*Intelligence alliance: Indicates if the country where the VPN provider is based in participates in a massive surveillance program such as the Five Eyes
*Cattle: Indicates if the VPN is targeting the "cattle" either by making false promises, throwing around buzzwords or sponsoring YouTubers and websites.
| Name | *Intelligence alliance | Registration requirements | Payment methods | Client | *Cattle | Additional features | Summary |
| IVPN | None (Gibraltar) | Randomly generated account ID | Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (XMR, BTC, cash) | GPL-3.0 | No | Port forwarding, Multi-hop, Ad blocking, Obfsproxy | Recommended |
| VanwaTech VPN | Five Eyes (USA) | E-mail is required | Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC) however they don't accept privacy coins | GPL-2.0 | Yes | Ad blocking, Tor over VPN | Run by Nicholas Lim, a far right activist. "VPN from the #1 leader in free speech and privacy." haha. Avoid it. |
| Mullvad VPN | Fourteen Eyes (Sweden) | Randomly generated account ID | Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC, BCH, cash) however they don't accept privacy coins | GPL-3.0 | No | Port forwarding, Multi-hop | Probably okay |
| ProtonVPN | None (Switzerland) | E-mail is required | Has free plan | GPL-3.0 | Yes | Ad blocking, Multi-hop, BitTorrent support, Tor over VPN | Fed honeypot, avoid at all cost |
| RiseupVPN | Five Eyes (USA) | - | Free | GPL-3.0 | No | - | Run by a far left organization which claims to fight for privacy and has been around since 1999. Avoid free VPNs |
| NordVPN | None (Panama) | E-mail is required | Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC, ETH, XRP) however it can be only payed via a crypto gateway | Proprietary | YESSSS | Ad blocking, Multi-hop, Tor over VPN | Sponsored YouTubers and "VPN review" sites. They had data leaks in the past, most popular VPN for the cattle, avoid at all cost |
| Private Internet Access | Five Eyes (USA) | E-mail is required | Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC) however it can be only payed via a crypto gateway | GPL-3.0 / MIT | Yes | Ad blocking | Sponsored YouTubers and "VPN review" sites. Owned by Kape Technologies which also happens to be the owner of Cyberghost, ExpressVPN and Zenmate. Kape Technologies developed PUP in the past, avoid at all cost |
| ExpressVPN | Check Private Internet Access summary | ||||||
| Cyberghost | Check Private Internet Access summary | ||||||
| Zenmate | Check Private Internet Access summary | ||||||
| Surfshark | None (British Virgin Islands) | E-mail is required | Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC, ETH, XRP) however it can be only payed via a crypto gateway | Proprietary | Yes | - | Sponsored YouTubers and "VPN review" sites, avoid at all cost |
| VyprVPN | None (Switzerland) | E-mail and full name is required | ? | Proprietary | Yes | - | Avoid |