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The choices people weigh against each other most often, written out in full.
Comparison
Proton VPN vs Mullvad
Proton VPN is free to start and sits outside the intelligence groupings. Mullvad knows less about you. Which matters more depends on what you are protecting.
Comparison
NordVPN vs Surfshark
Two services with the same parent company, compared on audit currency, kill-switch behaviour and what each actually charges after the first term.
Comparison
NordVPN vs ExpressVPN
Both cost about the same and both renew at roughly triple. What separates them is how much of each no-logs claim an outside firm has checked.
Comparison
NordVPN vs Proton VPN
One of these you can use indefinitely without paying or handing over a card. The other has been audited more times but keeps the report behind the paywall.
Comparison
ExpressVPN vs Surfshark
Surfshark costs less and covers every device you own. ExpressVPN has a kill switch that holds, which is the part Surfshark got wrong.
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Each VPN with everything it has been compared against. A VPN appears under both sides of every matchup it is part of.
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