NordVPN
NordVPN - the word's most advanced VPN service provider
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Our users have written 13 comments and reviews about NordVPN, and it has gotten 54 likes
- Developed by Tefinkom & CO S.A.
- Proprietary and Commercial product.
- Subscription that costs between $4 and $12.
- Average rating of 3
- 167 alternatives listed
I'm a linux fan, so I installed an app for linux (I’m currently running pop os). "Nord vpn" seems like a high level service: it has strong security, keeps no logs, provides wifi protection, offers a fast and reliable service... moreover the price is decent. so as I've already said I haven't faced any issues so far, so I'll be staying with them.
The service is fast and reliable, I almost never get disconnects or slowdowns. The only issue I had was setting up NordVPN on my home router, but their live support guided me through the process with minimum effort. I plan to use it for the foreseeable future.
I've never used any other VPN but NordVPN, so I shouldn't compare it to any other VPN. So speaking from personal experience, through three years I've used this application it crashed once or twice, other than that - Netflix loads really well (the reason why I got it) as well as other streaming services are compatible. So it works for what I need!
It slowed down substantially my internet connection at least one time per day, and i need to reopen the application to fix this. I used this last year for a month then never again.
Slow signup process: First you get an email with my username, but not a password. Then you have to pay and are redirected by proprietary CloudFlare to another page without the opportunity to set a password either. So you then have to reset the password and engage in more back and forth emails.
Slow speed: NordVPN don't tell you exactly where the server is located so you can't just choose the closest one to you. I had to use openpyn-nordvpn (on Github) to find the server with the best ping. Even with the best server, the speed and stability were unacceptably slow.
Privacy policy and practices etc: not exactly concise, but they're not the worst. Their no-logs practices were recently audited by one of the Big Four accountancy firms, but they don't want to share the details of the audit. They do claim, however, that the report suggests that NordVPN is living up to its no-logging promises. However, I don't like the fact that no one knows who's ultimately behind the company as well as their aggressive and unethical marketing practices and dubious claims. Another concern is that they use CloudFlare and other proprietary non-private live chat systems and non-free API's and cookies.