Gabe Turner: Hi, folks.
This is Gabe at Security Baron.
Today, we are checking out the best VPNs of 2019.
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Gabe: If you'd like to read today's review of the best VPNs of 2019, google, "Security
Baron Best VPNs."
In today's Best VPNs of 2019 video, I'm going to give my top picks in six categories, check
out their respective subscription options, and finally give you the key to my methodology,
so that you can make the right decision for you.
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Gabe: Let's kick things off with our pick for best all-around VPN, which goes to ExpressVPN.
ExpressVPN has a strict no-data-logging policy.
They're not going to hold on to your specific user information, your browsing history, your
Web traffic, or your IP addresses.
When it comes to using ExpressVPN, you can do split tunneling.
You can be on both, a public network and a private network.
That helps you to reduce your bandwidth usage, and don't worry, you can get on Netflix on
both.
Yes, ExpressVPN is one of the rare VPNs that actually works with Netflix.
Combined that with the fact that it has amazing ratings in both, the Apple App Store and the
Google Play Store.
You really start cooking the fire.
On top of these things, it has great customer support which is also not the most common
of things in the VPN game.
If you add that to the fact that you can use it on Mac, Linux, Windows, Android, iOS, gaming
consoles, you really get a lot of longevity and use out of the ExpressVPN.
When it comes to our best all-around VPN, we're going to go with ExpressVPN.
Let's come to our next category for best VPNs Windows.
Our best Windows VPN is Private Internet Access, also known by its acronym, PIA.
When it comes to download speeds on my Asus VivoBook, PIA did really well, only increasing
the time by 15 percent.
When it comes to upload speeds, it did even better in my case going up five percent.
When you look at the latency or ping, it only increases by about 30 percent.
These were the fastest times of any VPN on my Windows computer.
Of course, PIA does really well in other categories with the strict no-data-logging policy, capability
to work with Netflix and just a general intuitive experience on the mobile application.
When it comes to Windows there is no peer.
We give it to PIA.
Let's jump to maybe one of our fun categories for best VPNs of 2019, Netflix.
When it comes to watching Netflix, you're going to want to use NordVPN.
I am especially looking for to watching "Stranger Things," Season Three later this year, and
I know I will be able to do it with NordVPN because it has one of the most consistent
experiences when it comes to servers that allow you to access Netflix.
You should be able to bench to your heart's contents, right through that NordVPN.
When it comes to other qualities, it also has them and they're positive, like the fact
that it's based in Panama.
In Panama you don't have to worry about it being part of any other international surveillance
organization like Five Eyes, Nine Eyes, or 14 Eyes, so you can feel a little bit better
about your information not being handed over to some government entity or government agency,
maybe not even from your own country.
That's something to think about with NordVPN, and overall it's our pick for best Netflix
VPN.
The next category that we're going to go over in our best of VPNs 2019, we're going to go
with sharing.
The best VPN for sharing is Windscribe, because sharing is caring and they take that to an
extreme level.
It's something that we've learned since kindergarten.
Most VPNs, they only give you 3, 5, if you're lucky 10 simultaneous connections, but Windscribe
said, no, we're going to go with unlimited simultaneous connections.
Unlimited server switching, unlimited connections to any device.
That is very impressive.
It's unprecedented, frankly, and they're doing it.
Windscribe definitely believes in sharing between family members, friends, whatever
you have, you can do so with Windscribe.
That's something to keep in mind, along with the fact that they actually are pretty secure
VPN.
They do something called Double Hopping, which means they put your information, your Web
traffic through two separate servers any time that you're using their VPN.
Overall, when it comes to best sharing VPN, we're going with Windscribe.
The next category for our best VPNs of 2019 is best VPN for torrenting, legally, of course.
For that we go with FastestVPN.
It's in the name and they are one of the fastest VPNs out there.
If you want to torrent, you can do so.
Not only that but when you torrent with FastestVPN, you could do with up to 10 devices at a time.
Yeah, if you want to have all your computers circling around you and you're just torrenting
from one to another, you can do so, because it does that with that 10 simultaneous connections,
which honestly is a lot more than many other VPN companies out there that usually give
you between three and five simultaneous connections.
Finally, it is also one of the more affordable VPNs out there.
It allows you to actually do a contract for less than a dollar a month.
It's pretty impressive considering its other stats.
When it comes to best VPN for torrenting, we're going with FastestVPN.
The final category that we're going to go over today in our best VPNs for 2019 is what's
best for your Mac and for us it was CyberGhost.
Not only is it a cool name, when it comes to the speed, CyberGhost does really well.
When I was downloading things on my Macbook Air, my speed decreased by less three percent,
uploading less than eight percent.
When it comes to the latency or ping, it was 14 percent, which is mighty impressive.
CyberGhost, of course, has other things to count for, like the fact that it is based
in Romania.
In Romania, you don't have to worry about an international surveillance organization
coming into play.
It's not a part of Five Eyes, Nine Eyes, 14 Eyes, so you are pretty good in terms of government
agencies demanding to see your data.
When it comes to using a VPN with your Mac, we're going to go with CyberGhost.
Hold on.
Quick break.
I hope, you're enjoying today's video on the Best VPNs of 2019.
If you'd like to read our full written reviews of each of these VPNs and more, check them
out on securitybaron.com.
All right.
Let's get back to the video.
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Gabe: Now that we have gone over our top picks for each category in Best VPNs of 2019, lets'
look at the subscription options and simultaneous connections afforded to the user.
It's really important to know how much you're paying and how much you're going to get out
of each VPN.
Let's begin by checking out our best all-around VPN, ExpressVPN.
For $12.95 you can get one month of ExpressVPN.
If you decide to go little bit longer, for $59.95 or $9.99 a month, you get six months
and the most affordable plan for ExpressVPN is their year-long deal and that's going to
break down to $8.32 a month or $99.95 a year.
With each of those subscriptions you get three simultaneous connections, which is a little
bit on the low side when it comes to options for most VPN companies.
One thing we can't say is, it gives you 30 days to try it out.
You can try ExpressVPN, take your time and if you decide within a month that you don't
really like it, you can get your money back.
Next, let's check out our best Windows VPN, Private Internet Access.
If you go with one month, it's going to be $9.99.
If you go with a year, it's going to be significantly cheaper at $5.99 a month, or $71.88.
If you decide to go for two years, it only goes up to $83.87 or $3.49 a month, which
is pretty affordable if you ask us.
With each of those subscriptions, you're going to get 10 simultaneous connections which is
about the average in the VPN world, but just remember that you only get seven days to try
it out.
Seven-day money-back guarantee with Private Internet Access.
Let's check out the pricing for the VPN with which we'll be doing all that Netflixing,
NordVPN.
Let's break it down monthly.
If you go with one month of NordVPN, it's going to be $11.95.
If you sign up for year, it's going to go to $6.99.
If you sign up for two years, it drops all the way down to $3.99 a month.
If you go with a really impressive 3-year commitment, it's going to be $2.99 a month.
With each of these subscriptions you get six simultaneous connections and for each of these
you get a 30-day money-back guarantee, giving you ample time to check it out and see if
it's the right VPN for you.
Next, let's jump into Windscribe, our best VPN for sharing.
Windscribe has some pretty interesting configurations when it comes to pricing options.
You've got your pretty straightforward basic $9 for a month or $49 for year, which breaks
down to about $4 dollars a month.
You could also do your custom plan choosing your own service which actually can get your
price down to one dollar per month, which is pretty much unseen.
When we're looking at that, you have to remember that you get unlimited simultaneous connections.
With Windscribe, you don't have to worry about having 3, 5, 10 connections.
You can just put every computer you've ever had online at the same time.
There is a bit of a price to that in that the money-back guarantee for Windscribe is
three days, something to keep in mind while looking at Windscribe.
Let's check out FastestVPN, our best VPN for torrenting.
If you decide to go with a month, it's $10.
If you decide to go with a year, it's $29.95 or $2.49 a month.
If you decide to go with three years -- I know that's excess -- but if you decide to
go with three years, it's $39.95 or $1.11 a month and if you go with five years, it's
only $49.95, or 83 cents a month making it one of the most affordable VPNs out there.
With that you get 10 simultaneous connections on up to 10 devices.
Honestly, where are you going to put all these devices?
I mean, that's pretty impressive, pretty solid number for a VPN on the market today.
One thing to remember is that you only have a week to try those out with its seven-day
money-back guarantee.
That's what going on when it comes with subscription options and simultaneous connections with
FastestVPN.
Finally, let's check out our best VPN for Mac, CyberGhost.
One month of CyberGhost is $12.99.
If you decide to sign up for a year it's going to cost you $71.88 or only $5.99 a month.
Two years, even cheaper.
It's going to be $3.69 a month or $88.56 upfront.
Finally, if you go with that three-year commitment, it's going to cost you $99 or just $2.75 per
month.
CyberGhost offers you seven simultaneous connections on seven devices.
I would say it's middle, it's not the least we've seen and not the most we've seen when
it comes to simultaneous connections.
Where they definitely win today, is that money-back guarantee.
You get 45 days to try it out.
You can really sink your teeth into CyberGhost to see if it's the right VPN for you.
That's what we liked the most about CyberGhost.
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Gabe: The final thing I want to go with today, is the methodology I used to go with the conclusions
that I came to regarding these VPNs.
There are roughly six categories that we look at, here at Security Baron -- speed, security,
performance, subscription options, customer support, and mobile applications.
When it comes to speed, I test everything in my Brooklyn apartment on the optimal network
using the Macbook Air and an Asus VivoBook.
When it comes to security, I run WebRTC test and DNS leak test.
With each of these tests, I'm able to get an idea of how well it's protecting my information,
but we try to go beyond that looking at, of course, where they're headquartered to see
if they're part of any international surveillance alliance.
We also look to see what their encryption and Internet protocol methods are and we generally
like to see how they are perceived in the market.
When it comes to performance, we look, of course, at security and speed, but also do
they work with Netflix?
How well can you torrent with them?
Can you split-tunnel?
These are the things that are important to consumers and important to us.
Looking at subscription options, you have to think about not only the price but how
many simultaneous connections can one have.
When we look at customer support, we of course reflect on our anecdotal experience, but we
also try to look at Amazon and Trustpilot to see what people are thinking over the lifetime
of the VPN.
Not just looking at what happens at the beginning, or the most recent, but just see how people
generally feel.
Finally, we look at the mobile application on our iPhone 10.
We also try to see how it performs on other browsers and systems like Chrome, FireFox,
Safari.
That is generally how we go through the process of figuring out what is the best VPN.
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Gabe: That's our look at the best VPNs of 2019.
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As always, this is Gabe at Security Baron.
Be secure.