Privacy-First VPNs
Every VPN says it keeps no logs, so the promise on its own tells you very little. What separates the providers here is what backs it up: a named outside firm that examined the servers or the logging setup and published what it found, a company based somewhere without mandatory data retention for VPNs, an account you can open without an email address, or routing through more than one server. Weigh who actually checked the claim and when, what the audit covered, and who owns the company. Where a listing has no named audit, it says so plainly rather than taking the marketing at its word.
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Norton VPN from Gen Digital, sold standalone or inside Norton 360 bundles, with a 2025 VerSprite privacy assessment of its VPN backend published by Norton.
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Romania-based VPN whose no-logs policy Deloitte Audit Romania has assessed three times, priced in US dollars for up to 7 devices, with a 45-day refund on long plans.
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Planet VPN offers an ad-funded free tier with 6 servers in 5 countries and no sign-up, plus a Premium plan priced in euros with 1260+ servers and 10 devices
- 4A+
hide.me
Malaysia-incorporated VPN whose no-logs policy Securitum audited in 2024, sold in euros with a free plan, crypto payments and apps for routers, TVs and privacy phones.
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VyprVPN, whose footer names Certida, LLC, sells only through its own site and two app stores, and had Leviathan Security audit its no-logs change in 2018
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OVPN runs diskless servers it owns in 32 cities, cites a court case over user data, and sells plans in euros from 12 euros monthly with port forwarding.
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PrivadoVPN pairs a VPN with antivirus, ad blocking and an email relay, says it is Swiss-based, and offers a free plan with 10GB of data every 30 days
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Astrill VPN, sold in US dollars with Bitcoin accepted, pitches its proprietary StealthVPN protocol at expats and travelers on restrictive networks
- 9A+
AzireVPN
Stockholm-founded VPN now owned by Malwarebytes, with diskless owned servers, port forwarding, euro pricing and an X41 D-Sec infrastructure audit run in 2025 and 2026.
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cryptostorm is a token-based VPN with public server configs, OpenVPN and WireGuard, priced in US dollars and payable by card, PayPal, Monero or about 200 cryptocurrencies
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ExpressVPN is a paid VPN with a KPMG-audited privacy policy, RAM-only servers, apps for most platforms and servers the site lists in 113 countries
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IPVanish
A Ziff Davis VPN with unmetered device connections, WireGuard and OpenVPN, Double Hop, dollar pricing with published renewal rates and a 30-day refund on yearly plans.
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Swedish VPN with anonymous numbered accounts, cash and cryptocurrency payments, a flat 5 euro monthly rate at any term, and a 2022 Assured AB server audit.
- 14D+
NymVPN
NymVPN runs on a decentralized network of independent operators, offering a fast 2-hop mode and a 5-hop mixnet with cover traffic, with sign-up by passphrase alone.
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Obscura
Obscura relays WireGuard traffic through its own servers to exit servers the site says are run by Mullvad, priced at $8 a month
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Proton VPN comes from Geneva-based Proton AG, with open-source apps, a free plan, and a no-logs policy Securitum has audited every year since 2022
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PureVPN pairs a VPN with a password manager, tracker blocker and data removal, sells family and duo plans in US dollars, and describes past no-log assessments on its own pages without naming the firm on the assessment page.
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Surfshark VPN, run by Amsterdam-registered Surfshark B.V., sells unlimited-device plans bundled with antivirus and breach alerts, with a no-logs policy Deloitte assessed in 2023 and 2025
- 19C+
VPN.ac
VPN from a Romanian IT security firm, with double-hop connections, servers the site says run on gigabit ports, crypto payments and a $2 one-week trial.
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Canada-based VPN with a 10 GB monthly free plan, RAM-only servers, open-source apps and app audits by Leviathan Security Group, offered worldwide from its site and app stores.
