At a glance
$2.03 a month
Three years
United States
PIA Private Internet Access, Inc., Denver, owned by Kape Technologies
Shares with 4 allied governments (Five Eyes)
Checked in the last two years
Deloitte inspected the servers as they stood in October 2025, its third such review
About Private Internet Access
Private Internet Access does the thing almost nobody else does: it publishes the source code for every app it ships, on every platform. You do not have to believe the no-logs claim on the strength of a marketing page, because you can read what the software actually does — and an outside firm has separately inspected the servers and their configuration to check that the infrastructure matches.
It is also generous in the ways that cost money. There is no limit on simultaneous devices. Port forwarding works, which matters if you torrent. There is a proxy included alongside the tunnel, apps for televisions, and a three-year plan that renews at exactly what you paid rather than stepping up.
The thing to weigh is where it lives. This is a Colorado company operating under US law, inside the five-country intelligence agreement, and no amount of open source changes which courts can issue an order. The company's answer is that it has been asked and had nothing to give, which it publishes. The kill switch is also the weak point: under testing it allowed traffic past the tunnel after a restart, which is worse than not having one.
Features
- Supported
- Paid
- Not supported
- Not recorded
- Cuts your connection if the VPN dropsNot supported
- Send some apps around the VPNSupported
- Port forwardingSupported
- An IP address only you usePaid
- Route through two serversSupported
- Blocks ads and trackersSupported
- Servers keep nothing on diskSupported
- Apps are open sourceSupported
- Hides that you are using a VPNSupported
- Built-in access to the Tor networkNot supported
- SOCKS5 proxy includedSupported
- Ships a named streaming tool, not just a claimNot recorded
- Sign up without an email addressNot recorded
- Pay in cashNot supported
- Stops IPv6 leaking your locationSupported
- Unlimited devicesSupported
- Renews at the price you paidSupported














