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ExpressVPN vs Proton VPN

Compare speeds, free options, subscription prices and renewal terms to see which VPN fits your needs.

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Speed

Speed
SpeedExpressVPNProton VPN
Paid · Download

No data

816 Mbps

Paid · Upload

No data

859.48 Mbps

Free · Download

No data

305.81 Mbps

Free · Upload

No data

33.97 Mbps

30-Day Speed History

Free options

Free options
Free optionsExpressVPNProton VPN
Free options

There is no permanent free plan. A 3-day trial is offered through the iOS and Android apps and converts to a paid subscription unless cancelled.

The free plan offers unlimited data without ads or a payment card. It allows one simultaneous device and automatically selects servers in 10 countries; registration is required.

Pricing

Pricing
PricingExpressVPNProton VPN
Paid plan

Basic

VPN Plus

1 month

1 month / $14.99

$14.99 per month

At renewal: 1 month / $14.99

$14.99 per month (Same monthly price)

Customers: New customers

1 month / $9.99

$9.99 per month

At renewal: 1 month / $9.99

$9.99 per month (Same monthly price)

1 year

15 months / $74.85

$4.99 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $99.95

$8.33 per month (+67%)

Customers: New customers

12 months / $53.88

$4.49 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $83.88

$6.99 per month (+56%)

2 years

28 months / $83.72

$2.99 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $99.95

$8.33 per month (+179%)

Customers: New customers

24 months / $83.76

$3.49 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $83.88

$6.99 per month (+100%)

Direct purchases only. Monthly equivalents include bonus time; the full amount is charged upfront. Taxes and eligibility may differ.

Managing your subscription

Managing your subscription
Managing your subscriptionExpressVPNProton VPN
Automatic renewal

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Renews automatically.

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website, App Store, and Google Play

Renews automatically.

How to turn off renewal

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

In your VPN account

  1. Sign in to your account, open My subscription, select Cancel subscription and follow the confirmation steps.

Subscriptions purchased through App Store and Google Play

If you purchased through the App Store or Google Play, open the subscription settings in that store, select the VPN and cancel the subscription.

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

In your VPN account

  1. Open Subscription in your Proton account.
  2. Complete the cancellation confirmations.
  3. Submit the requested cancellation reason.

Deleting a saved payment method does not cancel your subscription.

Subscriptions purchased through App Store and Google Play

If you purchased through the App Store or Google Play, open the subscription settings in that store, select the VPN and cancel the subscription.

Access after cancellation

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Available until the paid period ends.

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website, App Store, and Google Play

Available until the paid period ends.

Removing a card from your VPN account

You can remove the card in your VPN account.

  1. Open Payment methods, choose Edit, then Delete it here and Delete Now.

Removing the only saved payment method disables automatic renewal.

You can remove the card in your VPN account.

  1. Open your Proton account settings.
  2. Delete the saved payment method.

Refund conditions

Refund conditions
Refund conditionsExpressVPNProton VPN
What can be refunded and under what conditions

Purchases on the VPN website

The provider’s refund guarantee applies subject to conditions.

Within 30 days

Starting from your initial purchase

Refund amount & fees

Full refund under these conditions.

How to request a refund

  1. Request a refund through your account or contact support.

App Store & Google Play purchases

If you paid through the App Store or Google Play, you can request a refund through that store. Requests are assessed under the store’s rules; approval is not guaranteed.

Purchases on the VPN website

The provider’s refund guarantee applies subject to conditions.

Within 30 days

Starting from your initial purchase

Important limitations

Refunds outside the guarantee are considered at Proton’s discretion.

Refund amount & fees

Full refund under these conditions.

Conditions

Cancel your subscription and request the refund within the 30-day window.

Only one refund request is allowed per user.

How to request a refund

  1. Contact Proton support to request a refund.

App Store & Google Play purchases

If you paid through the App Store or Google Play, you can request a refund through that store. Requests are assessed under the store’s rules; approval is not guaranteed.

Additional conditions from the VPN provider

Subscriptions purchased through Google Play

The store’s refund policy applies subject to conditions.

How to request a refund

  1. Contact Proton support to request a refund.
What is not covered by refunds

Purchases on the VPN website

Renewal payments are not covered by the provider’s guarantee.

Renewals, gift codes and app-store purchases are excluded. Some promotional offers and previously refunded customers may be ineligible.

Purchases on the VPN website

Renewal payments are not covered by the provider’s guarantee.

Cash and bank-transfer payments are excluded.

Accounts terminated for violating the terms of service are excluded.

Ownership & jurisdiction

Ownership & jurisdiction
Ownership & jurisdictionExpressVPNProton VPN
Who runs the VPN?

Express Technologies Ltd. (registered in British Virgin Islands) is the company named as providing the VPN service.

Express Technologies Ltd. is the parent company of Kape Technologies. Registered in British Virgin Islands.

Proton AG (registered in Switzerland) is the company named as providing the VPN service. We could not confirm whether this company handles purchases in every country and through every store.

Proton Foundation is a shareholder in Proton AG. Registered in Switzerland.

Which laws apply?

The service terms specify the law of British Virgin Islands.

The VPN operator is based in Switzerland. This does not establish that Swiss law is the only law that applies to every customer.

Audits

Each audit covers particular systems and a particular point in time. A provider announcement is distinct from a publicly available audit report.

Audits
AuditsExpressVPNProton VPN
No-logs policy

No-logs assessment

KPMG LLP · February 2025

What was checked: TrustedServer and privacy controls as of 28 February 2025.

Findings: The provider reports reasonable assurance with no identified issues concerning safeguards against activity logging.

Limitations: A point-in-time assessment does not guarantee future security.

Read the auditor’s summary

No-logs review

Securitum · May 2026

What was checked: Production VPN systems and the handling of user activity, DNS queries and connection metadata.

Findings: The auditors found no evidence of retained logs identifying a user or their internet activity in the examined systems.

Limitations: The review sampled free and paid production servers with Proton engineers operating the systems under auditor direction. It did not inspect every server or cover business VPN servers.

Read the audit report
App security

No independent audit found for this area.

Application security

Ruben Santamarta · 2025

What was checked: Source-code review of Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux and browser-extension clients; final report published in November 2025.

Findings: Two low-risk issues were found: a Windows permission-prompt bypass and potential VPN-token exposure in the browser extension.

Fixes: The Windows issue was fixed. The extension issue was accepted as a low risk, with mitigation planned; the report does not confirm that later mitigation was completed.

Limitations: These findings describe the tested versions at that time, not the current state of every app or server.

Read the audit report
Infrastructure security

No-logs assessment

KPMG LLP · February 2025

What was checked: TrustedServer and privacy controls as of 28 February 2025.

Findings: The provider reports reasonable assurance with no identified issues concerning safeguards against activity logging.

Limitations: A point-in-time assessment does not guarantee future security.

Read the auditor’s summary

No independent audit found for this area.

Apps, protocols & servers

Apps & devices

Apps & devices
Apps, protocols & serversExpressVPNProton VPN
Computers & mobile devices

Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux

Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux, iPadOS, Chromebook

TV devices

PaidAndroid TV, Fire TV, Apple TV

FreeNot applicable

PaidAndroid TV, Fire TV, Apple TV

FreeAndroid TV, Fire TV

Browser extensions

Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave

Chrome, Firefox

Manual setup

Windows, Routers

Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Routers, NAS

Connection details

Connection details
Apps, protocols & serversExpressVPNProton VPN
Simultaneous connections

Paid10

FreeNot applicable

Paid10

Free1

WireGuard

Supported

Supported

OpenVPN

Supported

Supported (Manual setup)

IKEv2/IPsec

Supported

Supported

Provider-specific technologies

Lightway

Stealth (based on WireGuard)

Network

Network
Apps, protocols & serversExpressVPNProton VPN
Servers

PaidNo data

FreeNot applicable

Paid20,000+

FreeNo data

Countries

Paid113

FreeNot applicable

Paid149

Free10

Locations

214

No data

Features

Features
FeaturesExpressVPNProton VPN
Auto-connect

Supported

Supported

Kill Switch

Supported

Supported

Split tunneling

Supported

Supported

VPN traffic obfuscation

Supported

Supported (Stealth)

Multi-hop

Not supported

Supported (Secure Core)

Tor over VPN

Not supported

Supported

P2P / torrenting

Supported

Supported (Selected servers)

Ad blocking

Supported

Supported (NetShield)

Tracker blocking

Supported (Requires an upgraded plan)

Supported (NetShield)

Malicious website blocking

Supported

Supported (NetShield)

Port forwarding

Not supported

Supported

Dedicated IP

Supported (Paid add-on)

Not supported

Shared static IP

Not supported

Not supported

Automatic IP rotation

Supported (ShuffleIP)

Not supported

Streaming

Based on providers’ published information. “Not supported” means the service was not listed in the reviewed materials; playback has not been tested.

Streaming
FeaturesExpressVPNProton VPN
Netflix

Supported

Supported

Amazon Prime Video

Supported

Supported

Disney+

Supported

Supported

HBO Max

Supported

Supported

Paramount+

Supported

Supported

Hulu

Supported

Supported

Apple TV+

Not supported

Supported

Peacock

Supported

Supported

Crunchyroll

Not supported

Supported

YouTube TV

Not supported

Supported

BBC iPlayer

Supported

Supported

DAZN

Not supported

Supported

ESPN+

Not supported

Supported

F1 TV

Not supported

Supported

fuboTV

Not supported

Supported

Kayo Sports

Not supported

Supported

JioHotstar

Not supported

Supported

ZEE5

Not supported

Supported

SonyLIV

Not supported

Supported

Canal+

Not supported

Supported

ITVX

Supported

Supported

Channel 4

Supported

Supported

NOW TV

Not supported

Supported

France.tv

Not supported

Supported

TF1+

Not supported

Supported

RTL+

Not supported

Supported

Joyn

Not supported

Supported

ARD

Not supported

Supported

ZDF

Not supported

Supported

RaiPlay

Supported

Supported

Mediaset Infinity

Not supported

Supported

Movistar Plus+

Not supported

Supported

RTVE Play

Not supported

Supported

Wavve

Not supported

Supported

M6+

Not supported

Supported

Videoland

Not supported

Supported

NPO Start

Not supported

Supported

Ziggo Go

Not supported

Supported

RTÉ Player

Supported

Supported

RTBF Auvio

Not supported

Supported

Other services (16)
Streaming
FeaturesExpressVPNProton VPN
iQIYI

Not supported

Not supported

WeTV

Not supported

Not supported

Viki

Not supported

Not supported

beIN Sports

Not supported

Not supported

Vidio

Not supported

Not supported

Viaplay

Not supported

Not supported

U-next

Not supported

Not supported

TVING

Not supported

Not supported

Coupang Play

Not supported

Not supported

FPT Play

Not supported

Not supported

VieON

Not supported

Not supported

VTV Go

Not supported

Not supported

Vision+

Not supported

Not supported

RCTI+

Not supported

Not supported

Exxen

Not supported

Not supported

puhutv

Not supported

Not supported

Censorship

Relevant mainly where VPN services are blocked

If you are in the US, a European country, or elsewhere and VPN services are not blocked on your network, these results need not rule this VPN out of your purchase decision. A failed test under blocking in Russia does not, by itself, mean the VPN is poor quality or will not work where you live. Consider its speed, features and price for your needs.

Censorship
CensorshipExpressVPNProton VPN
Does it work on restricted networks?

Could not confirm

In our tests in Russia, we could not establish a working VPN connection that allowed data transfer under VPN blocking.