IVPN vs Private Internet Access

IVPN and Private Internet Access both list 42 countries. 0 countries are listed only by IVPN, and 71 only by Private Internet Access.¹

What our measurements show

Of the 42 countries both providers list, our measurements confirm the listed country for IVPN in 41 of them and for Private Internet Access in 37. In the rest, no location has been measured yet, or the measurement does not allow a conclusion.
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. IVPN's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
In 5 of the 42 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example M247 in the United Kingdom. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
When opened as a first-time visitor, IVPN'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

IVPN
Private Internet Access

Metric	IVPN	Private Internet Access
Countries	42	113
Countries not listed only as virtual	–	51
Locations	59	215
Servers listed	89	538
Marked as virtual	–	45 %
Measured	59	215
Matches the country	47	105
Server outside the country	0	42
Networks	22	19
Locations in shared networks	95 %	93 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	53 %	47 %
Third-party services loaded	0	9
Advertising or analytics services among them	0	4
Lowest price per month	$5.00	$2.03
Per month after the initial term	not stated	$2.19
Server list source	the list the provider's own published tools read	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	IVPN	Private Internet Access	Same network⁴
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 25 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 36 km	matches the country matches the country within 45 km 2 locations	no shared network
Belgium	matches the country within 15 km	matches the country matches the country within 22 km 2 locations	no shared network
Brazil	matches the country within 41 km	matches the country matches the country within 62 km 2 locations	no shared network
Bulgaria	matches the country within 67 km	matches the country within 40 km	no shared network
Canada	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 57 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 18 km 5 locations	no shared network
Croatia	matches the country within 22 km	matches the country within 5 km	no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 53 km	matches the country within 55 km	no shared network
Denmark	matches the country within 329 km	matches the country matches the country within 124 km 2 locations	no shared network
Finland	matches the country within 42 km	matches the country matches the country within 952 km 2 locations	no shared network
France	matches the country within 419 km	matches the country matches the country within 748 km 2 locations	no shared network
Germany	matches the country within 333 km	matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 358 km 3 locations	no shared network
Greece	matches the country within 93 km	matches the country within 95 km	no shared network
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 120 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Hungary	matches the country within 33 km	matches the country matches the country within 32 km 2 locations	no shared network
Iceland	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible	ESTNOC-GLOBAL
Ireland	matches the country within 50 km	matches the country within 146 km	no shared network
Israel	matches the country within 60 km	matches the country matches the country within 11 km 2 locations	no shared network
Italy	matches the country within 48 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 29 km 3 locations	no shared network
Japan	matches the country within 145 km	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	no shared network
Luxembourg	matches the country within 154 km	matches the country matches the country within 182 km 2 locations	ESTNOC-GLOBAL
Malaysia	matches the country within 523 km	matches the country within 531 km	no shared network
Mexico	matches the country within 101 km	matches the country matches the country within 95 km 2 locations	no shared network
Netherlands	matches the country within 18 km	matches the country matches the country within 34 km 2 locations	no shared network
New Zealand	matches the country within 22 km	matches the country no conclusion possible within 36 km 2 locations	no shared network
Norway	matches the country within 180 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Peru	matches the country within 29 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 101 km	matches the country matches the country within 93 km 2 locations	no shared network
Portugal	matches the country within 79 km	matches the country no conclusion possible within 37 km 2 locations	no shared network
Romania	matches the country within 27 km	no conclusion possible matches the country within 871 km 2 locations	no shared network
Serbia	matches the country within 30 km	matches the country matches the country within 9 km 2 locations	M247
Singapore	matches the country within 80 km	matches the country matches the country within 76 km 2 locations	no shared network
Slovakia	matches the country within 51 km	matches the country matches the country within 47 km 2 locations	no shared network
South Africa	matches the country within 117 km	matches the country matches the country within 29 km 2 locations	no shared network
Spain	matches the country within 50 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 41 km 3 locations	no shared network
Sweden	matches the country within 38 km	matches the country matches the country within 21 km 2 locations	no shared network
Switzerland	matches the country within 141 km	matches the country matches the country within 15 km 2 locations	no shared network
Taiwan	matches the country within 385 km	matches the country matches the country within 23 km 2 locations	no shared network
Ukraine	matches the country within 56 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
United Kingdom	matches the country matches the country within 209 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country within 134 km 5 locations	M247
United States	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 54 km 15 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	M247

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by IVPN or Private Internet Access

listed by both: 42 (37 %)
only IVPN: 0 (0 %)
only Private Internet Access: 71 (63 %)

only Private Internet Access (71)

Networks both use

4 networks host locations from both IVPN and Private Internet Access.⁴

CDNEXT
ESTNOC-GLOBAL
M247
glesys.com

IVPN or Private Internet Access: questions and answers

Which is better, IVPN or Private Internet Access?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. IVPN lists 42 countries, Private Internet Access lists 113. IVPN's pricing page promises a refund within 30 days, Private Internet Access's within 30 days. IVPN is based in Gibraltar, Private Internet Access in the United States.

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