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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16 reviews"@startpage @torproject @signalapp @MyStartMail @ProtonPrivacy 1) Any Linux OS but I prefer Fedora 2) Quad9 ( DNS privacy) 3) Tor, Brave, Librewolf (browsers) 4) ProtonVPN ( free), Mullvad ( paid) 5) Session, Signal (Messaging) 6) Tutamail & Protonmail 7) GrapheneOS over any phone OS 8) Orbot (basically Tor but for apps) 9) VLC 10) Bitwarden https://t.co/ZwS1OgTYXz"
"Use AdguardDNS, Proton VPN and Obscura iOS and Mac for now - Obscura (They are new and are widening their support for all other platforms including Linux.) Android, Linux, TV, and windows Proton VPN with custom Adguard DNS. So far Obscura has been better since they trick websites into thinking I’m not using an Adblock, they are partnered with Mullvad, and when you sign up you don’t use an ..."
"@KiwamiCube Proton VPN on a dedicated Linux machine works well, I also experimented with random Android apps on a spare phone but no Adblock makes this experience more miserable than it should be"
"This may be true for shady VPNs out of China (top results in Google and Apple stores) however saying that this is universally true is a big lie. VPNs like Windscribe, IVPN, Mullvad and maybe even ProtonVPN operate differently. All apps are open source, the services have been audited (multiple times), and in some cases had their time in court to prove what they preach. We certainly did. Big nam..."
"Proton VPN unveils a major Linux makeover with updates to its Linux GUI and Linux CLI VPN apps. The release covers both interfaces, signaling a unified upgrade for Linux users. https://t.co/pgJRvwrcQC"
"@ProtonVPN Just switched from Windows to Fedora and installed Proton VPN, hopefully improvements to the GUI comes soon"
"@ProtonVPN @brave Im a Proton Unlimited user and I installed cachyos on one of my laptops last week. Love it, but where is the Proton VPN GUI support if yall love it too???"
"@AzhamProdLol The Proton VPN app is currently officially supported on the latest stable versions of Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora, using GNOME desktop environment. Nonetheless, we've passed on your feedback to the team to be considered for future improvements."
"@ProtonVPN Proton to Mail: you get linux! Proton to VPN: you get linux! Proton to Authenticator: you get linux! Proton to Pass: you get linux! Proton to Calendar: you get linux! Proton to Drive: ehhhh, maybe, maybe not, ..."
"@Maciamo @monnett_social @eu_alternatives Thank you, I will change as many things as possible and use as many European products as possible. I already use Mistral AI, ProtonMail, NordVPN. The next step is Linux and storage."
"@Proton_Pass Proton drive for Linux please! Let me use nextdns custom configurations on proton vpn!"
"@Sosowski happened to me couple months back after installing Proton VPN i believe, i thought it was some kind of linux mint update lol"
"@billyswong @Sosowski @Congressenator Sorry i was wrong, checked the reply again, it was protonvpn, not nordvpn, but that too is just 3rd party distributed as a .deb instead of being packaged and then people blindly install the .deb, which mandatory depends on gnome for no reason, so that example isnt their fault"
"@imeesa_ @CryptoCyberia And yet I have ZERO issues with mullvad.... Werid huh. I've literally not had one single leak using mullvad across my macos, windows, or Linux computers. In fact I've not had a single issue at all. But sure keep sucking up to proton. So I did inform them. They haven't fixed it."
"@ProtonVPN @Coll1477 Yo, Proton ... the Arch Linux GUI app is pretty bad. Can you release an official app like the Windows one? I don’t want to go back to ExpressVPN, but their Linux app is way better."
"... scroll sensitivity, tpm based auto decrypt, camera drivers along touchpad to work correctly and easy repairability. Hell nah. 3rd party apps? Adobe, proton vpn, MS suites and others says fk us to the Linux community straight on face. They don't car"