ExpressVPN Review
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ExpressVPN is a great one-size-fits-all VPN for those who are willing to pay a bit more for great design, solid security, strong performance, and fantastic customer service.
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"The fastest VPN on Earth," reads the headline plastered onto ExpressVPN's homepage. That's a big claim for any VPN to make, but ExpressVPN backs up its claim with a no quibbles 30-day money-back guarantee in a space where seven days is the standard and is one of the few VPNs that works with Netflix and all other streaming services we have tested to date.
Launched in 2009, ExpressVPN has grown to one of the most popular premium VPN services in the world. Can it put its money where its mouth is?
Update: ExpressVPN recently changed their policy on simultaneous devices to allow any three devices instead of just one of each type. You can now have three laptops connected at the same time instead of just a phone, laptop, and router, for example. In light of this and the addition of a network lock since this review was originally written, we have elected to bump ExpressVPN's rating to a 9/10 (4.5 stars) from 8/10 (4 stars).
Features and pricing
ExpressVPN is not for users on a budget. The basic monthly price is a whopping $12.95 per month, while a yearly subscription cuts it down to $8.32 per month. That's roughly twice the price as several competitors and puts ExpressVPN firmly in the upper price bracket. ExpressVPN accepts payment via credit card, PayPal, Bitcoin, and several third-party payment gateways.
Subscribers can use a single computer, mobile device, and media console simultaneously, or connect them all through a configured wifi router. But ExpressVPN is designed with the individual in mind. Customers cannot run the ExpressVPN client on two computers at once using the same account, for instance, which makes the price even more difficult to justify. No family plans are available.
By default, ExpressVPN will automatically choose the most favorable protocol on your behalf. Usually this is OpenVPN over UDP. Users may also manually choose to connect with OpenVPN over TDP, L2TP/IPSec, PPTP, and SSTP. You can learn about each of these protocols using our cheat sheet, but OpenVPN is generally regarded as the best option.
To make ExpressVPN as accessible and unintimidating as possible for novice users, it has cut out a few tweaks and features available on some more configurable rivals. There's no kill switch, which stops all internet traffic when the VPN connection drops and is in the process of reconnecting. DNS leak protection is also not available. (Update: ExpressVPN now has a kill switch and supports DNS leak protection on IPv4.) Encryption levels are non-negotiable; you can't speed up the connection by sacrificing security.
Update: The latest update to the ExpressVPN app added a "network lock" feature that halts all internet traffic when the connection to the VPN drops. This prevents DNS leaks and effectively functions as a kill switch. Additionally, ExpressVPN forces all DNS requests over the IPv4 protocol instead of the less secure.
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