It’s so difficult with so many options and all these bullshit “discounts”, coupled with the fact that different VPNs charge different prices based on what country you’re connecting from…

What is the cheapest functional VPN you’ve come across? Bonus points if it supports IPv6.

42 points
*

Imho, ‘cheapest’ and ‘useful’ are rarely a great combo for a VPN.

I mho, Mullvad is the best available, at 5€/month.
Close second, I would place Proton VPN.

Most of the others are just, well, I don’t care much about their existence.

permalink
report
reply
6 points

Popular VPNs like Mullvad are banned in some authoritorian countries

permalink
report
parent
reply
23 points

That’s a good sign

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

Mullvad accepts cash in envelopes as payment. That’s a good sign they care about privacy.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

Personnaly I would recommend pia for VPN torrenting, it’s not private but it’s good for this use case

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

Why do you say PIA isn’t private?

permalink
report
parent
reply
-1 points

I’m not really an expert but it not known to be private, it’s almost like when using any mainstream VPNs

permalink
report
parent
reply
-1 points

Imho, ‘cheapest’ and ‘useful’ are rarely a great combo for a VPN.

Yeah I never understood why people have this mindset.

Like looking for security, but then buying the cheapest option?

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

People have limited funds. It’s as simple as that.

permalink
report
parent
reply
14 points
*
Deleted by creator
permalink
report
reply
5 points

I’m on the Proton train, but know now, you’ll never see a discount once you’re a customer. They will promo you up to a more premium plan, but I recommend only comparing proton at full price.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point
*
Deleted by creator
permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

I felt this way as well. That top tier of subscription maxes you out, and they give no incentives. I assumed it was because they shrugged and thought, “They can’t level up, so we have them where we want them. Let’s upsell the others instead!”

permalink
report
parent
reply
0 points

I get promo emails every so often, especially last weekend. Maybe they’re getting snagged by your spam filter. I always ignore the promos, because I’m grandfathered into the older price which was cheaper for a single account with all their services. As long as I don’t cancel, I get to keep that price.

permalink
report
parent
reply
13 points

Proton has a free package with unlimited bandwidth. It doesn’t offer as many countries or advanced features but it works just fine.

permalink
report
reply
13 points

Mullvad. It does not not really get cheaper if you want something reliable.

permalink
report
reply
0 points

Mullvad is fairly expensive though. If you want cheaper slightly cheaper go with a 1 or 2 year subscription of Proton VPN.

permalink
report
parent
reply
11 points

Another vote for Mullvad, here. It’s arguably one of the best VPNs out there and at 5 bucks a month, you really can’t go wrong. If you want cheaper than that, you have bigger problems than a VPN.

permalink
report
reply
1 point

Mullvad no longer has port forwarding.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

Which is only really needed for hosting a torrent, something most people don’t do. Most VPN users do not even know what torrenting is and most torrent users are leechers so they don’t use it either.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Privacy

!privacy@lemmy.ml

Create post

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

  • Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn’t great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
  • Don’t promote proprietary software
  • Try to keep things on topic
  • If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
  • Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
  • Be nice :)

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

Community stats

  • 5.4K

    Monthly active users

  • 3K

    Posts

  • 81K

    Comments