CactusVPN Review

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Rating: ★★★★½ 

CactusVPN

Cactusvpn.comWebsite: www.cactusvpn.com
Protection:
4.5/5
Software / GUI:
4/5
Features:
4/5
Speed:
5/5
Ease of Use:
4/5
Price: $4.99 / Month. (Single server)
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Protocols: PPTP, L2TP/IPsec and Open VPN

Service: CactusVPN is a new and growing ‘offshore’ VPN service with servers in the US, UK and the Netherlands.

You can opt for just a single server or a package of all three. IPs are shared and you get unlimited and unmetered bandwidth on all. Torrents and P2P allowed on the NL server only.

There is a 24 hour free trial and 30 day money-back guarantee.

Privacy: CactusVPN hold 2 days connection logs for troubleshooting only. They are an offshore company based in Moldova. See their Policy/Terms/FAQ


Our Review: Cactus VPN provides a small server network that has plenty of speed for watching streaming media, etc. With P2P allowed on the Netherlands server and servers in the US and UK (for US and UK TV and movies) this is a decent basic VPN service. If all you want is fast P2P downloads go for the single P2P/ BitTorrent VPN (NL server) option. The client software is surprisingly good and even includes an automatic reconnect option.

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CactusVPN Speed Test

Below you can see our testing results for CactusVPN. For more details of how we conduct our speed tests go to VPN Speed Tests.

Test PC #1 – United States – OS (Ubuntu 11.10) – ISP (Cox)

SpeedTest.net (Chromium)LocationPingDownloadUpload
Not Using VPNUnited States2924.136.96
OpenVPNUS9015.506.52
OpenVPNNetherlands17611.796.57
OpenVPNUnited Kingdom1669.192.91
Download Test (Curl)LocationFile SizeAv. Speed/secTime/mins
Not Using VPNUnited States620M1687K06:16
OpenVPNUS620M1450K07:17
OpenVPNNetherlands620M1562K06:46
OpenVPNUnited Kingdom620M934K11:19
P2P Test (Deluge)*LocationFile SizeAv. Speed/secTime/mins
Not Using VPNUnited States695Mb1.70Mb06:49
OpenVPNNetherlands695Mb1.61Mb07:10

*P2P only allowed on NL server
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Test PC #2 – United Kingdom – OS (Win 7) – ISP (Sky)

SpeedTest.net (Firefox)LocationPingDownloadUpload
Not Using VPNUnited Kingdom3210.560.94
PPTPUS1305.50.85
PPTPNetherlands5310.070.81
PPTPUnited Kingdom4710.170.77
Download Test (Curl)LocationFile SizeAv. Speed/secTime/mins
Not Using VPNUnited Kingdom620M1241k08:31
PPTPUS620M880k12:01
PPTPNetherlands620M1152k09:10
PPTPUnited Kingdom620M1134k09:19
P2P Test (uTorrent)*LocationFile SizeAv. Speed/secTime/mins
Not Using VPNUnited Kingdom695Mb1.1Mb10:22
PPTPNetherlands695Mb1.0Mb10:50

*P2P only allowed on NL server

Tips: In the process of preparing for these tests, OpenVPN seemed to provide slightly faster connections than PPTP when initially checking Speedtest.net. We tested both though for variety.

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CactusVPN Review, 8.0 out of 10 based on 1 rating
  1. Acheron says:
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    Very nice VPN, the client is easy to use and there are 3 servers to choose from (US, UK, NL). From the US, the servers in the US and UK worked well, the NL server did not while I was testing it. Also, my upload speeds seemed a bit throttled after a few minutes which I could not seem to resolve. The biggest problem beyond the upload speed was that the IP is blocked across the web by OctoNet HTTP filter. Which means websites block you from accessing them… which sorta defeats the purposes of using a VPN.

    Worked well, but I’m going to keep looking.

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