The only VPN provider I have noticed that supports wireguard is AzireVPN at least that I have seen. I am trying to get my VPN provider to support it, I'm not with AzireVPN so I don't know how well it works.
Ovpn: it's the best VPN. Pirate bay have used them and they didn't roll over, they held their ground. They publish monthly transparency reports saying how many data requests they received and how many were related to DMCAs, they also show the amount of traffic and they own their servers. Problem is, they are expensive.
Proton VPN: also very activist. Also expensive.
AzireVPN: I like them because they are cheaper but don't pull the same BS other VPN companies pull. Also, they show how much data is passing through their servers. Finally, they were one of the first (if not the first) to implement wireguard.
Mullvad is solid. They are the ones providing the Mozilla VPN. Definitely worth considering.
Don't use TorGuard. They are based on the US. If you are going to use an American VPN (which you shouldn't), at least use PIA, that has a history of not turning over data so easily (but they likely do, like every other American company).
I have multiple backups. here are some of my suggestions (in no particular order)
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P.I.A - proved in court TWICE they keep no logs
CryptoStorm - in my opinion the most secure vpn available
ProtonVPN - the devs behind ProtonMail, solid security, located in Sweden
AzireVPN - small company that takes privacy seriously, although slower speeds, more complicated setup
ExpressVPN - most likely the fastest vpn that keeps no logs
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if you want more specific info related to your needs from the vpn (your traffic, devices, etc..) just pm me I have tons of experience with vpn's, and proactive digital privacy as a whole.
Hoxx VPN (free & paid version)
Hola (free version)
VPN Area (paid version)
(paid version)
SecureVPN (paid version)
DotVPN (free version)
Speedify (free version)
Betternet (free version)
Ivacy (free version)
Touch VPN (paid version)
Zenmate (free version)
Ace VPN (paid version)
AzireVPN (paid version)
BTGuard (paid version)
Ra4w VPN (paid version)
VPN Gate (free version)
> ProtonVPN would have to build an entire system from scratch to automate the provisioning side of it.
Mullvad and Azire VPN have done just this. And the development for Wireguard is happening fast.
> it's still a PITA to configure
It's actually much easier to configure than OpenVPN or LibreSWAN, as Wireguard does not make usage of X509 certificates.
And the real PITA to configure is LibreSWAN, with all the certificates and that the server can only use one port. With Wireguard, you can use any port you want (like with OpenVPN).
Again, Mullvad and AzireVPN have done just this.
5 yrs, unbelievable for a large ISP today.
using 6to4 doesn't let you choose the endpoint, HE tunnel is using an anycast IP. You can rely on a classic paid VPN service that support IPv6. Still rare but AzireVPN, Perfect Privacy and Mullvad offer it.
It should be noted that IVPN has since considerably expanded their PoP to additional countries. they've 59 OpenVPN - 14 WireGuard servers.
Also AzireVPN while quite limited in VPN servers offers WireGuard and looks quite interesting on paper with an open source desktop client…and to me is much more privacy centric then NordVPN could ever dream of being.
I’d consider Mullvad the most Privacy focused VPN in existence.
There are other VPN’s that have better speed or better customer service, but when it comes to privacy protecting and security protecting, I can’t think of any other VPN that I’d choose.
I highly endorse Mullvad.
If you are looking for a second/backup option, I’d look at AzireVPN. They have some very impressive physical security precautions used on the server side. However compared with Mullvad, AzireVPN is a much smaller network and they offer less Bridge options for circumventing censorship.
I had a couple notices before using a VPN. I've used AzireVPN and MacSentry and I've never had any issues(2 years running a VPN now). I usually stick to a VPN that is out of the country and doesn't keep logs. It's WAY MORE loops for your ISP to jump through and is most likely not worth the hassle at all. They would have to do so much to figure out what you were doing and who you were on the server.
Whoa there, chillax my friend. Many times people say don't trust Tunsafe, because it used to be closed-source. I was just saying there's no real reason to knock it any more. As for servers, they really don't cost much - especially when you made millions of dollars from inventing Spotify and selling uTorrent. ;) Besides, it's only free for the test period - just like AzireVPN was. They now charge for access via their iOS and Android apps, and they also sell static IP addresses on the endpoints to fund the project.
I would roll my own too, but it's pretty hard if not impossible to get a decent dedicated server without it being tied to your real identity. In that case, you have no privacy. Sorry you got the wrong impression from my post.
Quick question, Are you using Diskless Servers like AzireVPN? As in everything run off RAM.
I use a custom kernel with Wireguard built in. From there, AzireVPN is actually free while they are testing and implementing Wireguard. I don't think I'll ever touch OpenVPN again after using Wireguard.
I think there is another company offering (temporarily) free Wireguard VPN service while they are implementing it, I just can't remember the name.
I've found this comparison chart useful:
You'll want one that does not log your activity. I haven't used Private Internet Access but I hear it's a trustworthy go-to. (I'm using AzireVPN at the moment.)
Good job there with this overview.
Have you considered adding information if the service includes 3rd party plugins on the web site or not? I.e. statistics, chat or other kind of services that is not self-hosted. Unfortunately, there are still many VPN providers out that that uses Google Analytics for example, which logs a lot of information about the user.
Please also update your list with the information that AzireVPN doesn't store any logs.
I’ll take a look! I use AzireVPN for anonymizing traffic now since they support WireGuard and can give me 80-100MB/s download speeds. All other WireGuard connections I have manually configured as needed.
TorGuard is $9.99/month but there are 50% discount codes around. One I'm aware of is TOMSPARK but there may be others too.
There are also a couple of VPNs based in Sweden which just do monthly accounts for $5. One is and the other is .
Azire does not have many servers at the moment but Mullvad has plenty in USA and Canada.
Protonmail instead of Gmail
osmAND, instead of GMaps (altough at the moment GMaps is VASTLY superior, sadly)
Nextcloud instead of GDrive
Firefox or on of the derivatives (Icecat etc.), Brave > Crome
No idea for for YouTube.
Furthermore, change your search engine, get adblock (ublock Origin)
Get a VPN. Everything will be encrypted and to outside forces it looks like you only visit the VPN site (I can vouch for ProtonVPN, Mullvad and AzireVPN as these are the only ones I've comfortably used).
On an Android phone, get LineageOS without Google Apps (and maybe use MicroG instead). If you want to be a total geek look up the Librem phone that should hit the market soon-ish.
Remove Windows, get Linux (at least maybe try it out on Virtualbox first, see how you like it). I use Arch (btw) but a good, working out-of-the-box distro is Linux Mint.
ProtonVPN is the only free VPN I’d ever consider recommending for those who literally don’t have the money to pay for a vpn, but if you have the money to pay for a vpn, than do it, paid VPN’s are always a better choice.
Additionally, ProtonVPN doesn’t have an open source vpn client, and they lack good technical documentation and lack a lot of feature support. All of this makes it worse than Mullvad & AzireVPN
ProtonVPN requires a ProtonMail email address, which is difficult to be setup anonymously anymore, due to their registration verification process.
So overall, it’s simply less private.
Nice! AzireVPN is really great provider.
When I was looking for VPN providers for my self, I was between Azire & Mullvad.
I finally decided to go with mullvad because of their obfuscation of protocols and integrations for anti censorship systems.
But I do like the whole concept of the diskless servers and server setup.
>They admit on their website it is not secure and they are open to coding suggestions.
Um, they're "open to coding suggestions" because it's an open source protocol, and that's what open source means? They say it's not to be considered secure yet because it's still not mainlined into the Linux kernel (but it's now in process and Linus Torvalds himself said it's 'beautiful'). If you followed the WireGuard mailing list you'd know Jason states the 'not to be considered production ready' is an ass covering statement and actually WireGuard is fine. How do you think Mullvad, AzireVPN and others are using it without 'getting hacked'? Serious question. Why the secrecy around your VPN provider if they're working on WireGuard? It's an OPEN source project.
I'm assuming you've not read the whitepaper and the third party security audits?
Edit: Yeah, downvote but don't reply. QED.
OpenVPN will not be fast as you say. I have ipsec/l2tp server running that I connect to from my phone/laptop. I also have had both OpenVPN and Wireguard VPNs running that I route traffic for specific networks or hosts through.
Wireguard using Mulvad or AzireVPN will be much faster than OpenVPN, but it's a manual install at this point. The config is not that hard, I used this: https://storrgie.epiphyte.network/wire-guard-from-your-isp/
Thanks for replying. As far as I can tell (from the Wiki and related Github discussion) the 'set interfaces wireguard [interface] address [address]' is what creates the interface itself. Doing (run) show interfaces lists only eth0 and l0, but running the set interfaces command for the WireGuard interface of choice then adds it to the show interfaces list again.
I already did use tab completion and address is one of the few options available after 'wg01' (or whatever you want to call your interface; I just copied wg01 from the Wiki). It does accept the command if you use a different IP and subnet (eg 10.0.0.50/24, it just doesn't work for the address given to me by AzireVPN. I just get an error saying invalid value.
I love the idea of warrant canaries and try to sites that have them like ProtonMail, AzireVPN, Tutanota, Veracrypt, IVPN etc.
There's a site called Canary Watch that watches a list of sites using warrant canaries but it's not updated any more.
Unfortunately, warrant canaries aren't perfect though and choosing to take down the canary (thus alerting users of government breach) can also be against the law and the government may force the site or company to keep/update the canary as usual otherwise face legal action - and possibly blackmail.
I'll try it out when I get some time. I will need to reinstall and configure Wireguard so it might not be for a few days. I used AzireVPN.
Can I learn how to do all of that through official ubiquiti guides?
I am not a qualified person with broad VPN information particular to this topic, just informed by an AzireVPN admin about their server provider is bilateral (UK & Sweden) company.
Use MTR Report Tool of this website. You can see that where is the IP you used passing from.
Most of VPN providers are renting servers from datacenters in different countries and stating that their server is in A, B, C country. In your case, It might be that the server you are using to is operating in Sweden while is managing from different country or It's just caused by Youtube Cookies.
BTW, Thank you to informed me over OVPN situation. I think Mullvad is so far best VPN company that is not running suspicious business. But remember, there is always a question mark in situations that you don't have the control.
I use AzireVPN + Wireguard on Android. I got the no internet connection error the first time. Force closed the app, ran it again and it worked. Though I didn't find Spotify Free to be any better than most internet radios. Then there are the ads. And since there's no way to buy premium unless you have PayPal or a US/UK debit/credit card (which I don't), I'll suggest you to install a patched .apk, if you're okay with piracy and all that.
Wireguard is being built for edgeos if you need a fast vpn connection.
AzireVPN is offering their wireguard service for free while they are testing it out.
I'm currently using AzireVPN, but I'm considering moving to Nord since they have a wider server selection, it will come down to price once my year is up.
NAS stand for network attached storage, which basically means you have a hard drive plugged into either a machine or router that is usable by the whole network.
There are plenty of tutorials out there, then you can customize to fit your needs once you have the basics down.
Nice. If you want to geek out, try doing the whole thing yourself. One of the most exciting VPN developments is 'Wireguard', an open-source alternative to the very well done OpenVPN.
At the moment, it's only available if you're using a Linux OS. You could get your own VPS server ( has good deals), set up the Wireguard server and if you want the protection for your whole home network, set up Wireguard on a routing using OpenWRT/Lede.
A more simple solution would be to use AzireVPN or MullvadVPN, both are excellent services from Sweden.
I've been using AzireVPN for a little while; what sold me on them is they have an actually-free trial (none of this credit-card-first, "oh you can just cancel it" BS), which let me test out its speed impact on my 20Mbit cable connection (result was: bandwidth -0.5%, latency +15ms).
They don't do recurring billing either, you pay and your login is active for (X months). No surprises, no being dicks; everything I look for in a service provider.
with PIA i find my firewall off every time i used it,
netshade messed my system up,
HMA messed my system up,
with BlackVPN i had drop outs,
with Privatoria they just took my money and still till today i dont hear anything from them.
do you know anything better for mac users?
i made this list from another thread:
BlackVPN Hong Kong
BolehVPN Seychelles
CactusVPS Moldova
EarthVPN Northern Cypress
TrustZone Seychelles
Sweden
IVPN ? Gibraltar
VPNSecure Australia
Mullvad Sweden
AzireVPN Sweden
British Indian Ocean
HI. I'm about to move into an apartment with two other individuals. We all split the cost of the internet. I don't want to bring any trouble by getting hit with a notice cause I torrent a lot. I'm looking for a VPN that can offer good speeds for torrenting and follows ethical practices. I've looked through the spreadsheet extensively. Out of all the providers offered, I've narrowed my list down to the following. What is your experience, suggestions, gripes with any of the following.
AzireVPN, AirVPN, Cryptostorm, IVPN, Mullvad, , PIA ( I dont agree with the majority of their policies, but I've heard they retain non VPN speeds, which is great for torrenting I think.)
Initially, I had used a loose definition including services that claim a strong presence in any data centers housing their servers, and/or personally caged/locked or similarly secured.
After some consideration of your comment, I agree with you - many companies claim they "own" the hardware, or don't use third party servers, but ultimately this means nothing to the PHYSICAL security of the equipment housing the data, which was the intended purpose of the field.
I have removed this field from the sheet. Just in case, I reviewed all of the marketing and privacy policies of sites that had a "Yes", and none (that I caught) make the claim of a 100% in-house maintained server farm.
AzireVPN's countries supported has been verified and fixed.
Good question. Almost every company states a "no logs" policy, however, as you can see, that isnt really the case. If they don't specifically say they don't log something, assume they do. I've had companies get in touch, who have updated their policies specifically to have their info updated on the spreadsheet. (Namely AzireVPN)
HI, so I've just got 12 months of AzireVPN because cybermonday. Getting this error on Windows 11. I'm not gonna install deprecated libraries just because of your software.
Also, I'd recommend that you don't advertise iOS support and then your app is still not on the app store.
I'm gonna ask for a refund. Please up your game.
Yleensä kun ihmiset puhuu VPN:ästä, tarkoittaa ne palvelua, joka tarjoaa sen yhteyden ja piilottaa käyttäjän oikean IP:n. Jos jollakulla on tarvetta site-to-site -ratkaisulle, tietää hän varmaan myös sopivat sovellukset siihen.
OP:lle ite tykkään AzireVPN:stä. Muutamaan muuhun verrattuna tuki oikeasti osaa hommat. Eräs kilpailija ei edes osannut vastata, kun kysyin mitä protokollia tukevat. Lisäksi ovat yksi niitä harvoja, jotka tukevat sitä parasta protokollaa, eli wireguardia.
Feel free to switch to AzireVPN - we do not cap torrents or have any other restrictions (bandwidth or otherwise). Can give us a test on a 1-month account using code: BFSP2022 for 70% off. Let me know if you have any questions.
The idea here is to give you even more of an incentive to use the referral system, as this will be a super easy way for your friends, etc. to test AzireVPN and give you a bunch of free time on your accounts.
Additionally, discounts for major packages will be released later this month, so by the time November/Black Friday/Cyber Monday ends, you should be pretty well stocked up on months and months of free time (referrals pending of course) and whatever you decide to purchase with the BF/CM discounts : )
As long as streaming isn’t a requirement, Mullvad should be fine. Performance wise, at the end of the day it’s all about ISP peering at the end of the day. In terms of performant locations (based on distance) Mullvad has servers in Singapore. As for alternatives, IVPN has servers in Malaysia and Singapore, while AzireVPN has a server in Thailand (Phuket, iirc).
I was finally able to restore internet connectivity to my house today, but it was certainly a nightmare of a process. The ultimate solution was an IPV6 compatible VPN. I ultimately settled on AzireVPN after trying a couple others (SurfShark and ). I also purchased a router running OpenWRT to handle the vpn connection and tethering of the hotspot to give me an Ethernet port to hook the rest of my network gear into. I can finally access the entire internet on both IPV4 and IPV6 and all my smart home devices plugged into the ubiquiti router work well. There’s now an extra NAT layer in my system from the router, but I don’t really care at this point. Just happy to have working internet!
>Mullvad VPN has multiple hops available but AzireVPN chooses their upstream carefully, runs everything from RAM and uses a custom made TPM-Level Rootkit that blocks common network monitoring features in Linux but does not offer real Multi-hop (Only though Socks5 proxy).
Mullvad boots from RAM too (on some servers).
+1 for travel router and the gl-inet range. I've got a couple of their Opal routers. I have one setup at "home" acting as the VPN server, and one with me when travelling which is the VPN client.
This way I access the internet from my home internet connection whilst travelling. Any connections and authentication you make on the internet for work will see your public IP as your home ISP.
I setup a second profile on the travel router for AzireVPN, so if my home router is unavailable or latency is really bad I can switch to this. It means my public IP when connecting to work services will be from the AzireVPN UK range. Still unlikely to raise any flags with my company, but I'd rather connect via my home if I can.
I use PrivateVPN. Cheap as dirt, stores no logs, very fast servers and I believe it allows you to unblock Netflix if you use that.
In the past I've used AzireVPN which also worked really well, perhaps a little better than PrivateVPN.
I also used OVPN. It's more expensive, but it's one of few VPNs that have been proven by court orders to not store any data.
Hey! You can have up to 5 devices on a single AzireVPN account. So, you can connect 5 routers and then connect however many devices to the router and they will effectively use AzireVPN's service as well via the routers.
Hopefully that answers your question. Let me know if you have any others.
I tried PIA once and I was surprised by how slow it was. I don't know how anyone plays multi-player games on it.
I don't really use VPNs anymore but when I used to use them for gaming I'd use AzireVPN because they have ipv6 support and with the right setup I could get over 100mbps on their server closest to me but it wasn't running off their app.
Mullvad is probably the best VPN imo. Other great ones worth considering are IVPN, OVPN and AzireVPN.
You basically want a VPN that is outside the Five Eyes/FVEY, has modern encryption, Wireguard support, is reputable and keeps no logs - some even use RAM-only servers for peace of mind regarding no-logs. Even better if they don't have dodgy marketing or affiliate marketing with misleading claims.
Virgin Media Gig1 package here, with WireGuard to { Mullvad, IVPN, OVPN, AzireVPN, NordVPN } all saturating my line at around 900Mbps. That's 24/7/365. I have a SH 4 in modem mode (previously SH 3 with no issues either), passed through to an x86 box (Pentium G4560 with Intel NICs) running - variously - OpenBSD, VyOS, IPFire or OpenWrt. Never had an issue. You may have a localised problem but it's definitely not ISP-wide.
Depends on the VPN, I'd say. Wireguard typically uses fewer IP addresses so you'll get more captchas using that than OpenVPN
It also depends on the provider. I get captchas far more often on PrivateVPN than I ever did with AzireVPN.
Ultimately I would suggest using Startpage or DuckDuckGo or Brave Search instead of Google search, and you can always use a proxy for YouTube like Piped-Material
I recently bought this Beryl travel router and an ASUS router with VPN capability. Connected my ASUS to my internet modem and created an OpenVPN server. The Beryl travel router is connected to my work laptop via ethernet cable, and I connect to my ASUS' OpenVPN server so it looks like I'm still working at home.
I have connected the Beryl to both NordVPN (OpenVPN) and AzireVPN (Wiregaurd). Wiregaurd is much faster than OpenVPN. AzireVPN offers an IP in New York, but a quick search from IT and they can find out I'm using a VPN. So that's why I'm connecting to my home's server via the ASUS router.
You can run any open source VPN with linux binaries and a CLI configurable client. I'd recommend using Wireguard, because it's stable, orders of magnitude faster and easier to setup than OpenVPN. There's also a luci package for it. Look for providers that offer plain Wireguard configs. I settled with AzireVPN, but there are others. You should also know why you need a VPN. Check if your provider permits P2P filesharing if that's the reason. The only thing left you've got to think about is routing. Do you want to route your entire network or just a local subnet? When you've made your decisions you can dig for specific info.
AzireVPN's FAQ says all ports are opened when opting to use a public address:
>Do you offer dedicated IP addresses?
We do not provide dedicated IP addresses. However, we provide public IP addresses in each location. These IP addresses are assigned from a pool to only one user at the same time and have all their ports opened. The assigned IP address does not change until any disconnection from the service.
IVPN oder AzireVPN, wenns günstiger sein soll. Beide haben den riesen Vorteil, dass du mit Monero bezahlen kannst und somit keinerlei private Daten preisgibst. Dies bedeutet dass selbst falls diese Anbieter loggen sollten kann dir das egal sein, da sie das keiner "realen" Person zuordnen können.
Ansonsten is Mullvad auch ziemlich gut, leider kann man dort nicht privat zahlen (bzw. nur mit Bargeld und dementsprechend mehr Aufwand)
Just in the event someone searches for a fix in the future, I happened to somewhat remedy this by running Resilio-sync through a Wireguard VPN via AzireVPN.
I chose a server in the Netherlands, so then the seedbox will route to the VPN server and then the VPN server will find a path back to my place in the US. So then the VPN server (I'm assuming) would be responsible for finding a route, not the seedbox. I think the seedbox was using a bad route which resulted in slow speeds.
Really not sure if all the information above is correct but that's my theory :). I'll update this if it slows down consistently again in the future.
The worst VPN I've tried. Got a refund and never looked back.
Horrible speeds, faulty killswitch that leaks your IP every time you reconnect, suspicious company - they used to log but now claim that they don't, even though many users reported getting their accounts suspended for torrenting. They also use virtual servers - from a privacy POV that's a huge red flag as jurisdiction matters.
It may be cheap but I wouldn't use it if it were free. Went with AzireVPN and never looked back.
>Some providers have a zero-log policy, but they still have your credentials and that's just wrong when the idea is to be anonymous.
Totally agree. But beware that paying with a public cryptocurrency is not much better.
I'll answer the VPN question:
give AzireVPN a try! They offer anything reasonable you could expect from a VPN service (about 20 locations, no usage logs, no bandwidth limit, P2P allowed, no device count limit, DNS leak mitigation, etc), plus they implemented the new WireGuard norm !
I've been using it for 4 years straight, never had any serious problem. the desktop & phone app are a breeze ()
Premise ->
Don't spend your money subscribing to poor quality VPNs without a shred of transparency.
AzireVPN - Secure and Privacy-minded VPN service
I am very happy and they also have proprietary hardware unlike most of the vpn that only rent dedicated ones all over the world
Man that's where opinions split, everyone will recommend a different one. I personally use AzireVPN because they are small and have good customer service, some people don't like them because they are in Sweden and therefor part of 14 eyes. Since I only use it to torrent that's completely fine.
So in the end it probably comes down to what you want to do while using a VPN and what your priorities are.
Was AzireVPN dort auf seiner Security-Seite aufzählt hört sich sehr robust an, glaube kaum das andere VPN-Anbieter so weit gehen. Und wenns keine Logs gibt kann die Justiz da auch nichts.
Genau so hat es sich in Schweden mit OVPN nichts aus dem Anliegen der Filmindustrie.
Ich benutze seit Jahren AzireVPN, die sind ziemlich klein und in Schweden.
Ich kann nicht sagen was die hinter dem Vorhang machen aber bisher hatte ich keine Probleme und wenn ich welche hatte wurde mir immer ziemlich schnell geholfen.
Have they undergone an independent audit? I didn't find one noted when I took a quick look at their website.
Relative to affiliate marketing, the AzireVPN Terms of Service page states: "AzireVPN has an open affiliate system…" Personally, I'm wary of any VPN service that uses affiliate marketing.
Nice to see they support WireGuard, but it looks like you have to manually configure it. Some other VPN services have WireGuard configuration "built-in" to their clients.
Yes I also looked at Air. And AzireVPN, it uses Wireguard and is set up kinda like Tutanota, just run by a small group of privacy enthusiasts, but I’ve learned Sweden isn’t safe anymore due to the new legislation. :(
Just for IPv6 access, really. Ok so I set the server IPv6 as fd42:42:42::1/64.
For the router that's fd42:42:42::2/128.
However, I need to figure out what to enter into IPv6 ULA-Prefix for the connection to work. I've been using AzireVPN lately and that's how I get IPv6 access.
Any idea how can I figure out IPv6 ULA-Prefix with my current IP range?
AzireVPN is also a good option, but they haven't a lot of servers in different countries. I like to have a lot of different choice for jurisdictions and more, not only restricting myself to 2 or 3 servers in Europe for example.
Damn, I go to this program that's the same way with their web filters (Instagram is blocked, not Reddit). They claim that YouTube and Facebook are banned but they're not - they also block random foreign websites, horoscope websites, VPNs (only AzireVPN seems to work), and tons of other stuff.
Edit: It's ridiculously easy to download Tor using a mirror, though.
You can check out Mullvad and AzireVPN, both are regarded as being privacy-focused. They both cost 5 Euros/month and I've found Mullvad's speed to be good (haven't used Azire before). I would avoid PIA and any US-based service if you are looking for privacy, the National Security Agency likes to dig their claws into U.S based companies.
I use QubesOS for everything. So I guess our threat models are different.
Also, you must not know much about Mullvad given your above comment. It’s much more private then ProtonVPN.
The only VPN that is comparable to MullvadVPN is AzireVPN.
They are in an entirely different class of security and privacy.
I answered this in a different post less than an hour ago. It's not 'free' it's a beta test before their commercial rollout. They already sell static IP addresses on WG endpoints, and have a paid iOS and Android service. Once they're happy the whole TunSafe VPN service will be paid only. Just like AzireVPN did.
Configured my Opnsense 18.7.4 for Wireguard and connected to Mullvad. Couldn't believe how simple it was! Speed is very fast as well - much better than my original OVPN link.
Building on my success I decided to re-configure Wireguard for AzireVPN. Although everything seems to be set the same way (as Mullvad) data "upload" is not passing....however download appears to be fine??
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Also, I haven't been able to configure an Interface and Gateway which is preventing me from establishing firewall rules. I can only define my "deny" rules and follow it with a default rule to send everything else out to WG0. Does anyone have some insight into how this can be done more 'gracefully'?
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AzireVPN, I get 360Mbps with and 375Mbps without. Mullvad the same. Don't put up with shitty providers. At the same time though, ensure it's not a local issue. I assume you're connecting using openvpn? It's slow and resource heavy (not to mention single-threaded). Try WireGuard or IPSec (preferably IKEv2 as opposed to L2TP/IPSEC). What are your machine specs? You need a CPU with hardware AES (pretty much everything modern-ish), and plenty of fast RAM and an SSD won't hurt either. The following speed test was taken on FreeBSD 11.2, using WireGuard to AzireVPN. *BSD doesn't have a kernel module to offload WireGuard (yet) so there was a slight user-space speed penalty here; but as you can see, not much. Imgur
I tried Mullvad last month and their service was rock solid using wireguard. Right now I'm trying AzireVPN, they seem pretty open and also offer a wireguard servers. While they don't have many servers the connection hasn't dropped once using the US wireguard server and aside from privacy I can't really tell the difference in comparison to the excellent service Mullvad provides. I'll probably stay with Azire just because the cost is slightly lower when you pay for various months while Mullvad is always 5 euros.
PrivateVPN is okay, but they do not have first party DNS servers or IPv6 leak protection. Both of those could leave you exposed. I would recommend just getting an all-in-one VPN that provides all of those services included within the price. If you're trying to stay with a Swedish provider, I'd recommend Mullvad, OVPN, or AzireVPN.
AzireVPN offers Wireguard for free now, while Mullvad offers Wireguard as a paid service.
And yes, it has been audited -- with only 4,000 lines of code, it is much easier to audit than OpenVPN or IPsec.
Furthermore, it should be included in the Linux kernel soon. This process has already been started.
I have been using it and it has worked very well for me so far.
The WireGuard service on AzireVPN is currently 100% free, while they test out their implementation and iron out any issues. It has been for a long while now, and is going to be free until they're completely happy with it. No restrictions. I've been using it 24/7 and pulled down over 1TB a month at my full ISP line speed (380Mbps). They use 10Gb uplinks and don't throttle or log. Great VPN provider tbh.
I don't remember the subreddit (probably /r/vpn or something like that) but when I was researching before choosing one, I found a matrix of features / prices / geographic locations which included things like whether they keep logs and such.
I picked AzireVPN based on my research, but I'm by no means perfect. I've used them for a couple of years now and had no problems with their service at all on Linux primarily, my android phone, and also on windows sometimes. If you find one you like, by all means use it, but do know that all vpn providers are nowhere close to equal... is almost like going to a grocery store and asking for "sauce" in terms of the variety in the market.
What you definitely should not do is spend too much on one. There's enough quality among the options that you can definitely pay in the realm of $5 monthly or less.
The service of Sweden server is coming from an ISP (Obenetwork AB) based on Sweden & UK. You are seeing SE & UK locations simultaneously at . So, AzireVPN looks like not reliable to me.
Thanks for your response, as a LEDE compatible device it's much more promising.
I believe AzireVPN has a free test period for WireGuard so you can just run their simple instructions and get it going (on Linux).