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Proton VPN vs PureVPN

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

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Speed

Speed
SpeedProton VPNPureVPN
Paid · Download

690.65 Mbps

651.49 Mbps

Paid · Upload

848.82 Mbps

707.64 Mbps

Free · Download

392.85 Mbps

No data

Free · Upload

30.46 Mbps

No data

30-Day Speed History

Free options

Free options
Free optionsProton VPNPureVPN
Free options

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.

Android and iOS offer a 7-day free trial when signing up in the app. On iOS, it is limited to accounts that have not used a trial before; a paid subscription follows unless cancelled. Check the store confirmation before subscribing.

Pricing

Pricing
PricingProton VPNPureVPN
Paid plan

VPN Plus

PureVPN Standard

1 month

1 month / $9.99

$9.99 per month

At renewal: 1 month / $9.99

$9.99 per month (Same monthly price)

1 month / $12.95

$12.95 per month

At renewal: 1 month / $12.95

$12.95 per month (Same monthly price)

1 year

12 months / $53.88

$4.49 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $83.88

$6.99 per month (+56%)

16 months / $40.80

$2.55 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $57.95

$4.83 per month (+89%)

2 years

24 months / $83.76

$3.49 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $83.88

$6.99 per month (+100%)

27 months / $58.20

$2.16 per month

At renewal: 12 months / $47.95

$4.00 per month (+85%)

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 subscriptionProton VPNPureVPN
Automatic renewal

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

Renews automatically.

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Credit card

Renews automatically.

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Paymentwall, CoinPayment

No automatic renewal. Another paid period requires a manual payment.

To continue your subscription, pay the next renewal invoice manually in the Member Area.

If you do not want another period, do not pay the next renewal invoice.

How to turn off renewal

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.

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Credit card

In your VPN account or Through support

In your VPN account

  1. Open Subscriptions in your Member Area.
  2. Select Cancel Subscriptions.
  3. Choose Continue to cancellation.

Through support

  1. Alternatively, email support to request cancellation.

Canceling your subscription does not automatically request a refund.

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, App Store, and Google Play

Available until the paid period ends.

Subscriptions purchased through the VPN website

Credit card

Remaining access after cancellation is not established.

Removing a card from your VPN account

You can remove the card in your VPN account.

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

Contact support to remove the card.

Refund conditions

Refund conditions
Refund conditionsProton VPNPureVPN
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

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.

Purchases on the VPN website

Credit card

The provider’s refund guarantee applies subject to conditions.

Within 31 days

Starting from your initial purchase

How to request a refund

  1. Email help@purevpn.com to request a refund.
  2. Include your VPN username and the reason for your request.

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.

What is not covered by refunds

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.

Purchases on the VPN website

Credit card

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

Accounts designated for special purposes are excluded from the guarantee.

CoinPayment

The provider’s refund guarantee does not apply to this purchase.

Ownership & jurisdiction

Ownership & jurisdiction
Ownership & jurisdictionProton VPNPureVPN
Who runs the VPN?

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.

GZ Systems Limited (registered in British Virgin Islands) is the company named as providing the VPN service. Purchases through app stores or resellers may involve other companies; we have not confirmed those arrangements.

Which laws apply?

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

The terms specify British Virgin Islands law and courts, with separate rules for disputes handled through arbitration.

Audits

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

Audits
AuditsProton VPNPureVPN
No-logs policy

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

No-logs review

KPMG LLP · 2023

What was checked: Seven servers in six countries, examined in February 2023, with follow-up validation in March and April.

Findings: The public letter supports four claims: no recording of original IPs, assigned VPN IPs, connection times or VPN activity.

Limitations: Only a summary is public; the detailed findings are not included.

Read the auditor’s summary
App security

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

No independent audit found for this area.

Infrastructure security

No independent audit found for this area.

No independent audit found for this area.

Apps, protocols & servers

Apps & devices

Apps & devices
Apps, protocols & serversProton VPNPureVPN
Computers & mobile devices

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

Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux, Chromebook

TV devices

PaidAndroid TV, Fire TV, Apple TV

FreeAndroid TV, Fire TV

PaidAndroid TV, Fire TV, Apple TV

FreeNot applicable

Browser extensions

Chrome, Firefox

Chrome, Firefox, Edge

Manual setup

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

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

Connection details

Connection details
Apps, protocols & serversProton VPNPureVPN
Simultaneous connections

Paid10

Free1

Paid10

FreeNot applicable

WireGuard

Supported

Supported

OpenVPN

Supported (Manual setup)

Supported

IKEv2/IPsec

Supported

Supported

SSTP

Not supported

Supported (Manual setup · Selected servers)

L2TP/IPsec

Not supported

Supported (Manual setup · Selected servers)

PPTP

Not supported

Supported (Manual setup · Selected servers)

Provider-specific technologies

Stealth (based on WireGuard)

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Network

Network
Apps, protocols & serversProton VPNPureVPN
Servers

20,000+

6,000+

Countries

Paid149

Free10

Paid65+

FreeNot applicable

Locations

No data

80+

Features

Features
FeaturesProton VPNPureVPN
Auto-connect

Supported

Supported

Kill Switch

Supported

Supported

Split tunneling

Supported

Supported

VPN traffic obfuscation

Supported (Stealth)

Supported

Multi-hop

Supported (Secure Core)

Not supported

Tor over VPN

Supported

Not supported

P2P / torrenting

Supported (Selected servers)

Supported (Selected servers)

Ad blocking

Supported (NetShield)

Supported

Tracker blocking

Supported (NetShield)

Supported

Malicious website blocking

Supported (NetShield)

Not supported

Port forwarding

Supported

Supported (Paid add-on)

Dedicated IP

Not supported

Supported (Paid add-on)

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
FeaturesProton VPNPureVPN
Netflix

Supported

Supported

Amazon Prime Video

Supported

Supported

Disney+

Supported

Supported

HBO Max

Supported

Not supported

Paramount+

Supported

Not supported

Hulu

Supported

Supported

Apple TV+

Supported

Not supported

Peacock

Supported

Not supported

Crunchyroll

Supported

Not supported

YouTube TV

Supported

Not supported

BBC iPlayer

Supported

Supported

DAZN

Supported

Not supported

ESPN+

Supported

Not supported

F1 TV

Supported

Not supported

fuboTV

Supported

Not supported

Kayo Sports

Supported

Not supported

JioHotstar

Supported

Not supported

ZEE5

Supported

Not supported

SonyLIV

Supported

Supported

Vidio

Not supported

Supported

Canal+

Supported

Not supported

ITVX

Supported

Supported

Channel 4

Supported

Not supported

NOW TV

Supported

Not supported

France.tv

Supported

Not supported

TF1+

Supported

Not supported

RTL+

Supported

Not supported

Joyn

Supported

Not supported

ARD

Supported

Not supported

ZDF

Supported

Not supported

RaiPlay

Supported

Not supported

Mediaset Infinity

Supported

Not supported

Movistar Plus+

Supported

Not supported

RTVE Play

Supported

Not supported

Wavve

Supported

Not supported

Vision+

Not supported

Supported

Exxen

Not supported

Supported

M6+

Supported

Not supported

Videoland

Supported

Not supported

NPO Start

Supported

Not supported

Ziggo Go

Supported

Not supported

RTÉ Player

Supported

Not supported

RTBF Auvio

Supported

Not supported

Other services (13)
Streaming
FeaturesProton VPNPureVPN
iQIYI

Not supported

Not supported

WeTV

Not supported

Not supported

Viki

Not supported

Not supported

beIN Sports

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

RCTI+

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
CensorshipProton VPNPureVPN
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.