The Best Cheap VPNs 2020

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A VPN helps secure your data from prying eyes, but you'll likely have to pay to get the best experience. If you're looking to save money, these reviews highlight the best cheap VPN services.

With nearly every facet of modern life taking place online, it's more important than ever to secure your internet connection. A virtual private network, or VPN, is the best way to do just that. And while the best VPN services can be pricey, the ones in this roundup will make a much less sizable dent in your wallet.

Who Needs a VPN?

The short answer is that everyone needs a VPN.

But why do you need a VPN, and why have VPNs, which have been around for years, burst so dramatically into mainstream consciousness lately? Some consumers are concerned about threats to net neutrality, which VPNs may or may not alleviate. (If this is your concern, I recommend that you write your congresspersons, but only after you install a VPN.) Some consumers don't like the idea of their Internet Service Provider selling anonymized information about their browsing habits. Others are rightly concerned about the risks of using public Wi-Fi, on which their traffic could be monitored. Still, others are trying to watch Netflix in another country, for their own, personal reasons. Whatever your concern, there's a VPN to meet your needs. While the services gathered here aren't always the absolute best or the fastest VPNs, they are all good purchases at reasonable prices.

What Makes a Good Cheap VPN?

When putting together this list, we set a cut off of $9.00 per month. We also looked at our previous reviews to inform our choices. FrootVPN, for example, costs just $4.99 per month, but we weren't particularly impressed with the product the last time we looked at it. To qualify for this list, a VPN service needs to have earned at least three stars within the last two years.

The only thing cheaper than cheap is free, and there are a great many free VPN services out there. Some of the services on this list also offer a free version, usually with limitations that are lifted when you pony up some cash. If you are looking for a free VPN, ProtonVPN is our top choice.

One more note about pricing: we only consider the monthly price. Most VPN services give you a discount for buying longer-term subscriptions, but this isn't a comparison of who gives the biggest discounts. It's the flat fee we're interested in. Also, some VPNs have different features at different pricing tiers. We don't see this too often, but if the service has a pricing tier that met our requirements, it's eligible for consideration.

Once you've picked a service, you can get up and running with our feature on how to set up and use a VPN.

The Best Cheap VPN Services Featured in This Roundup:

Private Internet Access VPN
$3.49 at Private Internet Access
Private Internet Access has been a long-running favorite of ours because it combines technical excellence with bargain-basement pricing. A $6.95 subscription gets you access to well over 3,000 servers. We're impressed, too, that those servers are well distributed across the planet. You shouldn't have trouble finding a nearby server when traveling. Like most VPN services, Private Internet Access allows five simultaneous connections, so you can protect a wide array of devices, especially since the company offers clients for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. There's also a Chrome plug-in available if you only want to secure your browser's traffic.

Despite its impressive track record, Private Internet Access has always suffered in the ease of use category. The client software is stripped down to the point of being a little difficult to use. Other VPN services, TunnelBear in particular, do a better job of being friendly and approachable. To its credit, Private Internet Access has been working to address its interface design problems, and a beta client shows a much sleeker future for the service. At just $6.95 per month, it's already an unbeatable deal, easily besting services that cost nearly twice as much.

ProtonVPN
$8.00 at ProtonVPN
ProtonVPN offers clients for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows that are surprisingly slick. Under the hood, it uses excellent technology and places enormous emphasis on customer privacy. Its only major drawback is that it has comparatively few servers (300) in comparatively few locations (30 countries). The company also has an unusual tiered pricing structure. Normally, we don't like it when a company puts features behind tiered paywalls. It's a little different with ProtonVPN because the product is excellent at every tier.

The higher cost just unlocks even more elaborate security tools. For $5 a month, you get access to most of ProtonVPN's server locations, including P2P servers, and can use two devices simultaneously. The price goes up from there, topping out at $30 per month, with a slew of unique features. Below all of those is ProtonVPN's free plan. This story is the best cheap, not best free VPNs, but it's still worth noting that ProtonVPN is a real standout in the free category. While it limits you to only three server locations and just one simultaneous connection, it places no restrictions on the amount of data you can use. That's unheard of in the world of free VPNs.

Norton Secure VPN
$3.33 at Norton
The big names in antivirus have struggled a bit with the VPN market, but Norton Secure VPN is one of the better of the big names. For one thing, it boasts 1,500 servers across 29 countries. For another, it sports an unusual but flexible pricing system. You can opt to pay monthly or yearly and can choose one, five, or 10 simultaneous connections. That translates into one device for $4.99 per month, five devices for $7.99 per month, or 10 devices for $9.99. Norton smartly bundles the VPN with its Norton Security product, so you can shave a bit more off the price tag.

Ivacy VPN
$1.99 at Ivacy - Two Year Plan
Ivacy VPN costs only $8.95 per month and gets credit for not skimping on the servers. While it has only 500 in total, those are spread across 100 locations, making it a good choice for someone who spends a lot of time traveling. After all, the closer you are to your VPN server, the better performance you're likely to experience. The company offers five simultaneous connections, which is average for the industry and should cover just about every device in your home. Ivacy VPN also has client apps for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows, as well as plug-ins for Firefox and Chrome. While Ivacy VPN is cheap, you may sometimes encounter unusable servers and ineffective browser plug-ins while using it.

Kaspersky Secure Connection VPN
$4.99 at Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab is a big name in the antivirus world, despite the negative rumors surrounding it. Rumors aside, Kaspersky Secure Connection costs only $4.99 per month. That's the lowest out-of-the-box price on this list and includes many of the features we've come to expect with a VPN. But while it might excel in antivirus, its VPN offering is a little ho-hum. You won't get very many servers, nor many server locations, which can be tricky if you travel or want to spoof your location. That said, it does offer a free version that won't limit the number of simultaneous connections—a bit odd, considering there is a limit on the paid subscription. The catch is that you can only use 200-300MB of data per day, and the free VPN selects which server you'll use; you don't get a choice.

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