PureVPN is one of the most popular premium VPN providers. But so far, no one has forgotten the case of their cooperation with the FBI and the disclosure of the data of their clients, which negatively affected their reputation. It’s time to check how things are now.
Pros & Cons
- One of the largest server networks
- Strong encryption
- 31-day money back guarantee
- Not all streaming services are available
- WireGuard does not work in all cases
- High connection speed
Security
With PureVPN, you get the strongest 256-bit AES encryption of your data, which is currently the strongest, as well as protection against IPv6 leaks.
After the scandal in 2016 in connection with the cooperation of this service with the FBI, PureVPN adopted a policy of no logs, and now does not store data about your activity on the network, which means it cannot be transferred to third parties.
In addition, at the end of 2021, PureVPN’s headquarters moved from Hong Kong to the British Virgin Islands, which gives you even more confidence in the security of your data, as we know that it is outside the jurisdiction of intelligence sharing alliances, which is ideal for a service that makes emphasis on data privacy.
This service was also successfully tested for DNS leaks.
Therefore, now we have no reason to worry about the security of our personal data. using this service.
Speed
The PureVPN speed test did not impress us, unfortunately. The speed loss was more than about 31%, which is well above the generally accepted norm of 10-20%.
For accuracy, we chose the same server on the site speedtest.net before and after turning on the VPN to level out the loss of speed due to ping.
Features
PureVPN offers a list of pretty good quality protocols, namely WireGuard, OpenVPN TCP, OpenVPN UDP, and IKEv2. There is also a function to automatically select the best protocol for you.
This service offers access to 78+ countries, 96+ locations and 6500+ servers in total. However, it is worth noting that a significant part of the servers are virtual, but there is no information on their exact number on the site.
The Kill Switch function (an emergency shutdown of the Internet if the VPN connection is interrupted) is available on all applications, while Split Tunneling only works on Windows and Android on all protocols except WireGuard.
There are also additional features that can be purchased for an additional fee separately from the standard subscription, namely a dedicated IP address, port forwarding and DDos protection.
Price
For a monthly subscription you will pay almost $11, but taking a plan for a year or two is much cheaper. In general, prices are not the highest, but not the lowest on the market.
Payment can be made via PayPal, with a credit or debit card, or by CoinGate with BitCoin, LiteCoin or Ethereum, allowing you to remain anonymous.
PureVPN provides a 31-day money-back guarantee in case of dissatisfaction with the purchased service.
For such a price, you can connect up to 10 devices at the same time, which, in principle, is more than enough.
Streaming
PureVPN successfully unblocks most streaming services such as Netflix (even US libraries), Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and BBC iPlayer.
However, access to HBO Max is not so smooth, some servers do not allow you to connect at all, while others show a rather low connection, which often leads to buffering. Therefore, if you often watch HBO Max, it is better to switch to another VPN provider.
As for torrenting, PureVPN provides dedicated P2P servers, but not all over the world (for example, there are only 3 P2P servers available in Asia). But the rest work quite well for this purpose.
Conclusion
PureVPN has proven itself to be a worthwhile service that has improved a lot in recent years. Therefore, we can safely recommend it to protect your data online