ExpressVPN
Website: www.expressvpn.com or www.expressvpn.biz
Price: From $8.33 / Month. (If purchased via 12-month plan)
Our Rating: – 81.6%
Protection: 4/5
Software / GUI: 4/5
Features: 3.5/5
Speed: 4/5
Ease of Use: 5/5
Service Overview and Reviews
Protocols: OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP, SSTP
Service: ExpressVPN provides a paid OpenVPN with 2000+ servers in 94 different countries with advanced configuration settings for TCP, L2TP/IPSec, SSTP and PPTP.
Just download the software and you are good to go. It is probably one of the simplest set-ups available. Simple, clean client interface for server selection and option to connect via TCP.
For smartphone and tablet users, it’s also very simple to use. Excellent apps available for Android, iPhone and iPad.
ExpressVPN should be ideal for people in China or Middle East. They’re geared to that with West Coast server locations and they work pretty hard to make sure people in those countries have multiple ways to connect reliably and get around ISP and government filters.
A single ExpressVPN subscription allows you to connect three devices at once – regardless of platform.
There is a 30-day money back guarantee but no trial account.
Privacy: This service keeps server logs of your IPs, email addresses, credit card information and is a US company governed by US law. See their Policy/Terms/FAQ
Our Thoughts: With a decent size network, ExpressVPN provides a good service particularly for those wishing to access sites that may be blocked in their area. Speeds are good across the network. Ease of set-up means the service is ideal for VPN newcomers.
ExpressVPN User Reviews
Summary
Reviews
Works well enough with good speeds and reliable connections. Software very basic compared to some i tried, Very good mobile app
I’ve been using Express VPN for over a year now and its the best service for when I’m traveling – I would totally recommend this and its definitely worth $8.95 per month to access US sites.
Basic easy set-up, works well, no complaints
I have recently sent out a ticket and they have not replied yet, although speed is fast the reliability has gone down with the support. There are a lot of problems for mac but not for windows, so they need to work on that.
Very reliable VPN with good speeds from here in the UK. Not the cheapest VPN for sure but I value reliability and consistency above anything else.
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ExpressVPN Speed Test Results
ExpressVPN Speed Test
Below you can see our testing results for ExpressVPN. 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) | Location | Ping | Download | Upload |
| Not Using VPN | United States | 29 | 20.64 | 6.90 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 166 | 9.98 | 5.95 |
| OpenVPN | United States | 32 | 16.59 | 6.28 |
| OpenVPN | United Kingdom | 190 | 5.64 | 3.82 |
| OpenVPN | Canada | 97 | 9.91 | 6.57 |
| Download Test (Curl) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
| Not Using VPN | United States | 620M | 1572K | 06:43 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 620M | 1313K | 08:03 |
| OpenVPN | United States | 620M | 1495K | 07:04 |
| OpenVPN | United Kingdom | 620M | 935K | 11:19 |
| OpenVPN | Canada | 620M | 1026K | 10:18 |
| P2P Test (Deluge) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
| Not Using VPN | United States | 695Mb | 1.74Mb | 06:40 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 695Mb | 1.54Mb | 07:31 |
| OpenVPN | United States | 695Mb | 1.67Mb | 06:55 |
| OpenVPN | United Kingdom | 695Mb | 1.55Mb | 07:27 |
| OpenVPN | Canada | 695Mb | 1.54Mb | 07:30 |
Test PC #2 – United Kingdom – OS (Win 7) – ISP (Sky)
| SpeedTest.net (Firefox) | Location | Ping | Download | Upload |
| Not Using VPN | United Kingdom | 32 | 10.56 | 0.94 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 45 | 9.29 | 3.04 |
| OpenVPN | United States | 138 | 5.71 | 2.27 |
| OpenVPN | United Kingdom | 47 | 8.99 | 0.8 |
| OpenVPN | Canada | 119 | 5.02 | 2.5 |
| Download Test (Curl) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
| Not Using VPN | United Kingdom | 620M | 1241k | 08:31 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 620M | 1050k | 10:04 |
| OpenVPN | United States | 620M | 434k | 24:30 |
| OpenVPN | United Kingdom | 620M | 510k | 20:56 |
| OpenVPN | Canada | 620M | 484k | 21:49 |
| P2P Test (uTorrent) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
| Not Using VPN | United Kingdom | 695Mb | 1.1Mb | 10:22 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 695Mb | 1.0Mb | 11:35 |
| OpenVPN | United States | 695Mb | 0.90Mb | 13:17 |
| OpenVPN | United Kingdom | 695Mb | 0.94Mb | 12:48 |
| OpenVPN | Canada | 695Mb | 0.94Mb | 12:38 |
Note: The handshake protocol (MSCHAP_V2) used by many PPTP connections has been cracked and therefore PPTP could now be considered unencrypted. For maximum security use OpenVPN or L2TP.