Gabe: Hey, folks.
This is Gabe at Security Baron.
Today, I'm reviewing Trust.Zone VPN.
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Gabe: In today's review of Trust.Zone VPN, I'm going to go over the pros and cons, feature
set, run some speed and leak tests.
Check out its subscription options, customer support before finally jumping into its mobile
application to make sure you have all the information you need to make the right decision.
If you'd like to see a list of our favorite VPNs, Google "Security Baron best VPNs."
If you have a question about today's review, leave us a comment, and I'll get back to you.
Let's look at the pros and cons of Trust.Zone VPN beginning with the pros.
They're based in the Seychelles, which is not a part of any international surveillance
alliance.
On top of that, they're one of the most affordable VPNs out on the market with their most expensive
plan just costing $6.99 a month, which is pretty stellar when it comes to pricing.
On the con side, they don't have an iOS app.
If you want to use it on your iPhone, you'll have to go through open VPN and configure
it that way.
We'd love to see an iOS specific app for Trust.Zone VPN.
Finally, you will not be able to do any split tunneling.
You can't be on a private and public network at the same time with Trust.Zone VPN.
Now that we've gone over the pros and cons for Trust.Zone VPN, let's check out its feature
set beginning with data-logging policy.
I'm a fan of the data-logging policy with Trust.Zone VPN.
They're already located in the Seychelles.
They also don't keep any of your web traffic or any other activity that you're going through,
IP addresses, nothing like that.
They only retain your email address.
On top of that, they do have the kill switch option engaged.
In that sense, you don't have to worry about the VPN disconnecting and all the information
being exposed.
They have something called a Kill Switch, also known as a network lock feature, that
will make sure that the moment the VPN disconnects, all of your browsing, Web apps, whatever,
is immediately stopped so as to not expose you to a public network.
Continuing with the feature set of Trust.Zone VPN, let's check out split tunneling.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work.
You cannot be on a public and private network while using Trust.Zone VPN.
They're going to be eating up all that bandwidth because you don't have that ability.
If you look at Netflix, it kind of works with Trust.Zone VPN.
We found one server in the United States to work, one in Canada to work, one in the UK
to work, and one in France to work.
It was something possible in the United States, UK, Canada, and France, but don't expect Netflix
to work on each of their servers.
Now that we've looked at some pros, some cons, some features, let's run some tests for Trust.Zone
VPN.
I'm going to run a speed test, a DNS leak test, and a WebRTC leak test.
To do so, I'm going to use an ASUS VivoBook, a MacBook Air in Brooklyn on the Optimum network
just to see a little bit of background on what we're using to conduct these tests.
Let's start with speed.
When it came to download speed, Trust.Zone caused less of a delay on my Windows, only
slowing down by 14 percent compared to a 44 percent decrease on the Mac.
Similarly, for upload speed, Trust.Zone only slowed me down by 13 percent on the ASUS VivoBook
compared to 34 percent on the Mac.
I want to be clear.
These are actually pretty impressive speeds for both, but it's clear that the Windows
computer is performing better speed-wise.
Finally, I tested for latency, otherwise known as ping.
Here, surprising, it had about a third more latency on my Mac compared to 54 percent more
latency on my VivoBook.
Overall, however, the Windows computer definitely was faster with Trust.Zone than my Mac.
The next test we conduct is a DNS leak test.
DNS stands for Domain Name Server.
It's essentially what undergirds any of that information when you type in google.com in
terms of the IP address.
Fortunately, with Trust.Zone VPN, there were no leaks, came back clean.
We're good with the DNS leak test for the Trust.Zone VPN.
The last test we're going to run today is the WebRTC leak test.
WebRTC stands for Web Real-Time Communication.
It's used by browsers like Opera, Chrome.
It's whenever two computers or two devices connect directly and bypass any intermediary
server.
What that means is that you could be exposed to whoever's on the other side of a large
file transfer, livestream, or video chat.
Fortunately, with Trust.Zone VPN, we didn't have any leaks during our WebRTC testing.
Hold on, quick break.
I hope you're enjoying our review of Trust.Zone VPN.
They don't have a split tunneling feature.
We're wondering, is that important to you?
Is it a deal-breaker?
Let us know in the comments.
We'd love to hear from you.
Let's get back to the video.
Now that we've checked out the pros, cons, features, and run a few tests on Trust.Zone
VPN, let's check out its subscription options.
You can try it out for free in 151 locations around the world.
You get one gigabyte of data transfers.
Honestly, you might as well go ahead and sign up for it because if you sign up for one month,
it's $6.99 a month.
Sign up for an entire year up front, it's only $3.33 a month.
If you sign up for two years, it's $2.66 a month and unlimited bandwidth and server switches.
You can only connect three devices simultaneously to Trust.Zone VPN, which is a little bit on
the lower side.
Overall, it is definitely one of the most affordable plans for a VPN server out on the
market.
Let's move on to the customer support for Trust.Zone VPN.
This one is a bit of a head-scratcher.
In fact, you can only use the online help center or fill out an online form to get any
help with Trust.Zone VPN.
No phone support, which is typical for VPNs, but also no live chat.
Then this is where things got really weird.
We actually couldn't find any reviews anywhere for Trust.Zone VPN.
Honestly, you're going to have to trust our anecdotal experience.
Our experience was pretty positive.
We wrote them some questions in an online form.
They got back to us within 24 hours.
They were pretty thorough on answers in what we were looking for.
That's the only thing we can say about the customer support for Trust.Zone VPN.
The final thing that we'll check out today for Trust.Zone VPN is its mobile application.
Trust.Zone VPN is available on a host of Internet browsers and operating systems.
We want to focus on the mobile application.
Here, it's also a bit strange that you cannot find Trust.Zone VPN in the App Store.
If you're an iPhone user, there is not a dedicated app for Trust.Zone VPN.
However, if you're on Android, they do have it in the Google Play Store.
It actually does pretty well with a 4.3 out of 5-star ratings.
Let's go ahead and check it out on our Android device.
Let's check out Trust.Zone VPN on our Moto G6 Play.
If I just want to look at Trust.Zone, I'll just enter the first server that it's already
in.
I just tap on that yellow shield, meaning that it's disconnected.
You'll note now that it's lining up.
It's trying to connect.
Give it a second.
I'm certain that we'll get connected.
When you see that, boom, green, now we're on the US East Coast server.
Let's look at the status.
Here, you'll note that we've gone back to our free-test subscription.
We had a paid subscription for a while here at Security Baron.
Now we're looking.
This is the status of it.
Let me check out the other servers.
What I like is that you have various continents broken down.
We've got Africa, Asia, Europe, United States, North America which maybe -- is that distinct
from United States -- South America, and Oceania.
I can look at Canada, United States, just the United States where I am right now.
Let's check out Europe.
Let's see if we can get into...Let's try Sweden.
Sweden, let's us jump in.
Note that, boom!
No, it's failed to connect to the Swedish Trust.Zone VPN.
These don't work for a host of reasons.
You shouldn't fret too much because I'm sure you get to jump into another one.
Let's try Hong Kong, lovely place.
Used to love hanging out in Causeway Bay.
Would hang out there.
Get some clothes before heading back to Mainland China.
Now, boom!
Here we are connected to Trust.Zone.
Green shield means we're connected.
Now, my phone, for all intents and purposes, is in Hong Kong.
If I want to disconnect, I'll click on that green shield.
Boom!
Here I am.
Let's look at the settings.
The settings are pretty straightforward.
You typically want to use that OpenVPN VPN port which we're using now.
We'll go back to settings.
We can, of course, exit, look at some more servers.
You'll note that for Africa, it's pretty limited.
It's just South Africa.
South America also pretty limited, just Brazil here, at least, in the free-test version.
You want to just check it out because, remember, this is one of the more affordable VPNs out
there.
We actually like how simple and intuitive it is.
It's not super complicated.
It doesn't have to be.
Estamos no Brasil.
Here we are in Brazil on the app.
It's nice that we got the Brazil colors for this app, green, yellow, and blue.
That's me checking out Trust.Zone VPN on a Moto G6 Play.
We've come a long way.
You're wondering is Trust.Zone a zone I want to be in?
Honestly, yeah.
If you like affordability, a minimal logging policy, and quick Windows speeds, yeah, Trust.Zone
VPN has all that going for it.
If you're someone who's attached to an iOS-specific application or split tunneling, then, sure,
you might want to check someone else out.
Overall, Trust.Zone VPN hits all the right notes for a VPN at an incredible price point.
It's definitely a solid choice for VPN.
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That concludes our review of Trust.Zone VPN.
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