Proton VPN Review
Community-sourced VPN review based on real Reddit & Twitter discussions
Proton VPN has a solid reputation as a privacy-focused VPN, and a lot of people like it because it feels trustworthy and reliable day to day. The free plan gets praised a lot as one of the better “act...
What the Community Says
Proton VPN has a solid reputation as a privacy-focused VPN, and a lot of people like it because it feels trustworthy and reliable day to day. The free plan gets praised a lot as one of the better “actually usable” free options, and the paid plan is often mentioned as a good pick if you care about things like no-logs, audits, and even anonymous payment options. It also comes up often alongside other privacy tools (like Proton Mail), which makes it appealing if you want everything under one roof.
The biggest complaint is speed: some people switch over from other VPNs and find Proton noticeably slower, especially depending on the server. A few also don’t love how certain torrenting setups work, since things like port forwarding can be a bit annoying to manage if the port changes when you reconnect. And while many trust Proton more than typical “affiliate-list” VPNs, there’s still a slice of people who are skeptical or just prefer competitors like Mullvad.
Strengths
- Strong privacy reputation
- Best-in-class free tier
- No-logs and audit-focused image
- Anonymous payment options
- Good reliability overall
Weaknesses
- Can be slower than competitors
- Port forwarding can be annoying for torrenting setups
- Auto-connect behavior can be frustrating
- Not everyone trusts it as much as top privacy rivals
Summary generated 1 week ago from 1012 community mentions
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"Of the commercial options, I’d only trust Proton (Switzerland) or Mullvad (Sweden). After I discovered VPN groups on Firewalla, I have three WireGuard VPNs to Proton and Mullvad. I use this with Unbound. Best of both worlds. ISP sees not..."
"This reads like astroturfing. Regardless though, Witopia is incredibly overpriced for the service they offer and I have frankly never heard of them before this post. >However, they are more expensive, have less servers to chose from, c..."
"That's simply not true. no mail was accessed. The details are at [https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/13/infosec\_in\_brief/](https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/13/infosec_in_brief/) When both parties use proton, proton has zero access to..."
"Those two aren’t as far as I know. Proton is Swiss. Witopia is US based. I’ve used both."
"No but they have a convenience store and hope you stop in for something so they can cover their costs. Same with free VPN services, they are hoping you upgrade or don't notice they are logging to sell your data to data miners so they can m..."
"ProtonVPN reviews in 2026: Is it considered a scam? Hi everyone, I consider myself pretty privacy-conscious, and I've been looking into ProtonVPN because of their strong reputation for security and being based in Switzerland. I was almost ..."
"I heard that the Proton CEO is a MAGAt, sadly."
"And a lot of the VPN companies, own multiple VPN review sites. One other thing that I'd add. Switzerland is looking to change or has changed their internet privacy laws to be the most restrictive in Europe. Which rules out Proton."
"When you use the same company for two very private sides of your life, instead of diversifying your assets to different companies, you expose yourself to bigger risks of this company connecting your data from the one product the have with t..."
"Suggest avoiding ProtonVPN. I'd been using ProtonVPN for a year and initially liked the service. However, within the last month or so, I noticed the connections become sporadically disconnected and rerouted to local, but "unsafe", Countries..."