#1
Private Internet Access
The best-evidenced no-logs claim in the business - twice tested in US courts (2016, 2018) and twice found to have nothing - plus the cheapest long-term renewal
court-proven no-logs audit open source
intro $2.03 /month
Cheapest (honestly)
Ranked on the price you pay in year 2+ - not the teaser rate that affiliate pages quote.
Short answer: Private Internet Access is our top pick as of 2026-09-28 (7.7/10) - read why, and who we ranked below it and why.
#2
VyprVPN
A genuinely interesting infrastructure story wrapped in a jurisdiction problem: Golden Frog built one of the few fully self-owned server networks and invented C
audited
intro $3 /month
#3
CyberGhost
A marketing machine with a real 45-day refund and honest-ish renewal math ($56.94 stays $56.94) - but it has the weakest trust story of the Kape brands: Romania
audited
intro $2.19 /month renews $4.75
#4
hide.me
The quiet overachiever: hide.me ships dynamic port forwarding, multihop, split tunneling, a real free tier and the widest crypto-payment list of the ten (BTC th
audited crypto accepted
intro $2.95 /month renews $12
#5
Surfshark
Unlimited devices and a genuinely documented 2025 Deloitte ISAE 3000 no-logs audit - the strongest paper trail in the Kape/Nord orbit. But it is half of the Nor
audited
intro $2.19 /month renews $15.45
#6
Ivacy
Effectively a discontinued brand: 'Ivacy Powered by PureVPN' no longer sells new Ivacy subscriptions and funnels everything into PureVPN's Gaditek checkout. Leg
crypto accepted
intro $1.69 /month
#7
Control D (premium encrypted DNS resolver)
A polished, paid DNS resolver with strong filtering, per-endpoint rules and honest no-logging options from the Windscribe team. DNS-only like the rest: it impro
unverified unverified
intro $2 /month
#8
ExpressVPN
The most expensive VPN in the room wearing the most auditing laurels: $8.33/mo forever after a $2.99 teaser, owned by Kape Technologies (ex-Crossrider adware, a
audited
intro $2.99 /month renews $8.33
#9
Mysterium Network (MYST residential dVPN)
Verified live 2026-09-27 (now branded 'Open Web Protocol'). Longest-running dVPN; node quality/abuse problems are real; payments in MYST.
intro $2.59 /month
#10
Sentinel dVPN (Cosmos bandwidth marketplace, token P2P)
Verified live 2026-09-27; site cites ~$0.033/day style pay-per-use. Largest real dVPN ecosystem (Cosmos SDK chain, client apps), quality varies per node.
intro $1 /month
#11
iCloud Private Relay
Apple's dual-hop proxy for Safari traffic; 'not a VPN' by Apple's own words - no region choice, no full-device coverage.
intro $2.99 /month
#12
VPNSecure
VERIFIED LIVE 2026-09-27: monthly $9.95, annual $59.88, $250 lifetime still sold. New owners TERMINATED all lifetime subscriptions April 2025 without refunds -
intro $2.99 /month renews $9.95
#13
PrivadoVPN
VERIFIED LIVE 2026-09-27: intro $1.11/mo. Zurich-based, post-2021 entrant riding affiliate wave; free 10GB tier is real but tied to an account with marketing em
intro $1.11 /month renews $9.99
#14
IPVanish
The cautionary tale of the entire industry: the service that literally proved a VPN's 'no logs' can be a lie - real logs to DHS in 2016, then sold three times (
no-logs contradicted audit
intro $2.39 /month renews $8.33
#15
PureVPN
Cheap intro pricing wraps a genuinely compromised privacy history: a documented 2017 FBI case where its 'no logs' records identified a user, plus a 2025 IPv6-le
logs handed over audit crypto accepted
intro $2.15 /month renews $47.95
// FAQ
What does "cheap" mean here?
The renewal price. A $2/mo intro that renews at $12/mo is a $12/mo VPN. Our <a href="/tools/true-cost-calculator/">true-cost calculator</a> shows the 3-year total per provider.