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...
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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"@Niklaskerl01 This could also be an issue with QUIC over Starlink. For now I'd use a VPN such as Proton and use their Wireguard tunnel to repackage your QUIC traffic into UDP."
"Thanks. Yea proton has the switch and works on my android just not the shield. Surf shark may win tho if I switch"
"I use gluetun to access protonVPN over wireguard. I specify Irelan, Netherlands, France as server countries."
"Yea proton has a kill switch but feature is not on shield tv pro. Thanks."
"I'm using the paid version of Proton. Also change the DNS settings on your router."
"@Proton_Pass Proton drive for Linux please! Let me use nextdns custom configurations on proton vpn!"
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