AzireVPN vs Private Internet Access

AzireVPN and Private Internet Access both list 36 countries. 0 countries are listed only by AzireVPN, and 77 only by Private Internet Access.¹

What our measurements show

36 countries are in both lists. Our measurements confirm the listed country for AzireVPN in 34 of them and for Private Internet Access in 32. 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.
Private Internet Access's list shows which locations are virtual: 96 of 215. AzireVPN's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
In 1 of the 36 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example Datacamp Limited in the United States. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
On a first visit, AzireVPN'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

AzireVPN
Private Internet Access

Metric	AzireVPN	Private Internet Access
Countries	36	113
Countries not listed only as virtual	–	51
Locations	62	215
Servers listed	62	545
Marked as virtual	–	45 %
Measured	62	215
Matches the country	43	102
Server outside the country	0	42
Networks	21	20
Locations in shared networks	74 %	95 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	63 %	47 %
Third-party services loaded	0	9
Advertising or analytics services among them	0	4
Lowest price per month	€3.75	$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 that both providers list. In each of them, at least one provider 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	AzireVPN	Private Internet Access	Same network⁴
Argentina	matches the country within 208 km	matches the country matches the country within 36 km 2 locations	no shared network
Australia	matches the country matches the country within 22 km 2 locations	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 93 km	matches the country matches the country within 45 km 2 locations	no shared network
Belgium	matches the country within 25 km	matches the country matches the country within 22 km 2 locations	no shared network
Canada	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 86 km 4 locations	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 109 km	matches the country matches the country within 78 km 2 locations	no shared network
Colombia	matches the country within 47 km	matches the country within 62 km	no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 63 km	matches the country within 55 km	no shared network
Denmark	matches the country within 180 km	matches the country matches the country within 124 km 2 locations	no shared network
Estonia	matches the country within 39 km	matches the country within 603 km	no shared network
Finland	matches the country within 93 km	matches the country matches the country within 952 km 2 locations	no shared network
France	no conclusion possible	matches the country matches the country within 748 km 2 locations	no shared network
Germany	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 433 km 3 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 358 km 3 locations	no shared network
Greece	matches the country within 12 km	matches the country within 95 km	no shared network
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 35 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Indonesia	matches the country within 51 km	matches the country within 110 km	no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 32 km	matches the country within 146 km	no shared network
Israel	matches the country within 34 km	matches the country matches the country within 11 km 2 locations	no shared network
Italy	matches the country no conclusion possible within 956 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 29 km 3 locations	no shared network
Japan	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	no shared network
Mexico	matches the country within 58 km	matches the country matches the country within 95 km 2 locations	no shared network
Netherlands	matches the country within 71 km	matches the country matches the country within 34 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 18 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 104 km	matches the country matches the country within 93 km 2 locations	no shared network
Portugal	matches the country within 49 km	matches the country no conclusion possible within 37 km 2 locations	no shared network
Romania	matches the country within 34 km	no conclusion possible matches the country within 871 km 2 locations	no shared network
Singapore	matches the country within 73 km	matches the country matches the country within 76 km 2 locations	no shared network
South Africa	matches the country within 24 km	matches the country matches the country within 29 km 2 locations	no shared network
Spain	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 2 locations	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 within 21 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country within 21 km 2 locations	no shared network
Switzerland	matches the country within 19 km	matches the country matches the country within 15 km 2 locations	no shared network
Thailand	matches the country within 774 km	virtual, as stated	no shared network
Ukraine	matches the country within 50 km	no conclusion possible	no shared network
United Kingdom	matches the country matches the country within 72 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 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 no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 79 km 15 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 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 no conclusion possible 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 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 matches the country matches the country 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 no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 46 km 56 locations	Datacamp Limited

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by AzireVPN or Private Internet Access

listed by both: 36 (32 %)
only AzireVPN: 0 (0 %)
only Private Internet Access: 77 (68 %)

only Private Internet Access (77)

Networks both use

1 networks host locations from both AzireVPN and Private Internet Access.⁴

Datacamp Limited

AzireVPN or Private Internet Access: questions and answers

Which is better, AzireVPN or Private Internet Access?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. AzireVPN lists 36 countries, Private Internet Access lists 113. AzireVPN's pricing page promises a refund within 7 days, Private Internet Access's within 30 days. AzireVPN is based in Sweden, Private Internet Access in the United States.

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Which is cheaper, AzireVPN or Private Internet Access?

AzireVPN starts at €3.75 and Private Internet Access at $2.03 per month for the initial term. The prices are in different currencies or were requested from different countries, so they cannot be compared directly.

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