for web browsing and connecting to internet from a device. In my case on 800mbs I am getting about 720-790mbs so there is no big speed loss."

"I've been using proton VPN for a bit now. It's very easy to set up and works pretty well. They also support port forwarding which not a lot of VPN providers do. "

"ExpressVPN was bought by a data broker... And NordVPN was hacked at least twice. I would not use either. ProtonVPN or MullvadVPN are the only ones I trust."

"ProtonVPN is 100% better in terms of privacy and reputation. And, speed still comes close to Nord. Both are excellent for normal usage tho. Some of my friends prefer Nord over Proton(they play games) for very unknown reasons. "

"Proton is one of the last independent and decent VPNs out there. Paid features include Stealth Mode (mitigates network-based VPN censorship) and Secure Core (double hop). I note one of the genuine gripes is that it has mixed utility if you're in China (struggles with the great wall), from various things I've read. But it does have censorship resistant features (including Stealth Mode) Other than that its excellent. Regarding speed, this is obviously a massive variable. It is unlikely to be an issue; and if it is, I doubt it is significant. I've never had fundamental speed problems with Proton..."

"I've been very pleased with ProtonVPN for several years"

"Lost 1 year worth of Proton VPN subscription A month ago, I subscribed to a 1-month free Proton Unlimited trial while having a 2-year Proton VPN subscription that was supposed to end in November 2026. Five days ago, the Proton Unlimited trial expired and I lost both my VPN subscription and all the passwords I had saved with Proton Pass. By contacting support, they were able to restore all of my Proton Pass data, but for the VPN part, they have not been helpful at all. I created multiple tickets and their reply is to just buy another subscription with the credits that I was given, which are 9..."

"[WARNING] Proton VPN cancelled my paid 2-year subscription after I redeemed a "free month" promo cod I'm sharing my experience with Proton VPN to warn other users about a serious issue with their promotional system. What happened: Late November 2025: I purchased a 2-year VPN Plus subscription during Black Friday for US$47.76. December 20, 2025: I found a promotional post on the official Proton VPN subreddit offering 1 month of Proton Unlimited for free. Reddit post: [https://web.archive.org/web/20251220205651/https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonVPN/comments/1priqys/proton\_unlimited\_for\_1\_m..."

"When in china last november, I used proton vpn. its free and it worked. My friends tried to use other paid VPN when using Wifi. but seems like proton works better for us"

"For me it’s ProtonVPN plus Onion Browser — that stack is rock solid. VPN handles the encrypted tunnel, Tor adds anonymity. Between the two, I get both privacy and resilience without buying into the hype."

"ProtonVPN Review in 2026: Any thoughts? Using the internet today feels a lot less private than it used to. Between constant ads following you around and the risks of public WiFi, I felt like a VPN was no longer optional. I have been using ProtonVPN for a few months now, and I wanted to share how it actually performed for everyday use without any marketing talk. One of the first things that stood out to me was the focus on privacy and security. Knowing the service is based in Switzerland gave me some extra confidence because of their strict privacy laws. The apps being open source also helped..."

"Can confirm. I have Deutsche Telekom as ISP and can't login. But with ProtonVPN-gaming profile works like a charm"

"Thanks for this, downloaded protonvpn and it was an instant fix. For those in my boat - there IS a free plan, it’s just more hidden"

"You could always go for ProtonVPN, that is a pretty good option and is much faster as well. They do have a free plan, however you don't choose the servers and it's only for 1 device. But it's one of the most secure VPN's out there (besides Mullvad which is paid)"

"NordVPN's user database has been hacked at least twice. ProtonVPN and MullvadVPN are the only one's worth trusting."

"Best for privacy: MullVad, CopVPN, ProtonVPN. Best for speed: Surfshark, Express, NordVPN."

"If you’re looking for a good paid VPN, then try NordVPN, CopVPN, ProtonVPN, or Mullvad. If you’re looking for a free good VPN, then try ProtonVPN, Windscribe or CopVPN."

"ProtonVPN is my go to, simple setup and trusted provider"

"Proton VPN is the least restrictive free VPN if that's what you want. It's also super easy to use."

"I don’t really use public Wi-Fi. For peer to peer file sharing, it has been valuable. You missed all the Black Friday sales for VPNs. I use proton vpn free on my phone, I have a different paid one that works better on my computer. The speed slowdown is minimal on my phone and nonexistent on my laptop. I say try proton free. They don’t let you choose your server, which can slow you down, but it’s free and highly regarded. If it’s enough, great. If you don’t like it, you just drop it. If you need more, you can decide then."

"It's not their "preferred" method, but it's a method they offer. They also accept crypto, like many other providers. I'm not super into crypto, but I believe Monero is a privacy focused crypto. I would recommend Proton VPN if you can make use of their other services, and AirVPN is quite nice too. Mullvad is probably the best though, just not the cheapest."

"You concede that Proton "may" be one of them? What gave you that impression? Could it be that they follow a stated ["no logs policy?"](https://protonvpn.com/features/no-logs-policy) Or that they've been independently audited by [Securitum](https://www.securitum.com/public-reports.html) that confirm this? In [2022](https://drive.proton.me/urls/521N34GHTM#PVwqewJVFgyS), [2023](https://drive.proton.me/urls/TEGZZ53M28#lPz2jeVjV6Mp), [2024](https://drive.proton.me/urls/ED8G4GC5MG#pM52Y8RMXIKn) and again in [2025?](https://drive.proton.me/urls/NA0V1AX7QR#2LxqkF786aPy) Or that they [open source ..."

"As a security professional who speaks at a lot of conferences and advises on privacy, Mullvad is the best. The ONLY other one I would recommend is ProtonVPN if you want an easier experience. The "top" VPN providers you see on advertisements are almost all owned by companies with ties to the Israeli government. Mullvad does not advertise or use paid social influencing to promote. Both have packet transformation techniques that can disguise your traffic to hide the fact you are using a VPN. I could go on and on."

"Privacy and security advocate/computer repair shop owner here (check my profile), there are only 4 VPNs anyone should be using: * Proton VPN (free) * Mullvad * IVPN * Windscribe These VPN companies are proven to be trustworthy, which is important because whichever service you use could snoop on your internet activity if they wanted to. You have to actively trust the company for a VPN to work well for privacy. Free VPNs are free for a reason... they sell your data! Proton is the one and only exception to the rule because they make money elsewhere and they make privacy-focused software only. ..."