Private Internet Access vs Proton VPN

Private Internet Access and Proton VPN both list 106 countries. 7 countries are listed only by Private Internet Access, and 43 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 Private Internet Access.
• 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. Proton VPN's list has no such field, so it does not tell you whether any of its locations are virtual.
• On a first visit, Private Internet Access's home page loads 4 advertising or analytics services and Proton VPN's loads 0, 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

• Private Internet Access
• 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	Private Internet Access	Proton VPN	Same network4
Albania	matches the country within 49 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Algeria	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Andorra	server outside the country	not measurable	–no shared network
Argentina	matches the country matches the country within 36 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Armenia	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Australia	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	not measurable 5 locations	–no shared network
Austria	matches the country matches the country within 45 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Azerbaijan	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Bangladesh	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Belarus	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Belgium	matches the country matches the country within 22 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Bhutan	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Bolivia	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Bosnia & Herzegovina	no conclusion possible	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Brazil	matches the country matches the country within 62 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Brunei	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Bulgaria	matches the country within 40 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Cambodia	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Canada	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 18 km 5 locations	not measurable 3 locations	–no shared network
Chile	matches the country matches the country within 78 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
China	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Colombia	matches the country within 62 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Costa Rica	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Croatia	matches the country within 5 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Cuba	no finding	not measurable	–no shared network
Cyprus	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 55 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Denmark	matches the country matches the country within 124 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Dominican Republic	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Ecuador	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Egypt	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Estonia	matches the country within 603 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Finland	matches the country matches the country within 952 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
France	matches the country matches the country within 748 km 2 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Georgia	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Germany	matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 358 km 3 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Ghana	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Greece	matches the country within 95 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 finding	not measurable	–no shared network
Hong Kong SAR China	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Hungary	matches the country matches the country within 32 km 2 locations	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 110 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 146 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Israel	matches the country matches the country within 11 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Italy	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 29 km 3 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Jamaica	no finding	not measurable	–no shared network
Japan	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Kazakhstan	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Kenya	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Laos	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Latvia	matches the country within 67 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Lebanon	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Liechtenstein	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Lithuania	matches the country matches the country within 25 km 2 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Luxembourg	matches the country matches the country within 182 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Macao SAR China	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Malaysia	matches the country within 531 km	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Malta	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Mexico	matches the country matches the country within 95 km 2 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Moldova	matches the country within 29 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	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Morocco	no conclusion possible	not measurable 2 locations	–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 matches the country within 34 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
New Zealand	matches the country no conclusion possible within 36 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Nigeria	virtual, as stated	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
North Macedonia	matches the country within 23 km	not measurable	–no shared network
Norway	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Pakistan	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Panama	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
Peru	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Philippines	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Poland	matches the country matches the country within 93 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Portugal	matches the country no conclusion possible within 37 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Puerto Rico	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Qatar	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Romania	no conclusion possible matches the country within 871 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Saudi Arabia	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Serbia	matches the country matches the country within 9 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Singapore	matches the country matches the country within 76 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Slovakia	matches the country matches the country within 47 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Slovenia	matches the country within 68 km	not measurable	–no shared network
South Africa	matches the country matches the country within 29 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
South Korea	matches the country matches the country within 100 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Spain	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 41 km 3 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Sri Lanka	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Sweden	matches the country matches the country within 21 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Switzerland	matches the country matches the country within 15 km 2 locations	not measurable	–no shared network
Taiwan	matches the country matches the country within 23 km 2 locations	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
Thailand	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Türkiye	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Ukraine	no conclusion possible	not measurable	–no shared network
United Arab Emirates	matches the country within 13 km	not measurable 2 locations	–no shared network
United Kingdom	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country within 134 km 5 locations	not measurable 6 locations	–no shared network
United States	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 no conclusion possible 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	not measurable 22 locations	–no shared network
Uruguay	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Uzbekistan	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Venezuela	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network
Vietnam	virtual, as stated	not measurable	–no shared network

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

only Private Internet Access (7)

• Bermuda
• Bahamas
• Guam
• Isle of Man
• Jersey
• Cayman Islands
• Trinidad & Tobago

only Proton VPN (43)

• Afghanistan
• Angola
• Bahrain
• Congo - Kinshasa
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Cameroon
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Haiti
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Comoros
• Kuwait
• Libya
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Nicaragua
• Oman
• Papua New Guinea
• Palestinian Territories
• Paraguay
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Sudan
• Senegal
• Somalia
• South Sudan
• El Salvador
• Syria
• Chad
• Togo
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Tunisia
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Kosovo
• Yemen
• Zimbabwe

Networks both use

No known network hosts locations from both Private Internet Access and Proton VPN.

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As of November 1, 2026.