TorGuard
Website: www.torguard.net
Price: From $4.99 / Month. (If purchased via 12-month plan) Accepts Bitcoins.
Coupon / Promo: 50% Off* use promo code bvpn4u50
Our Rating: – 91.6%
Protection: 5/5
Software / GUI: 4.5/5
Features: 4/5
Speed: 4.5/5
Ease of Use: 4.5/5
Service Overview and Reviews
Protocols: OpenVPN, PPTP and L2TP
Service: TorGuard offers a VPN service to anonymize your internet connection via 3000+ servers across 50+ countries including: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, India, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Romania, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore.
P2P/Torrents allowed on servers in Netherlands, Canada, Russia, Romania, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway.
The client software has recently been updated to Viscosity, a feature rich client where you can check the status of your connection, easily switch servers, auto start and reconnect and more.
- Windows and Mac – “Lite” OpenVPN client (portable version) and Pro Viscosity (most popular)
- Linux (one of the only fully working linux gui apps we’ve seen)
- Android – The TorGuard app is available on Google play and is compatible with almost every android 4.0 device. PPTP and L2TP are supported for older devices.
- iPhone and iPad – For non-jailbroken devices, PPTP and L2TP are supported. For OpenVPN your device must be jailbroken.
Includes easy Torrent Proxy setup software that adds the optimal proxy settings to torrent clients like Deluge, utorrent, Bittorrent and Vuze. The software is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Server status page shows real-time overview of servers where you can check if there’s any known issues and what protocols are available on each server.
TorGuard’s new Stealth VPN service enables you to bypass DPI firewalls and unlock access to/from countries like China, Iran and the UAE.
One particularly handy feature with Torguard is they also allow up to 5 simultaneous connections per VPN account.
TorGuard also offers bittorrent proxy and seedbox options.
Privacy: TorGuard does not keep logs of customer activity, store IP’s or time stamps. See their Policy/Terms/FAQ
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Our Thoughts: We tested the VPN service only and results in our speed tests were decent. If you want to anonymize your torrent downloads this definitely does the job.
The Viscosity software client is slick and very easy to use and we particularly liked the server status details pop-up.
Torguard has been rapidly improving and expanding all aspects of their services, so we expect it to keep getting better over time. We also experienced excellent support responsiveness, and they seem to be very helpful in quickly addressing any issues, concerns, feedback, or technical problems.
The 5 simultaneous connections feature is really a huge and unique plus for many people from a flexibility standpoint, especially given the ever increasing use of mobile devices.
See our Best VPN for Torrents
Disclaimer: Know the laws in your country and locality. BestVPNForYou.com do not suggest, condone, or practice the violation of national or international copyright law. That being said, we do support fundamental reforms of copyright laws as proposed by the Pirate Party political and activist organizations around the world.
TorGuard User Reviews
Summary
Reviews
Wow. I’m seriously impressed! I’ve tried over 5 diff vpn providers in the past few months, honestly TorGuard is one of the best out there. I’m using both the vpn and proxy getting excellent speeds on both. The VPN is a little faster, but I can still get max 3MB/s (that’s right, megabytes) on proxy downloads. On the netherlands VPN, I’ve hit 20mb down speeds and on the usa servers I can max my connection at about 30.. The support answers my tickets so far right away and is very informative and pleasant to deal with. I wish my ISP was this awesome.
Terrible support. Slow servers and for a dedicated torrent site they SURE HATE WHEN YOU USE TORRENTS.
Awfully slow speeds for me. A mere fraction of what I get without VPN; like 1Mbps instead of 28.
Absolutely the worst customer service I’ve ever come across. One guy there is actually abusive and insulting.
On top of that they have intermittent DNS leaks when I tested on DNSLeaktest. Not all the time, but I found about 30-40% of the time I’d get a leak to my own ISPs servers as well as the Google ones they use at Torguard. Several times there was no leak when first connected via VPN, but then an hour or two later another check would reveal a DNS leak had crept in.
I could deal with the slow speeds for the low price, but the DNS leaks on top of that clinched it for me that they were not the service I wanted. I asked for my money back based on their 30-day guarantee and was told they had processed a refund. The refund never materialised. Two follow up emails were ignored so now I’ve had to file a dispute through PayPal. Stay away from these clowns. They’re nothing but trouble.
really happy w my proxy service so far… I’m getting 4mb download speeds from the Netherlands proxy. while I haven’t tried any of the others this is the fastest proxy service i’ve used so far. $5 a month never went so far when protecting your privacy. Thanks guys.
Their service is ok, but unfortunately is you test it very very hard you find out that they do not fullfill everything they promise… Several servers for VPN have leaks. I tested all the VPN servers here http://www.dnsleaktest.com/ and I find out that more tha 50% of them leaked and I was petrified to find out my ISP. But there are some servers like Switzerland, New Zealand and one in USA which does not leak. So realibilty unfortunately is not their main advantage.
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TorGuard Speed Test Results
TorGuard Speed Test
Below you can see our testing results for TorGuard. For more details of how we conduct our speed tests go to VPN Speed Tests
Test PC #1 – United States – OS (Ubuntu 12.04) – ISP (Cox)
| SpeedTest.net (Iron) | Location | Ping | Download | Upload |
| Not Using VPN | United States | 24 | 27.85 | 8.31 |
| OpenVPN | Romania | 219 | 7.69 | 3.52 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 182 | 8.19 | 3.74 |
| Download Test (Curl) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
| Not Using VPN | United States | 783M | 1514k | 08:49 |
| OpenVPN | Romania | 783M | 1035k | 12:54 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 783M | 1127k | 11.51 |
| P2P Test (Transmission) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
| Not Using VPN | United States | 698.3Mb | 1.77Mb | 06:35 |
| OpenVPN | Romania | 698.3Mb | 1.45Mb | 08:03 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 698.3Mb | 1.57Mb | 07:25 |
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 | Romania | 89 | 9.75 | 0.87 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 42 | 9.94 | 0.88 |
| Download Test (Curl) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
| Not Using VPN | United Kingdom | 783M | 1240k | 10:46 |
| OpenVPN | Romania | 783M | 1193k | 11:11 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 783M | 1153k | 11:35 |
| P2P Test (uTorrent) | Location | File Size | Av. Speed/sec | Time/mins |
| Not Using VPN | United Kingdom | 701Mb | 1.1Mb | 10:42 |
| OpenVPN | Romania | 701Mb | 1.0Mb | 11:35 |
| OpenVPN | Netherlands | 701Mb | 0.85Mb | 14:06 |
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.