Protocol

VPNs that support IPSec

Providers that list IPSec, in most cases underneath IKEv2 rather than beside it.

12 providersU07_protocolsUpdated 21 October 2026

The HushFleet teamRegister of 21 October 2026

IPsec is the encryption layer the operating systems built in during the 1990s, used with IKEv2 or L2TP for the key exchange and the tunnel. A provider that lists it on its own is usually describing the same IKEv2 setup from the other side.

On security the standard itself is sound and heavily reviewed, and most of what reaches a user is the operating system’s code. Its drawbacks are the complexity of the configuration, which is where known weaknesses have come from, and the fixed ports that make it the easiest protocol in the list to block.

IPsec

Ranked by security

Four of the twelve terms — obfuscated, proprietary, vendor_open, wireguard_derived — are categories rather than protocol names: each says a protocol was disguised, closed or built on another, not which one it is. A record that publishes no protocol list at all appears on none of these pages (sixteen on file).

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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
67 out of 100
Usability
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Not recommended
2
StrongVPN
Commercial VPNUnited StatesZiff Davis
Coverage42countries
Paying monthly$11.99monthly
Paying yearly$47.69yearly total
Free tierNopaid plans only
Devices12at once
11 out of 100
Security
63 out of 100
Usability
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Not recommended
3
Total VPN
Commercial VPNUnited KingdomPango Group
Coverage—not published
Paying monthly$9.99monthly
Paying yearly$19.00yearly total
Free tierNopaid trial only
Devices1at once
11 out of 100
Security
61 out of 100
Usability
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Not recommended
4
VyprVPN
Commercial VPNUnited StatesCertida
Coverage63countries
Paying monthly$10.00monthly
Paying yearly$48.00yearly total
Free tierNopaid plans only
Devices10at once
6 out of 100
Security
71 out of 100
Usability
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Not recommended
5
TorGuard
Commercial VPNUnited States
Coverage—not published
Paying monthly$9.99monthly
Paying yearly$59.99yearly total
Free tierNopaid trial only
Devices8at once
6 out of 100
Security
66 out of 100
Usability
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Not recommended
6
AVG VPN
Commercial VPNCzechiaGen Digital
Coverage—not published
Paying monthly—no monthly plan
Paying yearly$54.99yearly total
Free tierNopaid trial only
Devices10at once
5 out of 100
Security
60 out of 100
Usability
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Not recommended
7
Norton VPN
Commercial VPNUnited StatesGen Digital
Coverage103countries
Paying monthly—no monthly plan
Paying yearly$39.99yearly total
Free tierNopaid trial only
Devices5at once
4 out of 100
Security
75 out of 100
Usability
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Not recommended
8
Avira VPN
Commercial VPNGermanyGen Digital
Coverage35countries
Paying monthly$10.00monthly
Paying yearly$78.00yearly total
Free tierYeslimited free plan
Devices1at once
4 out of 100
Security
60 out of 100
Usability
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Not recommended
9
FastestVPN
Commercial VPNCayman Islands
Coverage49countries
Paying monthly$5.00monthly
Paying yearly—no yearly plan
Free tierNopaid plans only
Devices10at once
3 out of 100
Security
79 out of 100
Usability
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Not recommended
10
VPN Unlimited
Commercial VPNUnited States
Coverage—not published
Paying monthly$9.99monthly
Paying yearly$59.99yearly total
Free tierNopaid trial only
Devices5at once
2 out of 100
Security
60 out of 100
Usability
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Not recommended
11
Avast VPN
Commercial VPNCzechiaGen Digital
Coverage—not published
Paying monthly—no monthly plan
Paying yearly$59.88yearly total
Free tierNopaid trial only
Devices10at once
1 out of 100
Security
62 out of 100
Usability
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Not recommended
12
Hotspot Shield
Commercial VPNUnited StatesUsability: floor only
Coverage—not published
Paying monthly—no monthly plan
Paying yearly$29.00yearly total
Free tierYeslimited free plan
Devices10at once
0 out of 100
Security
71 out of 100
Usability
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VPNs that support IPSec

Ranked by security

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