Proton VPN keeps you secure online
What you watch, click, and search for is your business and yours alone. With Proton VPN, not even we know what you get up to online. A decade of proven privacy leadership behind our VPN infrastructure means you can browse with confidence: no trackers, no logs, no compromises. Just true online privacy.
No logs
World-class technical security
Open source code and independently audited
Protects you from malware, phishing scams, and trackers
Safer, more secure browsing with advanced DNS filtering
Proton VPN's NetShield Ad-blocker feature can stop trackers and advertisers from following your every move and exploiting your data. You choose your preferred level of protection, allowing you to block:
- Annoying ads
- Malware
- Phishing scams
- Commercial trackers
Available to everyone on a paid Proton VPN plan, NetShield checks the IP address of each website you visit against a massive database of sites known to host malware, spyware, or any other malicious software.
If it finds the domain of the website you are trying to visit or any of its components (scripts, images, etc.) on one of these lists, NetShield will automatically block it from loading. And thanks to recent improvements, NetShield Ad-blocker is now six times more powerful.
Battle-tested real-world privacy
Proton VPN is trusted by millions of journalists, NGOs, activists, and ordinary people to stay private online and access the free and open internet in even some of the world's most hostile censorship environments.
Recommended by the United Nations and supported by the European Commission, Proton VPN has proven itself where privacy matters most.
World-class encryption
Proton VPN encrypts all data traveling between your device and our regularly audited no-logs VPN servers, securing it with the latest VPN protocol. This combines blazing-fast performance with state-of-the-art encryption, so no-one can access your data: not your ISP, not your government, and not any other third parties.
DNS leak protection and IPv6 support or leak protection
Our apps use sophisticated firewall rules and other similar mechanisms to ensure your DNS queries are only ever handled by us (or your chosen third-party DNS service). We also prevent your IPv6 IP address from being exposed to websites you visit and your ISP by either blocking IPv6 connections or correctly routing them through the VPN interface.
Secure Core
Our "double-VPN" solution protects against timing attacks and MITM attack. It routes your connection through two VPN severs, one of which is a special, hardened server located only in a jurisdiction with strong privacy laws (Switzerland, Iceland, or Sweden).
Physical security
We have gone to extreme lengths to protect Proton VPN's Secure Core servers and ensure their security. Critical infrastructure in Switzerland is located at a high-security data center outside of Zurich that requires biometric access, and our infrastructure in Iceland resides in a secure former military base. Our servers in Sweden are located in an underground data center.
| |  Proton VPN |  ExpressVPN |  CyberGhost |  NordVPN |  Surfshark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convenience | | | | | |
| Number of connections | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | Unlimited |
| Worldwide streaming | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| P2P/BitTorrent support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Security | | | | | |
| Malware and adblocker | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Double VPN | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Tor over VPN | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Open standard implementation of WireGuard® | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Speed | | ||||
| VPN Accelerator | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Anti-censorship | | ||||
| Obfuscation | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Ease of use | | ||||
| Customer support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 30-day money-back guarantee | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
What others say about Proton VPN
FranciscoSZ
October 23, 2024
Amazing VPN: privacy focused, lots of servers to choose, and some extra safeguards such as ad tracking prevention. The best out there👌
Michael "Doc" Kuster
October 20, 2024
Excellent VPN, clean and easy interface. Connections are always stable. Must have if you want to keep your online surfing private.
Chris Reynolds
September 29, 2024
Fast connections all over the world. Set up and use is very easy. By far the best VPN out there and worth the subscription!
Security you can trust
At Proton, we live and breathe digital freedom. Our mission is simple: to keep your information safe, without slowing you down or selling you out. To do this, we've built a privacy-first ecosystem built around end-to-end encryption. With Proton, you can send emails, backup your data, schedule calendar events, video chat, and more, in total privacy.
And to ensure we'll always put people before profit, our primary shareholder is the non-profit Proton Foundation.
