When comparing TorGuard vs ProtonVPN, the Slant community recommends ProtonVPN for most people. In the question“What is the best VPN provider? ” ProtonVPN is ranked 9th while TorGuard is ranked 10th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro A variety of protocols
Such as http/socks proxies, OpenVPN, SSH Tunnels, SSTP VPN and Stealth VPN.
Pro Multiple payment methods
Payments are accepted through all forms of credit or debit card, PayPal, OKPAY, and Bitcoin.
Pro Great pricing
As low as $5/mo with regular coupon codes.
Pro Fast
No apparent slowdown compared to accessing the Internet without a VPN.
Pro Takes DNS leaking seriously
When using a VPN, a DNS leak occurs when traffic originating from the computer isn't routed through the VPN's servers. Instead, traffic is routed through unprotected servers posing a great risk to the user's privacy. TorGuard offers a service that detects DNS leaking, regardless of which VPN is being used.
Pro Specific types of servers for different activities
TorGuard offers servers geared towards different activities. There are torrent friendly servers, encryption friendly servers, and more.
Pro No logs are kept
TorGuard does not record user activity, including logs and timestamps. This ensures total anonymity.
Pro You can pay with bitcoin or cash
Pro No logs
They have a no-log policy.
Pro Great free service
For the free plan, you get unlimited data and fast speeds.
Pro Based in Switzerland
Which has good privacy protection laws.
Pro "Serious"
They believe that online privacy and security is a fundamental human right.
Pro Free plan is very busy, sometimes unavailable lately
Cons
Con Located in 5 Eyes
Despite what anyone says, VPNs located in the 5 Eyes can be sent a subpoena to log traffic, gag ordered and not able to tell customers about the subpoena, and find users and prosecute them on whatever charges are brought against them. Warrant canaries are also not 100% foolproof and updating a canary after being served a gag order may hold in court as the same as straight up saying you were served a gag order.
Con Requires your personal info when signing up
Requiring personal information for sign up can be a conflict of interest in a service that claims to offer total anonymity.
Con Doesn’t respond to request for refunds
Con BitTorrent is only allowed selectively
Con Frequent hiccups
Con Free plan is very slow sometimes
Con It's not working in China
Con Blocked on quite a lot of networks
Quite a lot of admins despise VPNs and blocked this one on their networks.
Con It's free
If you're not paying for the product, you're the product.