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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10 reviews"it’s so easy to 🏴☠️ nowadays and these sites are fancy as hell now. just download an adblock and a vpn (proton vpn is a good free one!) and you’re set. pls stop giving netflix money."
"@ProtonVPN That sneak private tracker looking at this post like 👀 I've to confess, I expected Proton VPN to suck ass based on my experience of the past, but being able to see 20GB "flying" in just 5min, I mean 🫶😌 Protect this service at all costs."
"...still am with few thousands spent 🤣 Then got introduced to private trackers, dude, 20GB in 5 minutes. It's unreal, and everything is routed via Proton VPN, no VPN = No goodies!"
"@iamrollandex if you are worried about this get a vpn like proton that supports p2p and set up a raspberry pi to host the streams so your pc doesnt get hacked.the chance of getting hacked through vlc is very low but your chance of getting hacked looking for links is high."
"@Gangmer2 I was doing my thing in the US for years without issue, until this week. I got the letter. They'll catch you one day, it's not if. It's when. Get a VPN, one year of proton ks like $45"
"@travessty @YourAnonNews Coughcough- Tor Browser Coughcough-Proton VPN Coughcough- Malware Bytes antivirus Coughcough- Pirate Bay."
"@Linkerman300 @x_is_pretty_dum @uwukko Mullvad doesn't support port forwarding and afaik you can send cash to proton anonymously so what makes mullvad better"
"...XQt these days. I'm using my Mac more than my PC so I rather enjoy the ability to give my VM 4GB of RAM and still have it do everything I need it to (Proton VPN bound to qBittorrent, some browsing)"
"@Sunday_Bliss123 @grok I use free proton vpn option,I was learning torrenting using qbitorrent but I don't understand whether its my network speed I don't see list of seeders and leeches as they demonstrate in YouTube"
"@StarkPrivacy @grok How come Mullvad can continue to operate as one of the best out there and how come many others have sold out, such as PIA or ProtonVPN. Who are some similar competitors to Mullvad but offer Port Forwarding for p2p?"