VPN providers
When you buy a VPN you just move your trust from your ISP to a VPN provider (random company). Decentralized technologies are always better for your privacy.
| Name | Intelligence alliance | Registration requirements | Payment methods | Client | Cattle | Additional features | Summary |
| VanwaTech VPN | Five Eyes (USA) | E-mail is required | Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC) however they don't accept privacy coins | GPL-2.0 | Yes | Ad blocking, Tor over VPN | Run by Nicholas Lim, Avoid. |
| Calyx VPN | Five Eyes (USA) | Username is required | Free | GPL-3.0 | No | - | Run by a company that also made CalyxOS. Avoid free VPNs. |
| ProtonVPN | None (Switzerland) | E-mail is required | Has free plan | GPL-3.0 | Yes | Ad blocking, Multi-hop, BitTorrent support, Tor over VPN | Recommended. |
| RiseupVPN | Five Eyes (USA) | - | Free | GPL-3.0 | No | - | Commies. Avoid free VPNs. |
| NordVPN | None (Panama) | E-mail is required | Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC, ETH, XRP) however it can be only payed via a crypto gateway | Proprietary | YESSSS | Ad blocking, Multi-hop, Tor over VPN | They had data leaks in the past, most popular VPN. Avoid. |
| Private Internet Access | Five Eyes (USA) | E-mail is required | Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC) however it can be only payed via a crypto gateway | GPL-3.0 / MIT | Yes | Ad blocking | Owned by Kape Technologies which also happens to be the owner of Cyberghost, ExpressVPN and Zenmate. Kape Technologies developed PUP in the past. Avoid. |
| ExpressVPN | Check Private Internet Access summary | ||||||
| Cyberghost | Check Private Internet Access summary | ||||||
| Zenmate | Check Private Internet Access summary | ||||||
| Surfshark | None (British Virgin Islands) | E-mail is required | Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC, ETH, XRP) however it can be only payed via a crypto gateway | Proprietary | Yes | - | Avoid. |
| VyprVPN | None (Switzerland) | E-mail and full name is required | ? | Proprietary | Yes | - | Avoid. |
| OVPN | Fourteen Eyes (Sweden) | Randomly generated account ID and password | Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (XMR, BTC, ETH, cash) | GPL-3.0 | No | Port forwarding, Multi-hop, Ad blocking | Recommended. |
| IVPN | None (Gibraltar) | Randomly generated account ID | Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (XMR, BTC, cash) | GPL-3.0 | No | Port forwarding, Multi-hop, Ad blocking, Obfsproxy | Recommended. |
| Mullvad VPN | Fourteen Eyes (Sweden) | Randomly generated account ID | Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (XMR, BTC, BCH, cash) | GPL-3.0 | No | Port forwarding, Multi-hop | Recommended, best option. |