Recommended VPS providers

[Kerwin]

I'm having some problems with my current VPN provider (ProtonVPN), and I was wondering what people would recommend as an alternative. I have a budget between £5 and £10 a month. It must work well on iOS and macOS.

 

[Nico Albrecht]

what people would recommend

The question would be what do you need it for? E.g accessing Netflix US, downloading torrents etc... Encryption, rdp?

 

[Kerwin]

The question would be what do you need it for? E.g accessing Netflix US, downloading torrents etc... Encryption, rdp?

Encryption mainly, although watching US Netflix would be a nice side bonus. I have a static IP address on my home business broadband, and it would be good to hide it from "dodgy" sites.

 

[Nico Albrecht]

Based on your last questions on here is M247 networks being blocked. Well that covers about 90% of all VPN providers in reality.

Not sure why hiding your IP would be such a problem. No open ports, a PfSense firewall and VPN tunnels setup on your router would solve any hacking attempts or security concerns.

I use my own router, create VPN tunnel to connect securely to my office resources and all good and fine.

Don't be fooled VPN will hide much of your traces these days. It's meta data tracking and lots of other fancy techniques thats used to protect your privacy if that makes sense. VPN's will very little protect from that.

However if you want to prevent data mining and properly implemented with little to no logging do it yourself.

ProtonVPN is very good. They implemented a new TLS approach which makes it almost impossible to stop but sit on M247

 

[UKSBD]

I use the Opera GX browser

Just checked where UKBF thinks I am based on my IP and it says Algeria.

If it's just browsing you are trying to hide your IP for, would Opera be good enough?

 

[Kerwin]

Based on your last questions on here is M247 networks being blocked. Well that covers about 90% of all VPN providers in reality.

Not sure why hiding your IP would be such a problem. No open ports, a PfSense firewall and VPN tunnels setup on your router would solve any hacking attempts or security concerns.

I use my own router, create VPN tunnel to connect securely to my office resources and all good and fine.

Don't be fooled VPN will hide much of your traces these days. It's meta data tracking and lots of other fancy techniques thats used to protect your privacy if that makes sense. VPN's will very little protect from that.

However if you want to prevent data mining and properly implemented with little to no logging do it yourself.

ProtonVPN is very good. They implemented a new TLS approach which makes it almost impossible to stop but sit on M247

I see. Thank you very much. I could set up a VPN myself, but that would mean I'd have to rent two cheap VPS instances as I'd want the choice between UK and USA. I can get each VPS for $3.50 a month.

I use the Opera GX browser

Just checked where UKBF thinks I am based on my IP and it says Algeria.

If it's just browsing you are trying to hide your IP for, would Opera be good enough?

Alas, I don't want to switch browsers. I usually stick to Safari as it works well across all my devices.

 

[Kerwin]

I just noticed I gave this thread the wrong title. I meant VPN and not VPS. Sorry.

 

[estwig]

If you're looking an off the shelf VPN, I use Express VPN sometimes, it's solid in what it does.

How much protection it gives, I don't know, a VPN like this is probably no more than a comfort blanket.

 

[Uwe (Invoiceberry)]

I'm using FastVPN as Namecheap had a great deal on it some time ago and I got a 2 or 5 year offer. However, Netflix US actually doesn't work with it. I hardly ever use it though (maybe once a month or less), so I didn't want to go for anything too expensive/fancy.

I think NordVPN is one of the best I've heard in the past.

 

[Nicola78]

Try Hostinger, They offers reliable servers with the best rates. Hostinger ensures superb loading times with a 100 MB/second guarantee on your network. You have full control over your hosting as it offers full root access.

 

[Waratel]

If you are still looking for one, NordVPN has a big Christmas deal on for about 64% off.

Deal link: go.nordvpn.net/SH4pd

You can get the standard monthly for £9.99. Or if you choose to pay for a whole year or two, it is an upfront payment but then works out as being only £3.09 a month. There are other plans too if you want extra, but this is assuming you just want the VPN.

 

[macScot]

Avast were doing a deal earlier and we purchased the 'Avast One Family' two weeks back for £27.49 + VAT for up to 30 devices. This has VPN functionality though I have not used it so cannot verify the speed etc.

Other options include setting up your own VPN server or purchase a VPN router from amazon, this is a one off cost and comes with VPN functionality, we are considering getting one for business use, and are waiting for the 5G versions to drop in price.

 

[Derekde]

I create time tracker software. Often use VPN. I like Private internet access. Try it, you will like it.

 

[catshill]

I run Wireguard, an open source vpn server on a Raspberry Pi that I use to access my lan when I am outside the network. A different model to a subscription vpn.