Now is arguably the best time of year to sign up for a VPN or gift a subscription to someone. Black Friday VPN deals are already available, the best of which is from one of our favorite VPNs. ProtonVPN is offering two years of access to its VPN Plus tier for $59.76, which works out to $2.49 per month.
That’s a 75 percent discount compared to the regular price of $10 per month. Overall, you’ll save $180.
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Two years of protection can be yours for less than $60 with the ProtonVPN Plus plan.
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ProtonVPN is our pick for best VPN overall because it checks all the boxes it needs to. There is a free plan with unlimited data, but with it you can only connect to servers in certain countries and the connection may not be fast enough to watch anything from your favorite streaming service’s library in that location. The VPN Plus tier unlocks a lot of options, like the ability to connect to 15,000 servers in over 120 countries and protect up to 15 devices simultaneously.
The apps are well designed – Proton has clients for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android – and it’s easy to find the feature or setting you’re looking for. In our testing, ProtonVPN Plus had relatively little impact on browsing speeds. Our download speeds dropped by 12 percent and uploads by 4 percent, while the global average ping remained below 300 ms (which is especially impressive if you’re connecting to a server on the other side of the planet).
Perhaps, most importantly, though, it’s Proton’s commitment to privacy that helps make its VPN an easy recommendation. There is a no-log policy, meaning it does not log user activity or any identifiable characteristics of the devices connecting to the VPN. Proton’s servers also use full-disk encryption to strengthen privacy.
Of course, ProtonVPN isn’t the only service offering Black Friday VPN deals this year. There are many other services of our choice available. If you’re looking for an alternative to ProtonVPN, here are the best options.
Surfshark One (24 months + 3 free months) for $59.13 (88 percent off): A VPN is great, but it alone is not enough to keep your data secure. Surfshark One adds several apps that extend your protection beyond the VPN service, including Surfshark Antivirus (scans devices and downloads for malware) and Surfshark Alerts (alerts you whenever your sensitive information appears in a data breach), as well as Surfshark Search and Alternative ID from a tier down. This extra low deal gives you 88 percent off all those features.
NordVPN Plus (24 months + 3 free months) for $105.03 (74 percent off): NordVPN has taken 74 percent off its Plus subscription for Black Friday. For only a little more, you get a powerful ad and tracker blocker that can even catch malware downloads, as well as access to the NordPass password manager. The Plus plan also adds a data breach scanner that scans the dark web for your sensitive information.
CyberGhost (24 months + 4 free months) for $56.94 (84 percent off): CyberGhost has some of the best automation you’ll see on any VPN. With its Smart Rules system, you can set how its apps react to different types of Wi-Fi networks, with exceptions for specific networks you know by name. Typically, you can set it to auto-connect, disconnect, or send you a message asking you what to do. The second best feature of CyberGhost is its streaming servers – I get both better video quality and more consistent unblocking when I use them on streaming sites.
Private Internet Access (36 months + 4 free months) for $79.20 (83 percent off): Private Internet Access (PIA) is offering the best available price right now on the VPN I use. With this deal, you can get 40 months of PIA for just less than $2 per month – an 83 percent discount on its monthly price. Despite being so cheap, PIA has plenty of features coming with its own DNS servers, a built-in ad blocker, and automation powers to rival CyberGhost. However, Internet speed may fluctuate while you are connected.