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"I've been using ProtonVPN since day one with first pfsense (IPsec) and then Firewalla (Wireguard). rock solid in both cases."
"Proton configured with WireGuard TCP configured works well. I’m also using it to bypass adds from a purple well known streaming platform 🥲"
"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 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..."
"@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."
"1. Wireguard manual configs with adblocking like Mullvad and ProtonVPN does. 2. Port forwarding"
"I use gluetun to access protonVPN over wireguard. I specify Irelan, Netherlands, France as server countries."
"@weskambale For broader context, anyone opting to use proton or nord vpn, instead of using the proton/nord vpn vpn app interfaces, let the user download config files (either wireguard configs/openvpn configs) and then import them into the wireguard app or openvpn app.--UCC tech will sweat."
"...Premium and Self-hosted). VLESS-based solutions (Xeovo, self-hosted XRay,etc) work. Adguard VPN (or Proton VPN) doesn't work. Pity. Adguard + Adguard VPN pair was very convinient. Is there plans to make it possible at least to connect reg..."
"I just renewed mine for 3 years also, been very solid. Moreso than my experience with paid ProtonVPN...but that could just be me. PIA doesn't give you wireguard profiles to download and plug into your router though. Only OpenVPN."