One excellent aspect of NordVPN is the variety of additional tools it provides for improving your privacy. While other VPN services offer static IPs as add-ons, the process is much more complicated (Opens in a new window) with NordVPN and a real miss from a customer service standpoint. A static IP address may help prevent your VPN connection from being blocked, especially if you connect to the same region consistently. You can choose an address for Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, or the United States. NordVPN offers static IP addresses for $8.99 per month ($63.48 per year). (Editors' Note: IPVanish is owned by Ziff Davis, PCMag's parent company.) Avira Phantom VPN, IPVanish VPN, Editors' Choice winners Surfshark VPN and TunnelBear VPN allow an unlimited number of devices to connect at once. The average VPN service limits you to five such connections, but that's starting to change. NordVPN allows you to use up to six devices simultaneously. NordVPN has discontinued its free trial offering, stating that scammers were taking advantage of it. While all free VPNs have limitations, Proton VPN is the one of the very few we've tested that doesn't limit the amount of data free subscribers can use. There are also some free VPNs worthy of consideration. At $23.88, Opera VPN Pro has the lowest annual fee of any non-free VPN we've tested. Editors' Choice winner Mullvad VPN, for instance, is just 5 euro ($5.31 USD at time of writing) per month, and top pick Proton VPN has all the same features as NordVPN for just $9.99 per month. You can absolutely get a top VPN subscription for less. These renew at their respective annual rates on a per-year basis. NordVPN also offers two-year subscriptions for $99.63, $126.63, and $161.73 for the Standard, Plus, and Complete tiers. The Complete tier ($14.29 per month or $101.85 for the first year and then $198.84 per year) throws in 1TB of encrypted cloud storage. The Plus tier ($12.99 per month or $82.35 for the first year and then $126.96 per year) adds the NordPass password manager and data breach scanning à la HaveIBeenPwned. The Standard plan ($11.99 per month or $67.35 for the first year and $99.48 for each year after (Opens in a new window)) includes just VPN protection. NordVPN now offers these services bundled with a VPN subscription. Like many VPN companies, NordVPN has expanded beyond VPN protection and now offers the NordPass password manager and NordLocker encrypted file storage. Taken all together, NordVPN remains an Editors' Choice winner. Finally the company continues to release third-party audits, which encourage trust in its service. Others, like Threat Protection, were lacking. Some of NordVPN's advanced features, like Meshnet, are unique and help justify its high cost. It has a large and diverse collection of servers, an impressive arsenal of rarely seen tools, as well as strong privacy and security practices. NordVPN offers a bit of everything on top of that basic VPN protection. How to Set Up Two-Factor AuthenticationĪ VPN can help improve your privacy online by making you harder to track and preventing your ISP from snooping on your online activities.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.
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