NordVPN review: locations, measurements, and prices

NordVPN lists 226 locations in 150 countries. The provider's list marks 130 of them as virtual. 226 locations have been measured: 81 match the listed country, for 62 the measured server is not located there, and no conclusion is possible for 83. For 4 of them there are observations that are not yet findings. This is not an app or speed test. The review uses the data in the archive: server lists, measurements, networks, and stated prices.¹

Locations: 226; Rank 1 of 13
Countries: 150; Rank 1 of 13
Published endpoints: 5,385
Measured: 226

Server list source: a public list the provider does not document, last read on Oct 31, 2026²

At a glance

Countries: 150
Lowest price per month: $5.49
Per month after the initial term: $11.59
Money back: 30 days
Devices at the same time: 10
Provider website: no advertising or analytics (requested from the United States)
List marks virtual locations: yes
Based in: not recorded
Owner: Nord Security
Apps for: Windows, macOS, Linux, iPhone/iPad, Android, Browser extension (Chrome, Firefox, Edge), TV (Android TV, Fire TV, Apple TV), Router Source
Features stated by the provider: ad and tracker blocker

Points in favor

The home page loads 1 third-party services, but none for advertising or analytics (requested from the United States).

Points against

The monthly price increases by up to 182 % after the initial term.

Worth knowing

Its own list marks 130 of 226 locations as virtual (58 %).
In 95 of its 150 listed countries, every location is marked as virtual.
For 62 of 226 measured locations, the measured server is not in the country the location is listed under. The provider's own list marks every one of them as virtual.
The list is public, but the provider does not document it.
73 % of its locations are in networks that also host locations from other providers (15 networks in total).
The pricing page promises a refund within 30 days.
According to the pricing page, one account can be used on up to 10 devices at the same time.
Owner: Nord Security.

Prices

According to the provider's pricing page; requested from the United States. Last checked: Oct 21, 2026. The page does not state whether tax is included.. Pricing page³

Plan	Initial term	Advertised per month	Charged for the initial term	Crossed-out price	Renewal	Per month after the initial term
NordVPN Basic	12 months	$5.49	$65.88	$139.08	$139.08 / 1 year	+111 %
NordVPN Complete	12 months	$6.49	$77.88	$219.48	$219.48 / 1 year	+182 %
NordVPN Prime	12 months	$9.49	$113.88	$296.28	$296.28 / 1 year	+160 %

According to the provider's pricing page; requested from Germany. Last checked: Oct 19, 2026. Prices exclude tax. Pricing page³

Plan	Initial term	Advertised per month	Charged for the initial term	Crossed-out price	Renewal	Per month after the initial term
NordVPN Basic	12 months	€5.49	€65.88	€139.08	€139.08 / 1 year	+111 %
NordVPN Basic	24 months	€3.89	€93.36	€278.16	€139.08 / 1 year	+198 %
NordVPN Complete	12 months	€6.49	€77.88	€219.48	€219.48 / 1 year	+182 %
NordVPN Complete	24 months	€4.89	€117.36	€438.96	€219.48 / 1 year	+274 %
NordVPN Max	12 months	€10.49	€125.88	€338.28	€338.28 / 1 year	+169 %
NordVPN Max	24 months	€8.89	€213.36	€676.56	€338.28 / 1 year	+217 %

Who is behind it

Owner: Nord Security

Checked on Oct 17, 2026.⁴ Source 2

VPN locations in Five, Nine, and Fourteen Eyes countries

Its own website

On a visit, the home page nordvpn.com loads 1 third-party service, 0 of them for advertising or analytics (requested from the United States, without clicks or consent).⁵

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Locations

Country	Locations	What the provider's list says⁶	Network⁷	Status⁸
Andorra	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
United Arab Emirates	2	not marked as virtual	M247, CDNEXT	matches the country matches the country
Afghanistan	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Antigua & Barbuda	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Albania	2	1 not marked as virtual 1 marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A., CDNEXT	matches the country no conclusion possible
Armenia	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Angola	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no finding
Argentina	1	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT, LATITUDE-SH	matches the country
Austria	1	not marked as virtual	M247, CDNEXT	matches the country
Australia	5	not marked as virtual	GSL Networks Pty LTD, Host Universal Pty Ltd, PacketHub S.A. and 1 more	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country
Azerbaijan	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Bosnia & Herzegovina	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Barbados	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Bangladesh	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Belgium	1	not marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A., CDNEXT	matches the country
Burkina Faso	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Bulgaria	1	not marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A., CDNEXT	matches the country
Bahrain	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Benin	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Bermuda	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Brunei	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Bolivia	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Brazil	1	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT, LTDA	matches the country
Bahamas	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Bhutan	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Botswana	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Belize	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Canada	4	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT, PacketHub S.A.	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible
Switzerland	1	not marked as virtual	BANDWIDTH-AS, M247, CDNEXT	matches the country
Chile	1	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT	matches the country
Colombia	1	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT	matches the country
Costa Rica	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Cape Verde	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Cyprus	1	not marked as virtual	HOSTROYALE	matches the country
Czechia	1	not marked as virtual	M247, CDNEXT	matches the country
Germany	3	not marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A., PACKETHUBSA, Clouvider - Global ASN and 1 more	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible
Denmark	1	not marked as virtual	M247, CDNEXT	matches the country
Dominican Republic	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	matches the country
Algeria	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Ecuador	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Estonia	1	not marked as virtual	PACKETHUBSA	matches the country
Egypt	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Spain	2	not marked as virtual	PACKETHUBSA, M247, CDNEXT	no conclusion possible matches the country
Ethiopia	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Finland	1	not marked as virtual	PACKETHUBSA	matches the country
Fiji	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
France	4	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT, BANDWIDTH-AS, PacketHub S.A.	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country
United Kingdom	4	not marked as virtual	BANDWIDTH-AS, Clouvider - Global ASN, PacketHub S.A. and 2 more	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country
Georgia	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Ghana	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Greenland	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Gambia	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Greece	1	not marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A., CDNEXT	matches the country
Guatemala	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Guam	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Guyana	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Hong Kong SAR China	1	not marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A.	matches the country
Honduras	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Croatia	1	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT	matches the country
Hungary	1	not marked as virtual	M247, CDNEXT	matches the country
Indonesia	1	not marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A.	matches the country
Ireland	1	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT, M247	matches the country
Israel	1	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT	matches the country
Isle of Man	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
India	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Iraq	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no finding
Iceland	1	not marked as virtual	PACKETHUBSA	no conclusion possible
Italy	3	not marked as virtual	GSL Networks Pty LTD, CDNEXT, PACKETHUBSA	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country
Jersey	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Jamaica	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Jordan	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Japan	2	not marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A., GSL Networks Pty LTD, CDNEXT	matches the country matches the country
Kenya	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Kyrgyzstan	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Cambodia	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Comoros	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
South Korea	1	not marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A.	matches the country
Kuwait	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Cayman Islands	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Kazakhstan	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Laos	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Lebanon	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
St. Lucia	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no finding
Liechtenstein	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Sri Lanka	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Liberia	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Lithuania	1	not marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A.	matches the country
Luxembourg	1	not marked as virtual	PACKETHUBSA	no conclusion possible
Latvia	1	not marked as virtual	PACKETHUBSA	matches the country
Libya	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Morocco	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Monaco	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Moldova	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	matches the country
Montenegro	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Madagascar	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
North Macedonia	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	matches the country
Myanmar (Burma)	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Mongolia	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Mauritania	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Malta	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Mauritius	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Maldives	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Malawi	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Mexico	1	not marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A., CDNEXT	matches the country
Malaysia	1	not marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A.	matches the country
Mozambique	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Nigeria	1	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT	matches the country
Netherlands	1	not marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A., Clouvider - Global ASN, BANDWIDTH-AS and 2 more	matches the country
Norway	1	not marked as virtual	M247, PACKETHUBSA	matches the country
Nepal	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
New Zealand	1	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT, Host Universal Pty Ltd, GSL Networks Pty LTD	matches the country
Panama	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Peru	1	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT	matches the country
Papua New Guinea	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Philippines	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Pakistan	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Poland	1	not marked as virtual	GSL Networks Pty LTD, CDNEXT	matches the country
Puerto Rico	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Portugal	1	not marked as virtual	HOSTROYALE, CDNEXT	matches the country
Paraguay	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Qatar	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Romania	1	not marked as virtual	M247, CDNEXT	matches the country
Serbia	1	not marked as virtual	M247, PacketHub S.A.	matches the country
Seychelles	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Sweden	1	not marked as virtual	M247, CDNEXT, PacketHub S.A.	matches the country
Singapore	1	not marked as virtual	GSL Networks Pty LTD, PacketHub S.A., CDNEXT	matches the country
Slovenia	1	not marked as virtual	HR-CUSTOMER	matches the country
Slovakia	1	not marked as virtual	M247, CDNEXT	matches the country
Sierra Leone	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Senegal	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Somalia	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Suriname	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
El Salvador	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Chad	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Thailand	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Tajikistan	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Tunisia	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	matches the country
Türkiye	1	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT	matches the country
Trinidad & Tobago	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no finding
Taiwan	1	not marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A.	matches the country
Tanzania	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Ukraine	1	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT	matches the country
United States	55	22 not marked as virtual 33 marked as virtual	PacketHub S.A., Clouvider - Global ASN, CDNEXT and 2 more	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
Uruguay	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible
Uzbekistan	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Venezuela	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
Vietnam	2	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible
Yemen	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	virtual, as stated
South Africa	1	not marked as virtual	CDNEXT	matches the country
Zambia	1	marked as virtual	CDNEXT	no conclusion possible

Pending: not measured yet. So far, 226 of 226 locations have been measured; a full round takes a few days.

Countries per VPN provider: listed and virtual-only

Questions about NordVPN

Who owns NordVPN, and where is it based?

Owner: Nord Security. The archive has not recorded the company seat yet.

Who owns your VPN? Owners, company seats, and the Five Eyes

How much does NordVPN cost per month?

The lowest price on NordVPN's pricing page is $5.49 per month for the initial term (requested from the United States on October 21, 2026). After the initial term, the same plan costs $11.59 per month. Across its plans, the monthly price rises by up to 182 % after the initial term. The pricing page promises a refund within 30 days.

VPN prices compared

Is NordVPN free? Is there a free trial?

The pricing page this archive reads does not name a free plan or a free trial. It promises a refund within 30 days instead.

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Is NordVPN safe and trustworthy?

This site does not rate safety or trust. These are the facts the archive can check. The archive has not recorded an audit for NordVPN yet; that does not mean there is none. Its home page loads no advertising or analytics services on a first visit (requested from the United States). Its server list marks 130 of 226 locations as virtual. 226 locations have been measured: 81 match the listed country, for 62 the measured server is not located there, and no conclusion is possible for 83. For 4 of them there are observations that are not yet findings.

What provider websites load

Are NordVPN's servers really in the countries it lists?

NordVPN's own list marks 130 of 226 locations as virtual: for these, the server is in a different country from the one in the location's name. Our measurements place the server outside the listed country for 62 of 226 measured locations. Of these, marked as virtual in the list: 62.

Virtual VPN locations

On how many devices can you use NordVPN?

According to its pricing page, on up to 10 devices at the same time.

Does NordVPN work for streaming and torrenting?

NordVPN's pricing page names neither streaming nor P2P. This site does not test streaming services, P2P, or speed.

Geoblocking explained: why websites answer differently by country

Compared with other providers

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As of October 31, 2026.

Data notes

Every line of a review is generated from archive figures using a fixed rule, not an editorial judgment. Apps, speed, and support are not tested.
Locations, countries, cities, and the number of endpoints come from the provider's own public server list. It is read several times a day and shown as listed.
The prices are those stated on the provider's pricing page for the listed country. The last column is calculated from them: it compares the monthly renewal price with the monthly price during the initial term, including bonus time.
Company, location, owner, and audits are checked manually on the provider's or owner's own pages, with each entry linked to its source. If nothing can be confirmed there, the field is left blank.
A browser opens the provider's home page as a first-time visitor from the listed country and clicks nothing. Every other company the page contacts while loading is listed.
“Marked as virtual” reflects what the provider's own list says. A dash means the list has no field for it. That says nothing about whether the provider has virtual locations.
Network: the operator that announces the endpoint's address on the internet. The listed country is where the network is registered, not where a server is located.
The status comes from a latency check of one published server endpoint per location. “Matches the country” means that no reply ruled out the listed country and one reply placed the server near it. This does not prove that the server is located there. “Pending” means not yet measured.

All data notes