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NordVPN 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
SpeedNordVPNProton VPN
Paid · Download

No data

690.65 Mbps

Paid · Upload

No data

848.82 Mbps

Free · Download

No data

392.85 Mbps

Free · Upload

No data

30.46 Mbps

30-Day Speed History

Free options

Free options
Free optionsNordVPNProton VPN
Free options

There is no permanent free plan. New Google Play users can get a 3-day trial, except in Bangladesh, India, South Korea and Sri Lanka. A separate 7-day website trial applies to selected premium bundles and countries, requires payment details and renews automatically unless cancelled; it is not a Basic-plan offer.

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
PricingNordVPNProton 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)

1 month / $9.99

$9.99 per month

At renewal: 1 month / $9.99

$9.99 per month (Same monthly price)

1 year

12 months / $65.88

$5.49 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $139.08

$11.59 per month (+111%)

Customers: New customers

12 months / $53.88

$4.49 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $83.88

$6.99 per month (+56%)

2 years

27 months / $94.23

$3.49 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $139.08

$11.59 per month (+232%)

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 subscriptionNordVPNProton VPN
Automatic renewal

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

1 month · Credit card

Renews automatically.

Charged on the renewal date.

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

12 months · 27 months · Credit card

Renews automatically.

Charged 14 days before the paid period ends.

Reminder: 30 days before the charge.

Subscriptions purchased through App Store and Google Play

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

Credit card

In your VPN account

  1. Sign in to Nord Account.
  2. Open Billing.
  3. Select Cancel auto-renewal and confirm.
  4. Check that auto-renewal is OFF and look for the confirmation email.

Canceling your subscription does not automatically request a refund or remove your saved payment details.

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.

When to cancel

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Credit card

Before the next charge.

The exact cancellation deadline is not specified. Cancel well before the next renewal charge to avoid being charged again.

Access after cancellation

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Credit card

Available until the paid period ends.

Subscriptions purchased through App Store and Google Play

Remaining access after cancellation is not established.

The effect of canceling a trial depends on the store’s terms.

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

Available until the paid period ends.

Removing a card from your VPN account

Removing the card requires deleting the VPN account.

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 conditionsNordVPNProton 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

Cryptocurrency refunds are based on the original purchase value in USD, converted to cryptocurrency.

Conditions

You must not have received a refund for a previous purchase.

For prepaid or gift cards, the card provider must support refunds.

How to request a refund

  1. Contact NordVPN support to request a refund.
  2. Open the account refund link supplied by support.
  3. Confirm your refund request.

12 months · 27 months · Germany, 12 months · 27 months · Netherlands, 12 months · 27 months · United Kingdom

The provider’s contractual refund policy applies subject to conditions.

Within 30 days

Starting from the renewal charge

Refund amount & fees

A full refund is available within 30 days of the renewal charge.

After 30 days, the remaining term is refunded proportionally, starting with the month after your request.

Refunds for renewal payments

Renewal payments are eligible under these conditions.

How to request a refund

  1. Contact NordVPN 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 provider’s refund guarantee applies subject to conditions.

Within 30 days

Starting from your initial purchase

Exclusions

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

How to request a refund

  1. Contact NordVPN support to request a refund for your Google Play purchase.

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.

Violating the terms of service or export-control rules may make the purchase 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 & jurisdictionNordVPNProton VPN
Who runs the VPN?

nordvpn S.A. (registered in Panama) is the company named as providing the VPN service. Contracting provider named in General Terms; direct consumer NordVPN service. Separate bundle products and payment processors are not assigned as VPN operators.

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?

Panamanian law applies, but you retain mandatory consumer protections and local court rights in your country of residence.

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
AuditsNordVPNProton VPN
No-logs policy

No-logs review

Deloitte Lithuania · 2025

What was checked: VPN systems and supporting operations, examined in November–December 2025.

Findings: The provider reports that the independent review supported its no-logs claims.

The report is available through a customer account.

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

Application security

Cure53 · 2025

What was checked: Desktop and mobile apps, browser extensions, account services and related APIs, tested in May–June 2025.

Findings: The report identified vulnerabilities including login-session fixation and VPN bypass.

Fixes: Cure53 verified fixes for the high-severity issues. Some other findings remained accepted risks or had no documented closure.

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

Read the audit report

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

Server and infrastructure security

Cure53 · October 2025

What was checked: VPN servers and supporting infrastructure, tested in October 2025.

Findings: Nine findings were reported, including two high-severity issues.

Fixes: Cure53 verified fixes for the high-severity issues. Some other findings remained accepted risks or had no documented closure.

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

Read the audit report

No independent audit found for this area.

Apps, protocols & servers

Apps & devices

Apps & devices
Apps, protocols & serversNordVPNProton 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

Chrome, Firefox

Manual setup

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

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

Connection details

Connection details
Apps, protocols & serversNordVPNProton VPN
Simultaneous connections

Paid10

FreeNot applicable

Paid10

Free1

WireGuard

Not supported

Supported

OpenVPN

Supported

Supported (Manual setup)

IKEv2/IPsec

Supported (Manual setup)

Supported

Provider-specific technologies

NordLynx (based on WireGuard), NordWhisper

Stealth (based on WireGuard)

Network

Network
Apps, protocols & serversNordVPNProton VPN
Servers

8,043

20,000+

Countries

Paid149

FreeNot applicable

Paid149

Free10

Locations

No data

No data

Features

Features
FeaturesNordVPNProton VPN
Auto-connect

Supported

Supported

Kill Switch

Supported

Supported

Split tunneling

Supported

Supported

VPN traffic obfuscation

Supported

Supported (Stealth)

Multi-hop

Supported (Double VPN)

Supported (Secure Core)

Tor over VPN

Supported (Onion Over VPN)

Supported

P2P / torrenting

Supported

Supported (Selected servers)

Ad blocking

Supported (Threat Protection)

Supported (NetShield)

Tracker blocking

Supported (Requires an upgraded plan)

Supported (NetShield)

Malicious website blocking

Supported (Threat Protection)

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

Not supported

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
FeaturesNordVPNProton VPN
Netflix

Supported

Supported

Amazon Prime Video

Supported

Supported

Disney+

Supported

Supported

HBO Max

Supported

Supported

Paramount+

Not supported

Supported

Hulu

Supported

Supported

Apple TV+

Not supported

Supported

Peacock

Not supported

Supported

Crunchyroll

Not supported

Supported

YouTube TV

Supported

Supported

BBC iPlayer

Supported

Supported

DAZN

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

Not supported

Supported

Channel 4

Not 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

Not 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

Not supported

Supported

RTBF Auvio

Not supported

Supported

Other services (16)
Streaming
FeaturesNordVPNProton 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
CensorshipNordVPNProton VPN
Does it work on restricted networks?

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

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