NordVPN vs Proton VPN

NordVPN and Proton VPN both list 124 countries. 26 countries are listed only by NordVPN, and 25 only by Proton VPN.¹

What our measurements show

• Proton VPN's list gives no server addresses, so none of its locations can be measured. The measurements on this page cover only NordVPN.
• At 63 of NordVPN's measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. NordVPN's own list marks each one as virtual.
• NordVPN's list shows which locations are virtual: 130 of 226. Proton VPN's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
• Neither home page loads advertising or analytics services on a first visit.

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

• NordVPN
• Proton VPN

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	NordVPN	Proton VPN	Same network4
Afghanistan	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Albania	matches the country no conclusion possible within 11 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Algeria	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Andorra	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Angola	no finding	not measurable	–no shared network
Argentina	matches the country within 45 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Armenia	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Australia	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 17 km 5 locations	not measurable 5 locations	–no shared network
Austria	matches the country within 34 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Azerbaijan	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Bahrain	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Bangladesh	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Belgium	matches the country within 423 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Bhutan	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Bolivia	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Bosnia & Herzegovina	no conclusion possible	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Brazil	matches the country within 43 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Brunei	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Bulgaria	matches the country within 35 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Cambodia	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Canada	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 41 km 4 locations	not measurable 3 locations	–no shared network
Chad	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Chile	matches the country within 97 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Colombia	matches the country within 61 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Comoros	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Costa Rica	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Croatia	matches the country within 13 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Cyprus	matches the country within 14 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 54 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Denmark	matches the country within 19 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Dominican Republic	matches the country within 40 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Ecuador	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Egypt	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
El Salvador	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Estonia	matches the country within 22 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Ethiopia	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Finland	matches the country within 78 km	not measurable	–no shared network
France	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 473 km 4 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Georgia	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Germany	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 333 km 3 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Ghana	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Greece	matches the country within 93 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Greenland	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Guatemala	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Honduras	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Hong Kong SAR China	matches the country within 175 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Hungary	matches the country within 49 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Iceland	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
India	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Indonesia	matches the country within 122 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Iraq	no finding	not measurable	–no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 130 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Israel	matches the country within 26 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Italy	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 48 km 3 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Jamaica	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Japan	matches the country matches the country within 36 km 2 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Jordan	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Kazakhstan	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Kenya	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Kuwait	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Kyrgyzstan	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Laos	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Latvia	matches the country within 75 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Lebanon	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Libya	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Liechtenstein	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Lithuania	matches the country within 30 km	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Luxembourg	matches the country within 876 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Malaysia	matches the country within 626 km	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Malta	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Mauritania	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Mauritius	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Mexico	matches the country within 143 km	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Moldova	matches the country within 732 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Monaco	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Mongolia	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Montenegro	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Morocco	no conclusion possible	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Mozambique	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Myanmar (Burma)	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Nepal	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Netherlands	matches the country within 157 km	not measurable	–no shared network
New Zealand	matches the country within 18 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Nigeria	matches the country within 72 km	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
North Macedonia	matches the country within 541 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Norway	matches the country within 179 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Pakistan	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Panama	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Papua New Guinea	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Paraguay	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Peru	matches the country within 29 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Philippines	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Poland	matches the country within 108 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Portugal	matches the country within 39 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Puerto Rico	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Qatar	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Romania	matches the country within 23 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Senegal	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Serbia	matches the country within 18 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Singapore	matches the country within 53 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Slovakia	matches the country within 127 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Slovenia	matches the country within 7 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Somalia	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
South Africa	matches the country within 31 km	not measurable	–no shared network
South Korea	matches the country within 112 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Spain	matches the country matches the country within 55 km 2 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Sri Lanka	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Sweden	matches the country within 45 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Switzerland	matches the country within 26 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Taiwan	matches the country within 11 km	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Tajikistan	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Tanzania	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Thailand	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Tunisia	matches the country within 658 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Türkiye	matches the country within 264 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Ukraine	matches the country within 17 km	not measurable	–no shared network
United Arab Emirates	matches the country matches the country within 10 km 2 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
United Kingdom	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 130 km 4 locations	not measurable 6 locations	–no shared network
United States	matches the country matches the country 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 no conclusion possible matches the country 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 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 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 within 28 km 55 locations	not measurable 22 locations	–no shared network
Uruguay	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Uzbekistan	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Venezuela	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Vietnam	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Yemen	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

only NordVPN (26)

• Antigua & Barbuda
• Barbados
• Burkina Faso
• Benin
• Bermuda
• Bahamas
• Botswana
• Belize
• Cape Verde
• Fiji
• Gambia
• Guam
• Guyana
• Isle of Man
• Jersey
• Cayman Islands
• St. Lucia
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Maldives
• Malawi
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Zambia

only Proton VPN (25)

• Belarus
• Congo - Kinshasa
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Cameroon
• China
• Cuba
• Eritrea
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Haiti
• Macao SAR China
• Nicaragua
• Oman
• Palestinian Territories
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Saudi Arabia
• Sudan
• South Sudan
• Syria
• Togo
• Turkmenistan
• Uganda
• Kosovo
• Zimbabwe

Networks both use

No known network hosts locations from both NordVPN and Proton VPN.

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As of November 1, 2026.