what is the best vpn to use

[tunip3]

hi i was wondering what vpn to use that is free or you pay once

 

[Joom]

There's no such thing as a pay once VPN, and all the free (public) ones are garbage. The best VPN is the one you run yourself. You can find incredibly cheap hosting everywhere (I recommend Kimsufi), and just install OpenVPN Access. It comes with a nifty web panel and generates installers specific to your OS that come pre-configured to connect to your server upon installation.

 

[jt_1258]

Tunnel bear does have a limit on data per month but is the most consistent for me in free vpn's. Though as said it is quite slow. Though I usually only need it for short moment's at a time to trick google play into showing the jp side of games available and to get past the restrictions on website access my school puts into place on there wifi.

 

[Deleted-355425]

Nordvpn or expressvpn.

 

[Kioku]

PIA was good for speeds, but had issues with some services. ExpressVPN is my go to for consistency. Of course these are paid. As mentioned above, all free ones are absolute garbage. You can host your own, if you know how to maintain it.

 

[Skeagle]

try hotspot shield, I have kaspersky and that has kaspersky internet protection (which is kind of the same thing as hotspot shield, so I've had good results with it).

 

[Dimensional]

Free VPNs aren't exactly safe, not to mention they are easy to block by a company firewall. The best options for VPNs are ones that use ports that companies can't afford to have blocked, like 80 and 443 on TCP. Free VPNs typically don't use those ports. I recommend AirVPN due to it's many configurations. You can pay for various lengths of service too.

 

[Albireo6972]

I have been using IPVanish, it is pretty good for speeds and works great for my seedbox. The price is a little, ehh, and the program itself needs a tuneup, but overall I have been pretty happy with their services.

 

[ThoD]

If you want a VPN for general stuff, either go with one of the already suggested ones from above or host your own. However, if you just want VPN to browse while hiding your location, you can instead just use Tor, which also comes with the added benefit of having access to deep web! It gives a different identity every time btw, so heads up if you don't want that.

 

[Joom]

The problem with using Tor is that you have no idea what exit node you're going to flip to is going to be like, so speeds are very inconsistent and you tend to land on a node that's on a blacklist. You'll also get spammed with reCAPTCHA from just about every clear net site. Services like IRC also tend to block SOCKS, so you won't be able to join a properly configured server. If you want to go the SOCKS route, then renting a $5 shell and tunneling through it is the better option. There's really no reason to use Tor unless you want drugs and stolen credit cards.

 

[Jhynjhiruu]

Windscribe gives you 10GB free per month. I think (don't quote me on this) that it's $30 for unlimited, pay once. https://windscribe.com/

 

[Joom]

Windscribe gives you 10GB free per month. I think (don't quote me on this) that it's $30 for unlimited, pay once. https://windscribe.com/

I stand corrected.
Edit: Nope
https://windscribe.com/upgrade
$59 yearly, or $9 a month.

 

[ThoD]

The problem with using Tor is that you have no idea what exit node you're going to flip to is going to be like, so speeds are very inconsistent and you tend to land on a node that's on a blacklist. You'll also get spammed with reCAPTCHA from just about every clear net site. Services like IRC also tend to block SOCKS, so you won't be able to join a properly configured server. If you want to go the SOCKS route, then renting a $5 shell and tunneling through it is the better option. There's really no reason to use Tor unless you want drugs and stolen credit cards.

Not quite about the whole thing you said, although the captcha is annoying and it can get painfully slow. As for the drugs and stolen credit cards, sure you can find them and also pretty much anything you could ever ask for, but you can always just go the normal way about it and use regular websites, in which case you can configure Tor to work more like a regular browser with the added bonus of a VPN, which prevents all the captchas and high ping.