VPN recommendations, Summer 2025 (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by MediumGray@lemmy.ca to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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First off, sorry if this has been asked a million times in this community already, but the only post I found on this topic when I searched was over two years old.

I've been using PIA vpn for the past two years, but my subscription is ending soon and I was thinking about switching providers. I'm a fairly basic vpn user so I'm not overly concerned about advanced features and bells and whistles. I have a limited budget to work with, and I run Fedora os. Does anyone have any recommendations on what vpn I should be using?

I've seen Mullvad mentioned frequently, but it's a touch expensive compared to others. I've heard some good things about Proton vpn too, but I know there was a controversy with their CEO not long ago. I've also just read something about IVPN and they look good, but I'd like opinions from more sources. I'm open too all other suggestions as well. Thanks for any and all thoughts!

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[-] Ankkuli@lemdro.id 2 points 20 hours ago

I tried AirVPN for a couple of weeks but it’s just painfully slow. Bad servers and the better ones are always full.

I will stick to Mullvad.

[-] Mordikan@kbin.earth 1 points 16 hours ago

That's a valid reason. AirVPN is slower than Mullvad or PIA. AirVPN does fit some use cases better, like multi-port forwarding, but that's not going to be what everybody is doing. PIA does offer port forwarding but only single port for single instance. To do multiple, you'd have to have multiple sessions running which doesn't really work well from one machine.

So, if speed is your only criteria, don't use AirVPN. Better options exist.