Private Internet Access vs Windscribe

Private Internet Access and Windscribe both list 68 countries. 45 countries are listed only by Private Internet Access, and 4 only by Windscribe.¹

What our measurements show

68 countries are in both lists. Our measurements confirm the listed country for Private Internet Access in 48 of them and for Windscribe in 66. 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.
At 2 of Windscribe's measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. Windscribe's own list marks each one as virtual.
Both lists mark virtual locations: 44 % of Private Internet Access's locations and 2 % of Windscribe's.
In 35 of the 68 countries both list, servers of both providers are in the same network, for example M247 Europe SRL in the United Arab Emirates. In those countries, switching to the other provider does not get you a different network.
On a first visit, Private Internet Access's home page loads 4 advertising or analytics services and Windscribe'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
Windscribe

Metric	Private Internet Access	Windscribe
Countries	113	72
Countries not listed only as virtual	51	71
Locations	215	199
Servers listed	406	356
Marked as virtual	44 %	2 %
Measured	215	199
Matches the country	100	138
Server outside the country	42	2
Networks	20	58
Locations in shared networks	93 %	74 %
In Fourteen Eyes countries	47 %	53 %
Third-party services loaded	9	1
Advertising or analytics services among them	4	0
Lowest price per month	$2.03	$5.75
Per month after the initial term	$2.19	$5.75
Server list source	the list the provider's own published tools read	a public list the provider does not document

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	Windscribe	Same network⁴
Albania	matches the country within 49 km	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	Keminet SHPK
Argentina	matches the country matches the country within 36 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 10 km 2 locations	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 20 km 7 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 22 km 10 locations	GSL Networks Pty LTD
Austria	matches the country matches the country within 48 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 39 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Belgium	matches the country matches the country within 22 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 11 km 2 locations	no shared network
Bosnia & Herzegovina	no conclusion possible	matches the country matches the country within 21 km 2 locations	no shared network
Brazil	matches the country matches the country within 53 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 26 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Bulgaria	matches the country within 38 km	matches the country matches the country within 42 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Canada	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 21 km 5 locations	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 within 28 km 10 locations	Datacamp Limited
Chile	matches the country matches the country within 70 km 2 locations	matches the country within 107 km	no shared network
Colombia	matches the country within 46 km	matches the country within 45 km	Datacamp Limited
Croatia	matches the country within 5 km	matches the country within 6 km	Datacamp Limited
Cyprus	no conclusion possible	matches the country matches the country within 266 km 2 locations	no shared network
Czechia	matches the country within 44 km	matches the country matches the country within 52 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Denmark	matches the country matches the country within 124 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 34 km 2 locations	no shared network
Ecuador	virtual, as stated	matches the country within 717 km	no shared network
Estonia	matches the country within 603 km	matches the country within 67 km	no shared network
Finland	matches the country matches the country within 950 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 81 km 2 locations	no shared network
France	matches the country matches the country within 752 km 2 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 435 km 4 locations	no shared network
Georgia	no conclusion possible	matches the country within 46 km	no shared network
Germany	matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 356 km 3 locations	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 344 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
Greece	matches the country within 959 km	matches the country within 949 km	Datacamp Limited
Guatemala	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Hong Kong SAR China	virtual, as stated	matches the country matches the country within 20 km 2 locations	no shared network
Hungary	matches the country matches the country within 31 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 7 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Iceland	no conclusion possible	no conclusion possible matches the country within 117 km 2 locations	Realcloud OU
India	virtual, as stated	virtual, as stated matches the country no conclusion possible within 243 km 3 locations	no shared network
Indonesia	matches the country within 110 km	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 158 km 3 locations	no shared network
Ireland	matches the country within 49 km	matches the country matches the country within 48 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Israel	matches the country matches the country within 11 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 13 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Italy	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 50 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 21 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 75 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Kenya	virtual, as stated	matches the country within 91 km	no shared network
Latvia	matches the country within 69 km	matches the country matches the country within 76 km 2 locations	no shared network
Lithuania	matches the country matches the country within 25 km 2 locations	matches the country within 42 km	no shared network
Luxembourg	matches the country matches the country within 188 km 2 locations	matches the country within 152 km	Realcloud OU
Malaysia	matches the country within 531 km	matches the country within 319 km	Datacamp Limited
Mexico	matches the country matches the country within 95 km 2 locations	matches the country within 44 km	no shared network
Moldova	matches the country within 29 km	matches the country within 47 km	Trabia SRL
Netherlands	matches the country matches the country within 34 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 114 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
New Zealand	matches the country no conclusion possible within 36 km 2 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible within 28 km 2 locations	GSL Networks Pty LTD
Nigeria	virtual, as stated	matches the country within 101 km	no shared network
North Macedonia	matches the country within 23 km	matches the country matches the country within 35 km 2 locations	TELEKS DOOEL Skopje
Norway	no conclusion possible	matches the country matches the country within 169 km 2 locations	no shared network
Panama	no conclusion possible	matches the country within 12 km	no shared network
Peru	virtual, as stated	matches the country within 28 km	no shared network
Philippines	virtual, as stated	matches the country within 89 km	no shared network
Poland	matches the country matches the country within 31 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 96 km 3 locations	no shared network
Portugal	no conclusion possible matches the country within 539 km 2 locations	matches the country within 592 km	Datacamp Limited
Romania	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 2 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible within 25 km 2 locations	Datacamp Limited
Serbia	matches the country matches the country within 9 km 2 locations	matches the country within 20 km	M247 Europe SRL
Singapore	matches the country matches the country within 106 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 54 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
Slovakia	matches the country matches the country within 47 km 2 locations	matches the country within 52 km	Datacamp Limited
Slovenia	matches the country within 81 km	matches the country within 72 km	Realcloud OU
South Africa	matches the country matches the country within 115 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 76 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
South Korea	matches the country matches the country within 108 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country within 255 km 2 locations	no shared network
Spain	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 34 km 3 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 45 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
Sweden	matches the country matches the country within 21 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country within 23 km 4 locations	Datacamp Limited
Switzerland	matches the country matches the country within 16 km 2 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country within 16 km 3 locations	Datacamp Limited
Taiwan	matches the country matches the country within 35 km 2 locations	matches the country within 293 km	no shared network
Thailand	virtual, as stated	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 524 km 3 locations	no shared network
Türkiye	virtual, as stated	matches the country within 159 km	no shared network
Ukraine	no conclusion possible	matches the country within 19 km	no shared network
United Arab Emirates	matches the country within 29 km	matches the country within 25 km	M247 Europe SRL
United Kingdom	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country within 136 km 5 locations	matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country within 64 km 6 locations	Datacamp Limited, M247 Europe SRL
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	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 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 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 no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country 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 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 no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 16 km 52 locations	Clouvider Limited, Datacamp Limited, M247 Europe SRL
Uruguay	virtual, as stated	no conclusion possible	no shared network
Vietnam	virtual, as stated	matches the country matches the country within 91 km 2 locations	no shared network

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

Countries listed by Private Internet Access or Windscribe

listed by both: 68 (58 %)
only Private Internet Access: 45 (38 %)
only Windscribe: 4 (3 %)

only Private Internet Access (45)

only Windscribe (4)

Networks both use

11 networks host locations from both Private Internet Access and Windscribe.⁴

Clouvider Limited
Datacamp Limited
GSL Networks Pty LTD
Keminet SHPK
Krypt Technologies
M247 Europe SRL
Orion Network Limited
Realcloud OU
TELEKS DOOEL Skopje
Trabia SRL
Zenlayer Inc

Private Internet Access or Windscribe: questions and answers

Which is better, Private Internet Access or Windscribe?

This site does not pick a winner: which one fits depends on what matters to you. Private Internet Access lists 113 countries, Windscribe lists 72. Private Internet Access is based in the United States, Windscribe in Canada.

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Which is cheaper, Private Internet Access or Windscribe?

Both state prices in the same currency: Private Internet Access starts at $2.03 and Windscribe at $5.75 per month for the initial term. After the initial term, Private Internet Access costs $2.19 and Windscribe $5.75 per month.