

We like to see a wide variety of desktop apps, mobile apps, browser extensions, router installations and beyond. Plus, app support checks how many platforms each VPN works on. Several features are must-haves, including a kill switch, split tunneling and leak protection.

We also check which VPN has the best features, looking for both variety and quality. Security and Privacy are the two most important areas - we see which VPN does the best job of protecting your IP address and encrypting your online activity, and which is the best at protecting you from malfeasance with a strong, independently verified privacy policy. We keep our criteria simple so it’s easy to explain how we picked the winner.

With that said, we can still compare them in the areas that matter, and see which of two services we’d recommend above the other. The best one is the best one for your needs. There’s no such thing as an objectively superior VPN. At Privacy Journal, we make sure you subscribe to your best VPN - and never worry that there might have been a better choice. Why go to all this trouble to compare all these VPNs? Because your security is valuable, and so is your money.
