Methodology

All providers are listed according to their publicly available information at time of posting.

In some instances, prices are collected as promotions are ongoing, and changes are thus to be expected over time.

VPN.sale Score

In addition to listing providers with conventional parameters (e.g. number of servers, torrenting policies, and pricing), we feature a unique VPN.sale score carefully designed to encapsulate all relevant features into a single, easily accessible value. This means that regardless of your requirements, a high score is your guarantee of a respectable provider. By default, all providers are ordered descendingly using this value. If two or more services score the same, they will be ranked descendingly per their monthly price.

We employ the following parameters when computing each score:

Feature Value Score






Number of simultaneous connections
 1 0.00
2 0.10
3 0.20
4 0.30
5 0.40
6-10 0.50
11+ 0.75





Number of servers		 1-10 0.10
11-50 0.15
51-100 0.25
101-500 0.50
501-1000 0.75
1001+ 1.00





Number of countries
 1-10 0.10
11-25 0.20
26-50 0.35
51-75 0.50
76-100 0.65
101-150 0.80
150+ 1.00

Allows P2P/torrenting traffic		 Some
 0.50
All 1.00
No logging policy Yes 1.00
Supports streaming (Netflix/Hulu/etc.) Yes 1.00
Supports Windows Yes 0.10
Supports MacOS/iOS Yes 0.10
Supports Linux Yes 0.10
Supports Android Yes 0.10
Supports routers Yes 0.10
Company based outside Fourteen Eyes* Yes 1.00
Accepts payment in cryptocurrency Yes 0.50
Tor integration Yes 0.50
DNS leak prevention Yes 0.50
Free trial offered Yes 0.05
Money-back guarantee Yes 0.05
PrivacyToolsIO recommended** Yes 0.10
Supports WireGuard Yes 0.10
Open sourced clients Yes 0.10
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Eyes
**https://www.privacytools.io/providers/vpn/

Activism
VPN.sale strongly supports freedom and democracy for all citizens of the world and believe everyone should have access to a free and private Internet. Unfortunately, with the continued rise of authoritarian states and big tech monopolies, online surveillance and censorship is rampant. Accordingly, any VPN provider taking additional steps to strengthen and protect democracy, privacy, and freedom of speech is eligible for bonus points added directly and permanently to their VPN.sale score. All points are added manually after careful review.

The following providers have received activism points:

  • ProtonVPN, + 0.25, for taking a vocal stand to defend democracy and freedom in Hong Kong. ProtonVPN announced donations to local civil rights organisations and reaffirmed commitments to remain available and accessible in Hong Kong. Official statement available at https://protonvpn.com/blog/hongkong/, archived version at https://web.archive.org/web/20200721231921/https://protonvpn.com/blog/hongkong/. 21st July 2020.
  • NordVPN, + 0.25, for continuing their social responsibility into 2019, granting more than 800 Emergency VPN licenses to NGOs and activists, including activists fighting in Venezuela and Hong Kong. NordVPN donated to a range of non-profit organisations fighting for human rights and internet freedom. Official statement available at https://nordvpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Year_in_review_2019.pdf. 1st February 2020.

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About VPN.sale

Choosing the right VPN service for your needs can be a dazzling and unnecessarily time-consuming experience. We want to make this process easy. As such, VPN.sale allows you to compare hundreds of VPN services to quickly identify the cheapest, fastest, and/or most secure VPN best suited your unique needs: Whether you are seeking unlimited bandwidth for peer-to-peer and torrenting traffic, wish to securely check your e-mail while on vacation, or merely need a VPN to stream US/EU Netflix, Hulu, HBO, or similar region-restricted services. We exclusively feature services offering strong levels of encryption, e.g. AES-256, or above, and list all services per their prices, bandwidth, logging and torrenting policies, supported platforms, number of servers and countries, as well as company location(s).

Why use a VPN?

There are multiple reasons to use a VPN. These include everything from accessing region-restricted content such as US/EU Netflix, to comfortably checking your inbox when using public Wi-Fi. In many cases, VPN usage is prompted by an interest in securing ones privacy. And privacy matters; in fact so much so that it has been declared a fundamental human right by the UN. However, if complete privacy is a necessity, a VPN is not sufficient. Thus, for further reading, please refer to resources such as Tor Project, Qubes OS, Whonix, Tails, and The Electronic Frontier Foundation.


VPN.sale features affiliation links where applicable to fund hosting and continued maintenance. No other compensation is accepted. All providers are listed according to their publicly available information at time of posting. While VPN.sale seeks to keep all entries updated at all times, we offer no guarantee that services have not changed; please confirm all features and prices before purchase.

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