OVPN vs Private Internet Access

OVPN and Private Internet Access both list 20 countries. 0 countries are listed only by OVPN, and 93 only by Private Internet Access.¹

What our measurements show

Of the 20 countries both providers list, our measurements confirm the listed country for OVPN in 20 of them and for Private Internet Access in 18. 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. OVPN's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
In 4 of the 20 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example CDNEXT in Germany. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
When opened as a first-time visitor, OVPN's home page loads 1 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

OVPN
Private Internet Access

Metric	OVPN	Private Internet Access
Countries	20	113
Countries not listed only as virtual	–	51
Locations	32	215
Servers listed	96	540
Marked as virtual	–	45 %
Measured	32	215
Matches the country	24	105
Server outside the country	0	42
Networks	7	20
Locations in shared networks	94 %	93 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	75 %	47 %
Third-party services loaded	4	9
Advertising or analytics services among them	1	4
Lowest price per month	$4.22	$2.03
Per month after the initial term	not stated	$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	OVPN	Private Internet Access	Same network⁴
Australia	matches the country within 31 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 26 km	matches the country matches the country within 45 km 2 locations	no shared network
Canada	matches the country within 44 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 18 km 5 locations	no shared network
Denmark	matches the country within 201 km	matches the country matches the country within 124 km 2 locations	no shared network
Finland	matches the country within 84 km	matches the country matches the country within 952 km 2 locations	glesys.com
France	matches the country within 683 km	matches the country matches the country within 748 km 2 locations	no shared network
Germany	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 325 km 3 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 358 km 3 locations	CDNEXT
Italy	matches the country within 744 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 29 km 3 locations	no shared network
Japan	matches the country within 43 km	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	no shared network
Netherlands	matches the country within 85 km	matches the country matches the country within 178 km 2 locations	no shared network
Norway	matches the country within 288 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 94 km	matches the country matches the country within 93 km 2 locations	no shared network
Romania	matches the country within 40 km	no conclusion possible matches the country within 871 km 2 locations	no shared network
Singapore	matches the country within 76 km	matches the country matches the country within 76 km 2 locations	no shared network
Spain	matches the country within 42 km	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 41 km 3 locations	no shared network
Sweden	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country within 32 km 4 locations	matches the country matches the country within 21 km 2 locations	no shared network
Switzerland	matches the country within 24 km	matches the country matches the country within 15 km 2 locations	no shared network
Ukraine	matches the country within 29 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
United Kingdom	matches the country within 64 km	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 no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 39 km 8 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	CDNEXT, M247

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by OVPN or Private Internet Access

listed by both: 20 (18 %)
only OVPN: 0 (0 %)
only Private Internet Access: 93 (82 %)

only Private Internet Access (93)

Networks both use

3 networks host locations from both OVPN and Private Internet Access.⁴

CDNEXT
M247
glesys.com

OVPN or Private Internet Access: questions and answers

Which is better, OVPN or Private Internet Access?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. OVPN lists 20 countries, Private Internet Access lists 113. OVPN's pricing page promises a refund within 10 days, Private Internet Access's within 30 days.

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