I’ve been using Mullvad for the past few months. Have not had many issues with it aside from the 5 device limit and the removal of port forwarding. I’m currently looking at Private Internet Access as a potential replacement. It looks like it offers 10 device limit and port forwarding included with the price.

Anyone using PIA? How’s the experience?

Edit: Probably should have mentioned, feel free to offer any other recommendations, I’m not attached to, or against any specific recommendations. I would like it to have a GUI available on Linux though if possible.

  • ThetaDev@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I switched to AirVPN after finding out that Mullvad disabled port forwarding. I have heard rumors that the did that because of people hosting cheese pizza via their VPN accounts.

    The performance of AirVPN does vary, I had to try a couple of countries before I found a server that didn’t throttle me (and I only have a 50MBit connection).

    Maybe I will try Proton in the future, but then I would have to commit to a 2year subscription or pay a lot more.

  • Sterben@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have been using NordVPN since forever to be honest.

    Never had any problem (servers always up and good speed too), but people say that it is very expensive in comparison with other VPN providers, so I don’t know.

    • pirat@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      This message has been sponsored by NordVPN

      Also, it doesn’t seem to be much more expensive than something like ExpressVPN, though that is pretty expensive at about $13 USD monthly. Way cheaper to buy yearly though. In comparison, Mullvad is a flat 5 Euro (about $5.20 - $5.40) per month. Other VPNs seem to be about $10-$13 per month.

      I have not tried them, but always stayed away from them due to aggressive marketing that really put me off. there was a good year or two where I was bombarded with NordVPN ads and sponsors, and still get the occasional advert about them. It may be worth trying though, I have colleagues that use it.

        • pirat@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Surfshark offered a similar deal that I bought a few years back. At the time it worked just fine for me, but they don’t offer port forwarding (at least they did not at the time I was using them), and they don’t have a Linux GUI.

          • fidodo@lemm.eeEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Surfshark does have a Linux gui now. I got them because they had a really good deal going on at the time but I can’t comment if they’re the best option.

  • MedicareForSome@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Basically 3 good choices

    ProtonVPN AirVPN IVPN

    Proton has a 50% off student discount bringing the price down to $5 a month for all proton services.

    IVPN is probably the best but most expensive.

    • jjffnn@feddit.dkEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Where do you see Proton being 50% off for students?
      I can’t find anything about that.

      • MedicareForSome@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        They don’t advertise it, just message support from your .edu email and tell them your username. They’ll apply it and let you use the STUDENT promo code. It’s 50% off the year plan so $5 a month.

  • brantes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve used PIA for five years now. Never had an issue. It’s plenty fast for my needs; I’ve seen sustained ~450 Mbps downloads from a transatlantic endpoint. (I honestly don’t know what is typical with other VPN services but I’m not feeling choked out so I’ve never investigated.)

    They run frequent deals and you can stack a promo code, check slickdeals and/or set an alert if there is not a current promotion. I believe my current three year sub worked out to ~$1.80/month. It is suspiciously cheap.

    I’m sure others are “better” and “you get what you pay for” but PIA is good enough for the price for me.