- CyberGhost, oh, CyberGhost.
Another VPN acquired by Kape Technologies
a couple of years ago.
Today, I will review CyberGhost VPN
and find out, did it fall from its glory
or do we have an unacknowledged industry leader
on our hands right here?
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There's one issue with CyberGhost VPN
that I wanna address first and this issue has its own logo.
That's right.
Since Kape Technologies bought CyberGhost,
some users have been concerned about what this means.
After all, the company has had sketchy moments in the past,
particularly what it was still called Crossrider
and if you wanna know how CyberGhost compares
against other VPN industry leaders, stick around.
I'll get to that closer to the end of this video.
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So privacy?
This is a topic of great importance
and the main source of danger from this VPN.
CyberGhosts headquarters are located in Romania,
outside of the Five Eyes jurisdiction,
which is awesome for a VPN service.
You can also pay for it using anonymous methods like crypto
which is great for privacy.
Now if you check CyberGhost privacy policy,
there are some things that maybe appear concerning
but it still operates under a no logs policy.
CyberGhost technically can share recorded data
with its parent company,
that means your data may be transferred to Kape,
but in all honesty, with a proven no logs policy
is there anything to transfer at all?
So if you ask is CyberGhost VPN safe?
The answer is, yes it is.
As long as CyberGhost stays true to their no logs policy
there's no harm done.
The merger with Kape also hasn't had any negative impact
on the security features.
Like before, CyberGhost encrypts your data
with the powerful AES-256 Cipher, which is really no joke.
That's why they call a military-grade encryption.
A kill switch is in place and there's leak protection.
Split tunneling for convenience
and even a SOCKS5 proxy, something torrenters in particular
can take advantage of.
However, there's still no obfuscation technology
of any sort, making it the wrong choice for countries
where VPN use is banned or restricted.
Yes China, I'm looking at you.
Also their ad blocker may not be great, but then again
you can get one as a free browser ad on anyway.
Okay. Let's get to performance.
Since the introduction of WireGuard,
the performance went up as evidenced
by our CyberGhost speed test.
Check out this 14 day recording of CyberGhost speed
made with our speed test tool, not bad.
Server wise, CyberGhost also works well.
There are more than 7,100 servers in 89 countries,
more than the majority of the top contenders on the market.
Obviously you would wanna know how CyberGhost performs
with entertainment in mind.
Well, Netflix fans, rejoice.
CyberGhost VPN works with Netflix perfectly.
It sees no difficulty in accessing geo restricted content
be it Netflix, Kodi, Hulu
or whatever other streaming platform you fancy.
And if you like torrenting, there are P2P optimized servers
and a free SOCKS5 proxy as I've mentioned before.
Furthermore, the company seems to hold
a pro torrenting stance, which is great.
CyberGhost has an app for all the major platforms,
both desktop and mobile.
Additionally, it supports Android TV and Firestick.
Apps are well-designed and easy to navigate,
supporting only minor differences between each other.
The Mac OS 1 for example, lack certain features
in comparison to the Windows 1.
Traditionally, mobile apps are less feature rich
than the desktop ones.
In this case, there's no kill switch for either Android
and iOS, but at least Android has all the other features
of Windows version,
while the iOS app suffers from a serious lack
of flexibility.
It's a barebone app would minimal functionality,
it's typical.
There also a CyberGhost extensions for browsers,
but they're quite limited.
Things to note though, CyberGhost doesn't support WireGuard
on Android and Amazon TV, so open VPN It is.
That means lower speeds so think about it.
Well, at least there's a place to complain
about all those things.
There's a 24/7 Live Chat, ready to receive any complaint
and solve any problem you have.
Don't wanna chat, send an email
or read one of the multiple how-to guides.
They have good customer support,
nothing else to say about it really.
So now pricing.
How much would it cost you to use CyberGhost?
Surprisingly, not much, especially if you wanna commit
for a longer period of time.
It starts off expensive on the level of ExpressVPN even,
but gradually costs less per month
as we approach the current best option,
their three-year plan.
Windows and Mac users can enjoy a 24-hour free trial
while those unsatisfied with the service have 14 days
to get a refund and a single month subscription
and 45 days for longer ones.
Now let's look at how this service stacks up
to other top choices.
CyberGhost to versus NordVPN is a one-sided matchup.
NordVPN has better speed,
set independently-audited privacy policy.
More security features even better customer support
and very similar prices.
CyberGhost only strength over NordVPN is it server count.
CyberGhost versus Express VPN is not much different.
CyberGhost again has a larger network,
but even Express VPN often criticized for their low number
of extra features has more to offer than CyberGhost
and despite being in the same price range,
it provides faster speeds and an audited privacy policy.
So what can I say in the end
of this CyberGhost VPN review 2021, CyberGhost is decent.
You are getting good security,
great entertainment functionality and more.
If you're not trying to pull off anything sketchy
and performance is of the essence,
CyberGhosts is a good VPN for you,
with that said you can also do better.
And only for a limited time you can get CyberGhost
with a discount, where to get this discount
follow the link right down below.
That's where it is.
So hope you guys have enjoyed the CyberGhost review
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