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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6 reviews"8. Use "Private Relay" or a No-Log VPN Your ISP (Internet Service Provider) sees every site you visit. In many countries, they sell this browsing history legally. Use iCloud Private Relay or a reputable No-Log VPN (Mullvad or Proton). Mask your IP. Encrypt your tunnel."
"I will not stand for Proton slander when I know many users of the VPN who has successfully done bad bad illegal stuff online with the service. It's always the same bullshit about email account metadata which they clearly state isn't encrypted and complying with law enforcement which literally is why they have no logs policy and use encryption because businesses cannot continue to run if they don't..."
"my suggestion is drop the vpn for torrrenting for a fraction of the prict get a seedbox a 1tb shared then you download your torrents there and transfer via sftp/ rsync it will be encrypted and your isp only see a ssh connection and the torr..."
"“Access to mail” in your head is likely meaning “access to encrypted data”. If you know anything about encryption, that just means access to a bunch of gibberish that neither Proton nor the government can decrypt. You can look on ..."
"@davidgpeterson @phct001 @rekdt We are obviously referring to Proton-Mail not VPN Mail used Radware based in Tel Aviv, for it's DDoS rerouting protection. You guys got so upset people noticed that you wrote a whole article hissy fussing over it. However that encryption has proven time again, to be in name only https://t.co/uytsng4GmZ"
"THIS IS VERY MISLEADING. Your ISP can only see the domains you visit. Everything else is encrypted. That’s what the s in https does. 🔐 Also note if you use a VPN then Proton would have access to this data instead. Is a free VPN provider really more trustworthy than your ISP?"