Can anyone recommend a good VPN?

Our deal with our current UK based provider is coming to an end. We've heard good things about Nord but we find them a bit pricey. Any recommendations?

I use Nord. Yes, it's expensive but they're pretty decent. The only annoyance is that more and more public wifi hotspots, supermarkets etc are actively banning VPN traffic, which is kind of ironic given that the whole reason for using one on a public network is to prevent said traffic being intercepted, increasing the overall security of their wifi offering. Meh.

There are cheaper/freebie offerings. Hideme seem okay, and I used them before switching to Nord, but I'm not sure how well they'd stand up for the individual. Last time I checked they still kept logs and would be willing to hand them over if asked.

ThunderVPN is free, ad-based (when you connect), and flaky. But, y'know, free. And it's usually able to log onto wifi networks when others can't, so is a good fallback if your paid-for provider is blocked.

Likely unhelpful but I moved to Windows 11 recently and that includes ExpressVPN for free. Surely there are such products out there for free for other operating systems.

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I use Nord. Yes, it's expensive but they're pretty decent. The only annoyance is that more and more public wifi hotspots, supermarkets etc are actively banning VPN traffic, which is kind of ironic given that the whole reason for using one on a public network is to prevent said traffic being intercepted, increasing the overall security of their wifi offering. Meh.

There are cheaper/freebie offerings. Hideme seem okay, and I used them before switching to Nord, but I'm not sure how well they'd stand up for the individual. Last time I checked they still kept logs and would be willing to hand them over if asked.

ThunderVPN is free, ad-based (when you connect), and flaky. But, y'know, free. And it's usually able to log onto wifi networks when others can't, so is a good fallback if your paid-for provider is blocked.

lol are you stalking me today?

Gentlemen, thank you. Where technology is concerned, I am the brains in this household. I appreciate your help. God help us! 😘

I've used Private Internet Access VPN for a few years and like it. The app is very customizable and usually there are some pretty good deals for multi-year subscriptions.

Norton provides one of the best reliable/secure VPN services anywhere

Avast SecureLine

This is the one I use. It is really quite reliable. Like WW mentioned above with Nord; it is quite pricey though.
It uses Open-VPN tunneling and AES-256 encryption, with a no logs policy - so it's really quite secure.

If you catch Avast at the right time, it often comes with an offer for Anti-Virus at a discounted cost.
I believe you can also register upto 10 devices on the same account - for both the VPN and Anti-Virus protection.

It doesn't support is Linux (Nord does though) so that would be an issue for a minority of people.

The one small issue I have with this VPN is that Disney+ doesn't work with it.

I use the Proton suite and am happy with all the products.

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I've used Private Internet Access VPN for a few years and like it. The app is very customizable and usually there are some pretty good deals for multi-year subscriptions.

I also have used PIA for a couple years now. Seems like recently, though, I've run into more issues with what seem like refused connections. I used to be able to connect to my email server while on the VPN, but can't any longer. My internet-based streaming TV service and even my grocery store website and app block traffic if I'm on the VPN. Not to the point of wanting to switch yet, but I'm considering Norton or Nord when/if it gets to that point.

I use IPV and it works great. It's not free but fairly cheap and well worth it. I pay a yearly and is updated frequently and provides protection for multiple devices.

hidemyass.com is supposed to be very good

SurfShark is not good, I've had a lot of issues with IP Leaks from them.

Just using the TOR browser will pretty much anonymize you personally and your location. It's free, a spin-off of Mozilla of Firefox fame. It slower, like all VPNs, but it bounces you off three different nodes before your desired one. None of them store data. The first one knows where you originate from but doesn't store it, the second one knows you came from the first node but doesn't store it and the third one only knows you came from the second node and doesn't store that, meaning you can't be tracked in either direction.

This is something I can help out with.

Try “Quad9”, google it.

It’s a completely free VPN that actually works. No emails, no sign ups, no logins, nothing … Why they provide it for free I don’t know, but I’ve been using it for some time now. It simply involves changing your two Internet connectivity settings to the numbers they provide.

IPv4 to

9.9.9.9 and 149.112.112.112

IPv6 to

2620:fe::fe and 2620:fe::9