Reliability band

VPNs with insufficient security

The word is about the evidence, not the intent: most of what matters here was never established one way or the other.

11 providersSecurity 15 – 34Updated 14 September 2026

The HushFleet teamRegister of 26 September 2026

The band is not stored anywhere. It is read off the published security integer every time this page is built — ≥75 strong, 55–74 acceptable, 35–54 weak, 15–34 insufficient, under 15 not recommended — so a provider cannot carry a word that disagrees with its number.

Read the second figure before concluding anything. Neither number is folded into the other, and the order here follows security alone.

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The other five bands

Every one of the 77 carries a band: the contract scores each record, and there is no sixth state to give a page to. A record carrying usability.state: no_data (ten on file) has a usability figure that is a floor rather than a placement — but that is the other axis, it does not move the record between bands, and it gets a mark on the row instead of a route of its own.

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hide.me
Commercial VPNMalaysia
Coverage57countries
Paying monthly$11.99monthly
Paying yearly$54.99yearly total
Free tierYeslimited free plan
Devices10at once
28 out of 100
Security
81 out of 100
Usability
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Insufficient
2
Private Internet Access
Commercial VPNUnited StatesKape Technologies
Coverage91countries
Paying monthly$11.95monthly
Paying yearly$47.88yearly total
Free tierNopaid plans only
Devicesunlimitedat once
25 out of 100
Security
73 out of 100
Usability
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3
RiseupVPN
Censorship toolUnited States
Coverage4countries
Price—no published price
Free tierYesfree, no data cap
25 out of 100
Security
65 out of 100
Usability
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Insufficient
4
OVPN
Commercial VPNUnited StatesPango Group
Coverage20countries
Paying monthly$12.00monthly
Paying yearly$59.88yearly total
Free tierNopaid plans only
Devices4at once
24 out of 100
Security
62 out of 100
Usability
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5
CyberGhost VPN
Commercial VPNRomaniaKape Technologies
Coverage91countries
Paying monthly$12.99monthly
Paying yearly—no yearly plan
Free tierNopaid plans only
Devices7at once
21 out of 100
Security
69 out of 100
Usability
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6
CactusVPN
Commercial VPNNot published
Coverage25countries
Paying monthly$15.00monthly
Paying yearly$70.00yearly total
Free tierNopaid plans only
Devicesunlimitedat once
20 out of 100
Security
66 out of 100
Usability
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Insufficient
7
UltraVPN
Commercial VPNPanamaPango Group
Coverage—not published
Paying monthly—no monthly plan
Paying yearly$35.88yearly total
Free tierNopaid plans only
Devices10at once
17 out of 100
Security
75 out of 100
Usability
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8
NordVPN
Commercial VPNPanamaNord Security
Coverage149countries
Paying monthly$14.99monthly
Paying yearly$139.08yearly total
Free tierNopaid plans only
Devices10at once
17 out of 100
Security
70 out of 100
Usability
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Insufficient
9
Surfshark
Commercial VPNNetherlandsNord Security
Coverage100countries
Paying monthly$16.45monthly
Paying yearly$79.00yearly total
Free tierNopaid plans only
Devicesunlimitedat once
16 out of 100
Security
67 out of 100
Usability
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10
X-VPN
Commercial VPNSingapore
Coverage96countries
Paying monthly$11.99monthly
Paying yearly$47.99yearly total
Free tierYeslimited free plan
Devices5at once
15 out of 100
Security
78 out of 100
Usability
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11
PrivateVPN
Commercial VPNSwedenMiss Group
Coverage62countries
Paying monthly$9.90monthly
Paying yearly$72.00yearly total
Free tierNopaid plans only
Devices10at once
15 out of 100
Security
70 out of 100
Usability
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