VPN
Proton VPN
Proton AG · CH · since 2017-06
The only major VPN with a usable free tier and no bandwidth cap. Built on WireGuard. Includes Tor-over-VPN and Secure Core (multi-hop) on paid plans. Same Swiss legal protection as Proton Mail.
Open sourceAuditedGPL-3.0Freemium
Pros
- + Only big VPN with no-cap free tier
- + Tor-over-VPN built-in
- + Bundled with Proton ecosystem
Cons
- − Free tier servers slow at peak
- − Streaming unblock weaker than ExpressVPN
- − Asks for email at signup
Highlights
- ▸Genuinely usable free tier
- ▸Open source clients on every platform
- ▸Audited no-logs policy
Specs at a glance
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Open source
- Yes
- E2EE
- N/A
- Audited
- Yes
- Self-host
- No
- HQ
- CH
- Pricing
- freemium
- Platforms
- 5 platforms