What the investigation revealed
Just the Facts: You could spend a lot of hours trying to track down all the information there is to know about VPNs, but I did it for you. Here are the facts about the Top 5 VPNs I identified.
- They all offer money-back guarantees and/or free trial periods
- They all provide private web surfing, encryption and help getting around blocked-out websites
- They've turned up other top VPN-review sites
- They all have numerous dedicated VPN network servers in other countries
- They all offer solid customer support
Below are, in my opinion, the top 5 VPNs on the planet (in no specific order).
—The VPN Detective
| Service | Countries | Money-Back Guarantee |
Simultaneous Connections |
Monthly Cost Over 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HideMyAss | 221 | 7 days | 5 | $6.55 |
| ExpressVPN | 78 | 30 days | 2 | $8.32 |
| PureVPN | 141 | 7 days | 5 | $2.08 |
| SaferVPN | 24 | 14 days; 24-hr. free trial |
3 | $8.99 |
| VyprVPN | 48 | 3-day free trial | 2 | $8.33 |
The scoop: They stake a claim for “The World’s Fastest VPN Service.” This site is special and has kept everything light, fun and informative. They want you to know that more servers in more countries means more speed for you.
Best price: $6.55/month for 12 months
- 934 servers
- 221 countries
- 353 cities/locations
- 1,262,000 IP addresses for their customers
- 7-day money-back guarantee
- Support: phone, email and live chat 24/7/365
- Evade hackers
- Access your favorite sites and services
- Surf privately
- Connect up to five devices at a time
- Unlimited data transfer
Unique to the their website:
- Be Free to Access Your Favorite Sites Online
- They offer LIVE telephone support
- They provide in-depth router information
- They have a cool map showing their global coverage so you see all their locations
- They say they give you faster connections and wider access to restricted sites around the world
- They say they are constantly adding new locations
The scoop: They call themselves “The Fastest VPN on Earth.” They say their VPN is high speed, ultra secure and easy to use. They also say setup is a snap.
Best price: $8.32/month for 12 months
- 100+ VPN locations and counting
- 78 countries
- 100 cities worldwide
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- Support: live chat, email
- Online privacy
- Unblock websites
- Easy-to-use VPN apps for Windows, Mac, IOS and Android
- Ultrasecure and ultrafast
- Connect up to two devices at time
- Zero logging of your browser activity
- 99% uptime
Unique to the their website:
- They show you the best VPN server to connect to depending on where you are
- They say they’re the the best VPN if you travel to Asia
- They have the “Authoritative Guide to Picking the Right Server Location”
The scoop: They call themselves “The World’s Fastest VPN Service” and they promote freedom and privacy. They believe complete internet freedom means having complete peace of mind from hacking, surveillance and identity theft attacks.
Best price: $2.08/month for 12 months…then one more free year
- 500 VPN servers
- 141 countries
- 180 cities/locations
- 200,000 IP addresses for their customers
- 7-day money-back guarantee
- Support: 24/7/365 live chat; email support
- 290 channels via Smart DNS
- Unlimited server switching
- Unlimited speed and bandwidth
- 99.99% uptime
- Connect up to five devices at a time
Unique to the their website:
- “Don’t let the Internet browse you.”
- They’re compatible with 50 routers, gaming consoles, SmartTVs, Mac OS devices
- Their “SmartDNS” unblocks 230+ channels and lets you enjoy lightning-fast streaming experience
- They have one million customers
- Good listing of every server by country and city
- AES 256-bit ultra secure connection
The scoop: They say they’re “The Simplest and Fastest VPN.” Their VPN service works seamlessly on any device to protect your privacy, secure your data and unblock any website.
Best price: $5.99/month for 12 months
- 150 servers
- 24 countries
- FREE 24-hour trial offer
- 14-day money-back guarantee after signup
- Support: 24/7/365 email and chat
- Access unlimited content
- Protect your privacy
- Engineered for maximum speed
- Easily choose locations and high-speed connection
- Connect up to three devices at a time
- State-of-the-art apps for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android
Unique to the their website:
- They have 300,000 customers
- They designed their apps with the user in mind for a flawless experience
- They hand-pick each of their servers, manage their own VPN network and write their own code to optimize for the fastest experience possible
- So simple to use that you’ll be up and running in seconds
- You can test SaferVPN for FREE for one day
The scoop: “Internet Privacy and Freedom for everyone.” They claim to be the only VPN provider that handles your data from end to end to provide the utmost in protection. They have a great line that says, “Don’t let the Internet browse you.”
Best price: $9.57/month for 12 months
- 700+ servers
- 50 global VPN locations
- 200,000 IP addresses for their customers
- 3-day FREE trial
- Support: 24/7/365 live chat and email
- Blazing VPN speeds
- Private. Secure. Open.
- Easy-to-use apps for every device
- Uses server clusters
- Connect two devices at at time
- Unlimited data
Unique to the their website:
- They promise “Internet Privacy and Freedom for Everyone, Everywhere”
- They write 100% of their software, manage their own network, own the DNS and own the hardware
- They provide a good video online showing how a VPN can provide faster service than just your Internet Service Provider
- “Your data. Our servers. No third parties.”
