- These days it's impossible
to imagine online security without VPNs.
While many go for premium providers,
some choose to stick with free options instead.
- To be fair, when money is involved,
managers seem to overlook the difference
between free VPN and paid VPN.
- Oh, so you're also in the premium providers, Carlos?
I think you would be on the side of free VPN
versus paid VPN in this video.
- Oh, don't worry.
I still think that free VPNs can be amazing
but the most important thing, for now,
is to cover all the differences between them.
(upbeat music playing)
- Anyways, what Carlos said is true.
There are plenty of differences between free VPN
and paid VPN there to explore.
It's kind of common that the most secure VPN providers
is always paid.
Premium VPN providers are known
to provide their users online privacy,
give access to geo-restricted content
and often include nice features
for boosting your online security.
Can you actually get all of that for free?
A lot of services will claim so,
but maintaining a VPN service is not a cheap task.
Servers alone require an insane amount
of resources to run 24/7,
and the price of a subscription
is what gives those resources to developers.
- That's true.
Most secure VPN providers require resources
and a lot of generally good free VPNs
either have a premium version
or have a side way to generate revenue.
For example, they could be using ads,
as annoying as they are.
Unfortunately, there's a huge free VPN risk present
as some providers decide to earn money
by straight up selling user data.
- That's precisely why I can't bring myself
to trust a 100% free VPN versus paid VPN
apart from just selling data.
They could also inject spyware, malware
or even sell access to your connection at worse.
- As unfortunate as it is, that's true.
To make things worse, free VPN security
and performing often don't even run at full capacity.
Even amongst VPNs that make money through premium versions
it's normal to see various restrictions, bandwidth limits
data caps and server number reduction,
are deliberate ways to lower server strain from free users.
Despite this free VPN problems.
I still think
that getting free way to encrypt your connection
while keeping decent speed
and having access
to a handful of different countries is great.
I mean, what do you think?
- I mean, what else is there to do but agree?
But don't get me wrong,
I would still prefer premium VPNs
or even premium versions of free VPNs.
Yeah, since all
of the free VPN problems you've mentioned
don't exist with them,
I can't remember when I had a slow connection
with a paid VPN versus free VPN.
Most premium solutions now offer modern protocols
like WireGuard or NordLynx
with superior performance.
Comparing free VPN versus paid,
it's also much easier to find a proper server with a ladder.
There's just more versatility to work with them.
Some of the best VPNs out there even switch
to RAM only servers,
the ones that can't retain user data,
all in order to boost our privacy.
That's why I give props to premium providers
and I won't stop telling you guys to check them out
especially since you can check these discounts
in the description to make them much cheaper than usual.
- Yeah.
Everything you said so far is true
but it won't be right to say
that you can find merit in the free versus paid VPN debate.
Most premium solutions are decent even with restrictions
and can be used for work or study without any issues.
I won't even answer no to the "Are free VPN save?" question.
There are providers that use high end encryption
and reliable security features
like Atlas VPN, Windscribe, and Proton VPN.
That said, free VPN streaming is a different matter.
Bypassing your restrictions is one thing
but maintaining a big enough pool of IP addresses
do not get them all blacklisted by streaming services.
That's not something a free VPN
or a free version can afford.
That's why I stick with freemium providers
that actually can access streaming content.
For instance, WindScribe has been useful
for me when I needed a free VPN for Netflix
so I definitely recommend you guys to check it out.
- Freemium VPNs are all right in my book as well
since they get funding from their premium versions
and are decent VPNs for security altogether.
But there's a reason why every single VPN
from our worst VPN videos are free ones.
They really do use underhanded tactics to attract people
and profit from exposing their data.
There is no excuse for that.
So if you desperately need a free VPN, go freemium
or if you only need a free VPN for a week or so
a lot of premium providers actually offer a seven-day trial
or 30-day money back guarantee
so keep those in mind as well.
- At the end of the day, premium VPNs are just
hard to beat when you have no stable sources of income.
- Not necessarily.
I think there are still a lot
of nice things you can get from a free VPN.
Just stick to providers that have a good reputation
in a premium version
- And you, my friends, stick with us.
Don't forget to leave a like and subscribe.
This 100,000 subs are so close.
I can feel them
- Dude, it ain't your channel.
I should be hyped
and I will be when I get that 100K
before the end of the year.
So guys, if you have any more questions left
the comment section is down below.
Hit us up.
Thanks a lot for watching
and I hope to see you soon in another video.
- Will I be in that video, John?
- Who knows, maybe you will.
So look forward to that.
(upbeat music playing)