hide.me vs Private Internet Access

hide.me and Private Internet Access both list 57 countries. 0 countries are listed only by hide.me, and 56 only by Private Internet Access.¹

What our measurements show

Of the 57 countries both providers list, our measurements confirm the listed country for hide.me in 52 of them and for Private Internet Access in 44. In the rest, no location has been measured yet, or the measurement does not allow a conclusion.
For 2 of hide.me's 64 measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Measurements on two days showed this, and hide.me's list does not mark any of them as virtual.
For 1 of Private Internet Access's 215 measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Measurements on two days showed this, and Private Internet Access's list does not mark any of them as virtual.
At 41 of Private Internet Access's measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Private Internet Access's own list marks each one as virtual, so the list tells you this itself.
Private Internet Access's list shows which locations are virtual: 96 of 215. hide.me's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
In 15 of the 57 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example M247 in the United Arab Emirates. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
When opened as a first-time visitor, hide.me's home page loads 0 advertising or analytics services and Private Internet Access's loads 4, before anything is clicked.

From our own data: the server lists we read, our measurements, and our check of each home page. Apps, speed, and streaming are not tested.²

hide.me
Private Internet Access

Metric	hide.me	Private Internet Access
Countries	57	113
Countries not listed only as virtual	–	51
Locations	64	215
Servers listed	64	540
Marked as virtual	–	45 %
Measured	64	215
Matches the country	58	105
Server outside the country	2	42
Networks	17	20
Locations in shared networks	86 %	93 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	30 %	47 %
Third-party services loaded	0	9
Advertising or analytics services among them	0	4
Lowest price per month	$2.50	$2.03
Per month after the initial term	$2.50	$2.19
Server list source	a public list the provider does not document	the list the provider's own published tools read

A dash: not in the list, or not collected yet.³

Country by country

Each row is a country both providers list where at least one of them has a measured location or both use the same network. The status comes from our own measurement of the server address each provider publishes. “Within … km” means the server is at most that far from the listed country.

Country	hide.me	Private Internet Access	Same network⁴
Albania	matches the country within 51 km	matches the country within 49 km	KEMINET
Argentina	matches the country within 209 km	matches the country matches the country within 199 km 2 locations	no shared network
Australia	matches the country within 983 km	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 33 km 7 locations	no shared network
Austria	matches the country within 78 km	matches the country matches the country within 45 km 2 locations	no shared network
Bangladesh	matches the country within 47 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Belgium	matches the country within 24 km	matches the country matches the country within 22 km 2 locations	CDNEXT
Brazil	matches the country within 60 km	matches the country matches the country within 62 km 2 locations	no shared network
Bulgaria	matches the country within 41 km	matches the country within 40 km	CDNEXT
Cambodia	server outside the country	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Canada	matches the country within 83 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 18 km 5 locations	no shared network
Chile	matches the country within 107 km	matches the country matches the country within 78 km 2 locations	no shared network
Colombia	matches the country within 67 km	matches the country within 62 km	no shared network
Croatia	matches the country within 13 km	matches the country within 5 km	no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 65 km	matches the country within 55 km	CDNEXT
Denmark	matches the country within 667 km	matches the country matches the country within 124 km 2 locations	no shared network
Egypt	no conclusion possible	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Finland	matches the country matches the country within 34 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 952 km 2 locations	no shared network
France	matches the country matches the country within 407 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 748 km 2 locations	no shared network
Germany	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 358 km 3 locations	no shared network
Greece	matches the country within 79 km	matches the country within 95 km	CDNEXT
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 97 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Hungary	matches the country within 30 km	matches the country matches the country within 32 km 2 locations	no shared network
Iceland	matches the country within 28 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Indonesia	matches the country within 87 km	matches the country within 110 km	no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 33 km	matches the country within 146 km	CDNEXT
Italy	no conclusion possible	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 29 km 3 locations	no shared network
Japan	matches the country within 64 km	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	no shared network
Lithuania	matches the country within 22 km	matches the country matches the country within 25 km 2 locations	IST-AS
Luxembourg	matches the country within 957 km	matches the country matches the country within 182 km 2 locations	no shared network
Malaysia	matches the country within 332 km	matches the country within 531 km	no shared network
Mexico	matches the country within 55 km	matches the country matches the country within 95 km 2 locations	no shared network
Moldova	matches the country within 64 km	matches the country within 29 km	TRABIA
Morocco	server outside the country	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Netherlands	matches the country matches the country within 93 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 178 km 2 locations	no shared network
New Zealand	matches the country within 31 km	matches the country no conclusion possible within 36 km 2 locations	no shared network
Norway	matches the country within 51 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Peru	matches the country within 36 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Philippines	matches the country within 196 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 124 km	matches the country matches the country within 93 km 2 locations	no shared network
Portugal	matches the country within 553 km	matches the country no conclusion possible within 37 km 2 locations	CDNEXT
Romania	matches the country within 865 km	no conclusion possible matches the country within 871 km 2 locations	CDNEXT
Serbia	matches the country within 26 km	matches the country matches the country within 9 km 2 locations	no shared network
Singapore	matches the country within 83 km	matches the country matches the country within 76 km 2 locations	no shared network
Slovakia	matches the country within 55 km	matches the country matches the country within 47 km 2 locations	CDNEXT
South Africa	matches the country within 123 km	matches the country matches the country within 29 km 2 locations	no shared network
South Korea	matches the country within 213 km	matches the country matches the country within 100 km 2 locations	no shared network
Spain	matches the country within 49 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 41 km 3 locations	no shared network
Sweden	matches the country within 59 km	matches the country matches the country within 21 km 2 locations	CDNEXT
Switzerland	matches the country matches the country within 19 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 15 km 2 locations	CDNEXT
Taiwan	matches the country within 32 km	matches the country matches the country within 23 km 2 locations	ZEN-ECN
Thailand	matches the country within 525 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Türkiye	matches the country within 114 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Ukraine	matches the country within 24 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
United Arab Emirates	matches the country within 27 km	matches the country within 13 km	M247
United Kingdom	matches the country matches the country within 204 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country within 134 km 5 locations	no shared network
United States	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 2 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 45 km 56 locations	no shared network
Vietnam	matches the country within 34 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by hide.me or Private Internet Access

listed by both: 57 (50 %)
only hide.me: 0 (0 %)
only Private Internet Access: 56 (50 %)

only Private Internet Access (56)

Networks both use

8 networks host locations from both hide.me and Private Internet Access.⁴

CDN77
CDNEXT
Clouvider - Global ASN
IST-AS
KEMINET
M247
TRABIA
ZEN-ECN

hide.me or Private Internet Access: questions and answers

Which is better, hide.me or Private Internet Access?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. hide.me lists 57 countries, Private Internet Access lists 113. hide.me's pricing page promises a refund within 30 days, Private Internet Access's within 30 days. hide.me is based in Malaysia, Private Internet Access in the United States.

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Which is cheaper, hide.me or Private Internet Access?

Both state prices in the same currency: hide.me starts at $2.50 and Private Internet Access at $2.03 per month for the initial term. After the initial term, hide.me costs $2.50 and Private Internet Access $2.19 per month.

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